Patent ID: 9721143
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06K

Claim:
1. A method for modifying a visual depiction, the method comprising: identifying, by a processor, a first depiction of a first member of an online social network; determining, by the processor, a first date value representing a date corresponding to the first depiction; determining, by the processor, a relationship between the first member and a second member of the online social network; identifying, by the processor, a second date value based, at least in part, on the relationship between the first member and the second member; determining, by the processor, a region of the first depiction by performing facial recognition based, at least in part, on the first depiction; generating, by the processor, a second depiction by applying one or more operations to the region of the first depiction based, at least in part, on the second date value, wherein the second depiction allows identification of the first member based, at least in part, on the second date value; and generating, by the processor, a plurality of depictions by applying, by the processor, one or more operations to the region of the first depiction based, at least in part, on the second date value, wherein the plurality of depictions includes the second depiction, wherein each of the plurality of depictions allows identification of the second member based, at least in part, on a date value between the first date value and the second date value.