Management of digital media using portable wireless devices in a client-server network
First Claim
1. A computing device for use in a digital media lifecycle management system that interacts with a service unit having a computing device storage location, comprising:
- a processing unit;
a memory containing a plurality of pieces of digital media;
a digital media capturing device that captures a piece of digital media and stores the piece of digital media in the memory; and
a media application executed by the processing unit, the media application further comprising a memory manager module that manages the pieces of digital media stored in the memory, a media display module that displays a gallery containing the pieces of digital media contained in the memory, and a data transport module that is capable of uploading the pieces of digital media contained in the memory automatically to a computing device storage location on a service unit remote from the computing device.
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Abstract
A system and method for the management of digital media using portable wireless devices in a client-server network is provided. The system includes methodologies for managing, with minimal user interaction, digital media content (such as audio, image, video, graphics, text, etc.) generated by users of portable wireless devices (such as cell phones, personal digital assistants, network-connected digital cameras, etc.). The management of media content includes processes such as content capture, pre-processing, archiving, categorizing, enhancement, browsing, transfer, sharing, publishing, printing, etc.
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33 Claims
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1. A computing device for use in a digital media lifecycle management system that interacts with a service unit having a computing device storage location, comprising:
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a processing unit;
a memory containing a plurality of pieces of digital media;
a digital media capturing device that captures a piece of digital media and stores the piece of digital media in the memory; and
a media application executed by the processing unit, the media application further comprising a memory manager module that manages the pieces of digital media stored in the memory, a media display module that displays a gallery containing the pieces of digital media contained in the memory, and a data transport module that is capable of uploading the pieces of digital media contained in the memory automatically to a computing device storage location on a service unit remote from the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A service unit that is part of a content lifecycle management system that interacts with a plurality of computing device that each capture pieces of content, the service unit comprising:
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a processing unit;
a storage unit;
one or more service unit modules that are executed by the processing unit of the service unit; and
the one or more modules further comprising a communications module that receives one or more pieces of content from each computing device;
a content archiving module that stores the one or more pieces of content for a particular computing device into a storage location for the particular computing device in the storage unit, a content enhancement module that enhances the perceptual quality of the pieces of content and a content analysis module that analyzes the pieces of content received by the communications module to generate metadata associated with the content and to categorize the pieces of content. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for managing the lifecycle of a piece of digital media using one or more computing device wherein each computing device has a processing unit, a memory containing a plurality of pieces of digital media and a digital media capturing device that captures a piece of digital media and stores the piece of digital media in the memory and a service unit that has a processing unit;
- a storage unit and one or more service unit modules that are executed by the processing unit of the service unit, the method comprising;
managing the pieces of digital media stored in the memory of the computing device;
displaying a gallery containing the pieces of digital media contained in the memory, and automatically uploading the pieces of digital media contained in the memory of the computing device to a computing device storage location on a service unit remote from the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- a storage unit and one or more service unit modules that are executed by the processing unit of the service unit, the method comprising;
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26. A method for managing the lifecycle of a piece of digital media using one or more computing device wherein each computing device has a processing unit, a memory containing a plurality of pieces of digital media and a digital media capturing device that captures a piece of digital media and stores the piece of digital media in the memory and a service unit that has a processing unit;
- a storage unit and one or more service unit modules that are executed by the processing unit of the service unit, the method comprising;
receiving one or more pieces of content from each computing device;
storing the one or more pieces of content from a particular computing device in a storage location for the particular computing device in the storage unit of the service unit;
enhancing a perceptual quality of the pieces of content; and
analyzing each pieces of content stored in the storage unit to generate metadata associated with each piece of content and to categorize each piece of content. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
- a storage unit and one or more service unit modules that are executed by the processing unit of the service unit, the method comprising;
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