Classifying digital media based on content

• US 8,375,312 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Issued: 02/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Marinkovich, Mike, Lindley, Greg, Cannistraro, Alan, Doll, Evan, Johnson, Gary
• Primary Examiner(s): Theriault, Steven B
• Application Number:
  US11/760,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20080307337A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,076 Days
• Field of Search: 715/762, 715/764, 715/804, 715/833, 715/846, 715/848
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for classifying digital content can include displaying one or more poster frames in a user interface, wherein a poster frame corresponds to an item of digital content, displaying one or more first level classification panes adjacent to a poster frame corresponding to an item to be classified, wherein a first level classification pane is associated with a keyword, and enabling a user to associate a poster frame with a first level classification pane to cause the keyword associated with the first level classification pane to be associated with the item to which the poster frame corresponds.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for classifying digital content, the method comprising:

displaying one or more poster frames in a user interface, wherein a poster frame corresponds to an item of digital content;

in response to receiving an input, displaying a plurality of first level classification panes adjacent to a poster frame corresponding to an item of digital content, wherein each of the first level classification panes is associated with a corresponding keyword;

detecting a selection and positioning of the poster frame at an at least partially common location with a classification pane of the plurality of first level classification panes; and

in response to the detecting, associating the item of digital content to which the selected poster frame corresponds with a keyword associated with the first level classification pane on which the selected poster frame that corresponds to the item of digital content is positioned.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first level classification panes are generated based on user input.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein a first level classification pane is generated for each associated keyword.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the keyword is provided by a user.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the keyword is automatically generated.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising when displaying the plurality of first level classification panes adjacent to the poster frame, darkening appearances of remaining poster frames of the plurality of poster frames.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising enabling grouping the items of digital content based on the keyword.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising, subsequent to associating the item of digital content to which the selected poster frame corresponds with the keyword associated with the first level classification pane on which the selected poster frame that corresponds to the item of digital content selected is positioned,

displaying the plurality of first level classification panes adjacent to a second poster frame of the plurality of poster frames, wherein the second poster frame is positioned adjacent to the first poster frame;

and

hiding from display the plurality of first level classification panes displayed adjacent to the first poster frame.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein associating the keyword with the item comprises including the keyword in metadata associated with the item.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

in response to receiving another input, displaying a plurality of second level classification panes adjacent to the first level classification pane on which the selected poster frame that corresponds to the item of digital content is positioned, wherein each second level classification pane is a further classification of the first level classification pane and each second level classification pane is associated with a second keyword;

detecting a positioning of the poster frame that was previously positioned at the first level classification pane, at an at least partially common location with a second level classification pane; and

associating the item of digital content to which the selected poster frame corresponds with a second keyword associated with the second level classification pane on which the poster frame that corresponds to the item of digital content is positioned.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising enabling grouping the items of digital content based on the second keyword.

12. A medium bearing instructions to enable one or more machines to perform operations, the operations comprising:

displaying one or more poster frames in a user interface, wherein a poster frame corresponds to an item of digital content;

in response to receiving an input, displaying a plurality of first level classification panes adjacent to a poster frame corresponding to an item of digital content, wherein each of the first level classification panes is associated with a corresponding keyword;

detecting a selection and positioning of the poster frame at an at least partially common location with a classification pane of the plurality of first level classification panes; and

in response to the detecting, associating the item of digital content to which the selected poster frame corresponds with a keyword associated with the first level classification pane on which the selected poster frame that corresponds to the item of digital content is positioned.

13. The medium of claim 12 wherein the first level classification panes are generated based on user input.

14. The medium of claim 13 wherein a first level classification pane is generated for each associated keyword.

15. The medium of claim 14 wherein the keyword is provided by a user.

16. The medium of claim 14 wherein the keyword is automatically generated.

17. The medium of claim 12 further comprising when displaying the plurality of first level classification panes adjacent to the poster frame, darkening appearances of remaining poster frames of the plurality of poster frames.

18. The medium of claim 12 further comprising enabling grouping the items of digital content based on the keyword.

19. The medium of claim 17, the operations further comprising, subsequent to associating the item of digital content to which the selected poster frame corresponds with the keyword associated with the first level classification pane on which the selected poster frame that corresponds to the item of digital content selected is positioned,

displaying the plurality of first level classification panes adjacent to a second poster frame of the plurality of poster frames, wherein the second poster frame is positioned adjacent to the first poster frame;

and

hiding from display the plurality of first level classification panes displayed adjacent to the first poster frame.

20. The medium of claim 12 wherein associating the keyword with the item comprises including the keyword in metadata associated with the item.

21. The medium of claim 12, the operations further comprising:

in response to receiving another input, displaying a plurality of second level classification panes adjacent to the first level classification pane on which the selected poster frame that corresponds to the item of digital content is positioned, wherein each second level classification pane is a further classification of the first level classification pane and each second level classification pane is associated with a second keyword;

detecting a positioning of the poster frame that was previously positioned at the first level classification pane, at an at least partially common location with a second level classification pane; and

associating the item of digital content to which the selected poster frame corresponds with a second keyword associated with the second level classification pane on which the poster frame that corresponds to the item of digital content is positioned.

22. The medium of claim 21 further comprising enabling grouping the items of digital content based on the second keyword.