# US 2014/0195609 A1 · Digital photograph group editing and access > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195609 A1 - Document ID: US20140195609A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/149,671 - Filed: 2014-01-07 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07 - Assignees: MTN Satellite Communications - Applicants: MTN Satellite Communications - Inventors: Robert M. Wise - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195609A1 ## CPC - H04L 65/403: Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) - G06F 16/5838: {using colour} - G06V 10/95: {structured as a network, e.g. client-server architectures} - G06V 20/30: in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video - G06V 40/16: Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions - G06V 40/172: {Classification, e.g. identification} - H04L 12/185: {with management of multicast group membership} - H04L 51/52: for supporting social networking services - H04L 12/18: for broadcast or conference {, e.g. multicast} - H04N 21/44218: {Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV programme (methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45)} - H04N 23/611: where the recognised objects include parts of the human body - H04N 23/66: Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A process of managing a digital photo involves capturing the photo using a digital camera; communicating the photo to a server system; the server system identifying faces of people in the photo; the server system matching the faces to the communication addresses of portable devices of the people; and the server system communicating the photo to the portable devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A process of managing a digital photo, comprising: capturing the photo using a digital camera; communicating the photo to a server system; the server system identifying faces of people in the photo; the server system matching the faces to the communication addresses of portable devices of the people; and the server system communicating the photo to the portable devices. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The process of claim 1, further comprising: the server system receiving votes from the portable devices approving or disapproving of the photo. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The process of claim 2, further comprising: the server system posting the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices approving of the photo. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The process of claim 3, further comprising: the server system declining to post the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices disapproving of the photo. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The process of claim 1, further comprising: the server system applying vehicle manifest logic to locate and correlate people's faces to faces in the photo based on the manifest. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The process of claim 5, further comprising: the manifest logic comprising facial photos of people on the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The process of claim 6, further comprising: the manifest logic comprising communication addresses associated with people on the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The process of claim 7, further comprising: the manifest logic comprising one of phone numbers or email addresses associated with people on the vehicle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The process of claim 1, further comprising: each person identified in the photo being granted a right to edit a region of the photo identified by the server system as containing an image of the person. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The process of claim 1, further comprising: the server system posting the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices approving of the photo, but only on condition that a number of votes of approving of the photo exceeds a defined threshold less than the total number of people identified in the photo. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The process of claim 10, further comprising: the server system posting the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices approving of the photo, but declining to tag those people in the photo who did not submit a vote of approval for the photo. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The process of claim 2, further comprising: the server system digitally removing the image of people in the photo for those people who disapprove of the photo. ### Claim 13 A server system for processing digital photos, comprising: logic to interface to a machine communication network; logic to receive a digital photo via the interface to the machine network; logic to identify faces of people in the photo; logic to match the faces to the communication addresses of portable devices of the people identified in the photo; and logic to communicate the photo to the portable devices. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The server system of claim 8, further comprising: logic to receive and tabulate votes from the portable devices approving or disapproving of the photo. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The server system of claim 14, further comprising: logic to post the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices approving of the photo. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The server system of claim 15, further comprising: logic to decline to post the photo to the social media accounts of people corresponding to votes from the portable devices disapproving of the photo. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The server system of claim 13, further comprising: logic to apply vehicle manifest logic to locate and correlate people's faces to faces in the photo based on the manifest. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The server system of claim 17, further comprising: the manifest logic comprising facial photos of people on the vehicle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The server system of claim 18, further comprising: the manifest logic comprising communication addresses associated with people on the vehicle. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The server system of claim 13, further comprising: logic to digitally remove the image of people in the photo for those people who disapprove of the photo.