Method and system for media navigation

• US 20070288478A1
• Filed: 03/09/2007
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gracenote, Inc. (RR Donnelley & Sons Company)
• Original Assignee: Gracenote, Inc. (RR Donnelley & Sons Company)
• Inventors: Brenner, Vadim, Roberts, Dale, Cremer, Markus, Dimaria, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 7,908,273 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• 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 16/637 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialization, adaptation or distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/64 Browsing; Visualisation therefor generation of a list or set of audio data G06F16/638
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content

Abstract

A method and system for media navigation. A descriptor hierarchy may be accessed. The descriptor hierarchy may include at least one category list. One or more media descriptors may be accessed for a plurality of media items. The plurality of media items may be accessible from a plurality of sources. The one or more media descriptors may be mapped to the at least one category list. The navigation may be processed through a user interface to enable selection of the plurality of media items from the plurality of sources.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing a descriptor hierarchy, the descriptor hierarchy comprising at least one category list;

accessing one or more media descriptors for a plurality of media items, the plurality of media items accessible from a plurality of sources;

mapping the one or more media descriptors to the at least one category list;

selecting one or more media items of the plurality of media items from the plurality of sources through a user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, where accessing one or more media descriptors for a plurality of media items comprises:

recognizing a plurality of media items; and

associating one or more media descriptors with the plurality of media items.

3. The method of claim 1, where accessing one or more media descriptors for media content comprises:

performing a digital signal processing (DSP) analysis on plurality of media items; and

accessing one or more media descriptors for the plurality of media items based on the DSP analysis of the plurality of media items.

4. The method of claim 1, where accessing one or more media descriptors for media content comprises:

performing digital fingerprinting on plurality of media items; and

accessing one or more media descriptors for the plurality of media items based on results of the digital fingerprinting on the plurality of media items.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of media items is preidentified with the one or more media descriptors.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more media descriptors include a primary media descriptor and a secondary media descriptor.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more media descriptors is at least one of a genre descriptor, a mood descriptor or a color descriptor.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the media item is a digital audio track or a digital video track.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sources include at least one of a data storage, a portable digital music player, a satellite radio station, an FM radio station, an AM radio station, a compact disc (CD), or a digital versatile disc (DVD).

10. A method comprising:

associating one or more media descriptors with a plurality of entities; and

applying inheritance to the plurality of entities to enable access for at least some of the plurality of entities to selected media descriptors associated with one or more other entities; and

storing the association the between one or more media descriptors with a plurality of entities and the applied inheritance to the plurality of entities.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein applying inheritance to the plurality of entities comprises:

applying cascading down inheritance to the plurality of entities to enable access for at least some of the plurality of entities to selected media descriptors associated with a parent entity.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein applying inheritance to the plurality of entities comprises:

applying cascading up inheritance to the plurality of entities to enable access for at least some of the plurality of entities to selected media descriptors associated with a child entity.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein applying inheritance to the plurality of entities further comprises associating a flag to selected entities from the plurality of entities, the flag identifying the selected entities to receive special handing during navigation;

and

wherein storing the association the between one or more media descriptors with a plurality of entities and the applied inheritance to the plurality of entities comprises storing the association the between one or more media descriptors with a plurality of entities, the applied inheritance to the plurality of entities, and the association of the flag to the selected entities of the plurality of entities.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein applying inheritance to the plurality of entities further comprises creating an additional mapping between at least two entities of the plurality of entities to provide for an additional association between the at least two entities;

and

wherein storing the association the between one or more media descriptors with a plurality of entities and the applied inheritance to the plurality of entities comprises storing the association the between one or more media descriptors with a plurality of entities, the applied inheritance to the plurality of entities, and the additional mapping between the at least two entities.

15. A method comprising:

creating a descriptor hierarchy from at least one descriptor system, the at least one descriptor system including a master descriptor code list, the master descriptor code list including a plurality of master descriptor codes;

creating a descriptor relation table, the descriptor relation table relating at least some of the master descriptor codes with other master descriptor codes in the master descriptor code list in accordance with a weighting; and

deploying created information in a client as the information architecture.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein creating a descriptor hierarchy from at least one descriptor system comprises:

selecting a plurality of category lists from a plurality of available category lists of the at least one descriptor system; and

associating the selected category lists as a descriptor hierarchy.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein creating a descriptor hierarchy from at least one descriptor system further comprises:

creating category list ordering data, the category list ordering data enabling at least one alternate ordering of the selected category lists.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein creating a descriptor hierarchy from at least one descriptor system further comprises:

creating a third party mapping table, the third party mapping table associating a plurality of descriptor terms used by a third party to the plurality of master descriptor codes.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein creating a descriptor hierarchy from at least one descriptor system comprises:

creating a plurality of descriptor hierarchies from at least one descriptor system; and

linking the plurality of descriptor hierarchies.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein creating a descriptor hierarchy from at least one descriptor system comprises:

selecting a plurality of category lists from a plurality of available category lists of the at least one descriptor system;

selecting at least one of upward mapping or downward mapping with the selected category lists; and

associating the selected category lists and the at least one mapping as a descriptor hierarchy.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein creating a descriptor relation table further comprises:

creating a plurality of entity hierarchies.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one descriptor system includes at least one of an original descriptor system, an alternate language descriptor system, or a localized language descriptor system.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein the client is a device.