AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY OF METADATA
First Claim
1. A method for automatically associating metadata with data, comprising:
- identifying metadata associated with data, the metadata corresponding to at least one metadata field;
identifying application data of an electronic device corresponding to the identified metadata;
identifying a social network stream corresponding to the identified metadata; and
automatically extracting additional metadata from the identified application data and from the identified social network stream, wherein the additional metadata corresponds to metadata fields other than the at least one metadata field.
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Abstract
This is directed to processing stored data to automatically generate metadata for the stored data. In particular, this is directed to identifying metadata associated with stored data, and identifying other data that relates to the stored data from one or more sources. A processing module can identify other data sharing some of the identified metadata, and can extract additional metadata associated with the identified other data. The extracted metadata can then be associated with the user'"'"'s stored data. The processing module can extract additional metadata from any suitable source, including for example local application data, social networks or blogging sources, and other remote sources. In some embodiments, an electronic device can retrieve data from other users for a particular event based on metadata associated with the user'"'"'s data for the event to form a master collection of data.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for automatically associating metadata with data, comprising:
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identifying metadata associated with data, the metadata corresponding to at least one metadata field; identifying application data of an electronic device corresponding to the identified metadata; identifying a social network stream corresponding to the identified metadata; and automatically extracting additional metadata from the identified application data and from the identified social network stream, wherein the additional metadata corresponds to metadata fields other than the at least one metadata field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electronic device for automatically retrieving metadata to apply to a media item, comprising a processing module, storage, and communications circuitry, the processing module operative to:
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retrieve a media item from storage; identify initial metadata associated with the media item; direct the communications circuitry to identify social network entries corresponding to the initial metadata; extract additional metadata from the social network entries; and associate the additional metadata with the media item. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for defining a collection of data related to a user'"'"'s data, comprising:
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receiving a selection of a user'"'"'s data; retrieving metadata associated with the user'"'"'s data; identifying other data associated with the retrieved metadata from at least one remote source, wherein the other data is not created or owned by the user; and providing the identified other data to the user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. Computer readable media for automatically associating metadata with data, the computer readable media comprising computer program logic recorded thereon for:
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identifying metadata associated with data, the metadata corresponding to at least one metadata field; identifying application data of an electronic device corresponding to the identified metadata; identifying a social network stream corresponding to the identified metadata; and automatically extracting additional metadata from the identified application data and from the identified social network stream, wherein the additional metadata corresponds to metadata fields other than the at least one metadata field. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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