Auto-populating image metadata
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsDurga Prasad Pulicharla, Madhusudhan Srinivasan
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Abstract
Methods and systems for auto-populating image metadata are described herein. The system receives or accesses an image. The system then generates a link to a video having a frame that corresponds to the image. To generate the link, the system searches for a video having a frame comprising a portion of the image and generates the link such that the link comprises a timestamp of the frame. The system then modifies the metadata of the image to include the link. Once a user interaction with the image is detected, the system may follow the link to generate for display the video beginning at the timestamp.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a message comprising an image;
- searching a content database to identify video content corresponding to the image;
- generating a link to the video content, wherein the link identifies a location within the video content that corresponds to the image;
- in response to the receiving the message comprising the image and the identifying the video content corresponding to the image, modifying the image of the message to comprise the generated link that identifies the location within the video content that corresponds to the image;
- wherein, selection of the modified image via a user interface of client device causes the client device to generate for display the video content beginning at the location within the video content that corresponds to the image.
A system comprising:
- input/output circuitry configured to receive a message comprising an image;
- control circuitry configured to:
- search a content database to identify video content corresponding to the image;
- generate a link to the video content, wherein the link identifies a location within the video content that corresponds to the image;
- in response to the receiving the message comprising the image and the identifying the video content corresponding to the image, modify the image of the message to comprise the generated link that identifies the location within the video content that corresponds to the image;
- wherein, selection of the modified image via a user interface of client device causes the client device to generate for display the video content beginning at the location within the video content that corresponds to the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.