Customized multi-media services

• US 7,593,915 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2003
• Issued: 09/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Fano, Andrew E., Gershman, Anatole V., Chung, Christopher K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin; Jean B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ly; Anh
• Application Number:
  US10/337,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20040133597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,450 Days
• Field of Search: 707100-1041, 707/7, 707/1, 707/10, 725/42, 725/135, 725/45, 345/473, 375/240.11, 375/240.21
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/917 Text
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing

Abstract

Content files such as photographs, video, graphics and/or music are indexed to identify subjects captured in them. Indexed content files are scanned to identify content files that match certain criteria. Content files that satisfy the selection criteria are directed to appropriate output devices for display such that related files are presented in a fashion by which a theme or message is conveyed.

Claims

1. A method of organizing content for a thematic presentation, said method comprising:

ordering at least a portion of a first set of content files into a first thematic presentation according to a first thematic template that specifies an organization of at least a portion of the first set of content files for a first thematic presentation;

publishing at least part of said first thematic presentation in a first physical environment via at least one first selected output channel of a first plurality of output channels according to the first thematic template, wherein publishing said first thematic presentation includes storing a file containing the first thematic presentation on a data storage media and transmitting the file containing the first thematic presentation via a data network;

ordering at least a portion of a second set of content files into a second thematic presentation according to a second thematic template that specifies an organization of at least a portion of the second set of content files for a second thematic presentation;

publishing at least part of said second thematic presentation in a second physical environment via at least one second selected output channel of a second plurality of output channels according to the second thematic template, wherein publishing said second thematic presentation includes storing a file containing the second thematic presentation on a data storage media and transmitting the file containing the second thematic presentation via a data network; and

publishing at least the first thematic presentation in the second physical environment or the second thematic presentation in the first physical environment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein ordering the at least a portion of the first set of content files into the first thematic presentation further comprises ordering at least a portion of the second set of content files into the first thematic presentation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein ordering the at least a portion of the second set of content files into the second thematic presentation further comprises ordering at least a portion of the first set of content files into the second thematic presentation.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

indexing the first and second set of content files to indicate at least one thematic criteria to which each content file of said first and second set of content files relates; and

testing at least some content files of the first and second set of content files for conformance to the respective first and second thematic templates based on the at least one thematic criteria.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adding advertising content to at least one of the first and second thematic presentations.

6. A system for presenting multi-media content for at least one thematic presentation, the system comprising:

at least one first database of first indexed content files;

at least one second database of second indexed content files;

a first presentation template, which identifies content to include in a first thematic presentation and at least one output channel in which to publish the first thematic presentation;

a first presentation manager, operatively coupled to the first presentation template and to said at least one first database and to said at least one second database, said first presentation manager selecting at least some content files from the first or second databases of indexed content files according to the first presentation template to be included in the first thematic presentation, said first presentation manager also selecting at least one first selected output channel of a first plurality of output channels for publishing the first thematic presentation, wherein publishing said first thematic presentation includes storing a file containing the first thematic presentation on a data storage media and transmitting the file containing the first thematic presentation via a data network;

a second presentation template, which identifies content to include in a second thematic presentation and at least one output channel in which to publish the second thematic presentation; and

a second presentation manager, operatively coupled to the second presentation template and to said at least one first database of first indexed content files and to said at least one second database of second indexed content files, said second presentation manager selecting at least some content files from the first or second databases of indexed content files according to the second presentation template to be included in the second thematic presentation, said second presentation manager also selecting at least one second selected output channel of a second plurality of output channels for publishing the second thematic presentation wherein publishing said second thematic presentation includes storing a file containing the second thematic presentation on a data storage media and transmitting the file containing the second thematic presentation via a data network.

7. A system for presenting multi-media content for at least one thematic presentation, the system comprising:

at least one database of indexed content files;

a first presentation template, which identifies content to include in a first thematic presentation and at least one output channel in which to publish the first thematic presentation;

a second presentation template, which identifies content to include in a second thematic presentation and at least one output channel in which to publish the second thematic presentation; and

a presentation manager, operatively coupled to the first presentation template, the second presentation template and to said at least one database of indexed content files, said presentation manager selecting at least some content files from the at least one database of indexed content files according to the first presentation template or the second presentation template to be included in the first thematic presentation or the second thematic presentation, respectively, said presentation manager also selecting at least one first selected output channel of a first plurality of output channels for publishing the first thematic presentation and selecting at least one second selected output channel of a second plurality of output channels for publishing the second thematic presentation, wherein publishing said first thematic presentation and said second thematic presentation includes storing a file containing the first thematic presentation and a file containing the second thematic presentation on a data storage media and transmitting the file containing the first thematic presentation and the file containing the second thematic presentation via a data network.

8. A method of presenting multi-media content for at least one thematic presentation said method comprising:

compiling a set of indexed content files;

selecting indexed content files of the set of indexed content files according to a presentation template containing specifications for content to be included in the thematic presentation to provide selected indexed content files;

selecting, according to the presentation template, at least one output channel of a plurality of output channels in which to publish the thematic presentation of the selected indexed content files to provide at least one selected output channel;

publishing the selected indexed content files, via the at least one selected output channel, into either or both of a first physical environment and a second physical environment that is separated from said first physical environment; and

when publishing the selected indexed content files via the at least one selected output channel. storing a file containing the selected indexed content files on a data storage media and transmitting the file containing the selected indexed content files via a data network.