System and method for creating metadata

• US 20090157680A1
• Filed: 12/05/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: III Holdings 2, LLC
• Original Assignee: PacketVideo Corporation (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Jenkins, Andrew, Rayfield, Jeff, Crossley, Brett
• Granted Patent: US 8,065,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

A system and a method create metadata for media files. The metadata may be information relating to, based on and/or associated with the media files. The metadata of the media files may be searched by one or more terminals. An event database connectable to a terminal may use a location, a date and/or a time of creation of the media files to associate specific events with the media files. Further, the specific events may be used by the database to create keywords associated with the media files. As a result, the system and the method may organize and/or may provide searching for media files. A web page may be generated for an event that accumulates the media files related to the event.

Claims

1. A method for creating metadata, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a database of a plurality of events wherein each of the plurality of events is associated with event details;

creating a first media file at a first location;

associating a first content tag with the first media file;

comparing the first content tag to the event details of the plurality of events;

determining a matching event from the plurality of events wherein the event details of the matching event correspond to the first content tag associated with the first media file;

associating a second content tag with the first media file wherein the second content tag is based on the matching event;

creating a content list that lists the first media file and a second media file wherein the second media file has a third content tag;

accepting user input that provides a parameter; and

displaying search results wherein the search results indicate the first media file if the second content tag corresponds to the parameter and further wherein the search results indicate the second media file if the third content tag corresponds to the parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

indicating a location where the first media file was created wherein the first content tag associated with the first media file indicates the location.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

indicating a time and a date that the first media file was created wherein the first content tag associated with the first media file indicates the time and the date.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

transmitting the first media file to a second location wherein the second location is remote relative to the first location and further wherein the first media file is transmitted in response to selection of the first media file from the content list.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

transmitting a message that indicates a newly available media file that has a fourth content tag wherein the fourth content tag corresponds to the parameter.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

displaying a webpage for one of the plurality of events wherein the first media file is available via the webpage if the second content tag associated with the first media file indicates that the first media file was created at the event.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

connecting a server to a network wherein a terminal is connected to the network and further wherein the server transmits the search results to the terminal via the network.

8. A method for creating metadata, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a database of a plurality of events wherein each of the plurality of events is associated with event information;

creating a first media file with a media capturing device;

associating file information with the first media file;

comparing the file information to the event information;

determining if one of the plurality of events is a matching event wherein the event information of the matching event corresponds to the file information;

associating a first title with the first media file wherein the first title is based on the matching event if the plurality of events has the matching event and further wherein the first title is a default title if the plurality of events does not have the matching event; and

associating a content tag with the first media file wherein the content tag is based on the first title.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:

comparing user input to content tags associated with media files wherein the first media file is provided if the content tag associated with the first media file corresponds to the user input.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:

displaying a webpage for a venue wherein the first media file is available via the webpage if the content tag indicates that the first media file was created at the venue.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:

transmitting the first media file to a terminal wherein the first media file is transmitted in response to user input that corresponds to the content tag.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:

connecting the media capturing device to a network wherein the first media file is transmitted to a remote terminal via the network.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the media file is a digital photograph.

14. A system for creating metadata, the system comprising:

a network;

a media capturing device connected to the network wherein the media capturing device creates a first media file and further wherein the media capturing device determines a location of the media capturing device when the first media file was created wherein the media capturing device determines a time and a date that the first media file was created and further wherein the media capturing device transmits the first media file to the network; and

a database connected to the network wherein the database has a plurality of events and further wherein each of the plurality of events is associated with event information wherein the database compares the event information to the location of the media capturing device when the first media file was created and the time and the date that the first media file was created wherein the database associates the first media file with a matching event of the plurality of events and further wherein the event information of the matching event corresponds to the location of the media capturing device when the first media file was created and the time and the date that the media file was created wherein the database associates a first content tag with the first media file wherein the first content tag is based on the matching event.

15. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

a terminal connected to the network wherein the network transmits the first media file to the terminal in response to user input that corresponds to the first content tag.

16. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

a webpage accessible by the network wherein the webpage provides media files associated with one of the plurality of events wherein the first media file is available via the webpage if the first content tag associated with the first media file indicates that the first media file was created at the event.

17. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

a content list that lists the first media file and a second media file wherein the second media file has a second content tag.

18. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

a camera associated with the media capturing device wherein the camera generates an image associated with the first media file.

19. The system of claim 14 wherein the media capturing device has a GPS receiver that determines the location of the media capturing device when the first media file was created.

20. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

a content provider connected to the network wherein the content provider transmits a message that indicates availability of the first media file from the provider if the first content tag corresponds to a parameter.