Contextual masking of objects in social photographs
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSarbajit K. Rakshit, James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, Craig M. Trim
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Abstract
According to at least one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for contextually masking visual elements in a photograph is provided. The present invention may include receiving privacy preferences from one or more users, identifying individuals in a photograph, constructing a ruleset based on the privacy preferences of the identified individuals within the photograph and, based on the ruleset, masking one or more visual elements within the photograph from view of a viewer.
Claims17
A processor-implemented method for contextually masking visual elements in a digital photograph, the method comprising:
- constructing, by a processor, a ruleset based on one or more privacy preferences of a plurality of identified individuals within the digital photograph;
- responsive to a viewer digitally accessing the digital photograph and prior to displaying the digital photograph to the viewer, masking, by the processor, one or more visual elements within the digital photograph from view of the viewer based on the ruleset and an identity of the viewer;
- responsive to a viewer digitally accessing the digital photograph and prior to displaying the digital photograph to the viewer, removing, by the processor, one or more textual references to the one or more visual elements from a plurality of social media comments associated with the digital photograph;
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- displaying the masked digital photograph to the viewer.
A computer system for contextually masking visual elements in a digital photograph, the computer system comprising:
- one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
- constructing a ruleset based on one or more privacy preferences of a plurality of identified individuals within the digital photograph;
- responsive to a viewer digitally accessing the digital photograph and prior to displaying the digital photograph to the viewer, masking one or more visual elements within the digital photograph from view of the viewer based on the ruleset and an identity of the viewer;
- responsive to a viewer digitally accessing the digital photograph and prior to displaying the digital photograph to the viewer, removing one or more textual references to the one or more visual elements from a plurality of social media comments associated with the digital photograph;
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- displaying the masked digital photograph to the viewer.
A computer program product for contextually masking visual elements in a digital photograph, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- constructing a ruleset based on one or more privacy preferences of a plurality of identified individuals within the digital photograph;
- responsive to a viewer digitally accessing the digital photograph and prior to displaying the digital photograph to the viewer, masking one or more visual elements within the digital photograph from view of the viewer based on the ruleset and an identity of the viewer;
- responsive to a viewer digitally accessing the digital photograph and prior to displaying the digital photograph to the viewer, removing one or more textual references to the one or more visual elements from a plurality of social media comments associated with the digital photograph;
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- displaying the masked digital photograph to the viewer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.