Trust representation by similarity
View Patent ↗In some embodiments, techniques for determining a reputation associated with an electronic document may include receiving a reference image, receiving an electronic document, determining a trustworthiness factor associated with the electronic document, creating a modified reference image, wherein creating the modified reference image includes modifying the reference image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor, wherein a lower trustworthiness factor corresponds to a greater modification relative to a higher trustworthiness factor; and displaying the modified reference image.
1. A computer-implemented method for indicating trustworthiness, comprising:
receiving a reference image;
receiving a specification of features associated with the reference image;
receiving an electronic document;
determining a trustworthiness factor associated with the electronic document;
creating a modified reference image, wherein creating the modified reference image includes modifying the reference image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor, wherein a lower trustworthiness factor corresponds to a greater modification relative to a higher trustworthiness factor, and wherein modifying the reference image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor includes warping the reference image based on moving the features to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor, and interpolating points to generate the modified reference image; and
displaying the modified reference image.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic document is an email.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic document is a web page.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the trustworthiness factor relates to an originator of the electronic document.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the trustworthiness factor relates to analysis of content of the electronic document.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic document relates to an item for sale, and wherein the trustworthiness factor relates to a seller of the item for sale.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference image is at least one of an image of a face and an image of a geometric shape.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modified reference image is displayed in a browser chrome.
9. A computer program product for indicating trustworthiness, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
receiving a reference image;
receiving a specification of features associated with the reference image;
receiving an electronic document;
determining a trustworthiness factor associated with the electronic document;
creating a modified reference image, wherein creating the modified reference image includes modifying the reference image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor, wherein a lower trustworthiness factor corresponds to a greater modification relative to a higher trustworthiness factor, and wherein modifying the reference image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor includes warping the reference image based on moving the features to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor, and interpolating points to generate the modified reference image; and
displaying the modified reference image.
10. A computer-implemented method for indicating trustworthiness, comprising:
receiving a reference image;
receiving a comparison image;
receiving an electronic document;
determining a trustworthiness factor associated with the electronic document;
creating a modified reference image, wherein creating the modified reference image includes modifying the reference image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor, wherein a lower trustworthiness factor corresponds to a greater modification relative to a higher trustworthiness factor, and wherein modifying the reference image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor includes interpolating between the reference image and the comparison image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor, wherein a lower trustworthiness factor corresponds to greater similarity to the comparison image and a higher trustworthiness factor corresponds to greater similarity to the reference image; and
displaying the modified reference image.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving a specification of first features for the reference image and second features for the comparison image, and wherein interpolating between the reference image and the comparison image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor includes morphing between the reference image and the comparison image.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the morphing is at least one of mesh warping, field morphing, and multilevel free-form deformation.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the electronic document is at least one of an email and a web page.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the trustworthiness factor relates to an originator of the electronic document.
15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the trustworthiness factor relates to analysis of content of the electronic document.
16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the electronic document relates to an item for sale, and wherein the trustworthiness factor relates to a seller of the item for sale.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first features are control points.
18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the reference image is at least one of an image of a face and an image of a geometric shape.
19. The method of claim 10 , wherein the modified reference image is displayed in a browser chrome.
20. A computer program product for indicating trustworthiness, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
receiving a reference image;
receiving a comparison image;
receiving an electronic document;
determining a trustworthiness factor associated with the electronic document;
creating a modified reference image, wherein creating the modified reference image includes modifying the reference image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor, wherein a lower trustworthiness factor corresponds to a greater modification relative to a higher trustworthiness factor, and wherein modifying the reference image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor includes interpolating between the reference image and the comparison image to a degree corresponding to the trustworthiness factor, wherein a lower trustworthiness factor corresponds to greater similarity to the comparison image and a higher trustworthiness factor corresponds to greater similarity to the reference image; and
displaying the modified reference image.