Customized multi-media services

• US 8,108,369 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2009
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (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:
  US12/563,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20100011008A1
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• Field of Search: 707/696, 707/711, 707/917, 707/E17.009, 725/42, 725/45, 725/135
• US Class Current: 707/696
• 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, via at least one computer, of presenting multi-media content for a thematic presentation said method comprised of:

compiling a set of indexed content files;

selecting, by a presentation manager implemented by the at least one computer and according to a presentation template stored by the at least one computer, indexed content files of the set of indexed content files, wherein the presentation template comprises specifications for content to be included in the thematic presentation to provide selected indexed content files; and

selecting, by the presentation manager 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; and

publishing, by the presentation manager, 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.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein publishing the thematic presentation further comprises at least one of:

displaying, by the presentation manager, graphic images on a display device;

displaying, by the presentation manager, video on at least one video display device;

broadcasting, by the presentation manager, audio;

storing, by the presentation manager, a file containing the presentation on a data storage media; and

transmitting, by the presentation manager, a file containing the presentation via a data network.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

compiling another set of indexed content files; and

selecting, by the presentation manager via the at least one computer, indexed content files of the other set of indexed content files according to the presentation template.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adding, by the presentation manager to the selected indexed content files, at least one additional content file of advertising material that thematically conforms to said presentation template.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting and incorporating, by the presentation manager, one or more audio files into the thematic presentation, said audio files to be published as part of the thematic presentation.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting indexed content files further comprises identifying, by the presentation manager, the selected content files as being related to the presentation template according to at least one index that is associated with each of the selected indexed content files.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adding, by the presentation manager, to the selected indexed content files, at least one html page that thematically conforms to the presentation template.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adding, by the presentation manager, to the selected indexed content files, graphical content that thematically conforms to the presentation template.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adding, by the presentation manager, to the selected indexed content files, at least portions of, at least one of previously-broadcast television program or previously-released motion picture that thematically conforms to said presentation template.

10. 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, by the at least one presentation manager, 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.

11. A method, via at least one computer, of organizing content for a thematic presentation, said method comprising:

ordering, by at least one presentation manager implemented by the at least one computer and according to a first presentation template stored by the at least one computer, at least a portion of a first set of content files into a first thematic presentation, wherein the first thematic template specifies an organization of at least a portion of the first set of content files for a first thematic presentation;

publishing, by the at least one presentation manager, 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;

ordering, by the at least one presentation manager and according to a second thematic template stored by the at least one computer, at least a portion of a second set of content files into a second thematic presentation, wherein the second thematic template specifies an organization of at least a portion of the second set of content files for a second thematic presentation;

publishing, by the at least one presentation manager, 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; and

publishing, by the at least one presentation manager, at least the first thematic presentation in the second physical environment or the second thematic presentation in the first physical environment.

12. The method of claim 11, 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.

13. The method of claim 11, 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.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

adding, by the at least one presentation manager, advertising content to at least one of the first and second thematic presentations.

15. A system for presenting multi-media content for a thematic presentation, the system comprising:

a database of indexed content files;

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

a presentation manager, implemented by the at least one computer, operatively coupled to the presentation template and to said database of indexed content files, said presentation manager selecting at least some of the indexed content files according to the presentation template to be included in the thematic presentation and selecting at least one output channel of a plurality of output channels in which to publish the thematic presentation to provide at least one selected output channel; and

at least one output device, operatively coupled to the at least one computer, on which said thematic presentation files can be published in accordance with the at least one selected output channel.

16. 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, stored by at least one computer, 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, implemented by the at least one computer, 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;

a second presentation template, stored by the at least one computer, 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, implemented by the at least one computer, 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.

17. 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, stored by at least one computer, 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, stored by the at least one computer, 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, implemented by the at least one computer, 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.