Method and Computer Program Product for Managing Media Items

• US 20090164512A1
• Filed: 12/19/2007
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Soroka, Vladimir, Barkan, Ella, Belinsky, Eran, Aizenbud-Reshef, Netta, Jacovi, Michal
• Application Number:
  US11/959,481
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164512A1
• 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

Abstract

A method and computer program product for managing media items, the method includes: clustering media items to media item groups and assigning a semantic event descriptor to each media item group in response to capture time of multiple media items, capture locations of multiple media items, event scheduling information and information extracted from media items; wherein the assigning of the semantic event descriptor is responsive to a type of the event.

Claims

1. A method for managing media items, the method comprises:

clustering media items to media item groups; and

assigning a semantic event descriptor to each media item group in response to capture time of multiple media items, capture locations of multiple media items, event scheduling information and information extracted from media items;

wherein the assigning of the semantic event descriptor is responsive to a type of the event.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the clustering comprises:

partitioning media items to media item sets;

wherein each media item set is associated with a time location window; and

generating a semantic set descriptor.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the partitioning is responsive to capture time of media items, capture locations of media items;

and wherein the generating of the semantic set descriptor is responsive to event scheduling information.

4. The method according to claim 2 comprising compensating for differences between predefined event scheduling information and actual occurrence of events.

5. The method according to claim 2 comprising generating a semantic set descriptor in response to at least one other semantic set descriptor.

6. The method according to claim 1 comprising associating a semantic event descriptor template with an event in response to a type of the event.

7. The method according to claim 1 comprising determining whether an event type is a lecture, an event during which a media item was captured or a certain event of which details were captured although the details were not captured during the certain event.

8. The method according to claim 1 comprising applying a personal information detector to detect personal information included within at least one media item.

9. The method according to claim 1 comprising applying a published event identifier to detect event information included within a publication captured in at least one media item.

10. The method according to claim 1 comprising applying a lecture detector.

11. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

cluster media items to media item groups and assign a semantic event descriptor to each media item group in response to capture time of multiple media items, capture locations of multiple media items, event scheduling information and information extracted from media items;

wherein the assignment of the semantic event descriptor is responsive to a type of the event.

12. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to partition media items to media item sets;

wherein each media item set is associated with a time location window; and

generating a semantic set descriptor.

13. The computer program product according to claim 12 that causes the computer to partition media items to media item sets in response to capture time of media items and capture locations of media items;

and to generate the semantic set descriptor in response to event scheduling information.

14. The computer program product according to claim 12 that causes the computer to compensate for differences between predefined event scheduling information and actual occurrence of events.

15. The computer program product according to claim 12 that causes the computer to generate a semantic set descriptor in response to at least one other semantic set descriptor.

16. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to associate a semantic event descriptor template with an event in response to a type of the event.

17. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to determine whether an event type is a lecture, an event during which a media item was captured or a certain event of which details were captured although the details were not captured during the certain event.

18. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to apply a personal information detector to detect personal information included within at least one media item.

19. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to apply a published event identifier to detect event information included within a publication captured in at least one media item.

20. The computer program product according to claim 11 that causes the computer to apply a lecture detector.