Media object organization across information management services
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1. A media object organizer comprising:
- memory for storing at least one metadatum concerning a media object; and
association logic for associating the at least one metadatum with at least one organizational attribute maintained by an information management service.
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Abstract
A media object organizer organizes media objects, such as still or moving photographic images, audio files, or documents. The media object organizer includes memory for storing metadata concerning media objects, and association logic for associating at least one metadatum with at least one organizational attribute maintained by an information management service. The information management service may be a PIM-type service, such as calendar, address book or task list. The organizational attribute may be based upon time, place or person, among other attributes.
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1. A media object organizer comprising:
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memory for storing at least one metadatum concerning a media object; and
association logic for associating the at least one metadatum with at least one organizational attribute maintained by an information management service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An image organizer comprising:
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memory for storing metadata for a plurality of images, including at least one metadatum concerning each image;
association logic for associating the at least one metadatum with at least one organizational attribute maintained by an information management service, wherein the association logic is operable to group together into a collection images associated with the same organizational attribute;
search logic for searching images based upon organizational attribute; and
display logic for presenting to a user a collection of images associated with the same organizational attribute. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method for organizing media objects comprising:
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storing at least one metadatum concerning a media object; and
associating the at least one metadatum with at least one organizational attribute maintained by an information management service. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A computer program product comprising program code for organizing media objects, the computer program product comprising:
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program code for storing in a memory at least one metadatum concerning a media object; and
program code for associating the at least one metadatum with at least one organizational attribute maintained by an information management service. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98)
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