IDENTIFIERS FOR DIGITAL MEDIA

• US 20080304747A1
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Johnson, Gary, Marinkovich, Mike, Lindley, Greg, Doll, Evan, Cannistraro, Alan
• Granted Patent: US 7,929,766 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/183
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/80 Indexing information stored in optical or magnetic or other strip attached to cassette or disc, e.g. barcodes attached to a recording medium
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes receiving a piece of content, wherein the piece of content comprises a machine-readable identifier, identifying the machine-readable identifier in the piece of content, and associating the machine-readable identifier to the piece of media content.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of processing digital content, the method comprising:

receiving an item of digital content, the received item including at least one machine-readable identifier that is embedded in and descriptive of the digital content;

reading the machine-readable identifier embedded in the digital content; and

processing the content in accordance with one or more predetermined criteria associated with the read machine-readable identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating the machine-readable identifier; and

providing the generated machine-readable identifier for including in an item of digital content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the item of digital content is a sequence of digital video frames.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the reading comprises:

scanning each frame in the sequence of digital video frames;

comparing an image of the scanned frame with a stored image of the machine-readable identifier; and

upon detecting that the image of the scanned frame matches the stored image, assigning the scanned image as the machine-readable identifier included in the item of digital content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the machine-readable identifier includes at least one of a bar code, a text, a number, an image, an audio signal, and an alphanumeric character.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the machine-readable identifier is positioned at an arbitrary point in the digital content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing includes arranging the item of digital content relative to other processed items of digital content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing includes storing the item of digital content in a repository.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing includes editing the item of digital content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the item of digital content corresponds to a section of a template.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the machine-readable identifier embedded in the item of digital content corresponds to the section of the template.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising associating the item of digital content to the section of the template to which the machine-readable identifier corresponds.

13. A medium bearing instructions to enable one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

receiving an item of digital content, the received item including at least one machine-readable identifier that is embedded in and descriptive of the digital content;

reading the machine-readable identifier embedded in the digital content; and

processing the content in accordance with one or more pre-determined criteria associated with the read machine-readable identifier.

14. The medium of claim 13 further comprising:

generating the machine-readable identifier; and

providing the generated machine-readable identifier for including in an item of digital content.

15. The medium of claim 13 wherein the item of digital content is a sequence of digital video frames.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein the reading comprises:

scanning each frame in the sequence of digital video frames;

comparing an image of the scanned frame with a stored image of the machine-readable identifier; and

upon detecting that the image of the scanned frame matches the stored image, assigning the scanned image as the machine-readable identifier included in the item of digital content.

17. The medium of claim 16, wherein the machine-readable identifier includes at least one of a bar code, a text, a number, an image, an audio signal, and an alphanumeric character.

18. The medium of claim 13, wherein the machine-readable identifier is positioned at an arbitrary point in the digital content.

19. The medium of claim 13, wherein the processing includes arranging the item of digital content relative to other processed items of digital content.

20. The medium of claim 13, wherein the processing includes storing the item of digital content in a repository.

21. The medium of claim 13, wherein the processing includes editing the item of digital content.

22. The medium of claim 13, wherein the item of digital content corresponds to a section of a template.

23. The medium of claim 22, wherein the machine-readable identifier embedded in the item of digital content corresponds to the section of the template.

24. The medium of claim 23, further comprising associating the item of digital content to the section of the template to which the machine-readable identifier corresponds.