Associating a Captured Image with a Media Item

• US 20160088031A1
• Filed: 09/24/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Kumar, Abhishek, Triplett, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 9,860,286 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

Examples disclosed herein include a computing system receiving a first data set representing (i) an image and (ii) an event associated with the image; receiving a second data set representing (i) a media item and (ii) the event; associating the media item with the image; and storing data indicating the association. The examples may also include a computing device capturing an image while the computing device is at an event location; sending, to a computing system, a first data set representing (i) the image and (ii) an event associated with the image and the event location; receiving, from the computing system, a second data set representing a media item that is played back by a media playback system at the event location; causing display, by the display, of the image; and providing an indication of the media item.

Claims

1. A social-media computing system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the social-media computing system to perform functions comprising;

receiving a first data set representing (i) an image and (ii) an event associated with the image;

receiving a second data set representing (i) a media item and (ii) the event;

based on the received first and second data sets, associating the media item with the image; and

storing data indicating the association.

2. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the social-media computing system is a first social-media computing system and the first data set is received from a second social-media computing system.

3. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the first data set is received from a computing device that captures the image.

4. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the first data set includes an indication that the image was captured at a location that is associated with the event.

5. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the first data set includes an indication that the image was captured at a time that is associated with the event.

6. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the first data set includes geolocation coordinates of a computing device that captured the image.

7. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the second data set is received from a media playback system.

8. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the second data set identifies a media playback system that played back the media item at a location associated with the event.

9. The social-media computing system of claim 1, the functions further comprising sending, to a computing device, data representing the media item.

10. The social-media computing system of claim 9, wherein the computing device is a computing device that captured the image.

11. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the first data set further represents a sequence of captured images that includes the image, the functions further comprising:

truncating the data representing the media item so that the truncated data represents a portion of the media item that was played back during a time period represented by the sequence of images; and

sending, to a computing device, the truncated data.

12. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the first data set further represents a sequence of captured images that includes the image, the functions further comprise:

based on the received first and second data sets, determining that two or more images of the sequence were captured during a time period during which the media item was played back by the media playback system; and

sending, to a computing device, data representing the media item and an indication that the two or more images were captured during the time period.

13. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a display;

an camera; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the computing device to perform functions comprising;

capturing an image by the camera while the computing device is at an event location;

sending, to a social-media computing system, a first data set representing (i) the image and (ii) an event associated with the image and the event location;

receiving, from the social-media computing system, a second data set representing a media item that is played back by a media playback system at the event location;

causing display, by the display, of the image; and

providing an indication of the media item.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein providing the indication of the media item comprises providing an indication of a track title of the media item.

15. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the image is captured while the media item is played back by the media playback system at the event location.

16. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the computing device further comprises at least one audio output device, and wherein the functions further comprise playing back, simultaneous with displaying the image, at least a portion of the media item via the at least one audio output device.

17. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the functions further comprise capturing a sequence of images that includes the image, wherein the second data set includes truncated data representing a portion of the media item that was played back during a time period represented by the captured images, the functions further comprising:

sending data representing the sequence of images to the social-media computing system;

causing display of the sequence of images; and

using the received truncated data to play back the portion of the media item represented by the truncated data in synchrony with the display of the sequence of images.

18. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the functions further comprise:

capturing a sequence of images that includes the image;

sending data representing the sequence of images to the social-media computing system;

receiving an indication that two or more of the images of the sequence were captured during a time period during which the media item was played back by the media playback system;

causing display of the two or more images of the sequence; and

playing back at least a portion of the media item while at least one of the two or more images are displayed.

19. A method comprising:

capturing an image by a computing device while the computing device is at an event location;

sending, by the computing device to a social-media computing system, a first data set representing (i) the image and (ii) an event associated with the image and the event location;

receiving, from the social-media computing system, a second data set representing a media item that is played back by a media playback system at the event location; and

causing display, by the computing device, of the image; and

providing an indication of the media item.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the computing device further comprises at least one audio output device, and wherein the method further comprises playing back, simultaneous with displaying the image, at least a portion of the media item via the at least one audio output device.