System and method for tagging images based on positional information

• US 8,001,124 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2010
• Issued: 08/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IP3 2017, Series 200 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: Qurio Holdings Incorporated
• Inventors: Svendsen, Hugh
• Primary Examiner(s): Rones, Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mahmood, Rezwanul
• Application Number:
  US12/911,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20110040779A1
• Time in Patent Office: 295 Days
• Field of Search: 707/999.01, 707/999.003, 707/999.104, 707/736, 707/748, 707/749, 707/751, 707/758, 707/767, 707/770, 707/784
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/21 Intermediate information storage H04N1/387, H04N1/41 take precedence ; for control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32358; indexing, editing G11B27/00

Abstract

A system and method for suggesting keywords for tagging a digital image are provided. In general, a requesting node is communicatively coupled to a keyword service via a network. The requesting node sends a request to the keyword service requesting suggested keywords for a digital image. The request includes information relating to the digital image such as positional information. Based on the information, the keyword service generates a list of suggested keywords and provides the list of suggested keywords to the requesting node. At the requesting node, the list of suggested keywords is displayed to a user, and the user selects one or more of the suggested keywords for tagging the digital image.

Claims

1. A server for suggesting keywords for tagging digital media comprising:

a) a communication interface coupling the server to a network; and

b) a control system configured to;

i) receive a request for suggested keywords for the digital media from a requesting node, the request including positional information defining a location associated with the digital media;

ii) generate a list of suggested keywords, which are metadata, based on the positional information defining the location associated with the digital media such that the list of suggested keywords includes previous keywords used to describe other images captured proximate to the location associated with the digital media, wherein the control system is configured to generate the list of suggested keywords by being further configured to;

A) search a plurality of digital media previously captured by a plurality of owners to find previously captured digital media captured at the location or proximate to the location defined by the positional information, and identifying a first plurality of keywords used to tag the previously captured digital media;

B) provide the positional information to a location keyword registry service and receive a second plurality of keywords associated with the location defined by the positional information from the location keyword registry service, wherein the location keyword registry service provides the second plurality of keywords based on a collaborative process with a plurality of users defining at least one keyword for each of a plurality of locations; and

iii) provide the list of suggested keywords to the requesting node via the network, wherein at least one of the list of suggested keywords is selected at the requesting node for storage in association with the digital media at the requesting node.

2. The server of claim 1 wherein the positional information defines a location of a digital camera at the time of capturing the digital media.

3. The server of claim 1, wherein the control system is configured to generate the list of suggested keywords by being further configured to:

C) search a plurality of digital media previously captured by an owner of the digital media to find previously captured digital media captured at the location or proximate to the location defined by the positional information, and identifying a third plurality of keywords used to tag the previously captured digital media.

4. A method for suggesting keywords for tagging digital media comprising:

receiving a request for suggested keywords for the digital media from a requesting node, the request including positional information defining a location associated with the digital media;

generating a list of suggested keywords, which are metadata, based on the positional information defining the location associated with the digital media such that the list of suggested keywords includes previous keywords used to describe other images captured proximate to the location associated with the digital media, wherein the list is generated by performing the following operations;

searching a plurality of digital media previously captured by a plurality of owners to find previously captured digital media captured at the location or proximate to the location defined by the positional information, and identifying a first plurality of keywords used to tag the previously captured digital media;

providing the positional information to a location keyword registry service and receiving a second plurality of keywords associated with the location defined by the positional information from the location keyword registry service, wherein the location keyword registry service provides the second plurality of keywords based on a collaborative process with a plurality of users defining at least one keyword for each of a plurality of locations; and

providing the list of suggested keywords to the requesting node via the network, wherein a user at the requesting node selects at least one of the list of suggested keywords to store in association with the digital media at the requesting node.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the positional information defines a location of a digital camera at the time of capturing the digital media.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the list is further generated by searching a plurality of digital media previously captured by an owner of the digital media to find previously captured digital media captured at the location or proximate to the location defined by the positional information, and identifying a third plurality of keywords used to tag the previously captured digital media.

7. A server for suggesting keywords for tagging digital media comprising:

a) a communication interface coupling the server to a network; and

b) a control system configured to;

i) receive a request for suggested keywords for the digital media from a requesting node, the request including positional information defining a location associated with the digital media;

ii) generate a list of suggested keywords, which are metadata, based on the positional information defining the location associated with the digital media such that the list of suggested keywords includes previous keywords used to describe other images captured proximate to the location associated with the digital media, wherein the control system is configured to generate the list of suggested keywords by being further configured to perform the following;

A) search a plurality of digital media previously captured by a plurality of owners to find previously captured digital media captured at the location or proximate to the location defined by the positional information, and identifying a first plurality of keywords used to tag the previously captured digital media; and

B) search a plurality of digital media previously captured by an owner of the digital media to find previously captured digital media captured at the location or proximate to the location defined by the positional information, and identifying a third plurality of keywords used to tag the previously captured digital media; and

iii) provide the list of suggested keywords to the requesting node via the network, wherein a user at the requesting node selects at least one of the list of suggested keywords to store in association with the digital media at the requesting node.

8. The server of claim 7 wherein the positional information defines a location of a digital camera at the time of capturing the digital media.