Set of metadata for association with a composite media item and tool for creating such set of metadata

• US 7,844,820 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2005
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Martinez, Ronald
• Primary Examiner(s): Parthasarathy; Pramila
• Application Number:
  US11/247,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20070083762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,877 Days
• Field of Search: 713/176, 714/6, 714/20, 380/201, 705/59, 725/2, 725/4, 726/22
• US Class Current: 713/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

A set of metadata for association with the composite media item and a tool for creating a composite media item with an associated set metadata. In one embodiment, the tool comprises a component for extracting a portion of a first media item having first metadata and for extracting a portion of a second media item having second metadata, a component for combining the first portion and the second portion to form a composite media item, and a component for analyzing the first metadata and the second metadata to extract portions of the first and second metadata to form a new set of metadata for association with the composite media item. In one embodiment, the new metadata is a data container.

Claims

1. A tool for creating a composite media item with an associated set of metadata, comprising:

a module, implemented by at least one processor of a computing device, for identifying first metadata representing data associated with a first portion of a first source media item, said first portion being derived from the first source media item, said first metadata being derived from first source metadata associated with said first source media item;

a module, implemented by at least one processor of said computing device, for identifying second metadata representing data associated with a second portion of a second source media item, said second portion being derived from the second source media item, said second metadata being derived from second source metadata associated with said second source media item; and

a module, implemented by at least one processor of said computing device, for combining said first metadata and said second metadata so as to form new metadata that is based upon and acquires some or all of said first metadata and said second metadata, the new metadata being associated with said composite media item.

2. The tool of claim 1 wherein said tool is a software application.

3. The tool of claim 1 wherein said identifying module comprises a portion of a metadata processor.

4. The tool of claim 1 wherein said identifying module identifies either one or both of said first metadata and said second metadata is based on a search input criteria.

5. The tool of claim 4 wherein said search input criteria comprises an attribute associated with either one or both of said first metadata and said second metadata.

6. The tool of claim 5 wherein said attribute comprises an artist name.

7. The tool of claim 5 wherein said attribute comprises an album name.

8. The tool of claim 5 wherein said attribute comprises a type of metadata.

9. The tool of claim 5 wherein said attribute comprises a musical genre.

10. The tool of claim 5 wherein said attribute comprises a request for a second artist that is similar to a first artist.

11. The tool of claim 5 wherein said attribute comprises a rhythm pattern.

12. The tool of claim 5 wherein said attribute comprises a tempo.

13. The tool of claim 5 wherein said attribute comprises the price associated with either one or both of said first media item portion or said second media item portion.

14. The tool of claim 5 wherein said attribute comprises the identity of a rights holder.

15. The tool of claim 5 wherein said attribute comprises a licensing term.

16. The tool of claim 1 wherein said identifying module identifies either one or both of said first metadata and said second metadata based on a user based browsing.

17. The tool of claim 1 further comprising a module for combining said first portion and said second portion to form said composite media item.

18. The tool of claim 17 wherein said new metadata comprises pointers to said first portion and said second portion.

19. The tool of claim 18 wherein said combining module combines said first and said second portions using said pointers.

20. The tool of claim 17 wherein said module for combining said first portion and said second portion comprises a portion of a metadata processor.

21. The tool of claim 17 wherein said module for combining said first portion and said second portion utilizes conditional logic.

22. The tool of claim 17 wherein said module for combining said first metadata and said second metadata comprises a portion of a metadata processor.

23. The tool of claim 17 wherein said module for combining said first portion and said second portion utilizes a predetermined instruction set.

24. The tool of claim 1 wherein said new metadata identifies a rights holder associated with said composite media item.

25. The tool of claim 24 further comprising a module for facilitating a payment associated with said composite media item to said rights holder.

26. The tool of claim 25 wherein payment associated with said composite media item is based on a price derived from said first metadata and a price derived from said second metadata.

27. The tool of claim 1 wherein said new metadata identifies an attribution of a publication associated with said composite media item.

28. The tool of claim 1 wherein said new metadata identifies a royalty amount associated with said composite media item.

29. The tool of claim 1 wherein said new metadata identifies a licensing term associated with said composite media item.

30. The tool of claim 1 wherein said new metadata identifies a price per copy associated with said composite media item

31. The tool of claim 1 further comprising a module for facilitating a payment associated with said composite media item to a rights holder.

32. The tool of claim 1 wherein said tool further comprises a metadata language translator for translating a metadata language associated with either one or both of said first metadata and said second metadata.

33. The tool of claim 1 wherein said new metadata associated with a composite media item is a data container.

34. The tool of claim 33 wherein said data container comprises:

a name or descriptive term;

a pointer to commerce enabling information; and

a pointer to a location of said associated composite media item.

35. The tool of claim 34 wherein said data container further comprises at least one set of informative tags associated with said composite media item.

36. The tool of claim 35 wherein said data container further comprises the format type associated with said composite media item.

38. The tool of claim 34 wherein said name or descriptive term is associated with said data container.

39. The tool of claim 34 wherein said name or descriptive term is associated with said composite media item.

37. The tool of 36 wherein said data container further comprises an ID unique to an online music service.