Systems and methods for organizing content using content organization rules and robust content information

• US 9,183,232 B1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MiMedia, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MiMedia, Inc.
• Inventors: Giordano, Christopher, Mackenzie, Gordon C. III, Reyes, Mel, Faulkner, Nick, Urbach, Jourdan
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Truong
• Application Number:
  US13/834,589
• Time in Patent Office: 970 Days
• Field of Search: 707/736
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1744 using compression, e.g. sparse files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957

Abstract

Systems and methods which provide organization of content using robust content information to enable presenting content to a user organized in a highly relevant way are disclosed. According to embodiments, a user does not control the organization of the particular content (although the user may establish some level of preferences), but rather content organization rules may be autonomously applied through analysis of robust content information and provide content organized in a thematic organizational structure which is highly relevant to the user. Such content organization rules may identify content connection points which are not readily apparent, but which nevertheless provide a collection of content which is relevant. Such content organization rules may operate to provide organization of content related through a thematic thread, such as may comprise a temporal aspect, a geographic aspect, a subject matter aspect, a content file aspect, a setting aspect, a general aspect, and/or the like.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

analyzing, by logic of a digital media content organizing system in communication with a user'"'"'s library of digital media content, content information associated with digital media content of the user'"'"'s library to determine a set of digital media content from among the digital media content of the user'"'"'s library, wherein the set of digital media content is determined by;

applying, by the logic of the digital media content organizing system, content organization rules to the content information to establish content connection points for at least a portion of the digital media content of the user'"'"'s library, wherein the content connection points identify thematic associations between the portion of the digital media content of the user'"'"'s library; and

identifying, by the logic of the digital media content organizing system, particular digital media content having one or more mutual content connection points, wherein the set of digital media content includes the particular digital media content;

automatically generating, by the logic of the digital media content organizing system, a thematic collection of digital media content including the set of digital media content identified as having one or more mutual content connection points established by the content organization rules; and

presenting, by logic of a thematic collection interface, the thematic collection of digital media content or access by the user through one or more user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital media content organizing system is also in communication with digital media content external to the user'"'"'s library, wherein the identifying particular digital media content having the one or more mutual content connection points identifies particular digital media content from the external digital media content, and wherein the generating the thematic collection of digital media content generates the thematic collection of digital media content to include the set of digital media content from the user'"'"'s library and the external digital media content identified from the digital media content external to the user'"'"'s library.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the external digital media content included in the thematic collection comprises digital media content from one or more commercial source.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the external digital media content included in the thematic collection comprises digital media content from one or more public source.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more public source includes a public source selected from the group consisting of a social media site, a file sharing site, a commercial site, an education site, and a government site.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the content organization rules establish a thematic thread for the thematic collection, wherein the thematic thread comprises a first thematic aspect selected from the group consisting of a temporal aspect, a geographic aspect, and a subject matter aspect, and wherein the thematic thread constrains the set of digital media content included in the thematic collection such that the set of digital media content included in the thematic collection is internally consistent.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the content organization rules comprise a plurality of thematic aspects for establishing the thematic thread.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the thematic thread comprises a second thematic aspect selected from the group consisting of a content file aspect, a setting aspect, and a general aspect.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the content file aspect is selected from the group consisting of a level of data compression used, a resolution, a frame rate, and a file size.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the setting aspect is selected from the group consisting of a sampling rate, a shutter speed, and a focal depth.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the general aspect is selected from the group consisting of a luminosity level, a color tone, and a sound level.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s library includes a plurality of different types of digital media content, and wherein the thematic collection of digital media content comprises different types of digital media content including at least two types of digital media content selected from the group consisting of music, photographs, videos, and documents.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the content connection points are not based on content type.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the thematic collection interface presents the thematic collection of digital media content in a plurality of galleries.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the galleries comprise content type based galleries subdividing the thematic collection of digital media content by content type.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the thematic collection interface provides multiplatform access by one or more user device to digital media content.

17. A system comprising:

a digital media content organizing system in communication with a user'"'"'s library of digital media content, the digital media content organizing system having one or more processor configured to;

analyze content information associated with digital media content of the user'"'"'s library to determine a set of digital media content from among the digital media content of the user'"'"'s library, wherein the set of digital media content is determined by;

applying content organization rules to the content information to establish content connection points for at least a portion of the digital media content of the user'"'"'s library, wherein the content connection points identify thematic associations between the portion of the digital media content of the user'"'"'s library; and

identifying particular digital media content having one or more mutual content connection points, wherein the set of digital media content includes the particular digital media content;

automatically generate a thematic collection of digital media content including the set of digital media content identified as having content one or more mutual content connection points established by the content organization rules; and

a thematic collection interface having logic adapted to present the thematic collection of digital media content for access by the user through one or more user device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the digital media content organizing system is also in communication with digital media content external to the user'"'"'s library, and wherein the logic of the digital media content organizing system identifies particular digital media content from the external digital media content to thereby generate the thematic collection of digital media content including the set of digital media content from the user'"'"'s library and the identified external digital media content.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the external digital media content included in the thematic collection comprises digital media content from one or more commercial source.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the external digital media content included in the thematic collection comprises digital media content from one or more public source.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the one or more public source includes a public source selected from the group consisting of a social media site, a file sharing site, a commercial site, an education site, and a government site.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the content organization rules establish a thematic thread for the thematic collection, and wherein the thematic thread comprises a first thematic aspect selected from the group consisting of a temporal aspect, a geographic aspect, and a subject matter aspect, and wherein the thematic thread constrains the set of digital media content included in the thematic collection such that the set of digital media content included in the thematic collection is internally consistent.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the content organization rules comprise a plurality of thematic aspects for establishing the thematic thread.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the thematic thread comprises a second thematic aspect selected from the group consisting of a content file aspect, a setting aspect, and a general aspect.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the content file aspect is selected from the group consisting of a level of data compression used, a resolution, a frame rate, and a file size.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the setting aspect is selected from the group consisting of a sampling rate, a shutter speed, and a focal depth.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein the general aspect is selected from the group consisting of a luminosity level, a color tone, and a sound level.

28. The system of claim 17, wherein the user'"'"'s library includes a plurality of different types of digital media content, and wherein the thematic collection of digital media content comprises different types of digital media content including at least two types of digital media content selected from the group consisting of music, photographs, videos, and documents.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the content connection points are not based on content type.

30. The system of claim 17, wherein the thematic collection interface presents the thematic collection of digital media content in a plurality of galleries.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the galleries comprise content type based galleries subdividing the thematic collection of digital media content by content type.

32. The system of claim 17, wherein the thematic collection interface provides multiplatform access by one or more user device to digital media content.

33. A method comprising:

analyzing, by logic of a digital media content organizing system in communication with a user'"'"'s library of digital media content and also in communication with digital media content external to the user'"'"'s library, first content information associated with digital media content of the user'"'"'s library and second content information associated with the digital media content external to the user'"'"'s library to generate a thematic collection including a set of digital media content, wherein the set of digital media content is determined by;

applying content organization rules to the first content information and the second content information to establish content connection points for at least a portion of the digital media content of the user'"'"'s library and the digital media content external to the user'"'"'s library, wherein the content connection points identify thematic associations between the portion of the digital media content of the user'"'"'s library and the digital media content external to the user'"'"'s library, wherein the content connection points are not based on content type, and wherein the user'"'"'s library and the digital media content external to the user'"'"'s library include a plurality of different types of digital media content; and

identifying, by logic of the digital media content organizing system, particular digital media content having one or more mutual content connection points, wherein the set of digital media content includes the particular digital media content, and wherein the particular digital media content includes identified ones of the digital media content of the user'"'"'s library and identified ones of the digital media content external to the user'"'"'s library;

automatically generating, by the logic of the digital media content organizing system, a thematic collection of digital media content including the set of digital media content identified as having one or more mutual content connection points established by the content organization rules, wherein the set of digital media content included in the thematic collection of digital media content includes digital media content from the user'"'"'s library and digital media content external to the user'"'"'s library to thereby comprise external digital media content, and wherein the thematic collection of digital media content comprises different types of digital media content including at least two types of digital media content selected from the group consisting of music, photographs, videos, and documents; and

presenting, by logic of a thematic collection interface, the thematic collection of digital media content for access by a user through one or more user device.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the external digital media content included in the thematic collection comprises digital media content from one or more commercial source, one or more public source, or a combination thereof.

35. The method of claim 33, wherein the method includes:

determining a technology trait associated with the user, wherein the technology trait indicates a sophistication level associated with one or more devices that were used by the user to generate the digital media content of the user'"'"'s library, a sophistication level of one or more settings of the one or more devices, or a combination thereof; and

tailoring the thematic collection based on the technology trait.

36. The method of claim 33, wherein the content organization rules comprise a plurality of thematic aspects for establishing a thematic thread, and wherein the thematic thread constrains the set of digital media content included in the thematic collection such that the set of digital media content included in the thematic collection is internally consistent.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the thematic thread comprises a first thematic aspect selected from the group consisting of a temporal aspect, a geographic aspect, and a subject matter aspect, and wherein the thematic thread comprises a second thematic aspect selected from the group consisting of a content file aspect, a setting aspect, and a general aspect, and wherein the set of digital media content is internally consistent when each digital media content included in the thematic collection has the first thematic aspect.