IP Library Granted Patent US 8,442,265
Granted Patent B1
US 8,442,265 · App. 13/276,389 · Granted May 14, 2013

Image selection from captured video sequence based on social components

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Patent No.
US 8,442,265
App. No.
13/276,389
Granted
May 14, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

In one embodiment, a mobile device analyzes frames before and after a particular frame of a real-time video to identify one or more social network objects, and selects one or more frames before and after the particular frame based on social network information for further storage in the mobile device.

Claims (32)

1. A method, by a computing device, comprising:

accessing a sequence of video frames stored in a buffer;

receiving an indication for persistent storage of a particular frame of the sequence of video frames;

analyzing frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames stored in the buffer to identify one or more social network objects;

determining a value of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames based on the one or more identified social network objects; and

selecting one or more of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames for persistent storage based on respective values of the frames.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining a value of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames based on the one or more identified social network objects, further comprises:

for each frame of the frames before or after the particular frame, assigning a value based on a number of social network objects identified in the each frame.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining a value of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames based on the one or more identified social network objects is further based on an affinity associated with each of the one or more identified social network objects.

4. A system comprising:

a memory;

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory storage medium storing computer-readable instructions operative, when executed, to cause the one or more processors to:

access sequence of video frames stored in a buffer;

receive an indication for persistent storage of a particular frame of the sequence of video frames;

analyze frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames stored in the buffer to identify one or more social network objects;

determine a value of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames based on the one or more identified social network objects;

and

select one or more of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames for persistent storage based on respective values of the frames.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein to determine a value of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames based on the one or more identified social network objects, further comprises instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to:

for each frame of the frames before or after the particular frame, assign a value based on a number of social network objects identified in the each frame.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein to determine a value of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames based on the one or more identified social network objects is further based on an affinity associated with each of the one or more identified social network objects.

7. One or more computer-readable tangible storage media embodying software operable when executed by one or more computing devices to:

access a sequence of video frames stored in a buffer;

receive an indication for persistent storage of a particular frame of the sequence of video frames;

analyze frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames stored in the buffer to identify one or more social network objects;

determine a value of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames based on the one or more identified social network objects;

and

select one or more of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames for persistent storage based on respective values of the frames.

8. The media of claim 7 , wherein to determine a value of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames based on the one or more identified social network objects, further comprises software operable when executed by the one or more computing devices to:

for each frame of the frames before or after the particular frame, assign a value based on a number of social network objects identified in the each frame.

9. The media of claim 7 , wherein to determine a value of the frames before or after the particular frame of the sequence of video frames based on the one or more identified social network objects is further based on an affinity associated with each of the one or more identified social network objects.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058553/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2011
From: BOSWORTH, ANDREW GARROD; GARCIA, DAVID HARRY; CUERVO, SOLEIO
To: FACEBOOK, INC.
Reel/Frame 027255/0195 →