Patent ID: 8319837
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing a file between a control point and a media server in a networking system, the method comprising the steps of: capturing a photo; transmitting the photo to a web server; transmitting, by the web server, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), representing a position at which the photo is stored, to the control point; determining by the control point a similarity between a facial image included in the captured photo and one of a plurality of facial image files, each corresponding to a respective media server; comparing by the control point the similarity with a pre-stored value, and if the similarity is greater than or equal to the pre-stored value, transmitting by the control point the URI to the media server that corresponds to the facial image file; and accessing by the media server the URI received from the control point and receiving by the media server the photo from the web server using the URI.