Automatic sharing of superlative digital images

摘要

Described herein are techniques related to automatic sharing of superlative digital images. Such techniques include an automatic selection of one or more superlative digital images from a set of digital images based, at least in part, upon weighted criteria regarding properties (e.g., metadata or content) of the digital images. Instead, interested parties (e.g., subscribers and/or persons with an association with a particular image) are notified automatically. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
obtaining a set of digital images; selecting, based upon weighted selection criteria, a superlative subset of digital images of the set; finding an association, based upon association rules, between one or more particular digital images of the selected superlative subset and a particular user; notifying the particular user about the one or more associated particular digital images of the selected superlative subset; assigning metadata to the one or more associated particular digital images, the metadata including at least metadata that indicates that the notifying of the particular user about the one or more associated particular digital images of the selected superlative subset has occurred; and informing the particular user about the one or more associated particular digital images of the selected superlative subset after the assigning of the metadata.