Event based metadata synthesis

• US 8,856,121 B1
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Makki, Samy, Ehrlich, Jrg, Makswit, Stefan, Wollek, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): PENG, HUAWEN A
• Application Number:
  US13/096,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20140304262A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,258 Days
• Field of Search: 707/736, 382/118, 382/224
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web

Abstract

One disclosed method includes determining time and location information for a first digital asset based on a first set of metadata associated with the first digital asset that does not include location information but includes a first time value, and based on a second set of metadata associated with a second digital asset that includes a second time value and a first location value; determining the first digital asset is associated with an event based on a correlation of the determined time and location information for the first digital asset with event time and location information for the event, in which the determined time and location information for the first digital asset includes the first time value and the first location value; and associating the first digital asset with a third set of metadata associated with the event.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

determining time and location information for a first digital asset associated with a first user based on a first set of metadata associated with the first digital asset, wherein the first set of metadata does not include location information, and wherein the first set of metadata includes a first time value, and based on a second set of metadata associated with a second digital asset associated with a second user, wherein the second set of metadata includes a second time value and a first location value, the time and location information determined by comparing the first time value to the second time value based on a threshold comparison to determine that the first location value can be provided as relevant location information for the first digital asset;

determining the first digital asset is associated with an event based on a correlation of the determined time and location information for the first digital asset with event time and location information for the event, wherein the determined time and location information for the first digital asset includes the first time value and the first location value; and

associating the first digital asset with a third set of metadata stored for the event.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

requesting event information from an event data service using the determined time and location information for the first digital asset, wherein the first digital asset is associated with the event based on a second threshold comparison of the time and location information with the event time and location information for the event, and wherein the event data service includes event data for a plurality of public events and/or private events in a data store.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

sharing publicly metadata associated with the first digital asset with a plurality of users based on a relationship to the event.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

sharing metadata associated with the first digital asset with a plurality of users associated based on a social graph relationship with the first user and based on a relationship to the event.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

verifying that the first digital asset is properly associated with the event based on a confirmation response by the first user.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

associating the first user with the second user based on a social graph associated with a social networking service, wherein the social networking service stores a plurality of digital assets for each of the first user and the second user.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

associating the first user with the second user based on an automatic tagging and/or manual tagging of persons in the first digital asset, wherein the first and second user are connected based on a social graph associated with a social networking service.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

associating an attendee list with the event, wherein the attendee list includes a plurality of persons that attended the event, and wherein the attendee list is provided as input to a facial recognition service for facilitating facial recognition processing of the first digital asset.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the digital asset includes a photograph, a video, or an audio recording captured using a digital capture device.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the location information includes global positioning system (GPS) data.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the third set of metadata is stored separately from the first digital asset and associated with the first digital asset by an event based metadata service for search and organization of a plurality of digital assets for a plurality of users.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the third set of metadata is stored at least in part embedded within the first digital asset, and wherein the third set of metadata facilitates search and organization of the first digital asset based on the event.

13. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

determining time and location information for a first digital asset associated with a first user based on a first set of metadata associated with the first digital asset, wherein the first set of metadata does not include location information, and wherein the first set of metadata includes a first time value, and based on a second set of metadata associated with a second digital asset associated with a second user, wherein the second set of metadata includes a second time value and a first location value, the time and location information determined by comparing the first time value to the second time value based on a threshold comparison to determine that the first location value can be provided as relevant location information for the first digital asset;

determining the first digital asset is associated with an event based on a correlation of the determined time and location information for the first digital asset with event time and location information for the event, wherein the determined time and location information for the first digital asset includes the first time value and the first location value; and

associating the first digital asset with a third set of metadata stored for the event.