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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Young-kyu Jin, Seoul, KR;
Jong-woo Jung, Seoul, KR;
Joo-kyung Woo, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/4406 (2013.01); H04N 1/00153 (2013.01); H04N 1/00156 (2013.01); H04N 1/444 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/8153 (2013.01); H04N 1/00132 (2013.01); H04N 1/448 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3205 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3214 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3215 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3252 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3274 (2013.01);
Abstract
A picture sharing apparatus and method are provided. The picture sharing apparatus includes technology for providing pictures differentiated according to sharing levels. The picture sharing technology may receive a picture request from a user's terminal and determine that user's sharing level and provide a picture differentiated in a predetermined form according to the user's sharing level. The picture sharing technology fulfills the two conflicting tasks of privacy protection and picture sharing.