METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARCHIVING AND RETRIEVING ITEMS BASED ON EPISODIC MEMORY OF GROUPS OF PEOPLE
First Claim
1. A method of managing media items in a media retrieval system, comprising:
- when a user opens a new session with the retrieval system, authenticating the user as a member of a pre-registered group,importing media items from the user,determining whether the media items have been tagged with valid selections of persons associated with the group, event types associated with the group or dates,for each media item that has been tagged, storing the respective media item in an archive associated with the group, the archiving protecting the media item against subsequent deletion,for each media item that has not been tagged, storing the respective media item in a temporary workspace associated with the group, the temporary workspace storing the respective media item for a predetermined period of time.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for archiving and retrieving digital media items based on episodic memory for predefined associated groups of one or more people. The method and system may comprise identifying one or more groups to which an archiving user belongs; receiving a user input identifying select groups to which a digital media item to be archived; receiving archiving input data identifying the digital media item to be archived for the group; generating index information using the received user archiving input; storing the index information in association with the identified digital media item; repeating the reception of archiving input data, the generation of the index information and the storing of the index information for the digital media item; receiving retrieval input data representing a selection of candidate values; and using the selections and the identified group to retrieve and output digital media items that match the selection.
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1. A method of managing media items in a media retrieval system, comprising:
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when a user opens a new session with the retrieval system, authenticating the user as a member of a pre-registered group, importing media items from the user, determining whether the media items have been tagged with valid selections of persons associated with the group, event types associated with the group or dates, for each media item that has been tagged, storing the respective media item in an archive associated with the group, the archiving protecting the media item against subsequent deletion, for each media item that has not been tagged, storing the respective media item in a temporary workspace associated with the group, the temporary workspace storing the respective media item for a predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of browsing media items in a media retrieval system, comprising:
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when a user opens a new session with the retrieval system, authenticating the user as a member of a pre-registered group, identifying media items stored by the system associated with the group and uploaded to the system within a recent period of time of a predetermined duration, presenting the identified media items to a user in a first display interface, and responsive to user command identifying a valid user selection of;
persons associated with the group, event types associated with the group or dates, presenting other media items that match the user selection in a playback mode presented via a second display interface. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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