Boolean Search User Interface

• US 20080288869A1
• Filed: 08/01/2008
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Ubillos, Randy
• Application Number:
  US12/185,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20080288869A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array

Abstract

A computer implemented method includes displaying a plurality of keywords, each keyword being associated with one or more media items and a Boolean operation tool comprising an inclusion selector and an exclusion selector. The method also includes receiving a selection of either the inclusion selector or the exclusion selector for one or more of the associated keywords, filtering the media items based on the one or more selected selectors, and displaying the filtered media items. Media items can include, for example, video clips, segments of video clips, and digital still images.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

displaying a plurality of keywords, each keyword being associated with one or more media items and a Boolean operation tool comprising an inclusion selector and an exclusion selector;

receiving a selection of either the inclusion selector or the exclusion selector for one or more of the associated keywords;

filtering the media items based on the one or more selected selectors; and

displaying the filtered media items.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a Boolean AND operation selector;

receiving a selection of the Boolean AND operation selector; and

wherein the filtering comprises allocating the media items for display that have all the keywords for which the inclusion selector is selected.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a Boolean OR operation selector;

receiving a selection of the Boolean OR operation selector; and

wherein the filtering comprises allocating the media items for display that have any of the keywords for which the inclusion selector is selected.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein filtering comprises excluding from display any of the media items that have any of the keywords for which the exclusion selector is selected.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the filtered media items comprises displaying a thumbnail.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media items comprise segments of a video clip.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying the filtered media items comprises displaying thumbnails of the segments and hiding the filtered-out segments.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising enabling a user to add one or more of the filtered segments to a project pane.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining which segments are shaky; and

automatically assigning a keyword to the shaky segments.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining which segments are shaky comprises determining which segments have excessive shake and which segments have low shake.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of media items comprise a digital still image.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the keywords is associated with more than one of the media items.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the media items has multiple associated keywords.

14. A computer program product, embodied on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying a plurality of keywords, each keyword being associated with one or more media items and a Boolean operation tool comprising an inclusion selector and an exclusion selector;

receiving a selection of either the inclusion selector or the exclusion selector for one or more of the associated keywords;

filtering the media items based on the one or more selected selectors; and

displaying the filtered media items.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying a Boolean AND operation selector;

receiving a selection of the Boolean AND operation selector; and

wherein the filtering comprises allocating the media items for display that have all the keywords for which the inclusion selector is selected.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying a Boolean OR operation selector;

receiving a selection of the Boolean OR operation selector; and

wherein the filtering comprises allocating the media items for display that have any of the keywords for which the inclusion selector is selected.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein filtering comprises excluding from display any of the media items that have any of the keywords for which the exclusion selector is selected.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the displaying the filtered media items comprises displaying a thumbnail.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the media items comprise segments of a video clip.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the displaying the filtered media items comprises displaying thumbnails of the segments and hiding the filtered-out segments.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising enabling a user to add one or more of the filtered segments to a project pane.

22. The computer program product of claim 19, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

determining which segments are shaky; and

automatically assigning a keyword to the shaky segments.

23. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the determining which segments are shaky comprises determining which segments have excessive shake and which segments have low shake.

24. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein one or more of media items comprise a digital still image.

25. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein one of the keywords is associated with more than one of the media items.

26. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein one of the media items has multiple associated keywords.

27. A system comprising:

computer-readable medium configured to store one or more media items;

a display;

a user-interface device configured to receive input from a user; and

processor electronics configured to perform the functions comprising;

displaying on the display a plurality of keywords, each keyword being associated with the one or more media items and a Boolean operation tool comprising an inclusion selector and an exclusion selector;

receiving from the user-interface device a selection of either the inclusion selector or the exclusion selector for one or more of the associated keywords;

filtering the media items based on the one or more selected selectors; and

displaying on the display the filtered media items.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the processor electronics are further configured to perform the functions comprising:

displaying on the display a Boolean AND operation selector;

receiving from the user interface device a selection of the Boolean AND operation selector; and

wherein the filtering comprises allocating the media items for display that have all the keywords for which the inclusion selector is selected.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein the processor electronics are further configured to perform the functions comprising:

displaying on the display a Boolean OR operation selector;

receiving from the user interface device a selection of the Boolean OR operation selector; and

wherein the filtering comprises allocating the media items for display that have any of the keywords for which the inclusion selector is selected.

30. The system of claim 27, wherein the displaying the filtered media items comprises displaying a thumbnail.

31. The system of claim 27, wherein the media items comprise segments of a video clip.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein the displaying the filtered media items comprises displaying thumbnails of the segments and hiding the filtered-out segments.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the processor electronics are further configured to perform the function comprising enabling a user to add one or more of the filtered segments to a project pane.

34. The system of claim 31, wherein the processor electronics are further configured to perform the functions comprising:

determining which segments are shaky; and

automatically assigning a keyword to the shaky segments.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the determining which segments are shaky comprises determining which segments have excessive shake and which segments have low shake.

36. The system of claim 27, wherein one or more of media items comprise a digital still image.

37. The system of claim 27, wherein one of the keywords is associated with more than one of the media items.

38. The system of claim 27, wherein one of the keywords is associated with more than one of the media items.