Automated Digital Media Presentations

• US 20090282336A1
• Filed: 05/09/2008
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Martin, Timothy B., Lindley, Gregory Charles
• Granted Patent: US 8,689,103 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

Among other things, techniques and systems are disclosed for implementing an automated presentation of media content having associated metadata. The system provides an automated transition that corresponds to a relationship between a first media content item'"'"'s metadata and metadata associated with a second media content item. The automated system also provides an automated information overlay that corresponds to a relationship between a first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata and metadata associated with a second media content item. The automated system also can obtain information corresponding to metadata of the media content and provides automated information overlays while displaying the media content in a presentation.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying a first media content item having associated metadata;

displaying a transition corresponding to a relationship between the first media content item'"'"'s metadata and metadata associated with a second media content item; and

displaying the second media content item.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining transitions for a media presentation comprising three or more media content items based on a relationship between metadata associated with the three or more media content items.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising organizing three or more media content items having associated metadata for a media presentation based on a relationship between the associated metadata.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining information corresponding to the relationship; and

wherein displaying the transition further comprises displaying the information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information is obtained from a remote data source.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the obtaining the information comprises performing facial recognition of a person portrayed in the media content.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the relationship.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining the relationship comprises calculating a difference between metadata associated with the first media content item and metadata associated with the second media content item.

9. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises location information;

the second media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises location information; and

the relationship comprises a change in location.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the transition comprises displaying the change in location on a map.

11. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises time metadata;

the second media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises time metadata; and

the relationship comprises a change in time.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the transition comprises displaying the elapsed time between the time metadata of the first media content item and the time metadata of the second media content item.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the transition further comprises displaying an animation.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the transition further comprises displaying a change in event.

15. A computer program product, embodied on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying a first media content item having associated metadata;

displaying a transition corresponding to a relationship between the first media content item'"'"'s metadata and metadata associated with a second media content item; and

displaying the second media content item.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising determining transitions for a media presentation comprising three or more media content items based on a relationship between metadata associated with the three or more media content items.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising organizing three or more media content items having associated metadata in a media presentation based on a relationship between the associated metadata.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

obtaining information corresponding to the relationship; and

wherein displaying the transition further comprises displaying the information.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the information is obtained from a remote data source.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the obtaining the information comprises performing facial recognition of a person portrayed in the media content.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising determining the relationship.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the determining the relationship comprises calculating a difference between metadata associated with the first media content item and metadata associated with the second media content item.

23. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the transition comprises displaying a change in location on a map.

24. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the transition comprises displaying the elapsed time between time metadata associated with the first media content item and time metadata associated the second media content item.

25. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the transition further comprises displaying an animation.

26. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the transition further comprises displaying a change in event.

27. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium encoding a computer program product to cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

displaying a first media content item having associated metadata;

displaying a transition corresponding to a relationship between the first media content item'"'"'s metadata and metadata associated with a second media content item; and

displaying the second media content item.

28. The system of claim 27, the operations further comprising determining transitions for a media presentation comprising three or more media content items based on a relationship between metadata associated with the three or more media content items.

29. The system of claim 27, the operations further comprising organizing three or more media content items having associated metadata in a media presentation based on a relationship between the associated metadata.

30. The system of claim 27, the operations further comprising:

obtaining information corresponding to the relationship; and

wherein displaying the transition further comprises displaying the information.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the information is obtained from a remote data source.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein the obtaining the information comprises performing facial recognition of a person portrayed in the media content.

33. The system of claim 27, the operations further comprising determining the relationship.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the determining the relationship comprises calculating a difference between metadata associated with the first media content item and metadata associated with the second media content item.

35. The system of claim 27,

wherein the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises location information;

the second media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises location information; and

the relationship comprises a change in location.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein the transition comprises displaying the change in location on a map.

37. The system of claim 27,

wherein the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises time metadata;

the second media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises time metadata; and

the relationship comprises a change in time.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein the transition comprises displaying the elapsed time between the time metadata of the first media content item and the time metadata of the second media content item.

39. The system of claim 27, wherein the transition further comprises displaying an animation.

40. The system of claim 27, wherein the transition further comprises displaying a change in event.

41. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying a presentation of media content having associated metadata;

obtaining information corresponding to the media content'"'"'s associated metadata; and

displaying both the media content and the obtained information corresponding to the media content'"'"'s associated metadata.

42. The method of claim 41, further comprising determining information to be displayed in the presentation based on relationships between metadata associated with three or more media content items in the presentation.

43. The method of claim 41, further comprising organizing three or more media content items having associated metadata for a media presentation based on a relationship between the associated metadata.

44. The method of claim 41, wherein the obtaining the information comprises obtaining information from a remote data source.

45. The method of claim 41, wherein the obtaining the information comprises performing facial recognition of a person portrayed in the media content.

46. The method of claim 41, wherein the information comprises news information.

47. The method of claim 41, wherein the information comprises sound.

48. The method of claim 41, wherein the information comprises personal identification information of a person portrayed in the media content.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein the relationship information compromises familial relationship of a person portrayed in the media content with another person.

50. The method of claim 41, wherein the metadata comprises event metadata.

51. The method of claim 41, wherein the metadata comprises topical metadata.

52. The method of claim 41, wherein the metadata comprises time metadata.

53. The method of claim 41, wherein the metadata comprises location metadata.

54. The method of claim 41, further comprising displaying a transition after the media content and before subsequent media content.

55. A computer program product, embodied on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying a presentation of media content having associated metadata;

obtaining information corresponding to the media content'"'"'s associated metadata; and

displaying both the media content and the obtained information corresponding to the media content'"'"'s associated metadata.

56. The computer program product of claim 55, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising determining information to be displayed in the presentation based on relationships between metadata associated with three or more media content items in the presentation.

57. The computer program product of claim 55, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising organizing three or more media content items having associated metadata for a media presentation based on a relationship between the associated metadata.

58. The computer program product of claim 55, wherein the obtaining the information comprises obtaining information from a remote data source.

59. The computer program product of claim 55, wherein the obtaining the information comprises performing facial recognition of a person portrayed in the media content.

60. The computer program product of claim 55, wherein the information comprises news information.

61. The computer program product of claim 55, wherein the information comprises sound.

62. The computer program product of claim 55, wherein the information comprises personal identification information of a person portrayed in the media content.

63. The computer program product of claim 55, wherein the metadata comprises event metadata.

64. The computer program product of claim 55, wherein the metadata comprises topical metadata.

65. The computer program product of claim 55, wherein the metadata comprises time metadata.

66. The computer program product of claim 55, wherein the metadata comprises location metadata.

67. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium encoding a computer program product to cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

displaying a presentation of media content having associated metadata;

obtaining information corresponding to the media content'"'"'s associated metadata; and

displaying both the media content and the obtained information corresponding to the media content'"'"'s associated metadata.

68. The system of claim 67, the operations further comprising determining information to be displayed in the presentation based on relationships between metadata associated with three or more media content items in the presentation.

69. The system of claim 67, further comprising organizing three or more media content items having associated metadata for a media presentation based on a relationship between the associated metadata.

70. The system of claim 67, wherein the obtaining the information comprises obtaining information from a remote data source.

71. The system of claim 67, wherein the obtaining the information comprises performing facial recognition of a person portrayed in the media content.

72. The system of claim 67, wherein the information comprises news information.

73. The system of claim 67, wherein the information comprises sound.

74. The system of claim 67, wherein the information comprises personal identification information of a person portrayed in the media content.

75. The system of claim 67, wherein the metadata comprises event metadata.

76. The system of claim 67, wherein the metadata comprises topical metadata.

77. The system of claim 67, wherein the metadata comprises time metadata.

78. The system of claim 67, wherein the metadata comprises location metadata.

79. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying a first media content item having associated metadata; and

displaying both the media content item and an information overlay corresponding to a relationship between the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata and metadata associated with a second media content item.

80. The method of claim 79, further comprising determining information overlays for a media presentation comprising three or more media content items based on a relationship between metadata associated with the three or more media content items.

81. The method of claim 79, further comprising organizing three or more media content items having associated metadata for a media presentation based on a relationship between the associated metadata.

82. The method of claim 79, further comprising determining the relationship.

83. The method of claim 79, further comprising:

obtaining information corresponding to the relationship; and

wherein the displaying the information overlay further comprises displaying the information.

84. The method of claim 83, wherein the information is obtained from a remote data source.

85. The method of claim 79,

wherein the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises location metadata and the second media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises similar location metadata;

and

wherein displaying the information overlay comprises depicting the similar location.

86. The method of claim 79,

wherein the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises event metadata and the second media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises the same event metadata;

and

wherein displaying the information overlay comprises depicting the event.

87. The method of claim 79, wherein the information overlay comprises time information.

88. The method of claim 79, wherein the information overlay comprises sound.

89. The method of claim 79, wherein the information overlay comprises personal identification information.

90. A computer program product, embodied on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying a first media content item having associated metadata; and

displaying both the media content item and an information overlay corresponding to a relationship between the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata and metadata associated with a second media content item.

91. The computer program product of claim 90, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising determining information overlays for a media presentation comprising three or more media content items based on a relationship between metadata associated with the three or more media content items.

92. The computer program product of claim 90, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising organizing three or more media content items having associated metadata for a media presentation based on a relationship between the associated metadata.

93. The computer program product of claim 90, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising determining the relationship.

94. The computer program product of claim 90, further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising

obtaining information corresponding to the relationship;

and

wherein the displaying the information overlay further comprises displaying the information.

95. The computer program product of claim 94, wherein the information is obtained from a remote data source.

96. The computer program product of claim 90,

wherein the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises location metadata and the second media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises similar location metadata;

and

wherein displaying the information overlay comprises depicting the similar location.

97. The computer program product of claim 90,

wherein the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises event metadata and the second media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises the same event metadata;

and

wherein displaying the information overlay comprises depicting the event.

98. The computer program product of claim 90, wherein the information overlay comprises time information.

99. The computer program product of claim 90, wherein the information overlay comprises sound.

100. The computer program product of claim 90, wherein the information overlay comprises personal identification information.

101. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium encoding a computer program product to cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

displaying a first media content item having associated metadata; and

displaying both the media content item and an information overlay corresponding to a relationship between the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata and metadata associated with a second media content item.

102. The system of claim 101, the operations further comprising determining information overlays for a media presentation comprising three or more media content items based on a relationship between metadata associated with the three or more media content items.

103. The system of claim 101, the operations further comprising organizing three or more media content items having associated metadata for a media presentation based on a relationship between the associated metadata.

104. The system of claim 101, the operations further comprising determining the relationship.

105. The system of claim 101, the operations further comprising

obtaining information corresponding to the relationship;

and

wherein the displaying the information overlay further comprises displaying the information.

106. The system of claim 101, wherein the information is obtained from a remote data source.

107. The system of claim 101,

wherein the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises location metadata and the second media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises similar location metadata;

and

wherein displaying the information overlay comprises depicting the similar location.

108. The system of claim 101,

wherein the first media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises event metadata and the second media content item'"'"'s associated metadata comprises the same event metadata;

and

wherein displaying the information overlay comprises depicting the event.

109. The system of claim 101, wherein the information overlay comprises time information.

110. The system of claim 101, wherein the information overlay comprises sound.

111. The system of claim 101, wherein the information overlay comprises personal identification information.