Media File Sharing, Correlation Of Metadata Related To Shared Media Files And Assembling Shared Media File Collections

• US 20090276531A1
• Filed: 07/09/2009
• Published: 11/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Myka, Andreas, Lindholm, Christian
• Granted Patent: US 9,477,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243

Abstract

The present invention provides for systems and methods for communicating media files and creating a collection of media files, also referred to herein as a master media file. In addition, the systems and methods of the present invention provide for the creation of automatic metadata and compilation of metadata associated with the collection of media files. The present invention is able to bond devices, referred to herein as slave devices, such as media capture devices, presence devices and/or sensor devices and instruct the slave devices, particularly the media capture devices, to communicate captured media files with a specified set of metadata included.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform:

monitoring an area of interest for the presence of potential bondable devices;

receiving a presence signal from a potential bondable device;

determining bond capability of the potential bondable device;

approving the potential bondable device as a bonded device; and

providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters, including definition of the media file metadata that is to be included with a captured media file.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to provide for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters during the bond approval process.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to provide for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters after the bond approval process.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to provide for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters including one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to provide for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters including one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files, wherein at least one of the destination addresses is a master device address.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to provide for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters including one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files, wherein at least one of the destination addresses is an intermediary device address.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to determine a bond capability of the potential bondable device at a master device.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to determine a bond capability of the potential bondable device at the potential bondable device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to approve the potential bondable device for bonding at the potential bondable device.

11. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform:

bonding a slave device to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters communicated to the slave device from the master device; and

communicating a plurality of media files from the bonded device to the master device, the plurality of media files having metadata information as defined by the predetermined media file transfer parameters.

9. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to approve the potential bondable device for bonding at a master device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to combine, at the master device, the plurality of media files into a master media file.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to provide for communication of the master media file to one or more of the slave devices.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to provide for communication of the master media file to one or more non-bonded devices.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to combine, at the master device, the metadata information of the plurality of media files into a master metadata file.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to record, at the master device, metadata information related to the one or more bonded devices.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to correlate, at the master device, the bonded device metadata information with the media file metadata information.

18. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform:

bonding one or more remote devices to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters;

recording bonded device metadata information;

receiving a media file from one or more of the bonded remote devices, the media file having associated media file metadata information; and

providing for communication of the media file, the media file metadata and the bonded device metadata information to one or more of the bonded devices or to another remote device.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to combine the bonded device metadata information and the media file metadata information.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to bond one or more remote devices to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters that include criteria for bonding a device.

21. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising:

program code instructions for monitoring an area of interest for the presence of potential bondable devices;

program code instructions for receiving a presence signal from a potential bondable device;

program code instructions for determining bond capability of the potential bondable device;

program code instructions for approving the potential bondable device as a bonded device; and

program code instructions for providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters, including definition of the media file metadata that is to be included with a captured media file.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the program code instructions for providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters further provide for the communication to occur during the bond approval process.

23. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the program code instructions for providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters further provide for the communication to occur after the bond approval process.

24. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the program code instructions for providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters further provide for the communication of one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files.

25. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the program code instructions for providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters further provide for the communication of one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files, wherein at least one of the destination addresses is the master device address.

26. The computer program product of claim 21 wherein the program code instructions for providing for communication to the bonded device of media file transfer parameters further provide for the communication of one or more destination addresses for communicating captured media files, wherein at least one of the destination addresses is an intermediary device address.

27. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the program code instructions for determining a bond capability of the potential bondable device further cause determination to occur at the master device.

28. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the program code instructions for determining a bond capability of the potential bondable device further cause determination to occur at the potential bondable device.

29. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the program code instructions for approving the potential bondable device for bonding further cause approval to occur at the master device.

30. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the program code instructions for approving the potential bondable device for bonding further cause approval to occur at the potential bondable device.

31. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising:

program code instructions for bonding a slave device to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters communicated to the slave device from the master device; and

program code instructions for providing for communication of a plurality of media files from the one or more bonded devices to the master device, the plurality of media files having metadata information as defined by the predetermined media file transfer parameters.

32. The computer program product of claim 31, further comprising program code instructions for combining, at the master device, the plurality of media files into a master media file.

33. The computer program product of claim 32, further comprising computer code instructions for providing for communication of the master media file to one or more of the slave devices.

34. The computer program product of claim 32, further comprising computer code instructions for providing for communication of the master media file to one or more non-bonded devices.

35. The computer program product of claim 31, further comprising computer code instructions for combining, at the master device, the metadata information of the plurality of media files into a master metadata file.

36. The computer program product of claim 31, further comprising computer code instructions for recording, at the master device, metadata information related to the one or more bonded devices.

37. The computer program product of claim 36, further comprising computer code instructions for correlating, at the master device, the bonded device metadata information with the media file metadata information.

38. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising:

program code instructions for bonding one or more remote devices to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters;

program code instructions for recording bonded device metadata information;

program code instructions for receiving a media file from one or more of the bonded remote devices, the media file having associated media file metadata information; and

program code instructions for providing for communication of the media file, the media file metadata and the bonded device metadata information to one or more of the bonded devices or to another remote device.

39. The computer program product of claim 38, further comprising program code instructions for combining the bonded device metadata information and the media file metadata information.

40. The computer program product of claim 38, wherein the program code instructions for bonding one or more remote devices to a master device according to predetermined media file transfer parameters rely upon the predetermined media file transfer parameters that include criteria for bonding a device.