Metadata triggered notification for content searching
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1. A method comprising:
- providing one or more metadata watch rules, said rules defining one or more metadata characteristics of one or more media objects of interest among a plurality of media objects stored on one or more memories;
receiving, from a user associated with a user device, a selection of a media object from the plurality of media objects, said media object having metadata associated with said media object;
reading, in response to receiving the selection, the metadata associated with the media object selected; and
comparing, using an appropriately configured processor, the read metadata associated with the media object selected to the one or more metadata characteristics defined by the metadata watch rules; and
triggering a notification where the metadata associated with the media object selected matches at least one of the one or more metadata characteristics defined by the metadata watch rules.
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Abstract
A method is provided for browsing a plurality of objects in search of one or more objects of interest, wherein a notification is triggered when a user focuses on, or otherwise activates or selects, an object having certain pre-defined metadata characteristics. A user device capable of enabling the user to search the plurality of objects using such a method is also provided, and a system and computer program product for searching a plurality of objects for one or more objects of interest are further provided.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing one or more metadata watch rules, said rules defining one or more metadata characteristics of one or more media objects of interest among a plurality of media objects stored on one or more memories; receiving, from a user associated with a user device, a selection of a media object from the plurality of media objects, said media object having metadata associated with said media object; reading, in response to receiving the selection, the metadata associated with the media object selected; and comparing, using an appropriately configured processor, the read metadata associated with the media object selected to the one or more metadata characteristics defined by the metadata watch rules; and triggering a notification where the metadata associated with the media object selected matches at least one of the one or more metadata characteristics defined by the metadata watch rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory having computer program instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor cause the apparatus or another apparatus to at least:
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receive, from a user associated with the apparatus, a selection of a media object from a plurality of media objects stored on one or more of the memory or one or more other memories, said media object having metadata associated with said media object; apply, in response to receiving the selection, one or more metadata watch rules to the selected media object, said one or more metadata watch rules defining one or more characteristics of one or more media objects of interest among the plurality of media objects, by comparing the metadata associated with the selected media object to the one or more metadata characteristics defined by the metadata watch rules; and trigger a notification where metadata associated with the selected media object matches at least one of the one or more metadata characteristics defined by the metadata watch rules. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An apparatus comprising:
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means for providing one or more metadata watch rules, said rules defining one or more metadata characteristics of one or more media objects of interest among a plurality of media objects stored on one or more memories; means for receiving, from a user associated with the apparatus, a selection of a media object from the plurality of media objects, said media object having metadata associated with said media object; means for reading, in response to receiving the selection, the metadata associated with the media object selected; means for comparing the read metadata associated with the media object selected to the one or more metadata characteristics defined by the metadata watch rules; and means for triggering a notification where the metadata associated with the media object selected matches at least one of the one or more metadata characteristics defined by the metadata watch rules. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer program product, wherein the computer program product comprises at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
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a program code portion for providing one or more metadata watch rules, said rules defining one or more metadata characteristics of one or more media objects of interest among a plurality of media objects stored on one or more memories; a program code portion for causing a selection of a media object from the plurality of media objects to be received from a user associated with an apparatus, said media object selected having metadata associated with said media object; a program code portion for reading, in response to receiving the selection, the metadata associated with the media object selected; a program code portion for comparing the read metadata associated with the media object selected to the one or more metadata characteristics defined by the metadata watch rules; and a program code portion for triggering a notification where the metadata associated with the media object selected matches at least one of the one or more metadata characteristics defined by the metadata watch rules. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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