MICRO-LOCATION BASED PHOTOGRAPH METADATA

• US 20170270141A1
• Filed: 03/16/2016
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Greenberger, Jeremy A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,445,364 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/244 using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for adding photograph metadata based on micro-locations of a venue are provided. A photograph is detected, wherein the photograph was taken by a user at a venue. A wireless beacon is detected, wherein the wireless beacon is associated with a micro-location in the venue. Tag information corresponding to the wireless beacon is retrieved. Metadata of the photograph is populated, based on the tag information, wherein the metadata is searchable by the user. One or more rules are determined, wherein the one or more rules define one or more categories of metadata to populate the photograph. A location of a plurality of wireless beacons at the venue is requested. A map indicating the location of each of the plurality of wireless beacons at the venue is generated.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting, by one or more processors, a photograph, wherein the photograph was taken by a user at a venue;

detecting, by one or more processors, a wireless beacon, wherein the wireless beacon is associated with a micro-location in the venue;

retrieving, by one or more processors, tag information corresponding to the wireless beacon; and

populating, by one or more processors, metadata of the photograph, based on the tag information, wherein the metadata is searchable by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, one or more rules, wherein the one or more rules define one or more categories of metadata to populate the photograph.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more categories of metadata are selected from the group consisting of a weather condition at the venue, one or more events occurring at the time of the photograph, an event occurring at the specific location of the photograph, a promotion associated with a subject of the photograph, and information associated with an event at the venue.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting, by one or more processors, a location of a plurality of wireless beacons at the venue; and

generating, by one or more processors, a map indicating the location of each of the plurality of wireless beacons at the venue.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, the micro-location of a user based on the proximity of the user to the wireless beacon.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the photograph is at least one of (i) a still image, (ii) a video, and (iii) an image burst.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata includes a specific location at the venue.

8. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to detect a photograph, wherein the photograph was taken by a user at a venue;

program instructions to detect a wireless beacon, wherein the wireless beacon is associated with a micro-location in the venue;

program instructions to retrieve tag information corresponding to the wireless beacon; and

program instructions to populate metadata of the photograph, based on the tag information, wherein the metadata is searchable by the user.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to determine one or more rules, wherein the one or more rules define one or more categories of metadata to populate the photograph.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the one or more categories of metadata are selected from the group consisting of a weather condition at the venue, one or more events occurring at the time of the photograph, an event occurring at the specific location of the photograph, a promotion associated with a subject of the photograph, and information associated with an event at the venue.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to request a location of a plurality of wireless beacons at the venue; and

program instructions to generate a map indicating the location of each of the plurality of wireless beacons at the venue.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to determine the micro-location of a user based on the proximity of the user to the wireless beacon.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the photograph is one of (i) a still image, (ii) a video, and (iii) an image burst.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the metadata includes a specific location at the venue.

15. A computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media;

program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to detect a photograph, wherein the photograph was taken by a user at a venue;

program instructions to detect a wireless beacon, wherein the wireless beacon is associated with a micro-location in the venue;

program instructions to retrieve tag information corresponding to the wireless beacon;

program instructions to populate metadata of the photograph, based on the tag information, wherein the metadata is searchable by the user.

16. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to determine one or more rules, wherein the one or more rules define one or more categories of metadata to populate the photograph.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the one or more categories of metadata are selected from the group consisting of a specific location at the venue, a weather condition at the venue, one or more events occurring at the time of the photograph, an event occurring at the specific location of the photograph, a promotion associated with a subject of the photograph, and information associated with an event at the venue.

18. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to request a location of a plurality of wireless beacons at the venue; and

program instructions to generate a map indicating the location of each of the plurality of wireless beacons at the venue.

19. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to determine the micro-location of a user based on the proximity of the user to the wireless beacon.

20. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the photograph is one of (i) a still image, (ii) a video, and (iii) an image burst.