Patent ID: 8923647

Claim:
A method comprising: recognizing one or more objects in at least one photo, wherein the one or more objects include one or more of at least one face, text, and at least one logo, and wherein the recognizing is performed using one or more recognition algorithms; determining one or more objects to be obscured in the at least one photo based on one or more user preferences, wherein the one or more of the user preferences are based on one or more social criteria, wherein the determining of one or more objects to be obscured includes receiving one or more user preferences associated with the at least one photo, and wherein the one or more user preferences includes an indication of which objects to obscure; and causing the at least one photo to be displayed such that the determined one or more objects are obscured, wherein one or more objects in the at least one photo are obscured by default, and wherein one or more objects are selectively unobscured based on one or more user preferences.