Information processing method, first terminal, second terminal, and server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10694074-B2
Application number	US-201815952080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2018
Priority date	Jan 26, 2016
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information access control method performed by a computer server, the method including: receiving an image sharing request from a first terminal, the image sharing request including a first image to be shared among a user group of a social networking application; identify one or more faces in the first image through face recognition; randomly selecting one of the faces in the first image; applying a mask to the first image except a predefined portion of the randomly-selected face; sending the partially masked first image to a second terminal; receiving an image viewing request from the second terminal in response to a user selection of the partially masked first image and a user-initiated resource transfer from the second user account to the first user account; and returning a version of the first image not being partially masked to the second terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information access control method performed at a computer server having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, the method comprising:
receiving an image sharing request from a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is associated with a first user account of a social networking application and the image sharing request includes a first image to be shared among a user group of the social networking application of which the first user account is a member;
identifying a plurality of faces in the first image through face recognition;
randomly selecting one of the plurality of identified faces in the first image;
applying a mask to the first image except a predefined portion of the randomly-selected face;
sending the partially masked first image to a second terminal, wherein the second terminal is associated with a second user account of the social networking application that is also a member of the user group;
receiving an image viewing request from the second terminal, wherein the image viewing request is generated by the second terminal in response to a user selection of the partially masked first image at the second terminal and a user-initiated resource transfer from the second user account to the first user account; and
returning a version of the first image not being partially masked to the second terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
encrypting the first image using an encryption key to obtain a second image that is an encrypted version of the first image; and
returning the second image and a decryption key to the second terminal, wherein the second terminal is configured to restore the first image from the second image using the decryption key.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the encryption key is the same as the decryption key.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the restored first image has an associated expiration timestamp after which the restored first image is replaced by the partially masked first image at the second terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the expiration timestamp of the restored first image is dependent upon the user-initiated resource transfer from the second user account to the first user account.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the image sharing request from the first terminal further includes a text message and the text message is sent to the second terminal along with the preview version of the first image.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the applying a mask to the first image except a predefined portion of the randomly-selected face further comprises:
defining a distribution region of the first image including the randomly-selected face and a neighboring region that is within a predefined distance from the randomly-selected face; and
generating a low-resolution preview version of the first image not including the distribution region as the partially masked first image.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the distribution region of the first image further includes a randomly-selected portion of the first image outside the plurality of identified faces in the first image.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mask comprises at least one of the following: blurring processing, direct blackout, and voiding.

10. A computer server, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory; and
one or more programs stored in the memory, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer server to perform a plurality of operations including:
receiving an image sharing request from a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is associated with a first user account of a social networking application and the image sharing request includes a first image to be shared among a user group of the social networking application of which the first user account is a member;
identifying a plurality of faces in the first image through face recognition;
randomly selecting one of the plurality of identified faces in the first image;
applying a mask to the first image except a predefined portion of the randomly-selected face;
sending the partially masked first image to a second terminal, wherein the second terminal is associated with a second user account of the social networking application that is also a member of the user group;
receiving an image viewing request from the second terminal, wherein the image viewing request is generated by the second terminal in response to a user selection of the partially masked first image at the second terminal and a user-initiated resource transfer from the second user account to the first user account; and
returning a version of the first image not being partially masked to the second terminal.

11. The computer server according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:
encrypting the first image using an encryption key to obtain a second image that is an encrypted version of the first image; and
returning the second image and a decryption key to the second terminal, wherein the second terminal is configured to restore the first image from the second image using the decryption key.

12. The computer server according to claim 11 , wherein the encryption key is the same as the decryption key.

13. The computer server according to claim 11 , wherein the restored first image has an associated expiration timestamp after which the restored first image is replaced by the partially masked first image at the second terminal.

14. The computer server according to claim 13 , wherein the expiration timestamp of the restored first image is dependent upon the user-initiated resource transfer from the second user account to the first user account.

15. The computer server according to claim 10 , wherein the image sharing request from the first terminal further includes a text message and the text message is sent to the second terminal along with the preview version of the first image.

16. The computer server according to claim 10 , wherein the operation of applying a mask to the first image except a predefined portion of the randomly-selected face further comprises:
defining a distribution region of the first image including the randomly-selected face and a neighboring region that is within a predefined distance from the randomly-selected face; and
generating a low-resolution preview version of the first image not including the distribution region as the partially masked first image.

17. The computer server according to claim 16 , wherein the distribution region of the first image further includes a randomly-selected portion of the first image outside the plurality of identified faces in the first image.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a plurality of computer executable instructions, wherein the plurality of computer executable instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a computer server, cause the computer server to perform a plurality of operations including:
receiving an image sharing request from a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is associated with a first user account of a social networking application and the image sharing request includes a first image to be shared among a user group of the social networking application of which the first user account is a member;
identifying a plurality of faces in the first image through face recognition;
randomly selecting one of the p

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Pinlin

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• G06V40/172

  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title

• G06V40/166

  using acquisition arrangements · CPC title

• G09C5/00

  Ciphering apparatus or methods not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. involving the concealment or deformation of graphic data such as designs, written or printed messages · CPC title