Techniques for managing media content

• US 9,430,587 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2006
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: van der Meulen, Pieter S., Crowley, Matt W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Uddin, Mohammed R
• Application Number:
  US11/447,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,739 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104, 707/953, 707/802, 707/999.107, 707/793, 707/912, 707/792
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Various media management techniques are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a metadata information database to store metadata, a media object database to store media objects, and a media content manager to couple to the metadata information database and the media object database. The media content manager may comprise a metadata manager to retrieve and associate metadata from the metadata information database with different media objects. The media content manager may further comprise a media object classifier to classify the media objects into hierarchical categories based on the metadata. The media content manager may still further comprise an album generator to generate a media album representing a hierarchical category. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a metadata information database to store metadata;

a media object database to store media objects;

a media content manager to couple with said metadata information database and said media object database, said media content manager comprising;

a map location module coupled with a location device to generate location information metadata associated with a media object when the media object is created, and store said location information metadata in said metadata information database;

a metadata manager to retrieve and associate metadata from said metadata information database with different media objects;

a media object classifier to classify said media objects into hierarchical categories based on said metadata; and

an album generator to generate a media album representing a hierarchical category;

a user preference database coupled with said media content manager, said user preference database to store a user profile, said user profile to include a set of user preferences to define metadata associated with a given media object,

a graphics user interface application, said graphics user interface application to display multiple thumbnail images for said hierarchical categories grouped in a media album, and a collection of thumbnail images for each of multiple media albums for said hierarchical categories grouped in a media album collection, on a display for said mobile computing device, the collection of thumbnail images for each of multiple media albums displayed as a reduced image size of each of the multiple thumbnail images grouped in the media album; and

a map generator to couple with a map information database, said media object database, and the map location module, said map generator to generate a map with map information from said map information database, said map generator to position a thumbnail image of a media object on said map using said location information metadata generated by said map location module, the thumbnail image to visually identify content for the media object.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, said display comprising a touch screen display coupled with said media content manager, said touch screen display to display said media album.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1, said map location module to provide location information to said metadata manager for use as metadata to organize said media objects into said hierarchical categories.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1, said location device comprising a global positioning satellite transceiver or a cellular triangulation device.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a media source node coupled with said media content manager, said media source node to provide said media objects to said media content manager.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising an antenna coupled with a radio system, said radio system having a baseband processor and a transceiver.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 1, comprising a processing system including a processor and a memory unit, said memory unit to store program instructions for said media content manager, and said processor to execute said program instructions.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 1, said map generator to:

couple with said user preference database;

determine a filtering parameter included in said user profile for filtering thumbnails to be positioned on said map;

determine whether said thumbnails satisfy the filtering parameter using metadata associated with media objects corresponding to said thumbnails; and

filter said thumbnails based on a determination that said thumbnails correspond to media objects satisfy the filtering parameter, wherein particular ones of said thumbnails satisfying the filtering parameter are positioned on said map, and other particular ones of said thumbnails that do not satisfy the filtering parameter are not positioned on said map.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein said filtering parameter is a time period criterion, wherein particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects satisfying the time period criterion are positioned on said map, and wherein said other particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects do not satisfy the time period criterion are not positioned on said map.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein said filtering parameter is an account name criterion, wherein particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects satisfying the account name criterion are positioned on said map, and wherein said other particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects do not satisfy the account name criterion are not positioned on said map.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving multiple media objects;

associating metadata with each media object;

retrieving a set of user preferences to define the metadata associated with a given media object from a user profile;

organizing said media objects into hierarchical categories based on said metadata associated with each media object, said metadata including location information metadata generated using a location device when the media object is created;

displaying multiple thumbnail images for said hierarchical categories in a media album, and a collection of thumbnail images for each of multiple media albums for said hierarchical categories in a media album collection, on a display for a mobile computing device, the collection of thumbnail images for each of multiple media albums displayed as a reduced image size of each of the multiple thumbnail images grouped in the media album; and

generating a map with a thumbnail image of a media object positioned on said map using said location information metadata associated with said media object, the thumbnail image to visually identify content for the media object.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the method includes:

determining a filtering parameter for filtering thumbnails to be positioned on said map, said filtering parameter included in said user profile;

determining whether said thumbnails satisfy the filtering parameter using metadata associated with media objects corresponding to said thumbnails; and

filtering said thumbnails based on a determination that said thumbnails correspond to media objects satisfy the filtering parameter, wherein particular ones of said thumbnails satisfying the filtering parameter are positioned on said map, and other particular ones of said thumbnails that do not satisfy the filtering parameter are not positioned on said map.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said filtering parameter is a time period criterion, wherein particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects satisfying the time period criterion are positioned on said map, and wherein said other particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects do not satisfy the time period criterion are not positioned on said map.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein said filtering parameter is an account name criterion, wherein particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects satisfying the account name criterion are positioned on said map, and wherein said other particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects do not satisfy the account name criterion are not positioned on said map.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed by a processor, enable a system to:

receive multiple media objects,

associate metadata with each media object,

retrieve a set of user preferences to define the metadata associated with a given media object from a user profile;

organize said media objects into hierarchical categories based on said metadata associated with each media object, said metadata including location information metadata generated using a location device when the media object is created,

display multiple thumbnail images for said hierarchical categories in a media album, and a collection of thumbnail images for each of multiple media albums for said hierarchical categories in a media album collection, on a display for a mobile computing device, the collection of thumbnail images for each of multiple media albums displayed as a reduced image size of each of the multiple thumbnail images grouped in the media album; and

generate a map with a thumbnail image of a media object positioned on said map using said location information metadata associated with said media object, the thumbnail image to visually identify content for the media object.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, enable a system to:

determine a filtering parameter for filtering thumbnails to be positioned on said map, said filtering parameter included in said user profile;

determine whether said thumbnails satisfy the filtering parameter using metadata associated with media objects corresponding to said thumbnails; and

filter said thumbnails based on a determination that said thumbnails correspond to media objects satisfy the filtering parameter, wherein particular ones of said thumbnails satisfying the filtering parameter are positioned on said map, and other particular ones of said thumbnails that do not satisfy the filtering parameter are not positioned on said map.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein said filtering parameter is a time period criterion, wherein particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects satisfying the time period criterion are positioned on said map, and wherein said other particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects do not satisfy the time period criterion are not positioned on said map.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein said filtering parameter is an account name criterion, wherein particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects satisfying the account name criterion are positioned on said map, and wherein said other particular ones of said thumbnails corresponding to media objects having metadata indicating that the media objects do not satisfy the account name criterion are not positioned on said map.