Great, great news. Hey boys and girls, as I read the patent claims which have now been officially allowed, something occurs to me, and forgive me if someone has already mentioned this, based on this part of the Patent section:
The method involves using metadata associated with the image capture to authenticate and verify the images and videos, and protection of the metadata by public/private key encryption. The metadata may include not only time and date, but also other data such as camera settings (aperture, shutter speed, focal length, and so forth), camera orientation and movement data, and context information such as sounds or words captured contemporaneously with the imagery, the direction in which the image is taken, and signals from nearby cell towers or WiFi hotspots.
...and signals from nearby cell towers or WiFi hotspots
Do you think that Homeland Security could use that feature in tracing images and videos in the web to possible terrorists connections? Just a thought?
Anyway, this tech seems some truly powerful features that look extremely useful for more than just fun or even beaucoup profits.