Patent Document ID: 9483687
Application ID: 14822147
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for ensuring a desired distribution of images in a multimedia document, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a desired distribution of facial signatures in said multimedia document; receiving, by said processor, an image to be added to said multimedia document; inspecting, by said processor, said image for instances of faces; generating, by said processor, a facial signature for a face detected in said image; determining, by said processor, a number of instances of said facial signature in said multimedia document; determining, by said processor, a desired distribution for said facial signature in said multimedia document based on said received desired distribution of facial signatures in said multimedia document; providing, by said processor, an indication that said number of instances of said facial signature in said multimedia document meets or does not meet said desired distribution for said facial signature in said multimedia document based on said number of instances of said facial signature in said multimedia document and said desired distribution for said facial signature in said multimedia document; and incrementing by said processor a counter associated with the number of instances of said facial signature in said multimedia document in response to said facial signature matching a facial signature in a set of facial signatures to be compared with facial signatures of faces detected in images added to said multimedia document.