APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SLIDE SHOW AND PROGRAM THEREFOR

• US 20150067518A1
• Filed: 11/11/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Takahira, Masayuki, Shirasaka, Hajime
• Application Number:
  US14/538,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20150067518A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/731
• 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 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

When slide show image data sets are generated from a plurality of image data sets, the image data sets, DVD-Video files representing the slide shows generated from the image data sets, and information representing reproduction order are stored in a manner that allows a user to access them S0 that pleasure of the slide shows for the user is not ruined. The user changes the images to be included in the DVD-Video files and the reproduction order, while referring to the image data sets, the DVD-Video files, and the information. A digitalization center newly generates DVD-Video files according to the changed images and the changed reproduction order.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

analyzing, by a computing system, metadata associated with a set of content items relating to a user;

selecting, by the computing system, at least one content item from the set of content items based on the metadata associated with the set of content items; and

generating, by the computing system, multimedia content based on the at least one content item and a subset of contents items from the set of content items.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content is based on at least one image file and at least one audio file.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the metadata associated with the set of content items includes time of capture of an image.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the metadata associated with the set of content items includes location of capture of an image.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the location of capture of an image is based on a GPS function of a camera.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the metadata associated with the set of content items includes at least one comment associated with an image.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the set of content items includes at least one image file and at least one audio file having a predetermined relationship based on time.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selecting at least one content item is based on a selection by the user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content is associated with at least one significant life event of the user.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content is a slide show.

11. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform;

analyzing metadata associated with a set of content items relating to a user;

selecting at least one content item from the set of content items based on the metadata associated with the set of content items; and

generating multimedia content based on the at least one content item and a subset of contents items from the set of content items.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the multimedia content is based on at least one image file and at least one audio file.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the metadata associated with the set of content items includes time of capture of an image.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the metadata associated with the set of content items includes location of capture of an image.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the multimedia content is a slide show.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:

analyzing metadata associated with a set of content items relating to a user;

selecting at least one content item from the set of content items based on the metadata associated with the set of content items; and

generating multimedia content based on the at least one content item and a subset of contents items from the set of content items.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the multimedia content is based on at least one image file and at least one audio file.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the metadata associated with the set of content items includes time of capture of an image.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the metadata associated with the set of content items includes location of capture of an image.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the multimedia content is a slide show.