Method of indexing multimedia content by creating database records that include location data

• US 9,965,476 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2016
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: AT&T Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: O'Neil, Joseph Thomas, Rosen, Kenneth H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr., William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): TEKLE, DANIEL T
• Application Number:
  US15/236,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20160350300A1
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 386227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/45 for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/6815 by distinguishing pan or tilt from motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/684 performed by controlling the image sensor readout, e.g. by controlling the integration time

Abstract

A method of indexing multimedia content by creating database records that include location data is disclosed. Devices that generate multimedia content also generate location data corresponding to the location of the device when the content is generated. The location data includes geographical coordinates such as latitude and longitude as well as orientation and tilt. Other data may be recorded such as date and time of day, and light exposure. The content and location data are communicated to a Content Index Processor (CIP) that creates a database record from the location data and determines classifications for the database record that can be used by a person that is searching for particular multimedia content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for media content associated with a location to yield requested media content;

in response to the request, accessing a database of stored media content, wherein the database stores an orientation direction for a device when the device generated a respective record of the stored media content;

returning a selected record of the stored media content when a vector of the orientation direction of the selected record from a device location intersects a two-dimensional shape around the location; and

providing the selected record to a device of a user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the database of stored media content is further organized to comprise global location coordinates of the device when the device generated a respective record of the stored media content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the global location coordinates of the device are within a first boundary around the location and wherein the two dimensional shape defines a second boundary.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting a pictorial representation of identification data for the selected record, wherein the pictorial representation comprises a link to network-based multimedia content associated with the requested media content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the identification data further comprises one of a longitude coordinate, a latitude coordinate, a date, a time, and the orientation direction being within an orientation threshold.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

extracting, from the identification data, one of a time of day and a date; and

using the one of the time of day and the date to identify the selected record.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

using the global location coordinates of the device to associate a respective record of the stored media content with a particular geographic region.

8. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request for media content associated with a location to yield requested media content;

in response to the request, accessing a database of stored media content, wherein the database stores an orientation direction for a device when the device generated a respective record of the stored media content;

returning a selected record of the stored media content when a vector of the orientation direction of the selected record from a device location intersects a two-dimensional shape around the location; and

providing the selected record to a device of a user.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the database of stored media content is further organized to comprise global location coordinates of the device when the device generated a respective record of the stored media content.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the global location coordinates of the device are within a first boundary around the location and wherein the two dimensional shape defines a second boundary.

11. The system of claim 8, the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:

presenting a pictorial representation of identification data for the selected record, wherein the pictorial representation comprises a link to network-based multimedia content associated with the requested media content.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the identification data further comprises one of a longitude coordinate, a latitude coordinate, a date, a time, and the orientation direction being within an orientation threshold.

13. The system of claim 12, the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:

extracting, from the identification data, one of a time of day and a date; and

using the one of the time of day and the date to identify the selected record.

14. The system of claim 9, the computer-readable storage medium having additional instructions stored which result in the operations further comprising:

using the global location coordinates of the device to associate a respective record of the stored media content with a particular geographic region.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request for media content associated with a location to yield requested media content;

in response to the request, accessing a database of stored media content, wherein the database stores an orientation direction for a device when the device generated a respective record of the stored media content;

returning a selected record of the stored media content when a vector of the orientation direction of the selected record from a device location intersects a two-dimensional shape around the location; and

providing the selected record to a device of a user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the database of stored media content is further organized to comprise global location coordinates of the device when the device generated a respective record of the stored media content.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the global location coordinates of the device are within a first boundary around the location and wherein the two dimensional shape defines a second boundary.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, the non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing additional instructions which, when executed by the computing device, perform further operations comprising:

presenting a pictorial representation of identification data for the selected wherein the pictorial representation comprises a link to network-based multimedia content associated with the requested media content.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the identification data further comprises one of a longitude coordinate, a latitude coordinate, a date, a time, and the orientation direction being within an orientation threshold.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 19, the non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing additional instructions which, when executed by the computing device, perform further operations comprising:

extracting, from the identification data, one of a time of day and a date; and

using the one of the time of day and the date to identify the selected record.