System and methods for the cluster of media

• US 9,430,448 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Howard, Dane M., Lanahan, James W., Williams, Brian F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Ann J
• Application Number:
  US12/495,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20100005119A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,618 Days
• Field of Search: 715/234, 715/739
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2428 Query predicate definition using graphical user interfaces, including menus and forms G06F16/2423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• 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 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 : Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 : involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

A computer implemented method for the cluster of media, the method comprises, selecting a media search source via a user interface; providing a form-based interface that allow the entry of inputs to form a media search query; submitting the media search query to the media search source; receiving a media search result for viewing on the user interface based on the media search query, the media search result comprising media items; displaying the media search result in a collection depository on the user interface; and clustering the media items into one or more stacks having a variable number of the media items, wherein the method is performed by one or more processors adapted to execute instructions stored on one or more memory components of the computer, is described herein.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

selecting a media search source via a user interface;

providing a form-based interface that allows an entry of inputs to form a media search query, wherein the form-based interface comprises at least an authentication interface, and wherein the media search query uses at least a third-party hosting service for user photos;

submitting the media search query to the media search source comprising account-based modules for the third party hosting service, wherein the authentication interface authenticates a user for an account with the third-party hosting service;

receiving a media search result for viewing on the user interface based on the media search query, the media search result comprising media items from at least the account of the third-party hosting service;

displaying the media search result in a collection depository on the user interface;

clustering the media items dynamically through a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed into one or more stacks having a variable number of the media items, wherein the variable number is selectable by the user through the user interface;

processing the clustered media items based on a data size of each of the media items to generate edited clustered media items;

generating a storyboard comprising the edited clustered media;

receiving a user-selected presentation comprising a plurality of different styles, wherein the plurality of different styles comprises at least two of a picture frame, a television, a billboard, a tree, a postcard, a kaleidoscope, a landscape, and a street scene, for a visual presentation;

automatically populating the user-selected presentation with the storyboard of the edited clustered media items, wherein the edited clustered media items automatically populate within a viewing window of a corresponding one of the plurality of different styles; and

storing the media search query as a custom category created by the user, wherein the custom category comprises a user created feed having a title, a category, and an XML-based persistence of the inputs to form the media search query, wherein selection of a tab for the custom category resubmits the media search query using the user created feed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of clustering further comprises;

performing a time and an author based clustering of the media items.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

dragging and dropping one or more of stacks into the storyboard.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprises:

automatically populating a network multimedia presentation with the one or more stacks for viewing over a network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the media items are images.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing the user-selected presentation created by the user through a link added to the user-selected presentation, wherein the link is to dynamically change content in the user-selected presentation.

6. A system comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing a plurality of machine-executable instructions for clustering of media; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read the machine-executable instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

selecting a media search source via a user interface;

providing a form-based interface that allows an entry of inputs to form a media search query, wherein the form-based interface comprises at least an authentication interface, and wherein the media search query uses at least a third-party hosting service for user photos;

submitting the media search query to the media search source comprising account-based modules for the third party hosting service, wherein the authentication interface authenticates a user for an account with the third-party hosting service;

receiving a media search result for viewing on the user interface based on the media search query, the media search result comprising media items from at least the account of the third-party hosting service;

displaying the media search result in a collection depository on the user interface;

clustering the media items dynamically through a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed into one or more stacks having a variable number of the media items, wherein the variable number is selectable by the user through the user interface;

processing the clustered media items based on a data size of each of the media items to generate edited clustered media items;

generating a storyboard comprising the edited clustered media items;

receiving a user-selected presentation comprising a plurality of different styles, wherein the plurality of different styles comprises at least two of a picture frame, a television, a billboard, a tree, a postcard, a kaleidoscope, a landscape, and a street scene, for a visual presentation;

automatically populating the user-selected presentation with the storyboard of the edited clustered media items, wherein the edited clustered media items automatically populate within a viewing window of a corresponding one of the plurality of different styles; and

storing the media search query as a custom category created by the user, wherein the custom category comprises a user created feed having a title, a category, and an XML-based persistence of the inputs to form the media search query, wherein selection of a tab for the custom category resubmits the media search query using the user created feed.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:

performing a time and an author based clustering of the media items.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:

dragging and dropping one or more of stacks into the storyboard.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:

automatically populating of a network multimedia presentation with the one or more stacks for viewing over a network.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the media items are images.

17. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:

changing the user-selected presentation created by the user through a link added to the user-selected presentation, wherein the link is to dynamically change content in the user-selected presentation.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

selecting a media search source via a user interface;

providing a form-based interface that allows an entry of inputs to form a media search query, wherein the form-based interface comprises at least an authentication interface, and wherein the media search query uses at least a third-party hosting service for user photos;

submitting the media search query to the media search source comprising account-based modules for the third party hosting service, wherein the authentication interface authenticates a user for an account with the third-party hosting service;

receiving a media search result for viewing on the user interface based on the media search query, the media search result comprising media items from at least the account of the third-party hosting service;

displaying the media search result in a collection depository on the user interface;

clustering the media items dynamically through a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed into one or more stacks having a variable number of the media items, wherein the variable number is selectable by the user through the user interface;

processing the clustered media items based on a data size of each of the media items to generate edited clustered media items;

generating a storyboard comprising the edited clustered media items;

receiving a user-selected presentation comprising a plurality of different styles, wherein the plurality of different styles comprises at least two of a picture frame, a television, a billboard, a tree, a postcard, a kaleidoscope, a landscape, and a street scene, for a visual presentation;

automatically populating the user-selected presentation with the storyboard of the edited clustered media items, wherein the edited clustered media items automatically populate within a viewing window of a corresponding one of the plurality of different styles; and

storing the media search query as a custom category created by the user, wherein the custom category comprises a user created feed having a title, a category, and an XML-based persistence of the inputs to form the media search query, wherein selection of a tab for the custom category resubmits the media search query using the user created feed.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

performing a time and an author based clustering of the media items.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

dragging and dropping one or more of stacks into the storyboard.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

automatically populating the network multimedia presentation with the one or more stacks for viewing over a network.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the media items are images.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise changing the user-selected presentation created by the user through a link added to the user-selected presentation, wherein the link is to dynamically change content in the user-selected presentation.