Methods and apparatuses for sequestering content

Abstract

In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses sequester content receiving content for use in an application; review the content; automatically sequester the content from the application based on the reviewing; and form a reason associated with the sequestering the content. In another embodiment, the methods and apparatuses receive content for use with an application; determine whether the content is one of acceptable content and unacceptable content; remove the unacceptable content from the application; form an explanation for the unacceptable content; and store the unacceptable content and the explanation in an off-line storage device.

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         31 . An electronic photo album, comprising:
 at least one processor, and associated memory, configured for processing submitted content containing photographic images and/or video;   programming executable on said at least one processor for receiving content from a submitter, as submitted content, within an electronic photo album application for,
 reviewing the submitted content for unacceptable material, 
 automatically removing unacceptable material, within said submitted content, from said electronic photo album application and sequestering it so that it is not accessible to third party users of said electronic photo album application, and 
 notifying the submitter of why the submitted content is unacceptable and has been sequestered. 
   
     
     
         32 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said processor is configured with a user interface and has a video display. 
     
     
         33 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said processor is configured for being conventionally coupled to a camera device. 
     
     
         34 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said electronic photo album application is executed on a server computer coupled to a network. 
     
     
         35 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said programming is further configured for providing electronic sharing of submitted content, from said electronic photo album, over an electronic network. 
     
     
         36 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said network comprises a local area network, a home network, and/or the Internet. 
     
     
         37 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said programming of said electronic photo album application is configured for viewing, and/or editing, of digital image data. 
     
     
         38 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 37 , wherein said editing is selected from the group of photo editing operations consisting of: formatting, adding captions, positioning, and adding backgrounds. 
     
     
         39 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said programming is further configured to allow the submitter to share with others digital image data from said electronic photo album over a network. 
     
     
         40 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said reviewing comprises programming configured to analyze the submitted content in relation to a threshold and identifying unacceptable content which exceeds said threshold. 
     
     
         41 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said undesirable material is selected by said programming from the group of content consisting of content over a predetermined size, copyrighted material, pornographic material, violent material, illegal material, illegal material for a given jurisdiction, content which violates a terms of service agreement, content which contains a watermark, and any standard determined by the operator of said photo album application. 
     
     
         42 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said sequestered content is stored by said programming in an off-line storage device. 
     
     
         43 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein the programming further comprises annotating the content with the reason for the content being sequestered. 
     
     
         44 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein said notifying of the submitter is performed in response to programming for sending the submitter a notification of sequestered content within an electronic mail message. 
     
     
         45 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein the programming further comprises returning, to the submitter, unacceptable material from within said submitted content. 
     
     
         46 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 31 , wherein the programming further comprises sequestering the unacceptable material within said submitted content to prevent it from being accessed by the submitter through the electronic photo album application. 
     
     
         47 . An electronic photo album, comprising:
 at least one processor, and associated memory, configured for processing submitted content containing digital image data;   a user interface and video display coupled to said at least one processor for controlling said photo album application;   programming executable on said at least one processor for receiving content from a submitter, as submitted content, within an electronic photo album application configured for electronic sharing of submitted content over an electronic network for,
 reviewing the submitted content for unacceptable material in response to analyzing the submitted content based on a threshold and identifying unacceptable content which exceeds said threshold, 
 automatically removing unacceptable material, within said submitted content, from said electronic photo album application and sequestering it so that it is not accessible to third party users of said electronic photo album application, and 
 notifying the submitter of why the submitted content is unacceptable. 
   
     
     
         48 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 47 , wherein said undesirable material is selected by said programming from the group of content consisting of content over a predetermined size, copyrighted material, pornographic material, violent material, illegal material, illegal material for a given jurisdiction, content which violates a terms of service agreement, content which contains a watermark, and any standard determined by the operator of said photo album application. 
     
     
         49 . The electronic photo album as recited in  claim 47 , wherein said notifying of the submitter is performed in response to programming for sending the submitter an electronic mail message or annotating the content with the reason for the content being sequestered. 
     
     
         50 . A method of sequestering content from an electronic photo album application executing on a computer processor and associated memory, comprising the steps of:
 receiving submitted content containing photographic images and/or video within an electronic photo album application;   reviewing the submitted content for unacceptable material;   automatically removing unacceptable material, within said submitted content, from said electronic photo album application and sequestering it so that it is not accessible to third party users of said electronic photo album application; and   notifying the submitter of why the submitted content is unacceptable.