Creating Digital Artwork Based on Content File Metadata

• US 20080168365A1
• Filed: 12/19/2007
• Published: 07/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran
• Granted Patent: US 8,060,825 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• 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: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method applies to a set of content files including a subset of the content files that do not have associated digital artwork. For each content file in the set of content files, whether the content file has associated digital artwork is determined. For each content file in the set of content files that does not have associated digital artwork, digital artwork for the content file is created based on metadata associated with the content file. The digital artwork for a plurality of content files in the set of content files is displayed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining if a music file has associated digital cover artwork;

if the music file does not have associated digital cover artwork, creating digital cover artwork for the music file based on album, title, and/or artist metadata associated with the music file, wherein the created digital cover artwork includes text attributes and background attributes associated with genre metadata of the music file; and

displaying the created digital cover artwork.

2. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining, for each content file in a set of content files wherein a subset of the content files in the set of content files do not have associated digital artwork, whether the content file has associated digital artwork;

for each content file in the set of content files that does not have associated digital artwork, creating digital artwork for the content file based on metadata associated with the content file; and

displaying the digital artwork for a plurality of content files in the set of content files.

3. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining if a content file has associated digital artwork;

if the content file does not have associated digital artwork, creating digital artwork for the content file based on metadata associated with the content file; and

displaying the created digital artwork.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the content file comprises an audio file, a video file, or a multimedia file.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the content file includes audio data, video data, or multimedia data.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the content file is a music file.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the content file comprises an H.261, H.262, H.263, H.264, AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), AC3, MP3, MP3 VBR (Variable Bit Rate), AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format), Apple Lossless, WAV, AA, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MJPEG, VP6, VP7, RealAudio, RealVideo, WMA, WMV, or Quicktime file.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the associated digital artwork comprises album cover art or CD cover art.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the created digital artwork includes text based on album, title, and/or artist metadata associated with the content file.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the created digital artwork includes text attributes and background attributes associated with genre metadata of the content file.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the text attributes include font style, font size, and/or font color.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the background attributes include one or more background colors and/or background graphics.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein, for a given content file and its associated metadata, performing the method on different computers creates the same digital artwork.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein, for a given content file and its associated metadata, repeated iterations of the method create the same digital artwork.

15. A graphical user interface on a computer, comprising:

one or more pieces of digital artwork, corresponding to one or more content files, displayed on a computer screen,

wherein, for a respective piece of digital artwork;

if a content file has an associated digital artwork, the respective piece of digital artwork displayed on the computer screen is the associated digital artwork; and

if a content file does not have an associated digital artwork, the respective piece of digital artwork displayed on the computer screen comprises digital artwork created based on metadata associated with the content file.

16. A computer, comprising:

a display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programs including;

instructions for determining if a content file has associated digital artwork;

instructions for creating digital artwork for the content file based on metadata associated with the content file, if the content file does not have associated digital artwork; and

instructions for displaying the created digital artwork.

17. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a computer or device with a display, cause the computer to:

determine if a content file has associated digital artwork;

create digital artwork for the content file based on metadata associated with the content file, if the content file does not have associated digital artwork; and

display the created digital artwork.

18. A computer with a display, comprising:

means for determining if a content file has associated digital artwork;

means for creating digital artwork for the content file based on metadata associated with the content file, if the content file does not have associated digital artwork; and

means for displaying the created digital artwork.