Device and computer readable medium for sharing image content based on collection proximity

摘要

Apparatus are described for performing an action based on determining that the contents of a first image collection and a second image collection are similar. In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to comparing digests representing the two image collections to determine proximity. The digest may be obtained and the comparison made at a server. The actions performed based on a proximity determination may comprise notifying a user of a first collection sharing device of the availability of a second collection sharing device, and/or the retrieval of one or more images from the second image collection. In another aspect of the present disclosure, proximity may be measured by comparing subject faces present in a first image collection to subject faces present in the second image collection.

主权项

1. A server comprising:
a communication interface adapted to communicatively couple the server to a first collection sharing device and a second collection sharing device over a network; and a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to:
obtain from the first collection sharing device a first image collection digest;obtain from the second collection sharing device second image collection digest;determine a collection proximity by comparing the first image collection digest and the second image collection digest;determine a collection proximity match by comparing the collection proximity to a matching threshold; andin response to determining the collection proximity match, provide a notification to the first collection sharing device reflecting that the second collection sharing device is communicatively coupled over the network,wherein the server, the first collection sharing device, and the second collection sharing device are all separate devices.