Method for making relevant content proposals based on information gleaned from an image-based project created in an electronic interface

• US 9,413,906 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2013
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interactive Memories Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Interactive Memories Incorporated
• Inventors: Shlimovich, Mark Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Kujundzic, Dino
• Application Number:
  US13/771,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20140096022A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,266 Days
• Field of Search: 715717-723, 715/738, 715/753
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1205 resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1242 Image or content composition onto a page
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/126 Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1272 Digital storefront, e.g. e-ordering, web2print, submitting a job from a remote submission screen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1287 via internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 : Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 : using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 : Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 : Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00 : Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00161 : Viewing or previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0019 : on souvenir-type products or the like, e.g. T-shirts or mugs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00196 : Creation of a photo-montage, e.g. photoalbum H04N1/0019 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 : for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00456 : for layout preview, e.g. page layout

Abstract

A system for creating image and or text-based projects includes a server, the server having access to a processor, a data repository, and a non-transitory physical medium. Software running from the non-transitory physical medium provides a first function for establishing a server connection between the server and a computing appliance, a second function for initiating and maintaining a data session with a user, a third function for gathering information in a project, a fourth function for analyzing the information gathered and developing a list of keywords, a fifth function for searching one or more data sources for images and other assets using one or more of the primary keywords developed by the fourth function, and a sixth function for dynamically presenting one or more digital assets found in the search to the one or more users working on the project.

Claims

1. A non-transitory physical storage medium for storing program code, the program code executable by a hardware processor to perform a process for creating and editing a media-based project, the program code executable by the hardware processor to perform:

automatically determine whether a user has inserted data into the media-based project, wherein the media-based project is associated with a set of digital asset recommendations;

in response to determining that the user has inserted data into the media-based project;

automatically mine the user-inserted data in the media-based project to identify prominent subjects, ideas, themes, and/or places that reflect prevalent content used in the media-based project, wherein the prevalent content is repeated throughout the media-based project;

automatically generate a pool of primary keywords that characterize the prevalent content in the media-based project;

automatically search one or more data sources for one or more additional digital assets using one or more of the primary keywords generated as search criteria;

automatically update the set of digital asset recommendations with the additional digital assets found through the search; and

display the updated set of digital asset recommendations with the media-based project being created and edited.

2. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein the mined user-inserted data comprises tags and meta-tags that are included in the media-based project.

3. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein the mined user-inserted data comprises meta-data associated with photos inserted by the user into the media-based project.

4. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein the mined user-inserted data comprises text inserted by the user into the media-based project.

5. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein the mined user-inserted data comprises information that is recognized by photo analysis performed on photos inserted by the user into the media-based project.

6. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 5, wherein the information recognized by the photo analysis comprises facial recognition of persons in the photos.

7. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein the mined user-inserted data comprises technical data of the media-based project, the technical data selected from the group consisting of styles, fonts, and photo dimensions of the media-based project.

8. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, further comprising program code to perform:

generalize the mined user-generated data through utilizing associated data.

9. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, further comprising program code to perform:

generalize the mined user-generated data through utilizing external data.

10. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein a combination of the primary keywords is used to retrieve candidate images for presentation to the user.

11. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein a combination of the primary keywords is used to retrieve famous quotes for presentation to the user.

12. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein a combination of the primary keywords is used to retrieve theme-based stickers and/or shapes for presentation to the user.

13. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein components used to mine the user-inserted data include text parsing components, snapshot components, screen scraping components, pattern recognition components, and/or file reading components.

14. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more data sources searched are third-party data sources.

15. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 1, wherein the digital assets comprise at least audio assets.

16. A method executable from a non-transitory physical storage medium storing program code, the program code executable by a hardware processor to perform a process for creating and editing a media-based project, the method comprising:

automatically determining whether a user has inserted data into the media-based project, wherein the media-based project is associated with a set of digital asset recommendations;

in response to determining that the user has inserted data into the media-based project;

automatically mining the user-inserted data in the media-based project to identify prominent subjects, ideas, themes, and/or places that reflect prevalent content used in the media-based project, wherein the prevalent content is repeated throughout the media-based project;

automatically generating a pool of primary keywords that characterize the prevalent content in the media-based project;

automatically searching one or more data sources for one or more additional digital assets using one or more of the primary keywords generated as search criteria;

automatically updating the set of digital asset recommendations with the additional digital assets found through the search; and

display the updated set of digital asset recommendations with the media-based project being created and edited.

17. A computing appliance comprising a hardware processor and a non-transitory physical storage medium storing program code executable by the hardware processor, the program code when executed by the hardware processor providing a process for creating and editing a media-based project, the process comprising steps to:

automatically determine whether a user has inserted data into the media-based project, wherein the media-based project is associated with a set of digital asset recommendations;

in response to determining that the user has inserted data into the media-based project;

automatically mine the user-inserted data in the media-based project to identify prominent subjects, ideas, themes, and/or places that reflect prevalent content used in the media-based project, wherein the prevalent content is repeated throughout the media-based project;

automatically generate a pool of primary keywords that characterize the prevalent content in the media-based project;

automatically search one or more data sources for one or more additional digital assets using one or more of the primary keywords generated as search criteria;

automatically update the set of digital asset recommendations with the additional digital assets found through the search; and

display the updated set of digital asset recommendations with the media-based project being created and edited.

18. The computing appliance of claim 17, wherein the mined user-inserted data comprises tags and meta-tags that are included in the media-based project.

19. The computing appliance of claim 17, wherein the mined user-inserted data comprises meta-data associated with photos inserted by the user into the media-based project.

20. The computing appliance of claim 17, wherein the mined user-inserted data comprises information that is recognized by photo analysis performed on one or more photos inserted by the user into the media-based project, and wherein the information recognized by the photo analysis comprises facial recognition of persons in the photos.