Photo album creation based on social media content

• US 9,626,381 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2012
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: De Armas, Mario Ernesto
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Le H
• Application Number:
  US13/526,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20130339435A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,764 Days
• Field of Search: 715205, 715764, 715849, 711103, 382100, 705 1458, 709204, 709231, 707737
• 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 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

A method of creating a physical representation of digital information located on a social networking environment comprises retrieving a number of digital images from the social networking environment, retrieving data associated with the digital images, and creating a physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images, in which the data associated with the digital images comprises information about the subject matter of the digital images.

Claims

1. A method of creating a physical representation of digital information located on a social networking environment comprising, with a processor:

prior to a specific event, sending an invitation to a plurality of users to contribute a number of digital images and data associated with the digital images to the social networking environment, the plurality of users being associated with the specific event;

retrieving the digital images from the social networking environment, the images comprising images associated with the specific event;

retrieving the data associated with the retrieved digital images; and

creating a physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images,

wherein the data associated with the digital images comprises a number of comments and a number of tags within the digital images, the tags identifying an individual within the digital images;

wherein creating the physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images comprises adding an index marker to the physical representation, the index marker identifying which of a number of photo albums within the social networking environment the images originate.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising customizing a number of parameters of the physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images.

3. The method of claim 2, in which customizing a number of parameters of the physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images comprises customizing the layout of the physical representation of the data associated with the digital images with respect to the physical representation of the digital images, specifying which data associated with the digital images is physically represented, or combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising charging a user for retrieving a number of digital images from the social networking environment, retrieving data associated with the digital images, and creating a physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images.

5. The method of claim 1, in which the data associated with the digital images further comprises a number of captions, a number of descriptions of the digital images, the subject of the digital images, or combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising editing the data associated with the digital images.

7. The method of claim 1, in which the method is performed without altering the digital information located on the social networking environment.

8. The method of claim 1, in which creating a physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images comprises creating a hardcopy album comprising a plurality of digital images and data associated with the plurality of digital images.

9. The method of claim 1, in which the data associated with the digital images is filtered by type.

10. The method of claim 1, in which inviting a number of users to contribute the data associated with the digital images on the social networking environment comprises inviting a number of users to contribute data not included within the social networking environment.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user-selection of a number of instances of the data associated with the digital images.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the user-selection of the number of instances of the data associated with the digital images comprises comments related to a specific group within the social networking environment.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving instructions to edit the retrieved data associated with the digital images; and

editing the retrieved data associated with the digital images based on the received instructions.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images comprises receiving instructions from a user to change a type and a size of a font of text elements within the physical representation, the type and size of the font of the text elements being different from a font presented within the social networking environment.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images comprises adding a caption to the images, the caption comprising a title derived from a filed within the social networking environment.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images comprises receiving instructions from a user to add a number of elements not within the social networking environment to the physical representation.

17. A method of creating a photo album, comprising, with a processor:

sending an invitation to a plurality of users to contribute a number of digital images and data associated with the digital images to a social networking environment;

retrieving data associated with a number of the digital images located on the social networking environment, the data associated with the digital images comprising a number of comments and a number of tags within the digital images, the tags identifying an individual within the digital images;

receiving user-selection of a number of instances of the data associated with the digital images comprising comments related to a specific sub-group of individuals that have contributed to the data associated with the digital images within the social networking environment;

receiving instructions to edit the retrieved data associated with the digital images;

editing the retrieved data associated with the digital images based on the received instructions; and

creating a photo album comprising the digital images and data associated with the digital images comprising adding an index marker to the physical representation, the index marker identifying which of a number of photo albums within the social networking environment the images originate.

18. The method of claim 17, in which the data associated with the digital images further comprises information about subject matter of the digital images.

19. The method of claim 17, in which the data associated with the digital images further comprises a number of captions, a number of descriptions of the digital images, the subject of the digital images, or combinations thereof.

20. A method of creating a physical photo album from a social networking environment comprising:

retrieving a number of digital images, a number of comments associated with the digital images, and a number of tags identifying individuals within the digital images from the social networking environment;

creating a physical representation of the digital images, comments, and tags comprising; and

adding an index marker to the physical representation, the index marker identifying which of a number of photo albums within the social networking environment the images originate.