Auto-Publishing Photo Albums On A Home Server

• US 20110125742A1
• Filed: 09/30/2008
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Thero, Daniel, Haines, Matthew D.
• Application Number:
  US13/054,810
• Publication Number:
  US 20110125742A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00159 for sharing images without access restriction, e.g. publishing images

Abstract

A system for selectively publishing multimedia files 212 and corresponding method therefor are described. The system comprises a processing device 200; a network interface 206; and a storage device 210. The storage device 210 comprises: a set of multimedia files 212 each having at least one attribute 220; a set of predetermined rules 218; and a set of executable instructions which, when executed by the processing device 200, cause the processing device 200 to receive one or more multimedia files 212 each having at least one attribute 220; automatically generate a collection of multimedia files 212 by applying the set of predetermined rules 218 to at least one attribute 220 of each of the received one or more multimedia files 212; and publish the generated collection of multimedia files 212 for access.

Claims

1. A system for selectively publishing multimedia files 212, comprising:

a processing device 200;

a network interface 206 connected with the processing device 200; and

a storage device 210 connected with the processing device 200, the storage device 210 comprising;

a set of multimedia files 212 each having at least one attribute 220;

a set of predetermined rules 218; and

a set of executable instructions 214 which, when executed by the processing device 200, cause the processing device 200 to receive one or more multimedia files 212 each having at least one attribute 220;

automatically generate a collection of multimedia files 212 by applying the set of predetermined rules 218 to at least one attribute 220 of each of the received one or more multimedia files 212; and

publish the generated collection of multimedia files 212 for access.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the instructions to cause the processing device 200 to receive one or more multimedia files 212 comprise instructions to cause the processing device 200 to detect a transfer of a multimedia file 212 to a specified location.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one attribute 220 is selected from a set comprising at least one attribute-based rule 218 selected from a set comprising an upload time, a file name, a file description, an originating computer, an originating device, or a file size.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the instructions to cause the processing device 200 to generate a collection of multimedia files 212 comprises instructions causing the processing device 200 to add a multimedia file 212 to the collection for each multimedia file 212 having an attribute 220 which matches the set of predetermined rules 218.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the set of predetermined rules 218 comprises at least one attribute-based rule 218 selected from a set comprising an upload time, a file name, a file description, an originating computer, an originating device, or a file size.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the instructions to cause the processing device 200 to publish comprises generating a web-based album comprising the generated collection of multimedia files 212 for access by one or more web clients.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions causing the processing device 200 to automatically update a prior generated collection of multimedia files 212 by applying the set of predetermined rules 218 to at least one attribute 220 of each of a set of newly received multimedia files 212.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one rule of the set of predetermined rules 218 comprises whether a particular user has previously viewed the multimedia file 212.

9. A method of selectively publishing multimedia files 212, comprising:

receiving one or more multimedia files 212 each having at least one attribute 220;

automatically generating a collection of multimedia files 212 by applying a set of predetermined rules 218 to at least one attribute 220 of each of the received one or more multimedia files 212; and

publishing the generated collection of multimedia files 212 for access.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said generating comprises adding a multimedia file 212 to the collection for each multimedia file having an attribute 220 which matches the set of predetermined rules 218.