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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Kathleen Rae Thompson, Redmond, WA (US);
Hayley Steplyk, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph Patrick Masterson, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques of automatic image classification and modification in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes scanning an inbox on email servers for emails containing image files. Upon detecting that an email in the inbox contains an image file, the method includes retrieving an identification photo of a user from a data store. The method also includes determining, via facial recognition, whether the image file in the email contains at least a partial image of the user based on the retrieved identification photo. In response to determining that the image file in the email contains at least a partial image of the user, a metadata value is inserted into the image file indicating that the image file contains at least a partial image of the user before the image file is stored in the inbox on the one or more email servers.