Patent ID: 9443001
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of curating collections of digital photographs and combining at least two group of photos in a memory of a server computer, the method comprising: receiving photographs associated with a user; storing the photographs in a database in association with the user; associating the photographs in the database with information identifying at least one of a date when the photograph was taken, a location where the photograph was taken, an event associated with the photograph, or a person in the photograph; determining that a trigger has occurred for curating a type of photograph collection; curating the type of photograph collection in response to the trigger; obtaining a first set of hierarchically structured location information associated with a first group of photos in the assembled photograph collection; obtaining a second set of hierarchically structured location information associated with a second group of photos in the assembled photograph collection; determining a lowest hierarchical location element common to each of the hierarchically structured location information sets; determining a name for a third group of photos comprising the first and second groups of photos, which name comprises the lowest hierarchical location element in common to each of the hierarchically structured location information sets; sending, from the server computer, a notification including the name for the third group of photos to a client device associated with the user.