IP Library Granted Patent US 9,959,446
Granted Patent B2
US 9,959,446 · App. 14/667,358 · Granted May 1, 2018

Appending a user identifier to an image

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Patent No.
US 9,959,446
App. No.
14/667,358
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

For appending a user identifier to an image, code records a user identity input from an input device in response to a principle camera recording a principle image. In addition, the code generates a user identifier from the user identity input. The code further appends the user identifier to the principle image.

Claims (63)

1. An apparatus comprising:

an electronic device comprising:

an input device comprising a second camera;

a principle camera;

a processor; and

a memory that stores code executable by the processor to:

record a user identity input from the input device in response to the principle camera recording a principle image, wherein the user identity input is a user image;

access a social media account associated with the electronic device;

access a user identity database associated with the social media account, wherein the user identity database comprises a plurality of entries, and each entry comprises a user input, an input type, and user metadata;

match the user identity input to a social media image user input with an image type in the user identity database;

generate a user identifier from the social media image user input by retrieving the user metadata for the social media image user input in the user identity database and parsing a name from the user metadata as the user identifier; and

append the user identifier to the principle image as a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) author field.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user identifier is further generated by:

accessing a user data store;

matching the user image to a data store image;

retrieving an image identifier for the data store image; and

appending the image identifier to the user identifier.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user identity input further comprises a user fingerprint and the user identifier is further generated by:

accessing a user identity database;

matching the user fingerprint to a fingerprint user input;

retrieving user metadata for the fingerprint user input; and

appending the user metadata for the fingerprint user input to the user identifier.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user identity input further comprises a pass code and the user identifier is further generated by:

accessing a user identity database;

matching the pass code to a pass code user input; and

retrieving user metadata for the pass code user input; and

appending the user metadata for the pass code user input to the user identifier.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user identifier is further appended to a file name of the principle image.

6. A method comprising:

recording, by use of a processor, a user identity input from an input device comprising a second camera in response to a principle camera recording a principle image, wherein the user identity input is a user image;

accessing a social media account associated with the principle camera;

accessing a user identity database associated with the social media account, wherein the user identity database comprises a plurality of entries, and each entry comprises a user input, an input type, and user metadata;

matching the user identity input to a social media image user input with an image type in the user identity database;

generating a user identifier from the social media image user input by retrieving the user metadata for the social media image user input in the user identity database and parsing a name from the user metadata as the user identifier; and

appending the user identifier to the principle image as a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) author field.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the user identifier is further generated by:

accessing a user data store;

matching the user image to a data store image;

retrieving an image identifier for the data store image;

appending the image identifier to the user identifier.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the user identity input further comprises a user fingerprint and the user identifier is further generated by:

accessing a user identity database;

matching the user fingerprint to a fingerprint user input;

retrieving user metadata for the fingerprint user input; and

appending the user metadata for the fingerprint user input to the user identifier.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the user identity input further comprises a pass code and the user identifier is further generated by:

accessing a user identity database;

matching the pass code to a pass code user input;

retrieving user metadata for the pass code user input; and

appending the user metadata for the pass code user input to the user identifier.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the user identifier is further appended to a file name of the principle image.

11. A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

recording a user identity input from an input device comprising a second camera in response to a principle camera recording a principle image, wherein the user identity input is a user image;

accessing a social media account associated with the principle camera;

accessing a user identity database associated with the social media account, wherein the user identity database comprises a plurality of entries, and each entry comprises a user input, an input type, and user metadata;

matching the user identity input to a social media image user input with an image type in the user identity database;

generating a user identifier from the social media user input by retrieving the user metadata for the social media image user input in the user identity database and parsing a name from the user metadata as the user identifier; and

appending the user identifier to the principle image as a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) author field.

12. The program product of claim 11 , wherein the user identifier is further generated by:

accessing a user data store;

matching the user image to a data store image;

retrieving an image identifier for the data store image; and

appending the image identifier to the user identifier.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2019
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049693/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: GUY, SPENCER MICHAEL; GRIMME, JASON; MCDANIEL, KYLE JARED; VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 035245/0345 →