Method and apparatus for associating multimedia information with location information

• US 6,943,825 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2001
• Issued: 09/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ThinkLogix, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Silvester, Kelan C.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHILIPPE, GIMS S
• Application Number:
  US10/017,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20030112332A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,369 Days
• Field of Search: 348/113, 348116-119, 348/143, 348/231.9, 701/213, 707/100, 396/429
• US Class Current: 348/113
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a system includes an input component to receive multimedia data and a locator to provide a place stamp associated with the multimedia data. For example, a camera may include a global positioning system to provide a place stamp associated with a picture to indicate the location at which the picture was taken.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an input component to receive an image, the input component including a lens of a digital camera or video camera, and the image is a still or video image, respectively;

a locator to provide a place stamp associated with the image;

memory, wherein the locator includes a global positioning system;

a component to determine a distance between the system and at least a portion of the image and

a processor to store the image and the place stamp in the memory in response to a triggering event, wherein the place stamp includes an indication of a latitude and longitude of the system or of the image.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the triggering event is the pressing of a button to take a picture or video.

3. A method comprising:

providing a handheld camera with a locator to provide a place stamp, wherein the locator includes integrating a global positioning system into the camera;

enabling a user of the camera to store the place stamp associated with an image captured by the user using the camera, including providing the camera with a button to take a picture or video and to automatically store the place stamp;

providing the camera with an output port and software, the output port to download the image and the place stamp to a computer system, the software, when executed by the computer system, to convert the place stamp from a first format to a second format, wherein the first format includes latitude and longitude information, and the second format includes nomenclature information.

4. A machine-readable medium including machine-readable instructions that, if executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:

downloading an image and a place stamp associated with the image from a camera;

converting the place stamp from a first format into a second format, wherein the first format includes latitude and longitude information, and the second format includes nomenclature information;

accessing a remotely located server via an internet, and converting latitude and longitude information into nomenclature information, wherein the nomenclature information includes a city name; and

storing the image and the place stamp in the second format.

5. A system comprising:

an input component to receive audio or video data;

a locator to provide a place stamp associated with the audio or video data, the locator includes a global positioning system;

memory;

a processor to store the audio or video data and the place stamp in the memory; and

program code that, when executed, causes the system to convert the place stamp from latitude and longitude information into nomenclature information.