Associating a captured image with a media item

• US 9,860,286 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2014
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Kumar, Abhishek, Triplett, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Baderman, Scott
• Assistant Examiner(s): Velez-Lopez, Mario M
• Application Number:
  US14/495,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20160088031A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,196 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

Examples disclosed herein include a computing system receiving a first data set representing (i) an image and (ii) an event associated with the image; receiving a second data set representing (i) a media item and (ii) the event; associating the media item with the image; and storing data indicating the association. The examples may also include a computing device capturing an image while the computing device is at an event location; sending, to a computing system, a first data set representing (i) the image and (ii) an event associated with the image and the event location; receiving, from the computing system, a second data set representing a media item that is played back by a media playback system at the event location; causing display, by the display, of the image; and providing an indication of the media item.

Claims

1. A social-media computing system comprising:

a network interface;

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the social-media computing system to perform functions comprising;

receiving, via the network interface, a first data set representing (i) one or more particular images and (ii) an indication of an event associated with the one or more particular images;

receiving, via the network interface, a second data set representing (i) a particular audio track and (ii) the event;

based on the received first and second data sets, associating the particular audio track with the one or more particular images;

after the event, receiving, via the network interface from a media playback system that comprises a playback device, a request for images associated with the particular audio track; and

in response to the received request for images associated with the particular audio track, transmitting, via the network interface, data representing the one or more particular images to the media playback system, thereby causing a control device of the media playback system to display the one or more particular images while the playback device of the media playback system plays back the particular audio track via one or more speakers, wherein the playback device is separate and distinct from the control device.

2. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the social-media computing system is a social-media computing system of a social network service and wherein receiving the first data set comprises receiving the first data set from a social-media computing system of an image hosting service.

3. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein receiving the first data set comprises receiving the first data set from a computing device that captured the image via an integrated camera.

4. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the indication of the event represented in the first data set comprises an indication that the one or more particular images were captured at a particular location, wherein the representation of the event in the second data set indicates that the event occurred in a particular area and wherein associating the particular audio track with the one or more particular images comprises determining that the particular location corresponds to the particular area of the event.

5. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the indication of the event represented in the first data set comprises an indication that the one or more images were captured at a particular time, wherein the representation of the event in the second data set indicates that the event occurred during a given period of time, and wherein associating the particular audio track with the one or more particular images comprises determining that the particular time is within the given period of time.

6. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the indication of the event represented in the first data set comprises geolocation coordinates of a computing device that captured the image, wherein the representation of the event in the second data set indicates that the event occurred in a particular area and wherein associating the particular audio track with the one or more particular images comprises determining that the geolocation coordinates corresponds to the particular area of the event.

7. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the second data set is received from the media playback system.

8. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the media playback system is a first media playback system and the playback device is a first playback device, wherein the representation of the event in the second data set indicates that the event occurred in a particular area, and wherein the second data set identifies a second media playback system comprising a second playback device that played back the particular audio track at a location associated with the particular area of the event.

9. The social-media computing system of claim 1,

wherein the social-media computing system is a social-media computing system of a social network service, and wherein transmitting data representing the one or more particular images comprises transmitting one or more universal resource locations representing respective locations of the one or more particular images at a social-media computing system of an image hosting service.

10. The social-media computing system of claim 9, wherein the control device is a computing device that captured the image.

11. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the one or more particular images represented in the first data set comprise a sequence of captured images, the functions further comprising:

truncating data representing the particular audio track so that the truncated data represents a portion of the particular audio track that was played back at the event during a time period represented by the sequence of captured images; and

sending, to the media playback system, the truncated data, thereby causing the playback device to play back the portion of the particular audio track while the control device displays the sequence of captured images.

12. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the one or more particular images represented in the first data set comprise a sequence of captured images, the functions further comprising:

based on the received first and second data sets, determining the sequence of captured images was captured at the event while the particular audio track was played back.

13. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a display;

a camera; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the computing device to perform functions comprising;

capturing an image by the camera while the computing device is at an event location;

sending, to a social-media computing system, a first data set representing (i) the image and (ii) an indication of an event associated with the image and the event location;

receiving, from the social-media computing system, a second data set representing a particular audio track that was being played back by a media playback system at the event location when the image was captured by the camera;

after the event, receiving input data representing a selection of the image for viewing;

in response to receiving the input data;

causing display, by the display, of the image; and

providing an indication of the particular audio track.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein providing the indication of the particular audio track comprises providing an indication of a track title of the particular audio track.

15. The computing device of claim 13,

wherein the media playback system is a first media playback system, and wherein the functions further comprise:

in response to receiving the input data, causing a second media playback system to play back the particular audio track while the computing device displays the image.

16. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the computing device further comprises at least one audio output device, and wherein the functions further comprise:

in response to receiving the input data, playing back, simultaneous with displaying the image, at least a portion of the particular audio track via the at least one audio output device.

17. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the functions further comprise capturing a sequence of images that includes the image, wherein the second data set includes truncated data representing a portion of the particular audio track that was played back during a time period represented by the captured images, the functions further comprising:

sending data representing the sequence of images to the social-media computing system;

causing display of the sequence of images; and

using the received truncated data to play back the portion of the particular audio track represented by the truncated data in synchrony with the display of the sequence of images.

18. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the functions further comprise:

capturing a sequence of images that includes the image;

sending data representing the sequence of images to the social-media computing system;

receiving an indication that two or more of the images of the sequence were captured during a time period during which the particular audio track was played back by the media playback system;

causing display of the two or more images of the sequence; and

playing back at least a portion of the particular audio track while at least one of the two or more images are displayed.

19. A method comprising:

capturing an image by a computing device while the computing device is at an event location;

sending, by the computing device to a social-media computing system, a first data set representing (i) the image and (ii) an indication of an event associated with the image and the event location;

receiving, from the social-media computing system, a second data set representing a particular audio track that was being played back by a media playback system at the event location when the image was captured by the camera;

after the event, receiving input data representing a selection of the image for viewing;

in response to receiving the input data;

causing display, by the computing device, of the image; and

providing an indication of the particular audio track.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the computing device further comprises at least one audio output device, and wherein the method further comprises:

in response to receiving the input data, playing back, simultaneous with displaying the image, at least a portion of the particular audio track via the at least one audio output device.