Method of creating a media item portion database

• US 20070083537A1
• Filed: 11/30/2005
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.), Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Martinez, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US11/292,046
• Publication Number:
  US 20070083537A1
• 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

Abstract

A method for creating a media item portion database. 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 creating an entry in a media item portion database comprising:

identifying a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

collecting said media item portion and associated metadata;

examining said associated metadata to determine if said metadata meets predetermined minimum requirements for further processing; and

creating, by further processing, an entry in a media item portion database, said entry conforming to a predetermined data container format so as to create an accessible and searchable database of metadata and associated media item portions that may be combined to form composite media items.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said metadata associated with said media item portion comprises a set of commerce-enabling information.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises usage rights.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said usage rights comprises a right to use said media item portions in a derivate work.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a commercial designation.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises an attribution of a publisher.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a price per copy of said media item portion.

8. The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises an identity of a rights holder.

9. The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a set of licensing terms.

10. The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a copyright message.

11. The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a digital rights message.

12. The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a pointer to a copyright message.

13. The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a pointer to licensing information.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined data container format comprises a media item portion identifier for acquiring said media item portion.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said media item portion identifier is a pointer.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein said media item portion identifier is a uniform resource locator.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein said media item portion identifier is an id unique to an online music service.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein said media item portion identifier is an universal resource identifier.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein said media item portion is acquired from a server.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein said media item portion is acquired from a user'"'"'s local media library accessed from a user'"'"'s computing device.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein either said media item portion is acquired from the internet.

22. The method of claim 1 wherein either said media item portion is acquired from a network.

23. The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined data container format comprises said metadata associated with said media item portion.

24. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of examining and collecting said metadata comprises collecting metadata from a first source and a second source.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein either one or both of said first source and said second source comprises a webpage.

26. The method of claim 24 wherein either one or both of said first source and said second source comprises a RSS feed.

27. The method of claim 24 wherein either one or both of said first source and said second source comprises a local media item portion storage.

28. The method of claim 24 wherein either one or both of said first source and said second source comprises a remote media item portion database.

29. The method of claim 1 further comprising cataloguing said entry into said media item portion database.

30. The method of claim 1 wherein said media item portion database is located on the internet.

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

32. The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined data container format comprises container related metadata.

33. The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined data container format is parseable by software for presentation by a user interface.

34. The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined data container format is parseable by software for rendering metadata information in a user interface.

35. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of identifying said media item portion comprises conducting a web crawl search of the internet.

36. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of examining said metadata comprises a processor examining web page source code associated with the webpage wherein said media item portion is located.

37. The method of claim 1 wherein if said media item portion is derived from a first source, said metadata comprises text representing said first source.

38. The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined requirements are based on conditional logic.

39. The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined requirements are based on whether a specific type of said associated metadata is present.

40. The method of claim 39 wherein said specific type of said associated metadata comprises commerce enabling information.

41. The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined requirements are based on whether said associated metadata is already present in said entry.

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

45. A computing device comprising one or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed implement the method of claim 1.

42. A computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for a computing device, the set of instructions comprising:

identifying a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

collecting said media item portion and associated metadata;

examining said associated metadata to determine if said metadata meets predetermined minimum requirements for further processing; and

creating, by further processing, an entry in said media item portion database, said entry conforming to a predetermined data container format so as to create an accessible and searchable database of metadata and associated media item portions that may be combined to form composite media items.

43. A device under software control comprising:

code for identifying a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

code for collecting said media item portion and associated metadata;

code for examining said associated metadata to determine if said metadata meets predetermined minimum requirements for further processing; and

code for creating, by further processing, an entry in said media item portion database, said entry conforming to a predetermined data container format so as to create an accessible and searchable database of metadata and associated media item portions that may be combined to form composite media items.

46. A method of providing an Internet service comprising:

providing access to a store of information relating to media item portions that may be combined to form composite media items, said store of information assembled by steps comprising;

identifying a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

collecting said media item portion and associated metadata;

examining said associated metadata to determine if said metadata meets predetermined minimum requirements for further processing; and

creating an entry in a media item portion database, said entry conforming to a predetermined data container format so as to create an accessible and searchable store of metadata and associated media item portions that may be combined to form composite media items;

receiving search parameters associated with said entry; and

returning, in accordance with said search parameters, information from said store related to a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item.