Patexia seeks prior art for US Patent 8,437,797 (US ‘797) which allegedly describes a method/system of distributing photographic images between two mobile devices, with a focus on claims 1 through 8. In such a system, an image capturing mobile device has a processor, a wireless transmitter, and a wireless receiver, and is paired with a receiving mobile device.

This image capturing mobile device:

• has its processor that receives the photographic images
• wirelessly receives transfer criteria from another receiving mobile device
• filters the photographic images based on the transfer criteria
• wirelessly transmits the filtered photographic images to the receiving device

Figure. An overview of the relationship between the two mobile devices

As claimed by the patent, the transfer criteria of the image capturing device includes:

• the geographic location of the image capturing mobile device
• the subject identification of the filtered photographic images
• the geographic location of the filtered photographic images

Figure. An overview of the Transfer Criteria

As claimed by the patent, the image capturing device and the receiving device can be selectively paired with each other based upon:

• the geographic locations of the devices
• the affinity group of the receiving mobile device
• the subject identification of the filtered photographic images

Figure. An overview of the Pairing Criteria

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