Media file sharing, correlation of metadata related to shared media files and assembling shared media file collections

• US 9,477,949 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2009
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Myka, Andreas, Lindholm, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): MORRISON, JAY A
• Application Number:
  US12/500,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20090276531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,665 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243

Abstract

The present invention provides for systems and methods for communicating media files and creating a collection of media files, also referred to herein as a master media file. In addition, the systems and methods of the present invention provide for the creation of automatic metadata and compilation of metadata associated with the collection of media files. The present invention is able to bond devices, referred to herein as slave devices, such as media capture devices, presence devices and/or sensor devices and instruct the slave devices, particularly the media capture devices, to communicate captured media files with a specified set of metadata included.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;

and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to;

monitor an area of interest for the presence of potential bondable slave devices;

receive a presence signal from a potential bondable slave device;

determine a bond capability of the potential bondable slave device;

approve the potential bondable slave device as a bonded slave device; and

provide, at least in part, for communication to the bonded slave device of bonded device metadata information and media file transfer parameters, including definition of media file metadata that is to be included with a captured media file of a plurality of media files, the plurality of media files communicated to the potential bondable slave device from a master device when the slave device is bonded.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

provide for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters during the bond approval process.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

provide for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters after the bond approval process.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

provide for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters including one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

provide for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters including one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files, wherein at least one of the destination addresses is a master device address.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

provide for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters including one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files, wherein at least one of the destination addresses is an intermediary device address.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine a bond capability of the potential bondable device at a master device.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine a bond capability of the potential bondable device at the potential bondable device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

approve the potential bondable device for bonding at the potential bondable device.

9. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;

and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to;

bond, at least in part, a slave device to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters communicated to the slave device from the master device; and

communicate, at least in part, a plurality of media files from the bonded slave device to the master device, the plurality of media files having metadata information as defined by the predetermined media file transfer parameters.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

approve the potential bondable device for bonding at a master device.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

combine, at the master device, the plurality of media files into a master media file.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

provide for communication of the master media file to one or more of the slave devices.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the on apparatus is further caused to:

provide for communication of the master media file to one or more non-bonded devices.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

combine, at the master device, the metadata information of the plurality of media files into a master metadata file.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

record, at the master device, metadata information related to the one or more bonded devices.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

correlate, at the master device, the bonded device metadata information with the media file metadata information.

18. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;

and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to;

bond one or more remote slave devices to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters provided to the slave device;

record bonded slave device metadata information;

receive a media file from one or more of the bonded remote slave devices, the media file having associated media file metadata information; and

provide, at least in part, for communication of a plurality of media files, to one or more bonded slave devices or another remote slave device, the plurality of media files including the media file, the media file metadata information and the bonded slave device metadata information.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

combine the bonded device metadata information and the media file metadata information.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

bond one or more remote devices to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters that include criteria for bonding a device.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

monitoring an area of interest for the presence of potential bondable slave devices;

receiving a presence signal from a potential bondable slave device;

determining bond capability of the potential bondable slave device;

approving the potential bondable slave device as a bonded slave device; and

providing, at least in part, for communication from a master device to the bonded slave device of bonded slave device metadata information and media file transfer parameters, including definition of media file metadata that is to be included with a captured media file of a plurality of media files communicated to the bonded slave device.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters comprises providing for the communication to occur during the bond approval process.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters comprises providing for the communication to occur after the bond approval process.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters comprises providing for the communication of one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters comprises providing for the communication of one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files, wherein at least one of the destination addresses is the master device address.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21 wherein providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters comprises providing for the communication of one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files, wherein at least one of the destination addresses is an intermediary device address.

27. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein determining a bond capability of the potential bondable device comprises determining to occur at the master device.

28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein determining a bond capability of the potential bondable device comprises determining to occur at the potential bondable device.

29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein approving the potential bondable device for bonding comprises approving to occur at the master device.

30. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein approving the potential bondable device for bonding comprises approving to occur at the potential bondable device.

31. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

bonding, at least in part, a slave device to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters communicated to the slave device from the master device; and

providing for communication of a plurality of media files from one or more bonded slave devices to the master device, the plurality of media files having metadata information as defined by the predetermined media file transfer parameters.

32. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform combining, at the master device, the plurality of media files into a master media file.

33. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform providing for communication of the master media file to one or more of the slave devices.

34. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform providing for communication of the master media file to one or more non-bonded devices.

35. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform combining, at the master device, the metadata information of the plurality of media files into a master metadata file.

36. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform recording, at the master device, metadata information related to the one or more bonded devices.

37. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform correlating, at the master device, the bonded device metadata information with the media file metadata information.

38. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

bonding, at least in part, one or more remote devices to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters provided to the remote device;

recording bonded device metadata information;

receiving a media file from one or more of the bonded remote devices, the media file having associated media file metadata information; and

providing for communication of a plurality of media files including the media file, the media file metadata information and the bonded device metadata information to one or more of the bonded devices or to another remote device.

39. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 38, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform combining the bonded device metadata information and the media file metadata information.

40. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 38, wherein determining to bond one or more remote devices to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters rely upon the predetermined media file transfer parameters that include criteria for bonding a device.