System for managing media content
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1. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- accessing first metadata and second metadata of a media file that comprises a plurality of media content, the first metadata identifying entities associated with the plurality of media content, the second metadata providing a description of the media content, the entities including a first user and a second user of the processor;
generating a first directory structure based on the identifying of the first user and the description of the media content, wherein the first directory structure provides access to a first portion of the plurality of media content associated with the first user; and
generating a second directory structure based on the identifying of the second user and the description of the media content, wherein the second directory structure provides access to a second portion of the plurality of media content associated with the second user, and wherein the first and second directory structures share a shared portion of the plurality of media content without resulting in a duplication of the shared portion in a storage device used to store the media file; and
generating an exclusive portion of the media content based on an adjustment made to the shared portion of the media content and enabling access via one directory of the first and second directory structures to the exclusive portion while maintaining access to the shared portion via another directory.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device having a controller to create metadata corresponding to an identity of an entity, incorporate in a media file the metadata that identifies the entity with metadata that describes media content in the media file, and present a graphical user interface depicting a media file directory structure generated according to the metadata that identifies the entity and the metadata that describes media content in the media file. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
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accessing first metadata and second metadata of a media file that comprises a plurality of media content, the first metadata identifying entities associated with the plurality of media content, the second metadata providing a description of the media content, the entities including a first user and a second user of the processor; generating a first directory structure based on the identifying of the first user and the description of the media content, wherein the first directory structure provides access to a first portion of the plurality of media content associated with the first user; and generating a second directory structure based on the identifying of the second user and the description of the media content, wherein the second directory structure provides access to a second portion of the plurality of media content associated with the second user, and wherein the first and second directory structures share a shared portion of the plurality of media content without resulting in a duplication of the shared portion in a storage device used to store the media file; and generating an exclusive portion of the media content based on an adjustment made to the shared portion of the media content and enabling access via one directory of the first and second directory structures to the exclusive portion while maintaining access to the shared portion via another directory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A device comprising:
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a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising; receiving a request to tag a media file as being associated with an entity, wherein the media file comprises media content, and wherein the entity includes a first user of the device; accessing a parental control policy stored in the memory in response to receiving the request; generating first metadata that provides an identity of the first user when the parental control policy allows the first user to be associated with the media file; accessing second metadata of the media file, the second metadata including a description of the media content; generating a first directory structure based on the identity of the first user and the description of the media content, wherein the first directory structure provides access to a first portion of the media content associated with the first user; generating a second directory structure that provides access to a second portion of the media content associated with a second user, wherein the second directory structure shares a shared portion of the first portion of the media content with the first directory structure without resulting in a duplication of the shared portion; generating an exclusive portion of the media content based on an adjustment made to the shared portion of the media content and enabling access via one directory of the first and second directory structures to the exclusive portion while maintaining access to the shared portion via the other directory; and presenting a first graphical user interface depicting the first directory structure. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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generating, by a system including a processor, a first directory structure at a computing device based on first and second metadata of a media file, wherein the media file comprises media content, wherein the first metadata identifies first and second users associated with first and second portions of the media content, wherein a shared portion of the media content includes the same media content of the first and second portions, wherein the second metadata includes a description of the media content, and wherein the first directory structure provides access to the first portion of the media content; generating, by the system, a second directory structure that provides access to the second portion of the media content, and wherein the shared portion does not result in a duplication of the media file in a storage device used to store the media file; and generating an exclusive portion of the media content based on an adjustment made to the shared portion of the media content and enabling access via one directory of the first and second directory structures to the exclusive portion while maintaining access to the shared portion via the other directory. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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