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US 10,455,285 B2Granted
System for managing media content
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsScott White, James Cansler, Ankur Mukerji
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device having a controller to create metadata corresponding to an identity of an entity, incorporate in a media file the metadata that identifies the entity with metadata that describes media content in the media file, and present a graphical user interface depicting a media file directory structure generated according to the metadata that identifies the entity and the metadata that describes media content in the media file. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- accessing first metadata and second metadata of a media file that comprises a plurality of media content, the first metadata identifying entities associated with the plurality of media content, the second metadata providing a description of the plurality of media content, the entities including a first user and a second user of the processing system;
- accessing a first directory structure, wherein the first directory structure is generated to provide access to a first portion of the plurality of media content associated with the first user;
- and
- accessing a second directory structure, wherein the second directory structure is generated to provide access to a second portion of the plurality of the media content associated with the second user, and wherein the first and second directory structures share a shared portion of the plurality of media content without resulting in a duplication of the shared portion in a storage device used to store the media file that includes the plurality of the media content;
- generating an exclusive portion of the plurality of the media content based on an adjustment made to a portion of the shared portion of the plurality of the media content by the first user, wherein access to the exclusive portion is via the first directory structure while access to a remaining portion of the shared portion is maintained via the second directory;
- and presenting a first graphical user interface depicting the first directory structure.
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A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving a request to tag a media file as being associated with a first user of the device, wherein the media file comprises media content;
- accessing first metadata and second metadata of the media file, the first metadata identifying entities associated with the media content, the second metadata providing a description of the media content, the entities including a first user and a second user of the device;
- generating a first directory structure based on the first metadata, wherein the first directory structure provides access to a first portion of the media content associated with the first user;
- generating a second directory structure that provides access to a second portion of the media content associated with a second user, wherein the second directory structure shares a shared portion of the first portion of the media content with the first directory structure without resulting in a duplication of the shared portion;
- generating an exclusive portion of the media content based on an adjustment made to a portion of the shared portion of the media content and enabling access via one directory of the first and second directory structures to the exclusive portion while maintaining access to a remaining portion of the shared portion via a different directory of the first and second directory structures;
- and
- presenting a first graphical user interface depicting the first directory structure.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system comprising a processor, a media file via equipment of a first user, wherein the media file comprises media content;
- accessing, by the processing system, first metadata and second metadata of the media file, the first metadata identifying entities associated with the media content, the second metadata providing a description of the media content, the entities including a first user and a second user of the equipment of the first user;
- generating, by the processing system, a first directory structure, wherein the first directory structure provides access to a first portion of a shared portion of the media file, wherein the shared portion of the media content includes a same media content in the first portion and a second portion of the media content;
- generating, by the processing system, a second directory structure that provides access to the second portion of the media content, wherein the shared portion does not result in a duplication of the media file in a storage device used to store the media file;
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- generating, by the processing system, an exclusive portion of the media content based on an adjustment made to the shared portion of the media content, wherein access to the exclusive portion is via one directory of the first and second directory structures, and where access to the shared portion is maintained via a different directory of the first and second directory structures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.