US 10,320,794 B2Granted

System for sharing selectively ephemeral content

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsCharles Miller, Nathan Edwards, Brad Hosack, Luke Lecheler, James Leslie, Philip Soran

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Abstract

An electronic device that provides long-lived, but selectively ephemeral access to content is described. In particular, the electronic devices may provide secure content, which was generated based on protection information and the content, to a computer system. After receiving a share command, the electronic device may communicate, to the computer system, a unique token that is associated with a recipient in a communication network and an instruction to enable a recipient electronic device associated with the recipient to view the content. This unique token may allow the computer system to access the content in the secure content, so that the computer system has an ability to provide the content to the recipient electronic device. Moreover, after receiving an un-share command, the electronic device may temporarily or permanently disable the unique token on the computer system, so that the computer system is unable to access the content in the secure content.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device, comprising:

a first image sensor facing a first direction;
a second image sensor facing a second direction different from the first direction;
a processor;
and
a memory in communication with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the device to perform functions of:
using the first and second image sensors, generating content comprising a first video image captured by the first image sensor and a second video image captured by the second image sensor, wherein the content is generated such that the first video image is smoothly transitioned to the second video image by fading out and in, respectively, without an interval between the first and second video images;
generating secure content containing the generated content;
via a communication network, transmitting the secure content to a first remote device configured to store the secure content;
receiving a share command to enable a first recipient to view the content, wherein the first recipient is associated with a second remote device in communication with the first remote device via the communication network;
in response to the received share command, transmitting a first unique token to the first remote device via the communication network, wherein the first unique token is associated with the first recipient and enables the first remote device to obtain the content from the secure content and share the obtained content with the second remote device via the communication network;
receiving an un-share command to disable an ability of the first recipient to view the content;
and
in response to the un-share command, via the communication network, transmitting to the first remote device an instruction to disable the first unique token on the first remote device.

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A method comprising:

at a user device, generating content using first and second image sensors facing first and second directions, respectively, the content comprising a first video image captured by the first image sensor and a second video image captured by the second image sensor, wherein the content is generated such that the first video image is smoothly transitioned to the second video image by fading out and in, respectively, without an interval between the first and second video images;
at the user device, generating secure content containing the generated content;
via a communication network, from the user device transmitting the secure content to a first remote device configured to store the secure content;
at the user device, receiving a share command to enable a first recipient to view the content, wherein the first recipient is associated with second remote device in communication with the first remote device via the communication network;
in response to the received share command, via the communication network, transmitting a first unique token to the first remote device, wherein the first unique token is associated with the first recipient and enables the first remote device to obtain the content from the secure content and share the obtained content with the second remote device via the communication network;
at the user device, receiving an un-share command to disable an ability of the first recipient to view the content;
and
in response to the un-share command, via the communication network, transmitting to the first remote device, an instruction to disable the first unique token on the first remote device.

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A device comprising:

means for capturing a first video image;
means for capturing a second video image;
means for generating content comprising the first and second video images, wherein the content is generated such that the first video image is smoothly transitioned to the second video image by fading out and in, respectively, without an interval between the first and second video images;
means for generating secure content containing the generated content;
means for, via a communication network, transmitting the secure content to a first remote device configured to store the secure content;
means for receiving a share command to enable a first recipient to view the content, wherein the first recipient is associated with second remote device in communication with the first remote device via the communication network;
means for, in response to the received share command, transmitting a first unique token to the first remote device via the communication network, wherein the first unique token is associated with the first recipient and enables the first remote device to obtain the content from the secure content and share the obtained content with the second remote device via the communication network;
means for receiving an un-share command to disable an ability of the first recipient to view the content;
and
means for, in response to the un-share command, transmitting an instruction to disable the first unique token on the first remote device to the first remote device via a communication network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/222,960Filed 29 Jul 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: 29 Jul 2015
Published: US 2017/0034173 A12 Feb 2017
Granted: 11 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

H04L 63/10
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for controlling access to devices or network resources
H04L 63/068
For supporting key management in a packet data network: using time-dependent keys, e.g. periodically changing keys
H04L
Digital communication

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Application62/198,594Us provisional application · filed 29 Jul 2015
Application62/210,365Us provisional application · filed 26 Aug 2015
Application62/262,253Us provisional application · filed 2 Dec 2015
US 2017/0034173 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Feb 2017
US 10,320,794 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

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