System and method for generating homogeneous metadata from pre-existing metadata

• US 9,529,802 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2015
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Klein, Eric N. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US14/880,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20160170988A1
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/162 Delete operations erasing in storage systems G06F3/0652
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1847 specifically adapted to static storage, e.g. adapted to flash memory or SSD
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• 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 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing

Abstract

A method according to one embodiment includes determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file. The method of this embodiment may also include determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata and generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file;

determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata; and

generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file,

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file to perform one or more operations chosen from the group consisting of;

generating a playlist file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

generating a library file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server indicative of the rendering of one or more of the first and second media content files.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

assigning a unique identification to the homogeneous metadata file.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

parsing at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata; and

comparing a label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata to a label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining an exact match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining a match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file based on one or more synonyms of the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

discarding selected data associated with at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

deleting the pre-existing metadata; and

removing an association between the pre-existing metadata and the local media content.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file;

determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata;

generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file; and

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file to perform one or more operations chosen from the group consisting of;

generating a playlist file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

generating a library file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server indicative of the rendering of one or more of the first and second media content files.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

assigning a unique identification to the homogeneous metadata file.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

parsing at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata; and

comparing a label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata to a label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

determining an exact match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

determining a match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file based on one or more synonyms of the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

discarding selected data associated with at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the storage medium includes instructions for performing operations comprising:

deleting the pre-existing metadata; and

removing an association between the pre-existing metadata and the local media content.

15. A client electronic device comprising

a processor;

and

a memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file;

determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata;

generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file; and

using at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file to perform one or more operations chosen from the group consisting of;

generating a playlist file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

generating a library file identifying one or more of the first and second media content files;

rendering information indicative of at least a portion of the homogeneous metadata file in a format discernible by a user; and

providing an indication to a server indicative of the rendering of one or more of the first and second media content files.

16. The client electronic device of claim 15, wherein the memory further has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

assigning a unique identification to the homogeneous metadata file.

17. The client electronic device of claim 15, wherein the memory further has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

parsing at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata; and

comparing a label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata to a label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

18. The client electronic device of claim 17, wherein comparing further comprises:

determining an exact match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.

19. The client electronic device of claim 15, wherein the memory further has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining a match between the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata and the label of at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file based on one or more synonyms of the label associated with the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.

20. The client electronic device of claim 15, wherein the memory further has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

discarding selected data associated with at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata.