Method of Indexing Multimedia Content By Creating Database Records that Include Location Data

• US 20180253429A1
• Filed: 05/04/2018
• Published: 09/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: O'Neil, Joseph Thomas, Rosen, Kenneth H.
• Granted Patent: US 10,445,358 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/45 for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/6815 by distinguishing pan or tilt from motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/684 performed by controlling the image sensor readout, e.g. by controlling the integration time

Abstract

A method of indexing multimedia content by creating database records that include location data is disclosed. Devices that generate multimedia content also generate location data corresponding to the location of the device when the content is generated. The location data includes geographical coordinates such as latitude and longitude as well as orientation and tilt. Other data may be recorded such as date and time of day, and light exposure. The content and location data are communicated to a Content Index Processor (CIP) that creates a database record from the location data and determines classifications for the database record that can be used by a person that is searching for particular multimedia content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for media content associated with an identified location to yield requested media content;

in response to the request, accessing a database of stored media content, wherein the database of stored media content stores an orientation direction for a first device that generated a respective record in the database of stored media content when the first device was at a device location and when the first device generated the respective record of the identified location;

returning a selected record of the database of stored media content based on a vector associated with the orientation direction of the first device at the device location when the first device generated the selected record of the identified location; and

providing the selected record to a second device associated with a user who initiated the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the database of stored media content is further organized to comprise global location coordinates of the first device when the first device generated the respective record in the database of stored media content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the global location coordinates of the first device are within a first boundary around the identified location and wherein a two dimensional shape around the identified location defines a second boundary.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting a pictorial representation of identification data for the selected record, wherein the pictorial representation of identification data comprises a link to network-based multimedia content associated with the requested media content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the identification data further comprises one of a longitude coordinate, a latitude coordinate, a date, a time, and the orientation direction being within an orientation threshold.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

extracting, from the identification data, one of a time of day and a date; and

using the one of the time of day and the date to identify the selected record.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

using the global location coordinates of the first device to associate a respective record of the database of stored media content with a particular geographic region.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the vector comprises the orientation direction of the first device when the first device recorded media associated with the identified location.

9. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request for media content associated with an identified location to yield requested media content;

in response to the request, accessing a database of stored media content, wherein the database of stored media content stores an orientation direction for a first device that generated a respective record in the database of stored media content when the first device was at a device location and when the first device generated the respective record of the identified location;

returning a selected record of the database of stored media content based on a vector associated with the orientation direction of the first device at the device location when the first device generated the selected record of the identified location; and

providing the selected record to a second device associated with a user who initiated the request.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the database of stored media content is further organized to comprise global location coordinates of the first device when the first device generated the respective record in the database of stored media content.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the global location coordinates of the first device are within a first boundary around the identified location and wherein a two dimensional shape around the identified location defines a second boundary.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising presenting a pictorial representation of identification data for the selected record, wherein the pictorial representation of identification data comprises a link to network-based multimedia content associated with the requested media content.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the identification data further comprises one of a longitude coordinate, a latitude coordinate, a date, a time, and the orientation direction being within an orientation threshold.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores further instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

extracting, from the identification data, one of a time of day and a date; and

using the one of the time of day and the date to identify the selected record.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores further instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

using the global location coordinates of the first device to associate a respective record of the database of stored media content with a particular geographic region.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the vector comprises the orientation direction of the first device when the first device recorded media associated with the identified location.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request for media content associated with an identified location to yield requested media content;

in response to the request, accessing a database of stored media content, wherein the database of stored media content stores an orientation direction for a first device that generated a respective record in the database of stored media content when the first device was at a device location and when the first device generated the respective record of the identified location;

returning a selected record of the database of stored media content based on a vector associated with the orientation direction of the first device at the device location when the first device generated the selected record of the identified location; and

providing the selected record to a second device associated with a user who initiated the request.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the database of stored media content is further organized to comprise global location coordinates of the first device when the first device generated the respective record in the database of stored media content.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the global location coordinates of the first device are within a first boundary around the identified location and wherein a two dimensional shape around the identified location defines a second boundary.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 17, further comprising presenting a pictorial representation of identification data for the selected record, wherein the pictorial representation of identification data comprises a link to network-based multimedia content associated with the requested media content.