US 11,669,562 B2
Method of clustering photos for digital picture frames with split screen display
Ophir Frieder, Chevy Chase, MD (US); Abdur Chowdhury, San Francisco, CA (US); Eric Jensen, Brooklyn, NY (US); Ben Cherry, San Francisco, CA (US); Richard Sanford, Seattle, WA (US); Alek Kolcz, Issaquah, WA (US); and Prooshat Saberi, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to AURA HOME, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by AURA HOME, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/84,987.
Application 17/084,987 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/113,366, filed on Aug. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,824,666.
Application 16/113,366 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/824,337, filed on Nov. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,820,293.
Application 15/824,337 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/150,623, filed on May 10, 2016, granted, now 10,474,407.
Application 15/150,623 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/949,353, filed on Nov. 23, 2015, granted, now 9,472,166.
Application 14/949,353 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/455,297, filed on Aug. 8, 2014, granted, now 9,420,015.
Application 14/455,297 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/051,071, filed on Oct. 10, 2013, granted, now 9,225,789.
Application 14/051,071 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/051,089, filed on Oct. 10, 2013, granted, now 9,338,759.
Prior Publication US 2021/0048965 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/438 (2019.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06V 10/762 (2022.01); G06V 20/30 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06F 18/2113 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 16/4393 (2019.01) [G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06V 10/762 (2022.01); G06V 10/7635 (2022.01); G06V 20/30 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 40/168 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G06F 18/2113 (2023.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of displaying digital photos on a digital display with a network connection module, the method comprising:
downloading a first interaction application to a first electronic device of a first user, the first electronic device including a first digital photo collection;
the first interaction application automatically clustering digital photos of the first digital photo collection according to photo content;
receiving a first selected digital photo cluster from the first interaction application for display;
downloading a second interaction application to a second electronic device of a user community member, the second electronic device including a second digital photo collection of the user community member;
the second interaction application automatically clustering digital photos of the second digital photo collection according to photo content;
receiving a second selected digital photo cluster from the second interaction application for display;
automatically identifying and selecting two different photos that include a matching photo content from the first and/or the second selected digital photo clusters; and
displaying the two different photos simultaneously in a split screen on the digital display.