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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9799036-B2
Application number	US-201414218790-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2014
Priority date	Oct 10, 2013
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

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:
circuitry configured to acquire an indication that a device has captured an image that depicts at least one feature of an entity;
circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether a broadcasted privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image;
circuitry configured to acquire from the device an indication of detection of the broadcasted privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity, at least partly in response to the query sent to the device as to whether the broadcasted privacy indicator has been detected; and
circuitry configured to transmit to the device term data associated with the entity and that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the image that depicts the at least one feature of the entity.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether a broadcasted privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image comprises:
circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether a signal that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein said circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether a signal that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image comprises:
circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether an optical signal that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein said circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether a signal that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image comprises:
circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether a signal in a particular pattern that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether a broadcasted privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image comprises:
circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether an emitted signal that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein said circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether an emitted signal that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image comprises:
circuitry configured to send a query to the device as to whether an emitted electromagnetic wave that indicates a presence of term data associated with the entity has been detected, at least partly in response to the indication that the device has captured the image.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to acquire an indication that a device has captured an image that depicts at least one feature of an entity comprises:
circuitry configured to acquire an indication that an image capture device has captured an image that depicts at least one feature of an entity.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein said circuitry configured to acquire an indication that an image capture device has captured an image that depicts at least one feature of an entity comprises:
circuitry configured to acquire an indication that a wearable image capture device has captured an image that depicts at least one feature of an entity.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to transmit to the device term data associated with the entity and that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the image that depicts the at least one feature of the entity comprises:
circuitry configured to transmit to the device term data associated with the entity and that specifies one or more restrictions of use of the image that depicts the at least one feature of the entity.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein said circuitry configured to transmit to the device term data associated with the entity and that specifies one or more restrictions of use of the image that depicts the at least one feature of the entity comprises:
circuitry configured to transmit to the device term data associated with the entity and that specifies one or more location-based restrictions of use of the image that depicts the at least one feature of the entity.

11. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
circuitry configured to acquire an indication that the device is in a particular area.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to transmit to the device term data associated with the entity and that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the image that depicts the at least one feature of the entity comprises:
circuitry configured to transmit to the device term data associated with the entity and that specifies one or more liabilities for use of the image that depicts the at least one feature of the entity.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to transmit to the device term data associated with the entity and that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the image that depicts the at least one feature of the entity comprises:
circuitry configured to transmit to the device one or more contracts that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the image that depicts the at least one feature of the entity.

14. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to transmit to the device term data associated with the entity and that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the image that depicts the at least one feature of the entity comprises:
circuitry configured to transmit to the device term data associated with the entity and that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the image and that expire after the device travels a particular distance.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry configured to acquire an indication that a device has captured an image that depicts at least one feature of an entity comprises:
circuitry configured to acquire an indication that a device has captured an image that depicts at least one of the following features of a human entity: facial or body part.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry configured to acquire an indication that a device has captured an image that depicts at least one feature of an entity comprises:
circuitry configured to acquire an indication that a device has captured an image that depicts at least one feature of an object entity.

17. The system of claim

Assignees

• Elwha Llc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06F21/16 Primary

  Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking · CPC title

• G06F2221/2111

  Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS · CPC title

• G06Q30/00 Primary

  Commerce · CPC title

• G06F2221/2137

  Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data · CPC title

• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title