User classification based upon images

1. A method of providing content to a user, comprising:

evaluating an image, associated with a user, utilizing an image classifier to identify an object within the image;

identifying a predicted class based upon the object;

evaluating locational information for the image to determine an image location;

responsive to the image location corresponding to a home location of the user, determining that the predicted class is a class associated with the user;

selecting content from a content repository based upon the class; and

providing the content to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining the home location for the user based upon one or more additional images associated with the user.

3. The method of claim 2 , the determining the home location of the user comprising:

evaluating an image repository associated with the user to identify a set of images comprising locational information;

grouping one or more images of the set of images into a first cluster based upon the one or more images corresponding to a first location;

determining a total number of images in the first cluster;

determining a timespan for the images in the first cluster; and

responsive to the total number of images in the first cluster exceeding an image count threshold and the timespan for the first cluster exceeding a timespan threshold, determining that the first location corresponds to the home location of the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining a confidence score for the predicted class; and

the identifying the predicted class as a class associated with the user comprising identifying the predicted class as the class based upon the confidence score exceeding a confidence threshold.

5. The method of claim 4 , the determining a confidence score comprising:

comparing the object utilized to identify the predicted class to a set of known objects to determine a match score for the object; and

responsive to the match score exceeding a threshold amount, increasing the confidence score for the predicted class.

6. The method of claim 4 , the determining a confidence score comprising:

evaluating an individual within the image utilizing a facial recognition technique to determine an identity of the individual; and

responsive to the identity of the individual corresponding to the user, increasing the confidence score for the predicted class.

7. The method of claim 1 , the class comprising at least one of:

an athletic class, a college class, a school class, a graduate class, an engagement class, a wedding class, a parent class, a new homeowner class, a career class, a hobby class, or a pet owner class.

8. The method of claim 1 , the image classifier comprising a non-linear classifier utilizing a convolutional neural network configured to transform image elements.

9. The method of claim 8 , comprising:

configuring the image classifier to transform image elements through a series of layers, wherein each layer extracts features from an output of a previous layer.

10. The method of claim 9 , the series of layers comprising:

at least one of a pooling layer, a rectified linear unit layer, a convolutional layer, or fully connected layer.

11. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving feedback associated with the identification of at least one of the predicted class or the object from the user; and

training the image classifier based upon the user feedback.

12. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving feedback associated with the identification of at least one of the predicted class or the object from the user; and

responsive to the feedback indicating an improper identification for at least one of the predicted class or the image feature, prompting the user to provide a proper identification of at least one of the predicted class or the image feature.

13. The method of claim 1 , the evaluating an image, associated with a user, utilizing an image classifier to identify an object comprising:

aggregating pixel attributes of the image into patch-level features;

evaluating the patch-level features to determine aggregated patch-level features;

evaluating the aggregated patch-level features to identify one or more image features for the image; and

evaluating the one or more image features to identify the object.

14. The method of claim 2 , comprising:

evaluating locational information for the one or more additional images utilizing a leader-follower algorithm to determine the home location based upon a locational grouping of the one or more additional images over a set time span.

15. The method of claim 1 , the evaluating an image comprising:

obtaining the image from at least one of a social media community, a microblogging community, a workgroup community, an online forum community, or an image sharing community.

16. A system for providing content to a user, comprising:

an image classifier component configured to:

evaluate an image, associated with a user, to identify an object within the image;

identify a predicted class for the user based upon the object;

evaluate locational information of the image to determine an image location for the image;

determine a home location of the user by utilizing a leader-follower algorithm to evaluate one or more additional images associated with the user; and

responsive to the image location corresponding to the home location, determine that the predicted class is a class associated with the user; and

a content provider component configured to:

select content from a content repository based upon the class associated with the user; and

provide the content to the user.

17. The system of claim 16 , the image classifier component configured to:

evaluate an image repository associated with the user to identify a set of images comprising locational information;

group one or more images of the set of images into a first cluster based upon the one or more images corresponding to a first location;

determine a total number of images in the first cluster;

determine a timespan for the images in the first cluster; and

responsive to the total number of images in the first cluster exceeding an image count threshold and the timespan for the first cluster exceeding a timespan threshold, determine that the first location corresponds to the home location of the user.

18. The system of claim 16 , the image classifier component configured to:

determine a confidence score for the predicted class; and

identify the predicted class as the class based upon the confidence score exceeding a confidence threshold.

19. The system of claim 16 , comprising:

a training component configured to:

train an untrained image classifier using a training image database to create the image classifier.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method for providing content to a user, comprising:

evaluating an image, associated with a user, utilizing an image classifier to identify an image feature within the image;

identifying a predicted class for the user based upon the image feature;

evaluating locational information of the image to determine an image location for the image;

determining a home location of the user based upon one or more additional images associated with the user, the determining the home location comprising:

evaluating locational information for the one or more additional images utilizing a leader-follower algorithm to determine the home location based upon a locational grouping of the one or more additional images over a timespan;

responsive to the image location corresponding to a home location of the user, determining that the predicted class is a class associated with the user;

selecting promotional content from a content repository based upon the class; and

providing the promotional content to the user.