Location and Time Based Media Retrieval

• US 20100082712A1
• Filed: 09/22/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pierce, Miles, Pratt, James, Sullivan, Marc
• Application Number:
  US12/234,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20100082712A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/821
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for location and time based media retrieval. A media file of an event recorded through a multimedia recording device is retrieved. The location of the multimedia recording device is determined. A temporal measurement associated with the event is also determined. The location and the temporal measurement are associated with the media file. The media file may be searchable via the location and the temporal measurement.

Claims

1. A method for generating a media file, comprising:

receiving a media file of an event recorded through a multimedia recording device;

determining a location of the multimedia recording device;

determining a temporal measurement associated with the event; and

associating the location and the temporal measurement with the media file, the media file being searchable via the location and the temporal measurement.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the location and the temporal measurement with the media file comprises embedding the location and the temporal measurement into a header within the media file.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining event information associated with the event by performing image or video processing on the media file; and

associating the event information with the media file, the media file being further searchable via the event information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving at least one of the location, the temporal measurement, and event information associated with the event from a transmitter.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a location of the multimedia recording device comprises determining global positioning system (GPS) coordinates specifying the location of the multimedia recording device through a GPS receiver.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the temporal measurement comprises a specific time or a time frame relative to the event.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising searching for the media file responsive to user input specifying the location and the temporal measurement.

8. A system for generating a media file, comprising:

a memory for storing a program containing code for generating a media file;

a processor functionally coupled to the memory, the processor being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program and operative to;

receive a media file of an event recorded through a multimedia recording device,

store the recorded event in the media file,

determine a location of the multimedia recording device,

determine a temporal measurement associated with the event, and

associate the location and the temporal measurement with the media file, the media file being searchable via the location and the temporal measurement.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein to associate the location and the temporal measurement with the media file, the processor is further operative to embed the location and the temporal measurement into a header within the media file.

10. The system of claim 8, the processor being responsive to further computer-executable instructions contained in the program and operative to:

determine event information associated with the event by performing image or video processing on the media file, and

associate the event information with the media file, the media file being further searchable via the event information.

11. The system of claim 8, the processor being responsive to further computer-executable instructions contained in the program and operative to receive at least one of the location, the temporal measurement, and event information associated with the event from a transmitter.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein to determine a location of the multimedia recording device, the processor is further operative to determine global positioning system (GPS) coordinates specifying the location of the multimedia recording device through a GPS receiver.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the temporal measurement comprises a time or a time frame relative to the event.

14. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to provide a method for generating a media file, the method comprising:

receiving a media file of an event recorded through a multimedia recording device;

determining a location of the multimedia recording device;

determining a temporal measurement associated with the event; and

associating the location and the temporal measurement with the media file, the media file being searchable via the location and the temporal measurement.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein associating the location and the temporal measurement with the media file comprises embedding the location and the temporal measurement into a header within the media file.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, the method further comprising:

determining event information associated with the event by performing image or video processing on the media file; and

associating the event information with the media file, the media file being further searchable via the event information.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, the method further comprising receiving at least one of the location, the temporal measurement, and event information associated with the event from a transmitter.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein determining a location of the multimedia recording device comprises determining global positioning system (GPS) coordinates specifying the location of the multimedia recording device through a GPS receiver.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the temporal measurement comprises a time or a time frame relative to the event.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, the method further comprising searching for the media file responsive to user input specifying the location and the temporal measurement.