PROCESSING MEDIA ITEMS IN LOCATION-BASED GROUPS

• US 20140222809A1
• Filed: 02/05/2013
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hochmuth, Gregor, McAllister, Philip, Systrom, Kevin, Damme, Tim Van
• Granted Patent: US 9,323,855 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

Processing a plurality of media items that are associated with a respective plurality of locations includes: obtaining the plurality of media items; selecting a first media item that defines a first region on a map; determining a first set of media items that are located within the first region; selecting a second media item that defines a second region on the map, the second media item being selected among media items that are not located within the first region; determining a second set of media items that are located within the second region; and processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups.

Claims

1. A method of processing a plurality of media items that are associated with a respective plurality of locations, comprising:

obtaining the plurality of media items;

selecting a first media item that defines a first region on a map;

determining a first set of media items located within the first region;

selecting a second media item that defines a second region on the map, the second media item being selected among media items that are not located within the first region;

determining a second set of media items located within the second region; and

processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a first location name associated with the first set of media items.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the first location name associated with the is first set of media items includes:

looking up geocode information associated with the first set of media items in a database storing a mapping of geocode information and corresponding location name; and

selecting the first location name among a set of lookup results.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first location name is selected to be the most common location name among the set of lookup results.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the first set of media items is not associated with a location name.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting one or more additional representative media items that define one or more respective additional regions, each additional representative media item not being included in any existing set of media items;

determining additional sets of media items that are located within the respective additional regions;

including at least some of the additional sets of media items in a pool of unnamed media items;

selecting, among the pool of unnamed media items, a first unnamed representative media item that is associated with a first unnamed region; and

determining an unnamed set of media items located within a first unnamed location.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first unnamed region is greater in size than the first region defined by the first representative media item.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups includes displaying separately the first set of media items and the second set of media items.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups includes:

receiving a first group-level user-specified configuration option pertaining to the first set of media items and a second group-level user-specified configuration option pertaining to the is second set of media items.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups further includes:

determining whether the first set of media items is to be added to a photo map according to the first group-level user-specified configuration option; and

determining whether the second set of media items is to be added to the photo map according to the second group-level user-specified configuration option.

11. A system for processing a plurality of media items that are associated with a respective plurality of locations, comprising:

one or more processors to;

obtain the plurality of media items;

select a first media item that defines a first region on a map;

determine a first set of media items located within the first region;

select a second media item that defines a second region on the map, the second media item being selected among media items that are not located within the first region;

determine a second set of media items located within the second region; and

process the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

12. The system of claim 11, the one or more processors further to determine a first location name associated with the first set of media items.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein to determine the first location name associated with the first set of media items includes:

look up geocode information associated with the first set of media items in a database storing a mapping of geocode information and corresponding location name; and

select the first location name among a set of lookup results.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first location name is selected to be the most common location name among the set of lookup results.

15. The system of claim 11, the one or more processors are further to determine that the first set of media items is not associated with a location name.

16. The system of claim 11, the one or more processors are further to:

select one or more additional representative media items that define one or more respective additional regions, each additional representative media item not being included in any existing set of media items;

determine additional sets of media items that are located within the respective additional regions;

include at least some of the additional sets of media items in a pool of unnamed media items;

select, among the pool of unnamed media items, a first unnamed representative media item that is associated with a first unnamed region; and

determine an unnamed set of media items located within a first unnamed location.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the first unnamed region is greater in size than the first region defined by the first representative media item.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein to process the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups includes to display separately the first set of media items and the second set of media items.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein to process the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups includes to receive a first group-level user-specified configuration option pertaining to the first set of media items and a second group-level user-specified configuration option pertaining to the second set of media items.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein to process the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups further includes to:

determine whether the first set of media items is to be added to a photo map according to the first group-level user-specified configuration option; and

is determine whether the second set of media items is to be added to the photo map according to the second group-level user-specified configuration option.

21. A computer program product for processing a plurality of media items that are associated with a respective plurality of locations, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

obtaining the plurality of media items;

selecting a first media item that defines a first region on a map;

determining a first set of media items located within the first region;

selecting a second media item that defines a second region on the map, the second media item being selected among media items that are not located within the first region;

determining a second set of media items located within the second region; and

processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups.