Patent ID: 8392957

Claim:
A computer system, for use in a wireless telecommunications network, to associate metadata tags with digital photos taken by a digital camera, camera phone, or camcorder, the computer system comprising: a server computer in communication with the wireless telecommunications network; a database, coupled to the server computer, wherein the database includes a table that identifies locations of wireless devices within the wireless telecommunications network at certain points in time and user names associated with the wireless devices, and wherein the database stores facial image data for users of the wireless devices; wherein the server computer is configured to: receive a digital photo with associated metadata, wherein the metadata associated with the digital photo includes: a geographic location associated with where the digital photo was taken, a timestamp associated with when the digital photo was taken, a direction associated with a direction toward or from the geographic location where the digital photo was taken, and, a focal length setting of the digital camera, camera phone, or camcorder that took the digital photo; determine a geographic focus field of view for the digital camera, camera phone, or camcorder that took the digital photo, wherein the server determines the geographic focus field of view based at least in part on the geographic location, timestamp, direction, and setting metadata; identify at least one wireless device within the geographic focus field of view based at least in part on a query of the database to identify that the one wireless device is at a geographic location that is within the geographic focus field of view at a point in time corresponding to the timestamp associated with the digital photo; obtain a user name associated with the at least one wireless device from a query of the database; perform facial recognition operations on the digital photo to determine an identity of at least one person depicted in the digital photo based in part on the stored facial image data and the user name associated with the at least one wireless device; automatically forward a link, for accessing the digital photo, to an electronic address associated with the user name and request permission to add as a metadata tag the obtained name to the digital photo; and, conditionally add as the metadata tag the obtained name to the captured digital content based at least in part on an electronic communication received granting permission.