Patent Document ID: 9141191
Application ID: 13723075
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: determining a gaze of a user using a device that is operable to track the gaze as the user gazes at one or more objects in an environment; generating an attention map based on the gaze as the user gazes at the one or more objects in the environment, wherein the attention map shows attention information indicating how much attention particular objects have received relative to other objects, wherein the attention information may include one or more of attention values, attention parameter values, and gaze information; receiving an indication from the user that the user desires one or more existing photos corresponding to the gaze, wherein the one or more existing photos are found in a collection of existing photos, wherein the user provides the indication by making a gesture, and wherein the gesture frames the one or more objects in the environment; recognizing the gesture; determining one or more parameter values of the gaze; matching the one or more parameter values of the gaze to one or more corresponding parameter values associated with the one or more objects in the one or more existing photos; selecting the one or more existing photos based on one or more predetermined selection criteria, wherein the one or more predetermined selection criteria are based on one or more of image resolution, quality, field of view, and level of attention, wherein the one or more existing photos are ranked based on the one or more predetermined selection criteria; providing a navigator that enables the user to view and select the one or more existing photos based on the attention map and the one or more predetermined selection criteria; and providing the one or more existing photos to the user based on the selection.