Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
- Patent Title (中): 信息处理装置,信息处理方法和程序
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Application No.: US13966875Application Date: 2013-08-14
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Publication No.: US08826458B2Publication Date: 2014-09-02
- Inventor: Shigeru Arisawa , Shuhei Sonoda , Seiji Esaka , Masayuki Takada
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Priority: JP2010-155598 20100708
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; G06Q99/00

Abstract:
Some embodiments of the invention provide a server apparatus, comprising: a control block comprising at least one processor; at least one data reception unit operable to receive a request to share a picture; at least one storage facility, storing programmed instructions for execution by the control block, the programmed instructions defining an image analysis engine operable to determine that the picture comprises an image of a person; and at least one data transmission unit operable to issue a request to the person, or someone associated with the person, to consent to sharing the image. Other embodiments provide a method, performed by at least one computer. The method comprises: (A) receiving a request to share a picture; (B) determining that the picture comprises an image of a person; and (C) requesting that the person, or someone associated with the person, consent to sharing the image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130332534A1 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2013-12-12
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