Region-based sharing of pictures

A system for sharing digital images on an image-sharing application, said system comprising:

• a communications module, said communications module receives:
• a first input, the first input including a digital image,
• a second input from a user, the second input including a first access setting of the digital image, the first access setting defining at least one of:
• individuals who are permitted to view the digital image, and
• individuals who are not permitted to view the digital image,
• a third input from the user, the third input including a user-defined select region on the digital image, and
• a fourth input from the user, the fourth input including a second access setting of the user-defined select region, the second access setting defining at least one of:
• individuals who are permitted to view the user-defined select region, and
• individuals who are not permitted to view the user-defined select region;
• a processor, said processor identifies the user-defined select region on the digital image and at least one additional user-defined select region on the digital image,
• the at least one additional user-defined select region including a third access setting;
• and
• an access controller connected to said processor, said access controller permits:
• access to the digital image based on the first access setting,
• access to the user-defined select region based on the second access setting, and access to the at least one additional user-defined select region based on
• the third access setting.

A computer program product for sharing digital images on an image-sharing application, said computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
• first program instructions to receive a first input, the first input including a digital image,
• second program instructions to receive a second input from a user, the second input including a first access setting of the digital image,
• third program instructions to receive a third input from the user, the third input defines a user-defined select region on the digital image;
• fourth program instructions to receive a fourth input from the user after receiving the third input from the user, the fourth input including a second access setting of the user-defined select region;
• fifth program instructions to identify the user-defined select region on the digital image, the user-defined select region including a second access setting;
• sixth program instructions to identify at least one additional user-defined select region on the digital image, the at least one additional user-defined select region including a third access setting;
• seventh program instructions to permit access to the digital image based on the first access setting;
• eighth program instructions to permit access to the user-defined select region based on the second access setting;
• and
• ninth program instructions to permit access to the at least one additional user-defined select region based on the third access setting,
• wherein said first program instructions, said second program instructions, said third program instructions, said fourth program instructions, said fifth program instructions, said sixth program instructions, said seventh program instructions, said eighth program instructions, and said ninth program instructions are stored on said computer readable storage medium.