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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Markus A. Regli, Rueschlikon, CH;
Ruediger Rissmann, Rueschlikon, CH;
Marc P. Stoecklin, Hawthorne, NY (US);
Markus A. Regli, Rueschlikon, CH;
Ruediger Rissmann, Rueschlikon, CH;
Marc P. Stoecklin, Hawthorne, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A broker service that acquires location based image data receives a request from a requestor. The request comprises request criteria that at least include a location criterion and a time criterion for obtaining image data, which comprises at least one of a still image and a video. The broker service determines that a position indication of a first producer of a plurality of producers fulfils the location criterion at least to an extent. The plurality of producers comprises devices remote from the requestor and having capabilities of image capture and location determination. The broker service transmits an image request to the first producer. The image request corresponds to the request. The broker service receives image data from the first producer responsive to the image request. The broker service determines that the image data fulfils the time criterion. The broker service transmits the image data to the requestor.