System and method to associate content types in a portable communication device

• US 20060041632A1
• Filed: 08/23/2004
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Gang, Shah, Mehul
• Application Number:
  US10/924,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20060041632A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A system and or/methodology that facilitates organizing content on a portable communications device to generate a compilation (e.g., presentation) containing the organized content. The system and/or methodology includes an authoring component that associates content of a first type with a subset of other content and a sharing component that communicates and distributes the associated content. The subject invention can include a visual content input component that receives visual content and another content input component that can generate and organize other content in accordance with a user preference. The other content can include any content type known in the art including, but not limited to, visual, audible, text or the like.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates organizing media on a portable communications device, the system comprising;

a video input component that receives visual content; and

an authoring component that associates other content with a subset of the visual content.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable communications device is a cellular telephone that comprises at least one of a camera and an audio input component.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising an audio input component that receives audio content, wherein the authoring component associates the audio content with the subset of the visual content.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a text input component that receives text data, wherein the authoring component associates the text data with the subset of the visual content.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a binding component that combines the subset of visual content with the other content to generate a compilation.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the binding component provides for concurrently receiving the visual content and other content and automatically generates the compilation.

7. The system of claim 5, further comprising a display component that facilitates presentation of the compilation.

8. The system of claim 5, further comprising a sharing component that facilitates distribution of the compilation.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a sharing component that facilitates distribution of the associated content.

10. An email system that receives the associated subset of visual content and the other content of the system of claim 9 and generates a compilation of the received content.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the compilation is a slideshow.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the compilation is an annotated video.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising a computer that receives the associated subset of visual content and the other content and generates a compilation of the received content.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising an association component that facilitates a user to select the subset of visual content.

15. A computer that receives the associated subset of visual content and the other content of the system of claim 9, and generates a compilation of the received content.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the sharing component facilitates the entry of the associated subset of visual content into a web log (BLOG).

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising a collaboration component that combines the associated subset of visual content with a second associated subset of visual content of a second portable communication device.

18. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for carrying out the system of claim 1.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising an artificial intelligence component that learns a user'"'"'s intention as a function of a historical user criteria.

20. The system of claim 19, the artificial intelligence component including an inference component that facilitates automatic association of content as a function of the user'"'"'s intention.

21. The system of claim 20, the inference component employing a utility-based analyses in performing the association.

22. The system of claim 1, further comprising an intelligence component that employs a statistical-based analysis to infer an action that a user desires to be automatically performed.

23. A system that facilitates generation of a multimedia presentation, the system comprising:

a handheld device comprising an image capture component that generates visual content and a microphone that generates audio content;

a visual input component that receives the visual content, the visual content comprising one or more images;

an audio input component that receives the audio content, the audio content comprising one or more sounds; and

an authoring component that combines at least one image with at least one sound to generate the multimedia presentation.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the handheld device is a mobile telephone.

25. The system of claim 23, further comprising a sharing component to communicate the multimedia presentation to a party.

26. The system of claim 23, further comprising a display component that displays the multimedia presentation.

27. The system of claim 23, further comprising a text input component that facilitates an input of text data corresponding to at least one image or video and wherein the authoring component combines the text data with the at least one image or video.

28. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for carrying out the system of claim 25.

29. A method that facilitates organizing media via a portable communication device, the method comprising:

receiving visual content;

receiving other content; and

associating the visual content with the other content.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the other content is audio content.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein the other content is text data.

32. The method of claim 29, further comprising binding the associated content to generate a compilation.

33. The method of claim 29, further comprising receiving the associated content and generating a compilation from the associated content.

34. The method of claim 33, further comprising displaying the compilation.

35. The method of claim 29, further comprising receiving the associated content via email and generating a compilation of the associated content.

36. The method of claim 29, further comprising entering the associated content into a web log.

37. A system for creating a compilation of visual content and other content via a portable handheld device, the system comprising:

means for receiving the visual content;

means for receiving the other content; and

means for associating the visual content with the other content.

38. The system of claim 37, further comprising means for binding the associated content to generate a compilation.

39. The system of claim 38, further comprising means for displaying the compilation.

40. The system of claim 38, further comprising means for posting the compilation on a BLOG.

41. The system of claim 38, further comprising means for communicating the compilation to an email server and means for automatically interpreting the compilation.

42. The system of claim 38, further comprising means for receiving a subset of other content from an alternate source.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the alternate source is a second portable communications device.

44. The system of claim 42, further comprising means for combining the subset of other content from an alternate source with the associated content.