User-linked features for image capture device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12256138-B2
Application number	US-202318518906-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2023
Priority date	Oct 21, 2020
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

Features to be enabled for an image capture device may be determined based on user subscription to a feature plan and/or user usage of the image capture device. The features for the image capture device may be enabled through firmware update or code unlock.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for enabling image capture features, the system comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
obtain user information for an image capture device, the user information characterizing usage of the image capture device by a user and subscription of the user to a feature plan;
determine one or more features to be enabled for the image capture device based on the usage of the image capture device by the user; and
enable the one or more features for the image capture device based on the subscription of the user to the feature plan.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more features for the image capture device are enabled through firmware update or a feature unlock option in firmware of the image capture device.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more features to be enabled for the image capture device are determined further based on the subscription of the user to the feature plan.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the enablement of the one or more features for the image capture device based on the subscription of the user to the feature plan includes:
the firmware update that enables the one or more features for the image capture device being provided to the image capture device based on the user of the image capture device having a current subscription to the feature plan; and
the firmware update that enables the one or more features for the image capture device not being provided to the image capture device based on the user of the image capture device not having the current subscription to the feature plan.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein responsive cancellation of the subscription of the user of the image capture device to the feature plan, the one or more features for the image capture device are disabled through firmware downgrade.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the usage of the image capture device by the user includes which features of the image capture device were used by the user to capture content.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more features include a beta feature, an upgrade feature, an enhancement feature, and/or an off-camera feature.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by the machine-readable instructions to provide preview of one or more features not enabled for the image capture device to the user of the image capture device, preview of a given feature including demonstration of the given feature or a limited usage of the given feature.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the preview of the one or more features not enabled for the image capture device is provided based on the usage of the image capture device by the user.

10. A method for enabling image capture features, the method performed by a computing system including one or more processors, the method comprising:
obtaining, by the computing system, user information for an image capture device, the user information characterizing usage of the image capture device by a user and subscription of the user to a feature plan;
determining, by the computing system, one or more features to be enabled for the image capture device based on the usage of the image capture device by the user; and
enabling, by the computing system, the one or more features for the image capture device based on the subscription of the user to the feature plan.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more features for the image capture device are enabled through firmware update or a feature unlock option in firmware of the image capture device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more features to be enabled for the image capture device are determined further based on the subscription of the user to the feature plan.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the enablement of the one or more features for the image capture device based on the subscription of the user to the feature plan includes:
the firmware update that enables the one or more features for the image capture device being provided to the image capture device based on the user of the image capture device having a current subscription to the feature plan; and
the firmware update that enables the one or more features for the image capture device not being provided to the image capture device based on the user of the image capture device not having the current subscription to the feature plan.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein responsive cancellation of the subscription of the user of the image capture device to the feature plan, the one or more features for the image capture device are disabled through firmware downgrade.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the usage of the image capture device by the user includes which features of the image capture device were used by the user to capture content.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more features include a beta feature, an upgrade feature, an enhancement feature, and/or an off-camera feature.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising providing preview of one or more features not enabled for the image capture device to the user of the image capture device, preview of a given feature including demonstration of the given feature or a limited usage of the given feature.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the preview of the one or more features not enabled for the image capture device is provided based on the usage of the image capture device by the user.

19. A system for enabling image capture features, the system comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
obtain user information for an image capture device, the user information characterizing usage of the image capture device by a user and subscription of the user to a feature plan;
determine one or more features to be enabled for the image capture device based on the usage of the image capture device by the user; and
enable the one or more features for the image capture device based on the subscription of the user to the feature plan, wherein the one or more features for the image capture device are enabled through firmware update and/or a feature unlock option in firmware of the image capture device.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the one or more features include a beta feature, an upgrade feature, an enhancement feature, and/or an off-camera feature.

Assignees

• Gopro Inc

Inventors

• Weber Clark
• Tran Fong
• Klassen Ian
• Polonichko Vadim

Classifications

• G06Q20/127

  Shopping or accessing services according to a time-limitation · CPC title

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06Q30/016 Primary

  After-sales · CPC title

• G06F8/65

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• H04N23/60

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title