Devices, methods, and systems for managing representations of entities through use of privacy beacons

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10185841-B2
Application number	US-201414148560-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2014
Priority date	Oct 10, 2013
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a block of encrypted data that corresponds to an image that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to capture the image that includes a representation of a feature of an entity, obtaining a privacy metadata that corresponds to a detection of a privacy beacon in the image, said at least one image captured by the image capture device, said privacy beacon associated with the entity, and determining, at least partly based on the obtained privacy metadata, and partly based on a calculation related to the block of encrypted data that corresponds to the whether to allow one or more processes related to the encrypted data block. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a memory bearing one or more executable instructions; and
a processor operably coupled to the memory, the processor programmed by the one or more executable instructions to perform operations including at least:
acquiring an image including a representation of at least one feature of an entity;
detecting a privacy beacon in the image that includes the representation of the at least one feature of the entity;
obtaining one or more terms of usage broadcast from the privacy beacon;
obfuscating the representation of the at least one feature of the entity in response to detecting the privacy beacon in the image;
providing the one or more terms of usage for user acceptance, the one or more terms of usage being automatically adjusted based at least partly on a popularity of the entity and a type of the at least one feature of the entity: and
releasing obfuscation of the image including the representation of the at least one feature of the entity upon user acceptance of the one or more terms of usage.

2. A system comprising:
circuitry configured for acquiring an image including a representation of at least one feature of an entity that has been obfuscated;
circuitry configured for detecting identifier metadata associated with the image that includes the representation of the at least one feature of the entity;
circuitry configured for providing one or more terms of usage for user acceptance based on the identifier metadata, the one or more terms of usage being automatically adjusted based at least partly on a popularity of the entity and a type of the at least one feature of the entity; and
circuitry configured for releasing obfuscation of the image including the representation of the at least one feature of the entity upon user acceptance of the one or more terms of usage.

3. A method implemented by at least one computer processor programmed by one or more machine instructions, the method comprising:
acquiring an image including a representation of at least one feature of an entity;
detecting a privacy beacon in the image that includes the representation of the at least one feature of the entity;
obtaining one or more terms of usage broadcast from the privacy beacon;
obfuscating the representation of the at least one feature of the entity in response to detecting the privacy beacon;
providing the one or more terms of usage for user acceptance, the one or more terms of usage being automatically adjusted based at least partly on a popularity of the entity and a type of the at least one feature of the entity: and
releasing obfuscation of the image including the representation of the at least one feature of the entity upon user acceptance of the one or more terms of usage.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
obtaining the one or more terms of usage that set one or more conditions applicable to the image.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
obtaining the one or more terms of usage that specify one or more damages.

6. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
assigning the one or more terms of usage to the privacy beacon.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
linking the one or more terms of usage with the privacy beacon.

8. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
assigning an address of the one or more terms of usage to the privacy beacon.

9. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
associating the one or more terms of usage with the privacy beacon.

10. The method of claim 3 , wherein the detecting the privacy beacon in the image that includes the representation of the at least one feature of the entity comprises:
detecting a light privacy beacon in the image that includes the representation of the at least one feature of the entity.

11. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
obtaining the one or more terms of usage that are transmitted.

12. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
obtaining a web address of the one or more terms of usage.

13. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
generating the one or more terms of usage based at least partly on the at least one feature of the entity.

14. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
generating the one or more terms of usage based at least partly on at least one property of the entity.

15. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
generating the one or more terms of usage based at least partly on a specified net worth of the entity.

16. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
generating the one or more terms of usage that specify one or more damages for use of the image the contains the representation of the at least one feature of the entity.

17. The method of 16 , wherein the generating the one or more terms of usage that specify one or more damages for use of the image the contains the representation of the at least one feature of the entity comprises:
generating the one or more terms of usage that specify one or more liquidated damages for distribution to a social network of the image the contains the representation of the at least one feature of the entity.

18. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
obtaining the one or more terms of usage that include a liquidated damages provision.

19. The method of claim 3 , wherein the acquiring an image including a representation of at least one feature of an entity comprises:
acquiring at an image capture device an image including a representation of at least one feature of an entity.

20. The method of claim 3 , wherein the acquiring an image including a representation of at least one feature of an entity comprises:
acquiring at a server an image including a representation of at least one feature of an entity.

21. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
monitoring for the privacy beacon.

22. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
determining an identity of the privacy beacon.

23. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
performing image recognition with respect to the image to recognize the at least one feature of the entity.

24. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
obtaining as metadata the one or more terms of usage.

25. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
confirming an identity of the entity based at least partly on a combination of recognition of the at least one feature of the entity and metadata.

26. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
acquiring multiple images of the at least one feature of the entity at one or more different angles to facilitate recognition of the at least one feature of the entity.

27. The method of claim 26 , further comprising:
identifying the at least one feature of the entity in the image based at least partly on image recognition performed using the multiple images of the at least one feature of the entity.

28. The method of claim 27 , further comprising:
generating at least a portion of the one or more terms of usage based at least partly on identification of the at least one feature of the entity in the image.

29. The method of claim 28 , wherein the generating at least a portion of the one or more terms of usage based at least partly on identification of the at least one feature of the entity in the image comprises:
generating at least a portion of the one or more terms of usage based at lea

Assignees

• Elwha Llc

Inventors

• Holman Pablos
• Hyde Roderick A
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Richard T
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A

Classifications

• G06F21/32

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• G06K9/00671

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/6245 Primary

  Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes · CPC title

• G06K2009/4666

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K9/46

  Physics · mapped topic