System and method for generating a work of communication with supplemental context

• US 7,975,227 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2010
• Issued: 07/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Covannon, Edward, Cosgrove, Patrick A., Allen, Loretta E., Manico, Joseph A.
• Primary Examiner(s): ROBINSON, GRETA LEE
• Application Number:
  US12/699,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138749A1
• Time in Patent Office: 517 Days
• Field of Search: 707/708, 707/726, 707/758, 707/769, 707/771, 707/773, 707/780, 707/608, 715/200, 715/700, 715/707, 715/708, 715/731
• US Class Current: 715/731
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A system for selecting, managing, sharing and displaying content data files in a manner that takes into the account the contextual significance of said content data files to a narrative, an author(s) and an audience. A system that is able to place an absolute and relative value upon the significance of a media object is able to assist in stimulating the recollection of the author and audience, thus making every aspect more memorable and enhancing by improving the ease of use and the quality of the final result of the use of the system of this invention.

Claims

1. A method implemented by an electronic system adapted to process content data files to form digital data representing a work of communication, the work of communication pertaining to a narrative, and the method comprising:

accessing a first set of content data files stored in a memory device accessible to the electronic system, the first set of content data files associated with the work of communication;

determining context indicators from at least some of the content data files in the first set based at least upon a set of rules for identifying the context indicators;

determining relative significances of at least some of the content data files of the first set to (a) a person associated with the work of communication, (b) a node of the narrative, or (c) both (a) and (b);

determining inference queries based at least upon the context indicators and the relative significances;

obtaining a second set of content data files greater than the first set from a source of content data files using at least the inference queries; and

providing at least some of the content data files in the second set to be included in the digital data representing the work of communication,

wherein the provided content data files are different than the content data files in the first set.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing includes linking at least some of the provided content data files with a node of the narrative.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of content data files is associated with an author of the work of communication.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the relative significances are determined at least with respect to the person associated with the work of communication.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the relative significances are determined at least with respect to the person associated with the node of the narrative.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the relative significances are determined at least with respect to the person associated with the work of communication, and wherein the person associated with the work of communication is an author of the work of communication, an audience member viewing the work of communication, or a performer of the work of communication.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the person associated with the work of communication is an audience member viewing the work of communication over a network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the narrative comprises a sequence of nodes, wherein the first set of content data files are received over a period of time while an author of the work of communication is communicating the narrative and advancing through at least two of the nodes, and wherein the providing includes linking at least one of the provided content data files to one of the nodes and linking at least another of the provided content data files to a another of the nodes.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the first set of rules from plural sets of rules based at least upon a relationship between the first set of rules and an author of the work of communication, a subject of the work of communication, a type of the work of communication, a manner in which the work of communication is used, or a manner of use of the work of communication.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring audience reaction to the work of communication, wherein the obtaining obtains the second set of content data files using at least the inference queries and the audience reaction.

11. An electronic system adapted to process content data files to form digital data representing a work of communication, the work of communication pertaining to a narrative, and the system comprising:

a data processing system; and

a memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing system and storing instructions configured to cause the data processing system to implement a method, wherein the instructions comprise;

instructions for accessing a first set of content data files stored in the memory device system accessible to the electronic system, the first set of content data files associated with the work of communication;

instructions for determining context indicators from at least some of the content data files in the first set based at least upon a set of rules for identifying the context indicators;

instructions for determining relative significances of at least some of the content data files of the first set to (a) a person associated with the work of communication, (b) a node of the narrative, or (c) both (a) and (b);

instructions for determining inference queries based at least upon the context indicators and the relative significances;

instructions for obtaining a second set of content data files greater than the first set from a source of content data files using at least the inference queries; and

instructions for providing at least some of the content data files in the second set to be included in the digital data representing the work of communication,

wherein the provided content data files are different than the content data files in the first set.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein instructions for providing include instructions for linking at least some of the provided content data files with a node of the narrative.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the first set of content data files is associated with an author of the work of communication.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the relative significances are determined at least with respect to the person associated with the work of communication.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the relative significances are determined at least with respect to the person associated with the node of the narrative.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the relative significances are determined at least with respect to the person associated with the work of communication, and wherein the person associated with the work of communication is an author of the work of communication, an audience member viewing the work of communication, or a performer of the work of communication.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the person associated with the work of communication is an audience member viewing the work of communication over a network.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the narrative comprises a sequence of nodes, wherein the first set of content data files are received over a period of time while an author of the work of communication is communicating the narrative and advancing through at least two of the nodes, and wherein the instructions for providing include instructions for linking at least one of the provided content data files to one of the nodes and linking at least another of the provided content data files to a another of the nodes.

19. The system of claim 11, further comprising instructions for selecting the first set of rules from plural sets of rules based at least upon a relationship between the first set of rules and an author of the work of communication, a subject of the work of communication, a type of the work of communication, a manner in which the work of communication is used, or a manner of use of the work of communication.

20. The system of claim 11, further comprising instructions for monitoring audience reaction to the work of communication, wherein the instructions for obtaining obtain the second set of content data files using at least the inference queries and the audience reaction.