METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORYTELLING ON A COMPUTING DEVICE VIA MULTIPLE SOURCES

• US 20140181110A1
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Imbruce, Doug, Pape, Gregory, Knutsson, Gustav Johan Rasmus
• Granted Patent: US 10,331,724 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/45 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and system for enabling storytelling on a computing device. A processor (a) analyzes a first set of media items associated with a user, where each media item has associated metadata; (b) identifies, based on analysis of the associated metadata in the first set, one or more related characteristics among the media items in the first set; (c) forms a cluster of media items associated with an event based on the one or more characteristics; (d) repeats steps (a) and (b) for a second set of media items; (e) adds one or more media items in the second set having the one or more related characteristics, from a computing device associated with the second set, to the cluster; (f) edits selected media items in the cluster to fit into selected templates; and (g) creates a mixed-media module comprising the templates organized into a desired sequence.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

(a) analyzing, by a processor of a computing device operated by a user, a first set of media items associated with the user, each media item having associated metadata;

(b) identifying, by the processor, based on analysis of the associated metadata in the first set, one or more related characteristics among the media items in the first set;

(c) forming, by the processor, a cluster of media items associated with an event based on the identified one or more related characteristics;

(d) repeating, by the processor, steps (a) and (b) for a second set of media items associated with the user;

(e) adding, by the processor, one or more media items in the second set having the one or more related characteristics, from a computing device associated with the second set, to the cluster of media items;

(f) editing, by the processor, selected media items in the cluster to fit into selected templates, each template configured to represent a moment in the event; and

(g) creating, by the processor, a mixed-media module comprising the plurality of templates organized into a desired sequence for the selected templates.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing, by the processor, the associated metadata of each media item in the first set,

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing, by the processor, the associated metadata of each media item in the second set.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing, by the processor, the media items in the cluster.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the processor, the desired sequence for the selected templates.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting, by the processor and based on analysis of the media items in the cluster, a plurality of templates from a template database.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining, by the processor, the media items in the cluster from the computing device; and

obtaining, by the processor from the computing device associated with the second set, the one or more media items in the second set having the one or more related characteristics.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the obtaining the one or more media items in the second set further comprises monitoring other applications installed on the computing device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the obtaining of the one or more media items in the second set further comprises communicating with a remote computing device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the communicating with the remote computing device further comprises accessing a social network account of the user.

11. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising;

(a) analyzing logic executed by the processor for analyzing a first set of media items associated with a user, each media item having associated metadata;

(b) identifying logic executed by the processor for identifying, based on analysis of the associated metadata in the first set, one or more related characteristics among the media items in the first set;

(c) forming logic executed by the processor for forming a cluster of media items associated with an event based on the identified one or more related characteristics;

(d) performing logic executed by the processor for performing the analyzing logic and the identifying logic for a second set of media items associated with the user;

(e) adding logic executed by the processor for adding one or more media items in the second set having the one or more related characteristics, from a computing device associated with the second set, to the cluster of media items;

(f) editing logic executed by the processor for editing selected media items in the cluster to fit into selected templates, each template configured to represent a moment in the event; and

(g) creating logic executed by the processor for creating a mixed-media. module comprising the plurality of templates organized into a desired sequence for the selected templates.

12. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising second analyzing logic executed by the processor for analyzing the associated metadata of each media item in the first set.

13. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising second analyzing logic executed by the processor for analyzing the associated metadata of each media item in the second set.

14. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising second analyzing logic executed by the processor for analyzing the media items in the cluster.

15. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising determining logic executed by the processor for determining the desired sequence for the selected templates.

16. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising selecting logic executed by the processor for selecting, based on analysis of the media items in the cluster, a plurality of templates from a template database.

17. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising:

first obtaining logic executed by the processor for obtaining the media items in the cluster from the computing device; and

second obtaining logic executed by the processor for obtaining, from the computing device associated with the second set, the one or more media items in the second set having the one or more related characteristics.

18. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the second obtaining logic further comprises monitoring logic executed by the processor for monitoring other applications installed on the computing device.

19. The computing device of claim 17, further comprising accessing logic executed by the processor for accessing a social network account of the user.

20. A server computer comprising:

a processor;

a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising;

application communication logic executed by the processor for communicating a software application to a computing device operated by a user, the software application configured to;

(a) analyze a first set of media items associated with the user, each media item having associated metadata;

(b) identify, based on analysis of the associated metadata in the first set, one or more related characteristics among the media items in the first set;

(c) form a cluster of media items associated with an event based on the identified one or more related characteristics;

(d) perform steps (a) and (b) for a second set of media items associated with the user;

(e) add one or more media items in the second set having the one or more related characteristics, from a computing device associated with the second set, to the cluster of media items;

(f) editing selected media items in the cluster to fit into selected templates, each template configured to represent a moment in the event; and

(g) creating a mixed-media module comprising the plurality of templates organized into a desired sequence for the selected templates.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a computer processor, the computer program instructions defining the steps of:

communicating, by the computer processor, a software application to a computing device operated by a user, the software application configured to;

(a) analyze a first set of media items associated with the user, each media item having associated metadata;

(b) identify, based on analysis of the associated metadata in the first set, one or more related characteristics among the media items in the first set;

(c) form a cluster of media items associated with an event based on the identified one or more related characteristics;

(d) perform steps (a) and (b) for a second set of media items associated with the user;

(e) add one or more media items in the second set having the one or more related characteristics, from a computing device associated with the second set, to the cluster of media items;

(f) edit selected media items in the cluster to fit into selected templates, each template configured to represent a moment in the event; and

(g) create a mixed-media module comprising the plurality of templates organized into a desired sequence for the selected templates.

22. A method comprising:

communicating, by a processor, a software application to a computing device operated by a use, the software application configured to;

(a) analyze a first set of media items associated with the user, each media item having associated metadata;

(b) identify, based on analysis of the associated metadata in the first set, one or more related characteristics among the media items in the first set;

(c) form a cluster of media items associated with an event based on the identified one or more related characteristics;

(d) perform steps (a) and (b) for a second set of media items associated with the user;

(e) add one or more media items in the second set having the one or more related characteristics, from a computing device associated with the second set, to the cluster of media items;

(f) edit selected media items in the cluster to fit into selected templates, each template configured to represent a moment in the event; and

(g) create a mixed-media module comprising the plurality of templates organized into a desired sequence for the selected templates.