US 2019/0244012 A1 · AUTOMATIC IMAGE CLASSIFICATION IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

Abstract

Techniques of automatic image classification and modification in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes scanning an inbox on email servers for emails containing image files. Upon detecting that an email in the inbox contains an image file, the method includes retrieving an identification photo of a user from a data store. The method also includes determining, via facial recognition, whether the image file in the email contains at least a partial image of the user based on the retrieved identification photo. In response to determining that the image file in the email contains at least a partial image of the user, a metadata value is inserted into the image file indicating that the image file contains at least a partial image of the user before the image file is stored in the inbox on the one or more email servers.

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Dependent claims

A method for automatic image classification in a computing system having one or more email servers interconnected to client devices by a computer network, the method comprising:

scanning an inbox on the one or more email servers for emails containing one or more image files;
and
upon detecting that an email in the inbox contains an image file,
retrieving, via the computer network, an identification photo of a user from a data store containing entries of user identifications and corresponding identification photos;
determining, via facial recognition, whether the image file in the email contains at least a partial image of the user based on the retrieved identification photo of the user;
and
in response to determining that the image file in the email contains at least a partial image of the user, inserting a metadata value into the image file indicating that the image file contains at least a partial image of the user and storing the image file along with the inserted metadata value in the inbox on the one or more email servers.

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A computing device configured to be interconnected to one or more client devices by a computer network, the computing system comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions executable by the processor to cause the computing device to:
determining whether one or more image files are included as attachment to emails in an inbox corresponding to a user's email account;
and
upon determining that one or more image files are included as attachment to the emails in the inbox,
determining, via facial recognition, whether the one or more image files individually contain at least a partial image of a person based on one or more facial landmarks of the person derived from an identification photo of the user;
and
in response to determining that the one or more image file contain at least a partial image of the person, modify a metadata value of the one or more image files to indicate that the one or more image files contain at least a partial image of the person and storing the one or more image files along with the modified metadata value in the inbox corresponding to the user's email account.

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A method for automatic image classification in a computing system having one or more email servers interconnected to client devices by a computer network, the method comprising:

determining whether an image file is included as attachment to an email received in an inbox corresponding to a user's email account;
and
in response to determining that an image file is included as attachment to the an email received in the inbox,
applying facial recognition to determine whether the image file contains at least a partial image of a person based on one or more features of the person derived from a profile or identification photo of the person or another image file previously identified as containing an image of the person;
and
in response to determining that the image file contains at least a partial image of the person,
modifying a metadata value of the image file to indicate that the image file contains at least a partial image of the person;
and
storing the image file along with the modified metadata value in the inbox corresponding to the user's email account.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Automatic image classification in electronic communications

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