SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A THEME AND META-DATA BASED MEDIA PLAYER

• US 20090089711A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Dunton, Randy R., Traw, C. Brendan S.
• Application Number:
  US11/864,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20090089711A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A system, apparatus and method for a theme and meta-data based media player is presented. A method includes determining meta-data associated with a plurality of photographs. One or more tags are then determined that are associated with the meta-data, where the one or more tags indicate a frequency and a number of the meta-data. A starting point for a presentation of photographs from a user is accepted. Then, based on the starting point, the one or more tags and a rule set, a list of photographs is automatically generated from the plurality of photographs to be included in the presentation. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining meta-data associated with a plurality of photographs;

determining one or more tags associated with the meta-data, wherein the one or more tags indicate a frequency and a number of the meta-data;

accepting a starting point for a presentation of photographs from a user; and

based on the starting point, the one or more tags and a rule set, automatically generating a list of photographs from the plurality of photographs to be included in the presentation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the list of photographs; and

accepting feedback from the user about one or more photographs in the list of photographs.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

customizing the rule set based on the feedback from the user.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

randomizing the order of the list of photographs prior to displaying.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation is a slideshow.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating one or more themes for the plurality of photographs based on the tags.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying the one or more themes to the user; and

allowing the user to select one of the one or more themes as the starting point.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

allowing the user to input a representative photograph; and

based on the representative photograph, determining a theme from the one or more themes as the starting point.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

a user interface module adapted to;

determine meta-data associated with a plurality of photographs,

determine one or more tags associated with the meta-data, wherein the one or more tags indicate a frequency and a number of the meta-data,

accept a starting point for a presentation of photographs from a user, and

based on the starting point, the one or more tags and a rule set, automatically generate a list of photographs from the plurality of photographs to be included in the presentation.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the user interface module is further adapted to:

display the list of photographs; and

accept feedback from the user about one or more photographs in the list of photographs.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the user interface module is further adapted to:

customize the rule set based on the feedback from the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the user interface module is further adapted to:

randomize the order of the list of photographs prior to displaying.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the presentation is a slideshow.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the user interface module is further adapted to:

generate one or more themes for the plurality of photographs based on the tags.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the user interface module is further adapted to:

display the one or more themes to the user; and

allow the user to select one of the one or more themes as the starting point.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the user interface is further adapted to:

allow the user to input a representative photograph; and

based on the representative photograph, determine a theme from the one or more themes as the starting point.

17. A machine-readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method, the method comprising:

determining meta-data associated with a plurality of photographs;

determining one or more tags associated with the meta-data, wherein the one or more tags indicate a frequency and a number of the meta-data;

accepting a starting point for a presentation of photographs from a user; and

based on the starting point, the one or more tags and a rule set, automatically generating a list of photographs from the plurality of photographs to be included in the presentation.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising:

displaying the list of photographs; and

accepting feedback from the user about one or more photographs in the list of photographs.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, further comprising:

customizing the rule set based on the feedback from the user.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, further comprising:

randomizing the order of the list of photographs prior to displaying.

21. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the presentation is a slideshow.

22. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising:

generating one or more themes for the plurality of photographs based on the tags.

23. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 22, further comprising:

displaying the one or more themes to the user; and

allowing the user to select one of the one or more themes as the starting point.

24. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 22, further comprising:

allowing the user to input a representative photograph; and

based on the representative photograph, determining a theme from the one or more themes as the starting point.

25. A method, comprising:

determining meta-data associated with a plurality of video clips;

determining one or more tags associated with the meta-data, wherein the one or more tags indicate a frequency and a number of the meta-data;

accepting a starting point for a presentation of video clips from a user; and

based on the starting point, the one or more tags and a rule set, automatically generating a list of video clips from the plurality of video clips to be included in the presentation.