Generation, organization and/or playing back of content based on incorporated parameter identifiers

• US 20060184538A1
• Filed: 02/16/2005
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sonic Solutions (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Wenker, Paul R., Daggert, Todd, Etcheverry, Sergio M., Randall, Bruce W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,292,516 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/436 using biological or physiological data of a human being, e.g. blood pressure, facial expression, gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location

Abstract

The present embodiments provide methods and systems for use in generating, organizing, and/or playing back multimedia content. Some embodiments provide methods for use in organizing source content by accessing a plurality of media content having parameter data associated with each of the media content, identifying a first organizational style, identifying a first parameter data according to the first organizational style, analyzing the parameter data of each of the plurality of media content relative to the first parameter data, organizing the plurality of media content as the parameter data for each of the plurality of media content relates to the identified first parameter data according to the first organizational style, and generating an output content incorporating the plurality of media content as organized according to the first organizational style.

Claims

1. A method for use in organizing source content, the method comprising:

accessing a plurality of media content having parameter data associated with each of the media content;

identifying a first organizational style;

identifying a first parameter data according to the first organizational style;

analyzing the parameter data of each of the plurality of media content relative to the first parameter data;

organizing the plurality of media content as the parameter data for each of the plurality of media content relates to the identified first parameter data according to the first organizational style; and

generating an output content incorporating the plurality of media content as organized according to the first organizational style.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first parameter data is a location parameter data, and the organizing comprises organizing the plurality of media content as each media content relates in location to the other media content of the plurality of media content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first organization style comprises a virtual tour organization such that the organizing comprises organizing the plurality of media content according to proximate of each of the location parameter of each of the plurality of media content relative to each of the location parameter of at least one other of the plurality of media content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a first media content according to a first parameter data associated with the first media content based on the first parameter data of the organization style;

identifying a second parameter data of the first media content;

identifying a second media content based on a relevance of a first parameter data associated with the second media content to the first parameter data of the first media content;

identifying a second parameter data of the second media content; and

the organizing comprises incorporating the first and second media content into the output content according to the first organization style based on the relationship between both the first parameter data of the first and second media content and the second parameter data of the first and second media content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessing the plurality of media content comprises remotely accessing at least a portion of the plurality of media content.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

remotely retrieving the first organization style.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first organizational style comprises playback navigational control that is incorporated into the output content.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prioritizing the plurality of media content according to biometric parameter data.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying a second organizational style to the plurality of content; and

regenerating the output content according to the second organization style.

10. A method for use in generating organized playback content, comprising:

identifying a playback style;

retrieving a first style location parameter from the playback style;

identifying a first multimedia content having a first content location parameter that is geographically related to the first style location parameter; and

incorporating the first multimedia content into a multimedia output according to the playback style.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the identifying the first multimedia content comprises determining that the first content location parameter is within a threshold distance of the first style location parameter.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

retrieving a second style location parameter from the playback style;

identifying a second multimedia content having a second content location parameter that is geographically related to the second style location parameter; and

incorporating the second multimedia content into the multimedia output according to the playback style.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

extracting a plurality of dimension parameters from a plurality of multimedia content; and

defining a geographic layout according to the dimension parameters.

14. A method for use in playing back multimedia content, comprising:

identifying a current geographic location parameter;

identifying a current compass parameter;

accessing a plurality of multimedia content having location parameter data;

identifying a threshold distance;

identifying a first multimedia content having a first location parameter and an orientation parameter; and

playing back the first multimedia content when the current location parameter is geographically within the threshold distance of the first location parameter, and the current compass parameter matches the orientation parameter.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the accessing the plurality of multimedia content comprises remotely accessing the plurality of multimedia content.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

determining a current date;

extracting a first multimedia content date parameter;

playing back the first multimedia content when the current data is within a date threshold of the first multimedia content date parameter.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

identifying a second multimedia content having a second geographic location data that is geographically related to the current geographic location;

determining that the second multimedia content has previously been playback; and

preventing a repeat playback of the second multimedia content.

18. A method for use in generating content, comprising:

recording multimedia content onto a medium;

detecting latitude and longitude relative to a location where the content is being recorded while recording content;

generating latitude and longitude parameter data; and

recording the latitude and longitude parameter data to the medium with the multimedia content.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

simultaneously detecting compass parameter data relative to the content being recorded while recording content; and

recording the compass parameter data to the medium with the multimedia content.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the recording the latitude, longitude and compass parameter data comprise simultaneously recording the latitude, longitude and compass parameter data onto the medium while performing the recording the content onto the medium.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein recording the latitude, longitude and compass parameter data comprise intermixing the latitude, longitude and compass parameter data with the recorded content.

22. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

generating an index of the recorded content according to the recorded latitude and longitude parameter data.

23. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

simultaneously detecting an inclination from horizontal while recording the content; and

recording the detected inclination from horizontal to the medium.

24. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

simultaneously monitoring a biometric parameter of a user while recording the content; and

recording the biometric parameter to the medium.

25. A method for supplying a playback experience, comprising:

detecting a plurality of locations of a subject over a period of time;

generating a plurality of location parameters relative to each of the identified plurality of locations;

recording a plurality of multimedia content of the subject corresponding to each of the identified plurality of locations;

recording one of the plurality of location parameters with each of the plurality of multimedia content;

organizing the plurality of recorded multimedia content based on the location parameters associated with each of the recorded multimedia content; and

generating a playback experience of the organized plurality of recorded multimedia content.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

associating each of the plurality of recorded multimedia content with the subject when recording the multimedia content;

identifying the subject at the end of the period of time; and

retrieving each of the plurality of recorded multimedia content corresponding to the subject and initiating the organizing of the plurality of recorded multimedia content.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

identifying a first playback style; and

the organizing comprises organizing according to the identified first playback style.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

identifying a second playback style; and

reorganizing the plurality of recorded multimedia content based on the location parameters associated with each of the recorded multimedia content according to the second playback style.

29. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

determining whether additional subject generated content is to be incorporated into the playback experience;

retrieving a plurality of the subject generated content and location parameters for each of the plurality of the subject generated content;

the organizing the plurality of recorded multimedia content comprises organizing the plurality of recorded multimedia content and the plurality of the subject generated content based on the location parameters associated with each of the recorded multimedia content and the plurality of the subject generated content; and

the generating the playback experience comprises generating the playback experience of the organized plurality of the recorded multimedia content and the subject generated content.

30. An apparatus for use in recording content, the apparatus comprising:

a multimedia content detection device;

a geographic location detector that detects a current location and generates location parameter data corresponding to the detected current location;

a data storage medium; and

a content recording device coupled with the multimedia content detection device, location detector, and storage medium, where the content recording device receives multimedia content detected by the content detection device and the location parameter data and records the multimedia content and the location parameter data to the data storage medium.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, further comprising:

a biometric sensor that detects biometric parameter data of a user; and

the content recording device being further configured to receive the biometric parameter data and to write the biometric parameter data to the data storage medium.

32. The apparatus of claim 30, content recording device further comprises a multiplexer that multiplexes the location parameter data with the multimedia content detected when recording the multimedia content and the location parameter data to the data storage medium.

33. The apparatus of claim 30, further comprising:

a compass heading detection device that simultaneously detects a compass heading relative to a direction of recording while recording the multimedia content and produces compass parameter data, and the content recording device couples with the compass heading device and records the compass parameter data to the data storage medium.

34. An apparatus for use in playing back multimedia content, the apparatus comprising:

a data storage that stores multimedia content having content location parameter data;

a geographic location detector that detects a current location and generates a playback location parameter data corresponding to the detected current location;

a multimedia output; and

a processor coupled with data storage and the location detector to receive the playback location parameter and search the content location parameter data of the multimedia content for a match between the playback location parameter data and the content parameter data, and to supply multimedia content identified based on the match to the output to be played back.

35. The apparatus of claim 34, further comprising:

a compass heading detection device that generates a compass parameter data, where the compass heading detection device couples with the processor to supply the compass parameter data such that the processor identifies the multimedia content having an orientation parameter that matches the compass parameter data.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the data storage is remote from the location detection device and the output.

37. The apparatus of claim 36, further comprising:

a wireless communication device that wirelessly receives the multimedia content supplied to the output.