Patent ID: 11934374
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method that determines whether a submitted image satisfies a geographic constraint, the method comprising:
defining a rule that establishes a geographic restriction on the submitted image;
in response to receiving a submission to a contest, accessing a geo-code associated with the submitted image;
determining whether the geo-code indicates that the submitted image was taken at a location that violates the geographic restriction defined in the rule, wherein a user is required to submit the image from a geographic location within an area defined in the rule and within a defined time window; and
if a determination is made that the submitted image was taken either at a location that violates the geographic restriction defined in the rule or outside the defined time window, routing the image submission to an annotator, prompting the annotator to determine whether content in the image is indicative of a rule violation, and eliminating the submitted image from being considered a valid entry in the contest.