Samuel S Chang

US Patent:

20030078968, Apr 24, 2003

Filed:

Oct 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/912427

Inventors:

Bradford Needham - North Plains OR, US
Mark Lewis - La Grande OR, US
John Throckmorton - Lake Oswego OR, US
Samuel Chang - Portland OR, US
David Whitlinger - Beaverton OR, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/204000

Abstract:

A method and system for image sharing based upon faces in an image is disclosed. The method for image sharing based upon faces in an image comprises defining a sharing rule defining with which one or more recipients images are shared based on face identifying information, and applying face identifying information associated with the image to the sharing rule to determine the one or more recipients with which the image should be shared. The system for image sharing based on faces in an image comprises a sharing rule defining with which one or more recipients images are shared based on face identifying information, and a sharing engine to apply face identifying information associated with an image to the sharing rule to determine the one or more recipients with which the image should be shared.