System and method for generating homogeneous metadata from pre-existing metadata

• US 20070078885A1
• Filed: 03/29/2006
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Klein, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 8,346,789 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/162 Delete operations erasing in storage systems G06F3/0652
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1847 specifically adapted to static storage, e.g. adapted to flash memory or SSD
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• 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 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing

Abstract

A method according to one embodiment includes determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file. The method of this embodiment may also include determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata and generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file;

determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata; and

generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

assigning a unique identification to the homogeneous metadata file.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

parsing at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata; and

comparing a label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata to a label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining an exact match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining a match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file based on one or more synonyms of the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

discarding selected data associated with at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

deleting the pre-existing metadata; and

removing an association between the pre-existing metadata and the local media content.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file to perform one or more operations chosen from the group consisting of;

generating a playlist file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

generating a library file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server indicative of the rendering of one or more of the first and second media content files.

9. An article comprising:

a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising;

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file;

determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata; and

generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

10. The article of claim 9, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

assigning a unique identification to the homogeneous metadata file.

11. The article of claim 10, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

parsing at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata; and

comparing a label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata to a label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

12. The article of claim 10, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

determining an exact match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

13. The article of claim 9, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

determining a match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file based on one or more synonyms of the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

14. The article of claim 9, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

discarding selected data associated with at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

15. The article of claim 9, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

deleting the pre-existing metadata; and

removing an association between the pre-existing metadata and the local media content.

16. The article of claim 9, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file to perform one or more operations chosen from the group consisting of;

generating a playlist file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

generating a library file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server indicative of the rendering of one or more of the first and second media content files.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the client electronic device is further capable of performing operations comprising:

assigning a unique identification to the homogeneous metadata file.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the client electronic device is further capable of performing operations comprising:

parsing at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata; and

comparing a label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata to a label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining an exact match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining a match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file based on one or more synonyms of the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

17. An apparatus, comprising:

a client electronic device capable of performing operations comprising;

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file;

determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata; and

generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the client electronic device is further capable of performing operations comprising:

discarding selected data associated with at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

23. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the client electronic device is further capable of performing operations comprising:

deleting the pre-existing metadata; and

removing an association between the pre-existing metadata and the local media content.

24. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the client electronic device is further capable of performing operations comprising:

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file to perform one or more operations chosen from the group consisting of;

generating a playlist file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

generating a library file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server indicative of the rendering of one or more of the first and second media content files.

25. A method comprising:

retrieving information, with a client device from an optical media, to generate local digital media content;

storing the local digital media content and metadata associated with the local digital media content in a memory of the client device;

receiving, with the client device via a network, digital media content and metadata associated with the received digital media content;

storing the received digital media content and metadata associated with the received digital media content in the memory of the client device;

generating homogeneous metadata by combining data contained within the metadata associated with the local digital media content in the memory of the client device with data contained within the metadata associated with the received digital media content in the memory of the client device; and

using the homogeneous metadata with the client device to render the local digital media content and the received digital media content.

26. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata to perform one or more operations chosen from the group consisting of;

generating a playlist identifying the local and received digital media content;

generating a library file identifying the local and received digital media content;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server via the network indicative of the rendering of the local and received digital media content.

27. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with the local digital media content; and

determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata.

28. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 25.

29. A method comprising:

downloading at least one local media content file from a remote server;

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with the at least one local media content file;

determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata; and

generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

30. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file to perform one or more operations chosen from the group consisting of;

generating a playlist file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

generating a library file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server indicative of the rendering of one or more of the first and second media content files.

31. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 29

32. A method for processing metadata within a personal media device comprising:

storing a first media content file and first metadata associated with the first media content file in a memory accessible by the personal media device, wherein the first media content file and the first metadata are retrieved from a first source;

storing a second media content file and second metadata associated with the second media content file in the memory accessible by the personal media device, wherein the second media content file and the second metadata are retrieved from a second source;

retrieving the first metadata and the second metadata;

processing at least one of the first metadata and the second metadata to generate a homogeneous metadata file; and

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file to perform one or more operations chosen from the group consisting of;

generating a playlist file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

generating a library file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server indicative of the rendering of one or more of the first and second media content files.

33. The method of claim 32 further comprising:

ripping an optical media to generate the first media content file and the first metadata.

34. The method of claim 32 further comprising:

downloading the second media content file and the second metadata from a remote server.

35. The method of claim 32 further comprising:

rendering one or more of the first and second media content files using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file.

36. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 32.