Network support for corrupting images captured at a prohibited location
OwnerFrances Chin, Peggy Hasan +1inventors
InventorsFrances Chin, Peggy Hasan, Sandra True
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Abstract
Structures and methods are disclosed for corrupting image files of a mobile image device (e.g., picture phone) in some manner if the image files are initially captured within a designated “no image zone.” The mobile image device queries a wireless telecommunication network upon capturing an image. The network instructs the mobile image device to corrupt the image if it determined to have been captured within a no-image zone. The mobile image device may save the image if it was not captured within a designated “no image” zone.
Claims9
A method comprising a mobile image device performing steps of:
- capturing an image;
- determining a source location associated with the image;
- querying a network device to determine whether the source location coincides with a designated no-image zone;
- and
- corrupting the image, yielding a corrupted image if the network device indicates that the source location coincides with a designated no-image zone.
A mobile image device comprising:
- at least one of a video module and camera module for capturing an image;
- a position determination module for determining a source location associated with the image;
- an image receptor module for receiving the image and source location;
- an image gateway module for querying a network device to determine whether the source location of the image coincides with a designated no-image zone;
- and
- an image corruption module for corrupting the image, yielding a corrupted image if the source location coincides with a designated no-image zone
A method, performed by a network device, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a query from a mobile image device having captured an image at a source location,
- responsive to the query, consulting a database to determine whether the source location coincides with a designated no-image zone;
- and
- instructing the mobile image device to corrupt the image, yielding a corrupted image, if the source location is determined to coincide with a designated no-image zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.