Parametric analysis of media metadata

• US 10,095,697 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2016
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Van Vleck, Paul, Begeja, Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Merilyn P
• Application Number:
  US15/096,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20160224555A1
• Time in Patent Office: 910 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia

Abstract

A method is disclosed that includes receiving, from a device of a user, a request to transmit a multimedia file. The method also includes automatically generating a generated content descriptor based on an analysis of the multimedia file using at least one analysis parameter. The method includes determining whether the generated content descriptor satisfies filter criteria of a profile associated with the user. The method further includes rejecting the request to transmit the multimedia file when the generated content descriptor does not satisfy the filter criteria of the profile. The method includes transmitting the multimedia file along with the generated content descriptor when the generated content descriptor satisfies the filter criteria of the profile.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving, from a device, a request for a media file;

determining that a profile associated with the device indicates that a reputation rating of a publisher of the media file needs to be a positive rating and that a generated content descriptor is to include a generated content rating that matches a particular content rating in a set of allowable content ratings;

analyzing the media file according to an analysis parameter to generate the generated content descriptor responsive to the request;

determining a deviation between the generated content descriptor and a file descriptor associated with the media file;

generating a quality score indicating correlation of the file descriptor and the media file according to the deviation between the generated content descriptor and the file descriptor, wherein the quality score is a positive score if the deviation is less than a particular value, and wherein the quality score is a negative score if the deviation is not less than the particular value;

determining the reputation rating of the publisher based on the quality score; and

selectively transmitting, conditioned on the reputation rating being positive and the generated content rating matching the particular content rating in the set of allowable content ratings, the media file to the device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the profile is received with the request for the media file.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the reputation rating is the positive rating when combining the quality score with a set of scores for the publisher produces a combined positive score, and wherein the reputation rating is a negative rating when combining the quality score with the set of scores for the publisher produces a combined negative score.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein each score of the set of scores for the publisher is determined based on a particular deviation of a particular generated content descriptor for a particular media file from a particular file descriptor for the particular media file.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the analysis parameter includes a word, an image type, or a combination thereof.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the generated content descriptor includes a content rating.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the quality score indicates a degree of accuracy of the file descriptor.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a request to transmit a media file to a device;

determining, by the system, that a profile associated with the device indicates that a reputation rating of a publisher of the media file needs to be a positive rating and that a generated content descriptor is to include a generated content rating that matches a particular content rating in a set of allowable content ratings;

analyzing, by the system, the media file according to an analysis parameter to generate the generated content descriptor responsive to the request;

determining a deviation between the generated content descriptor and a file descriptor associated with the media file;

generating, by the system, a quality score indicating correlation of the media file and the file descriptor associated with the media file according to the deviation between the generated content descriptor and the file descriptor, wherein the quality score is a positive score if the deviation is less than a particular value, and wherein the quality score is a negative score if the deviation is not less than the particular value;

determining, by the system, the reputation rating of the publisher based on the quality score; and

selectively transmitting, by the system and conditioned on the reputation rating being positive and the generated content rating matching the particular content rating in the set of allowable content ratings, the media file to the device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the reputation rating is the positive rating when combining the quality score with a set of scores for the publisher produces a combined positive score, and wherein the reputation rating is a negative rating when combining the quality score with the set of scores for the publisher produces a combined negative score.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein each score of the set of scores for the publisher is determined based on a particular deviation of a particular generated content descriptor for a particular media file from a particular file descriptor for the particular media file.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the generated content descriptor includes a content rating reflecting suitability for viewing by children.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the analysis parameter includes a word, an image type, or a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising rejecting the request to transmit the media file in response to the reputation rating being a negative rating, in response to the generated content rating not matching a particular content rating in the set of allowable content ratings, or both.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the set of allowable content ratings is included in the profile.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the profile is stored at the system.

18. The method of claim 9, further comprising extracting, by the system, the file descriptor from the media file.

19. A machine-readable storage device, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, from a device, a request for a media file;

determining that a profile associated with the device indicates that a reputation rating of a publisher of the media file needs to be a positive rating and that a generated content descriptor is to include a generated content rating that matches a particular content rating in a set of allowable content ratings;

analyzing the media file according to an analysis parameter to generate the generated content descriptor responsive to the request;

determining a deviation between the generated content descriptor and a file descriptor associated with the media file;

generating a quality score indicating correlation of the file descriptor and the media file according to the deviation between the generated content descriptor and the file descriptor, wherein the quality score is a positive score if the deviation is less than a particular value, and wherein the quality score is a negative score if the deviation is not less than the particular value;

determining the reputation rating of the publisher based on the quality score; and

selectively transmitting, conditioned on the reputation rating being positive and the generated content rating matching the particular content rating in the set of allowable content ratings, the media file to the device.

20. The machine-readable storage device of claim 19, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment.