Automatic image sharing with designated users over a communication network

A system comprising:

• a storage device with instructions stored thereon;
• and
• at least one processor configured to access the storage device and configured to perform operations based on the instructions, the operations comprising:
• determining one or more first sharing criteria images from a library of images associated with a first user, wherein each of the one or more first sharing criteria images depicts a different image content feature of a particular type;
• wherein determining the one or more first sharing criteria images from the library of images includes:
• selecting one or more images from the library that depict the different image content features of the particular type, wherein the one or more selected images from the library include an image depicting a plurality of faces, wherein a respective first sharing criteria image is obtained for each face in the image depicting the plurality of faces;
• and
• cropping at least one of the one or more selected images from the library to remove image areas other than a portion that depicts a respective image content feature of the particular type, wherein the at least one cropped image is provided as at least one of the one or more first sharing criteria images;
• determining one or more second sharing criteria images that have one or more characteristics that correspond to one or more characteristics of at least one of the first sharing criteria images, wherein the one or more characteristics include a time of capture or a location of capture;
• causing the one or more first sharing criteria images and the one or more second sharing criteria images to be displayed in a user interface on a first device;
• receiving a selection of a particular image of the one or more first sharing criteria images or the one or more second sharing criteria images based on user input received at the first device;
• determining an identifier indicative of a particular image content feature depicted in the particular image, wherein the identifier is designated as a sharing criterion;
• programmatically analyzing a first image from the library of images associated with the first user to determine that the first image depicts an image content feature that matches the sharing criterion;
• and
• based on the determination that the first image depicts the image content feature that matches the sharing criterion, updating an access permission of the first image of the library of images associated with the first user to grant access to the first image to a second user of a second device over a communication network.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• determining one or more first sharing criteria images from a library of images associated with a first user, wherein each of the one or more first sharing criteria images depicts a different image content feature of a particular type,
• wherein determining the one or more first sharing criteria images from the library of images includes:
• selecting one or more images from the library that depict the different image content features of the particular type, wherein the one or more selected images from the library include an image depicting a plurality of faces, wherein a respective first sharing criteria image is obtained for each face in the image depicting the plurality of faces;
• and
• cropping at least one of the one or more selected images from the library to remove image areas other than a portion that depicts a respective image content feature of the particular type, wherein the at least one cropped image is provided as at least one of the one or more first sharing criteria images;
• determining one or more second sharing criteria images that have one or more characteristics that correspond to one or more characteristics of at least one of the first sharing criteria images, wherein the one or more characteristics include a time of capture or a location of capture;
• causing the one or more first sharing criteria images and the one or more second sharing criteria images to be displayed in a user interface on a first device;
• receiving a selection of a particular image of the one or more first sharing criteria images or the one or more second sharing criteria images based on user input received at the first device;
• determining an identifier indicative of a particular image content feature depicted in the particular image, wherein the identifier is designated as a sharing criterion;
• programmatically analyzing a first image from the library of images associated with the first user to determine that the first image depicts an image content feature that matches the sharing criterion;
• and
• based on the determination that the first image depicts the image content feature that matches the sharing criterion, updating an access permission of the first image of the library of images associated with the first user to grant access to the first image to a second user.