Method of searching for media item portions

• US 20070083497A1
• Filed: 11/30/2005
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Martinez, Ronald
• Granted Patent: US 8,762,403 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A method for searching for a media item portion and utilizing a database of media item portion entries. In one aspect, the database entry comprises a data container. In another aspect, the media item portion entries may be used to identify media item portions used in creating composite media items.

Claims

1. A method of searching for a media item portion comprising:

communicating with a database comprising plural data containers, each data container comprising metadata associated with a respective media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

sending search parameters related to said metadata to said database; and

receiving from said database, in response to said sent parameters, media item portion related metadata identifying a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying at least a portion of said media item portion related metadata.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said media item portion related metadata comprises commerce enabling information.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said commerce enabling information comprises an attribution of a publisher.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein said commerce-enabling information comprises an identity of a rights holder.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein said commerce-enabling information comprises a set of licensing terms.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein said commerce-enabling information comprises a copyright message.

8. The method of claim 3 wherein said commerce-enabling information comprises a digital rights message.

9. The method of claim 3 wherein said commerce-enabling information comprises a pointer to a copyright message.

10. The method of claim 3 wherein said commerce-enabling information comprises a pointer to licensing information.

11. The method of claim 2 wherein said media item portion related metadata comprises a title associated with said media item portion.

12. The method of claim 2 wherein said media item portion related metadata comprises a genre associated with said media item portion.

13. The method of claim 2 wherein said media item portion related metadata comprises an identity of a creator associated with said media item portion.

14. The method of claim 2 wherein said media item portion related metadata comprises an identity of an owner associated with said media item portion.

15. The method of claim 2 wherein said media item portion related metadata comprises commerce-enabling information.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising acquiring said media item portion.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising combining said acquired media item portion with another media item portion to form a composite media item that has associated with it some or all metadata associated with said combined media item portions.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein said parameters comprise a title associated with said media item portion.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein said parameters comprise a genre associated with said media item portion.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein said parameters comprise an identity of a creator associated with said media item portion.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein said parameters comprise an identity of an owner associated with said media item portion.

22. The method of claim 1 wherein said parameters comprise commerce-enabling information.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein said commerce-enabling information comprises usage rights.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein said usage rights comprises a right to use said media item portions in a derivate work.

25. The method of claim 22 wherein said commerce-enabling information comprises a commercial designation.

26. The method of claim 22 wherein said commerce-enabling information comprises a non-commercial designation.

27. The method of claim 22 wherein said commerce-enabling information comprises a price per copy of said media item portion.

28. The method of claim 1 wherein said media item portion related metadata comprises a media item identifier associated with said media item portion.

29. The method of claim 28 wherein said media item identifier is a pointer.

30. The method of claim 28 wherein said media item identifier is a uniform resource locator.

31. The method of claim 28 wherein said media item identifier is an id unique to an online music service.

32. The method of claim 28 wherein said media item identifier is a universal resource identifier.

33. The method of claim 1 wherein said database is located on the internet.

34. The method of claim 1 wherein said database is located on a server.

35. The method of claim 1 wherein said database is located on a network.

36. The method of claim 1 wherein said database is located on a computing device.

37. The method of claim 1 wherein said media item portion is media file.

40. One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more computing devices, implements the method of claim 1;

and a computing device embodying the one or more computer-readable media.

38. A computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for a

computing device, the set of instructions comprising:

communicating with a database comprising plural data containers, each data container comprising metadata associated with a respective media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

sending search parameters conforming to said metadata to said database; and

receiving, in response to said sent parameters, media item portion related metadata from said database.

39. A device under software control comprising:

code for communicating with a database comprising plural data containers, each data container comprising metadata associated with a respective media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

code for sending search parameters conforming to said metadata to said database; and

code for receiving, in response to said sent parameters, media item portion related metadata from said database.