System and method for generating homogeneous metadata from pre-existing metadata

• US 9,176,961 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2014
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Klein, Eric N. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US14/482,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20150032765A1
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• Field of Search: 707/755, 707/825, 707/771, 707/802, 707/803, 707/809, 707/E17.095, 707/E17.102, 707/E17.103, 707/E17.001, 707/758, 707/E17.009, 725/105, 725/135, 725/143, 725/133, 725/141, 725/136, 725/112, 725/37, 725/46
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/162 Delete operations erasing in storage systems G06F3/0652
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1847 specifically adapted to static storage, e.g. adapted to flash memory or SSD
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• 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 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing

Abstract

A method according to one embodiment includes determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file. The method of this embodiment may also include determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata and generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

Claims

1. A method for processing metadata within a personal media device comprising:

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file received at the personal media device from a media distribution system;

determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata;

generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file;

generating a unique identifier for the homogeneous metadata file; and

adding the unique identifier as metadata to the homogeneous metadata file to associate the homogeneous metadata file with the local media content file on the personal media device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

parsing at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata; and

comparing a label associated with the at least one data field of the preexisting metadata to a label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining an exact match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining a match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file based on one or more synonyms of the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

discarding selected data associated with at least one data field of the preexisting metadata.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deleting the pre-existing metadata; and

removing an association between the pre-existing metadata and the local media content.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file to perform one or more operations chosen from a group including;

generating a playlist file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

generating a library file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server indicative of the rendering of one or more of the first and second media content files.

8. A storage device having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file received at the machine from a media distribution system;

determining at least one data field contained within the preexisting metadata;

generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file;

generating a unique identifier for the homogeneous metadata file; and

adding the unique identifier as metadata in the homogeneous metadata file to associate the homogeneous metadata file with the local media content file on the machine.

9. The storage device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

parsing at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata; and

comparing a label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata to a label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

10. The storage device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining an exact match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

11. The storage device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining a match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file based on one or more synonyms of the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

12. The storage device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

discarding selected data associated with at least one data field of the preexisting metadata.

13. The storage device of claim 8, wherein the instructions for performing operations further comprise:

deleting the pre-existing metadata; and

removing an association between the pre-existing metadata and the local media content.

14. The storage device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file to perform one or more operations chosen from a group including;

generating a playlist file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

generating a library file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server indicative of the rendering of one or more of the first and second media content files.

15. A client electronic device capable of performing operations comprising:

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file received at the client electronic device from a media distribution system;

determining at least one data field contained within the preexisting metadata;

generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file;

generating a unique identifier for the homogeneous metadata file; and

linking the homogeneous metadata file to the local media content file, the linking by using the unique identifier.

16. The client electronic device of claim 15, wherein the linking is accomplished by assigning the unique identifier to the homogeneous metadata file.

17. The client electronic device of claim 15, further capable of performing operations comprising:

parsing at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata; and

comparing a label associated with the at least one data field of the preexisting metadata to a label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

18. The client electronic device of claim 17, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining an exact match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

19. The client electronic device of claim 17, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining a match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file based on one or more synonyms of the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

20. The client electronic device of claim 15, further capable of performing operations comprising:

discarding selected data associated with at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

21. The client electronic device of claim 15, further capable of performing operations comprising:

deleting the pre-existing metadata; and

removing an association between the pre-existing metadata and the local media content.