Automated maintenance of pooled media content
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented graphical user interface that is arranged for performing a method comprising the steps of:
- representing media content stored in a pool as an image that is displayed on a computer desktop;
selecting a visual effect for simulating physical aging of the image, the selecting being performed responsively the media content'"'"'s age in the pool; and
overlaying the visual effect on the image to indicate, to a user of the graphical user interface, the age of the media content.
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Abstract
Automated maintenance of media content such as digital photographs and video in a pool is provided by an arrangement where the time interval that each piece of media content remains in the pool is tracked and modified by user-behavioral factors. This “virtual age” of the media content is depicted on a representative image displayed by a graphical user interface through the use of visual metaphors that simulate the physical characteristics of an object such as a printed photograph as it ages. As the virtual age of the content increases, visual metaphors including fading or yellowing, and physical deterioration such as tattering, creasing, and ripping are overlaid as effects onto the displayed image. Older content is displayed using other respective images which have increased fading or yellowing and greater physical deterioration until, in one example, an image appears to crumble to dust, at which point the associated media content is automatically deleted from the pool.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented graphical user interface that is arranged for performing a method comprising the steps of:
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representing media content stored in a pool as an image that is displayed on a computer desktop; selecting a visual effect for simulating physical aging of the image, the selecting being performed responsively the media content'"'"'s age in the pool; and overlaying the visual effect on the image to indicate, to a user of the graphical user interface, the age of the media content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A shared media content service arranged as a software module, operable on a host, and arranged for performing a method comprising the steps of:
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tracking age of media content held in a shared pool, the shared pool being accessible by one or more media content sharing clients; sending the age to the one or more media content sharing clients to enable application, by a graphical user interface provided by the one or more media content sharing clients, of a simulated aging effect to an image representing the media content; and deleting media content from the shared pool when the age reaches a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for displaying age of media content in a pool, the method comprising the steps of:
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representing the pool as a group of images in a shared space that is accessible by a group of users; and applying a visual metaphor to a selected image in the shared space to simulate physical characteristics of a photograph imaged on photographic stock as the photograph ages over time, the image being selected based on a virtual age of the media content in the pool. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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