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Method and system for verifying geographical descriptiveness of media file

US9348845B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Tor Björn Minde · Luleå, SE
Richard Carlsson · Malmö, SE
Xin Feng · Canton, US
Visa Fristrom · Helsinki, FI
David Hertz · Dix Hills, US
Rita Ziyi Xu · Solna, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2008
Grant date	May 24, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 12, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/58
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for verifying geographical descriptiveness of a media file, such as a picture. The system comprises storage means adapted to store a media file, communication means adapted to send said media file to a plurality of user terminals, and to receive, from the user terminals, data indicating a guessed geographical position with which the user of each user terminal associates the media file. The system also comprises calculation means adapted to determine whether the media file is indicative of a geographical position based on the guessed geographical positions received from the plurality of user terminal.

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