CONTENT CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TAGGING CONTENT

• US 20120072420A1
• Filed: 09/16/2010
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Moganti, Madhav, Sankalia, Anish
• Granted Patent: US 8,533,192 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/748 Hypervideo linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object in the context of video distribution systems H04N21/858
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7837 using objects detected or recognised in the video content

Abstract

A content tagging and management capability is provided for enabling automatic tagging of content and management of tagged content. An apparatus includes a content capture mechanism configured for capturing content including an object, and a processor configured for automatically associating an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content. A method for using a user device for automatically tagging content includes capturing content including an object, receiving object information associated with the object when a sensor associated with the object is detected, and automatically associating an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content, where the information structure includes at least a portion of the object information associated with the object.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a content capture mechanism configured for capturing content including an object; and

a processor configured for automatically associating an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content capture mechanism is further configured for detecting, from a sensor associated with the object, object data associated with the object.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content capture mechanism is a first content capture mechanism, the apparatus further comprising:

a second content capture mechanism configured for detecting, from a sensor associated with the object, object data associated with the object.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the content capture mechanism is a first content capture mechanism, the apparatus further comprising:

a second content capture mechanism configured for detecting other content associated with the object.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication interface configured for receiving, from a sensor associated with the object, object data associated with the object.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless communication interface configured for receiving, from a remote device, object data associated with the object.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one storage module configured for storing at least one of the captured content, the information structure, and the tagged content.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication interface configured for propagating the tagged content toward a remote device.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured for automatically associating the information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content by one of:

associating a content tag with the object included within the content, and associating the information structure with the content tag such that selection of the content tag enables access to the information structure;

or

associating the information structure with a content tag, and associating the content tag with the object included within the content such that selection of the content tag enables access to the information structure.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured for associating a content tag with the object included within the content by:

determining a position of the object within the content; and

associating the content tag with the object included within the content using the determined position.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured for determining a position of the object within the content by:

receiving position information from at least one sensor associated with the object; and

determining the position of the object within the content using the position information.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured for automatically associating the information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content by:

receiving object information associated with the object and populating the information structure with at least a portion of the object information.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured for receiving object data associated with the object.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the object data comprises at least one of:

object information associated with the object; and

at least one network address from which object information associated with the object may be retrieved.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information structure is configured to securely store object information associated with the object.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content comprises at least one of text, audio, and video.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is a camera or a video recorder.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured for;

receiving content captured by a content capture mechanism, wherein the content includes an object;

receiving object information associated with the object when a sensor associated with the object is detected; and

automatically associating an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content, wherein the information structure includes at least a portion of the object information associated with the object.

19. A method for using a user device for automatically tagging content, comprising:

capturing, at the user device, content including an object;

receiving, at the user device, object information associated with the object when a sensor associated with the object is detected; and

automatically associating, at the user device, an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content, wherein the information structure includes at least a portion of the object information associated with the object.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

a content capture mechanism configured for capturing content including an object; and

a communication interface configured for receiving information associated with the object when a sensor associated with the object is detected.