Automatic identification of photo books system and method

• US 9,558,191 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2010
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Picaboo Inc.
• Original Assignee: Picaboo Corporation (Reischling Press, Inc.)
• Inventors: McCurdy, Kevin, John, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US12/872,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20120054647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,345 Days
• Field of Search: 715/763, 715/776, 715/731
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00196 Creation of a photo-montage, e.g. photoalbum H04N1/0019 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2166 for mass storage, e.g. in document filing systems information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3212 of data relating to a job, e.g. communication, capture or filing of an image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3261 of multimedia information, e.g. a sound signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

An automatic identification of one or more content books system and method are provided in which the one or more content books are identified based on holidays or events selected by the user.

Claims

1. A system for automatically identifying and generating a content book, comprising:

a processor;

an identifier and generating unit executed by the processor that, based on a set of content having metadata associated with each piece of content, identifies a content book and generates the content book, the identifier and generating unit further comprising a user interface component executed by the processor that allows the user to select one or more of an event, a holiday and a season, a determining component executed by the processor that determines if one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season has a sufficient number of pieces of content associated with the selected event, selected holiday and selected season within a defined time window for one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season to generate a content book and a lay out component that lays out one or more pages of a content book using the number of pieces of content associated with one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component displays a list of each of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season that have sufficient pieces of content to generate a content book.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface component displays the lay out of the one or more pages of the content book.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifier and generating unit further comprising a clustering component that clusters the number of pieces of content associated with one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season into one or more clusters and wherein the lay out component lays out one or more pages of a content book using the number of pieces of content associated with one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season and the one or more clusters.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifier and generating unit further comprises a store that stores the set of content of the user.

6. A method for automatically identifying and generating a content book, comprising:

receiving a set of content, each piece of content having metadata associated with the piece of content;

selecting, using a user interface generated by a computing device, one or more of an event, a holiday and a season;

determining, using the computing device, if one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season has a sufficient number of pieces of content associated with the selected event, selected holiday and selected season within a defined time window for one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season to generate a content book;

selecting, using the user interface of the computing device, one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season that have sufficient number of pieces of content; and

laying out one or more pages of a content book using the number of pieces of content associated with one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein selecting one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season further comprises displaying, on the user interface generated by the computing device, a list of each of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season that have sufficient pieces of content to generate a content book.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising displaying, on a display of the computing device, the laid out one or more pages of the content book.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising clustering the number of pieces of content associated with one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season into one or more clusters and wherein the laying out one or more pages of a content book further comprises laying out one or more pages of a content book using the number of pieces of content associated with one of the selected event, selected holiday and selected season and the one or more clusters.