SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GATHERING, FILTERING, AND DISPLAYING CONTENT CAPTURED AT AN EVENT

• US 20120265758A1
• Filed: 04/14/2011
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shutterfly Incorporated (Shutterfly, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Shutterfly Incorporated (Shutterfly, LLC)
• Inventors: Han, Edward, Berger, Kelly
• Application Number:
  US13/087,283
• Publication Number:
  US 20120265758A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• 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: G06Q 50/10 Services

Abstract

A method for generating event compilations during an event comprising: providing an event client designated to display event content captured at the event; identifying an event moderator to review event content captured by attendees of the event; receiving event content captured by one or more event attendees; transmitting the event content to the event moderator for review; receiving a response from the event moderator, the response indicating whether the event content is allowed or blocked; and displaying the event content from the event client at the event if the response from the moderator indicates that the event content is allowed.

Claims

1. A method for generating event compilations during an event comprising:

providing an event client designated to display event content captured at the event;

identifying an event moderator to review event content captured by attendees of the event;

receiving event content captured by one or more event attendees;

transmitting the event content to the event moderator for review;

receiving a response from the event moderator, the response indicating whether the event content is allowed or blocked; and

displaying the event content from the event client at the event if the response from the moderator indicates that the event content is allowed.

2. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:

automatically adding the event content to a pre-selected event compilation template to generate an event compilation; and

transmitting the event compilation to the client.

3. The method as in claim 2 wherein the event content includes photos and/or videos captured by event attendees.

4. The method as in claim 1 wherein displaying the event content comprises projecting the event content onto a large-format display for viewing by the event attendees.

5. The method as in claim 3 further comprising:

identifying subjects within the pictures and/or videos; and

grouping the pictures and/or videos based on the identity of the subjects.

6. The method as in claim 5 wherein identifying the subjects comprises employing facial recognition technology using a facial recognition database of known subjects.

7. The method as in claim 6 further comprising:

generating a facial recognition database of event attendees prior to the event, the facial recognition database usable to identify subjects in pictures and/or videos captured at the event.

8. The method as in claim 5 wherein specified predefined relationships between subjects within the pictures and/or videos are identified and used to label and/or group the pictures and/or videos into categories.

9. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a set of tags established by a host of the event, the tags usable to categorize pictures and/or video captured at the event; and

providing the moderator a selectable list of the tags, the moderator selecting a tag from each of the list of tags to categorize each photo and/or video submitted by each of the attendees at the event.

10. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:

automatically generating a photo story based on metadata associated with photos submitted by one or more attendees, the photos being allowed by the moderator.

11. The method as in claim 10 wherein the photo story is generated during the event.

12. The method as in claim 10 wherein the photo story is generated after the event.

13. A system comprising a memory for storing program code and a processor for processing the program code to perform the operations of:

providing an event client designated to display event content captured at the event;

identifying an event moderator to review event content captured by attendees of the event;

receiving event content captured by one or more event attendees;

transmitting the event content to the event moderator for review;

receiving a response from the event moderator, the response indicating whether the event content is allowed or blocked; and

displaying the event content from the event client at the event if the response from the moderator indicates that the event content is allowed.

14. The system as in claim 13 comprising additional program code to cause the processor to perform the operations of:

automatically adding the event content to a pre-selected event compilation template to generate an event compilation; and

transmitting the event compilation to the event compilation to the client.

15. The method as in claim 14 wherein the event content includes photos and/or videos captured by event attendees.

16. The system as in claim 15 wherein displaying the event content comprises projecting the event content onto a large-format display for viewing by the event attendees.

17. The system as in claim 16 comprising additional program code to cause the processor to perform the operations of:

identifying subjects within the pictures and/or videos; and

grouping the pictures and/or videos based on the identity of the subjects.

18. The system as in claim 17 wherein identifying the subjects comprises employing facial recognition technology using a facial recognition database of known subjects.

19. The system as in claim 18 comprising additional program code to cause the processor to perform the operations of:

generating a facial recognition database of event attendees prior to the event, the facial recognition database usable to identify subjects in pictures and/or videos captured at the event.

20. The system as in claim 17 wherein specified predefined relationships between subjects within the pictures and/or videos are identified and used to label and/or group the pictures and/or videos into categories.

21. The system as in claim 13 comprising additional program code to cause the processor to perform the operations of:

receiving a set of tags established by a host of the event, the tags usable to categorize pictures and/or video captured at the event; and

providing the moderator a selectable list of the tags, the moderator selecting a tag from each of the list of tags to categorize each photo and/or video submitted by each of the attendees at the event.

22. The system as in claim 13 comprising additional program code to cause the processor to perform the operations of:

automatically generating a photo story based on metadata associated with photos submitted by one or more attendees, the photos being allowed by the moderator.

23. The system as in claim 22 wherein the photo story is generated during the event.

24. The method as in claim 22 wherein the photo story is generated after the event.