Managing metadata for occurrences of a recording

• US 20100318586A1
• Filed: 06/11/2009
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: All Media Guide LLC (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Wessling, Jens Nicholas
• Granted Patent: US 8,620,967 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/912
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content

Abstract

A method and a system are provided for managing metadata for occurrences of a recording. In one example, the system receives a recording. The recording includes computer readable media data. The system generates an internal identifier of the recording. The internal identifier is a signature that uniquely identifies the recording. The system then adds the internal identifier to metadata that are associated with at least one occurrence of the recording. The metadata are data that describe the recording.

Claims

1. A method for storing an internal identifier in metadata, the method comprising:

receiving a recording, wherein the recording includes computer readable media data;

generating an internal identifier for the recording, wherein the internal identifier is a signature that uniquely identifies the recording; and

adding the internal identifier to metadata associated with at least one occurrence for the recording, wherein the metadata is data that describes the recording.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein adding the internal identifier comprises:

adding the internal identifier to metadata associated with a first occurrence of the recording; and

adding the internal identifier to metadata associated with a second occurrence of the recording, wherein the metadata associated with the first occurrence of the recording is different than the metadata associated with the second occurrence of the recording.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each occurrence of the recording is associated with metadata having at least one of:

a track title, wherein the track title is different from another track title in other metadata associated with another occurrence of the recording;

an album title, wherein the album title is different from another album title in other metadata associated with another occurrence of the recording;

a track date, wherein the track date is different from another track date in other metadata associated with another occurrence of the recording;

a genre, wherein the genre is different from another genre in other metadata associated with another occurrence of the recording; and

substantially no metadata besides the internal identifier.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording includes at least one of:

an audio track;

a video track;

a song;

a chapter;

a CD recording;

a DVD recording; and

a Blu-ray Disc recording.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the internal identifier by using at least one of:

an audio fingerprint of the recording;

a portion of an audio fingerprint of the recording;

an identifier derived from an audio fingerprint of the recording;

an audio identifier of the recording;

a video identifier of the recording;

a disc identifier;

a compact disc identifier;

a digital video disc identifier;

a Blu-ray Disc identifier;

a media identifier; and

a high definition media identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata is associated with the recording after the recording is ripped from a computer readable medium.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the computer readable medium is at least one of:

a disc;

an optical disc;

a compact disc;

a digital video disc; and

a Blu-ray Disc.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata includes at least one of:

a track name;

a song name;

artist information;

album information;

relational information; and

supplemental information.

9. A system for storing an internal identifier in metadata, wherein the system is configured for:

receiving a recording, wherein the recording includes computer readable media data;

generating an internal identifier for the recording, wherein the internal identifier is a signature that uniquely identifies the recording; and

adding the internal identifier to metadata associated with at least one occurrence of the recording, wherein the metadata is data that describes the recording.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein adding the internal identifier comprises:

adding the internal identifier to metadata associated with a first occurrence of the recording; and

adding the internal identifier to metadata associated with a second occurrence of the recording, wherein the metadata associated with the first occurrence of the recording is different than the metadata associated with the second occurrence of the recording.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein each occurrence of the recording is associated with metadata having at least one of:

a track title, wherein the track title is different from another track title in other metadata associated with another occurrence of the recording;

an album title, wherein the album title is different from another album title in other metadata associated with another occurrence of the recording;

a track date, wherein the track date is different from another track date in other metadata associated with another occurrence of the recording;

a genre, wherein the genre is different from another genre in other metadata associated with another occurrence of the recording; and

substantially no metadata besides the internal identifier.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the recording includes at least one of:

an audio track;

a video track;

a song;

a chapter;

a CD recording;

a DVD recording; and

a Blu-ray Disc recording.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the system is further configured for generating an internal identifier by using at least one of:

an audio fingerprint of the recording;

a portion of an audio fingerprint of the recording;

an identifier derived from an audio fingerprint of the recording;

an audio identifier of the recording;

a video identifier of the recording;

a disc identifier;

a compact disc identifier;

a digital video disc identifier;

a Blu-ray Disc identifier;

a media identifier; and

a high definition media identifier.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the metadata is associated with the recording after the recording is ripped from a computer readable medium.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the computer readable medium is at least one of:

a disc;

an optical disc;

a compact disc;

a digital video disc; and

a Blu-ray Disc.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the metadata includes at least one of:

a track name;

a song name;

artist information;

album information;

relational information; and

supplemental information.

17. A computer readable medium carrying one or more instructions for storing an internal identifier in metadata, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

receiving a recording, wherein the recording includes computer readable media data;

generating an internal identifier for the recording, wherein the internal identifier is a signature that uniquely identifies the recording; and

adding the internal identifier to metadata associated with at least one occurrence for the recording, wherein the metadata is data that describes the recording.

18. A method for linking metadata, the method comprising:

receiving metadata for one or more occurrences of a recording, wherein the metadata for each occurrence of the recording includes an internal identifier of the recording; and

generating a link between each internal identifier in the metadata and an external identifier not in the metadata, wherein the external identifier is derived from the recording.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising maintaining the link between each internal identifier and the external identifier such that the metadata for each occurrence of the recording is at least one of:

located by using the link;

searched by using the link;

organized by using the link; and

analyzed by using the link.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the link is a pointer to the external link, and wherein the pointer is a variable that contains an address of a location in a memory of a database.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprising generating the external identifier by using at least one of:

an audio fingerprint of the recording;

a portion of an audio fingerprint of the recording;

an identifier derived from an audio fingerprint of the recording;

an audio identifier of the recording;

a video identifier of the recording;

a disc identifier;

a compact disc identifier;

a digital video disc identifier;

a Blu-ray Disc identifier;

a media identifier; and

a high definition media identifier.

22. A system for linking metadata, wherein the system is configured for:

receiving metadata for one or more occurrences of a recording, wherein the metadata for each occurrence of the recording includes an internal identifier of the recording; and

generating a link between each internal identifier in the metadata and an external identifier not in the metadata, wherein the external identifier is derived from the recording.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the system is further configured for maintaining the link between each internal identifier and the external identifier such that the metadata for each occurrence of the recording is at least one of:

located by using the link;

searched by using the link;

organized by using the link; and

analyzed by using the link.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the link is a pointer to the external link, and wherein the pointer is a variable that contains an address of a location in a memory of a database.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein the system is further configured for generating the external identifier by using at least one of:

an audio fingerprint of the recording;

a portion of an audio fingerprint of the recording;

an identifier derived from an audio fingerprint of the recording;

an audio identifier of the recording;

a video identifier of the recording;

a disc identifier;

a compact disc identifier;

a digital video disc identifier;

a Blu-ray Disc identifier;

a media identifier; and

a high definition media identifier.

26. A computer readable medium comprising one or more instructions for storing an internal identifier in metadata, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

receiving metadata for one or more occurrences of a recording, wherein the metadata for each occurrence of the recording includes an internal identifier for the recording; and

generating a link between each internal identifier in the metadata and an external identifier not in the metadata, wherein the external identifier is derived from the recording.