Techniques for managing media content

• US 20070282908A1
• Filed: 06/05/2006
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Crowley, Matt W., van der Meulen, Pieter S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,430,587 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Various media management techniques are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a metadata information database to store metadata, a media object database to store media objects, and a media content manager to couple to the metadata information database and the media object database. The media content manager may comprise a metadata manager to retrieve and associate metadata from the metadata information database with different media objects. The media content manager may further comprise a media object classifier to classify the media objects into hierarchical categories based on the metadata. The media content manager may still further comprise an album generator to generate a media album representing a hierarchical category. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a metadata information database to store metadata;

a media object database to store media objects;

a media content manager to couple to said metadata information database and said media object database, said media content manager comprising;

a metadata manager to retrieve and associate metadata from said metadata information database with different media objects;

a media object classifier to classify said media objects into hierarchical categories based on said metadata; and

an album generator to generate a media album representing a hierarchical category.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a touch screen display to couple to said media content manager, said touch screen display to display said media album.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a map location module to couple to said media content manager, said map location module to provide location information to said metadata manager for use as metadata to organize said media objects into said hierarchical categories.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a map location module to couple to a location device, said location device comprising a global positioning satellite transceiver or a cellular triangulation device.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a media source node to couple to said media content manager, said media source node to provide said media objects to said media content manager.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a graphics user interface application, said graphics user interface application to display multiple images for said hierarchical categories grouped in a media album, and multiple media albums for said hierarchical categories grouped in a media album collection, on said display.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a user preference database to couple to said media content manager, said user preference database to store a user profile, said user profile to include a set of user preferences to define metadata associated with a given media object.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a map generator to couple to a map information database, said media object database, and a map location module, said map generator to generate a map with map information from said map information database, said map generator to position an image for a media object on said map using location information generated by said map location module.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising an antenna to couple to a radio system, said radio system having a baseband processor and a transceiver.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a processing system having a processor and memory unit, said memory unit to store program instructions for said media content manager, and said processor to execute said program instructions.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving multiple media objects;

associating metadata with each media object;

organizing said media objects into hierarchical categories based on said metadata associated with each media object; and

displaying an image to represent each media object in a media album.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising organizing said media objects into said hierarchical categories with location information as said metadata.

13. The method of claim 11, comprising displaying multiple images for said hierarchical categories in a media album, and multiple media albums for said hierarchical categories in a media album collection.

14. The method of claim 11, comprising retrieving a set of user preferences to define metadata associated with a given media object from a user profile.

15. The method of claim 11, comprising generating a map with an image for a media object positioned on said map using location information associated with said media object.

16. An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to receive multiple media objects, associate metadata with each media object, organize said media objects into hierarchical categories based on said metadata associated with each media object, and display an image to represent each media object in a media album.

17. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to organize said media objects into said hierarchical categories with location information as said metadata.

18. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to display multiple images for said hierarchical categories in a media album, and multiple media albums for said hierarchical categories in a media album collection.

19. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to retrieve a set of user preferences to define metadata associated with a given media object from a user profile.

20. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to generate a map with an image for a media object positioned on said map using location information associated with said media object.