Methods, devices and computer program products for event-based media file tagging
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsDale Malik, Robert Koch
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Abstract
Methods are provided for tagging digital media files. A digital media file is obtained with a digital media device. One or more event tags are associated with the digital media file on the digital media device responsive to a user prompt. The one or more event tags identify the digital media file. Related devices and computer program products are also provided.
Claims9
A method for tagging a digital media file, comprising:
- obtaining at least two digital media files with a digital media device;
- presenting a user of the digital media device with a first option of associating the at least two digital media files with one of a plurality of event tags, wherein the user is presented with the first option of associating the at least two digital media files with one of the plurality of event tags on the digital media device without connecting the digital media device to a communications network;
- receiving, at the digital media device, a first selected event tag of the plurality of event tags to be associated with the at least two digital media files;
- associating the first selected event tag with the at least two digital media files on the digital media device responsive to the first selected event tag without connecting the digital media device to the communications network, the first selected event tag identifying the at least two digital media files on the digital media device;
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- associating the at least two digital media files with an audio file associated with the first selected event tag,
- wherein the first selected event tag includes a time stamp associated with the audio file, the time stamp allowing the at least two digital media files to be synchronized with content of the audio file during playback;
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- wherein the at least two digital media files include a visual indication of the audio file associated with the first selected event tag on the at least two digital media files.
A digital media device configured to tag digital media files, comprising:
- an acquisition module in the digital media device and configured to obtain at least two digital media files;
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- a tagging module configured to:
- present a user of the digital media device with a first option of associating the at least two digital media files with one of a plurality of event tags, wherein the user is presented with the first option of associating the at least two digital media files with one of the plurality of event tags on the digital media device without connecting the digital media device to a communications network;
- receive, at the digital media device, a first selected event tag of the plurality of event tags to be associated with the at least two digital media files;
- associate the first selected event tag with the at least two digital media files on the digital media device without connecting the digital media device to the communications network responsive to the first selected event tag, the first selected event tag identifying the at least two digital media files on the digital media device;
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- an audio module configured to associate the at least two digital media files associated with the first selected event tag with an audio file associated with the first selected event tag, wherein the first selected event tag includes a time stamp associated with the audio file;
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- wherein the audio module is further configured synchronize the at least two digital media files with the audio file associated with the first selected event tag during playback using the time stamp.
A computer program product for tagging digital media files on a digital media device, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to obtain at least two digital media files with the digital media device;
- computer readable program code configured to present a user of the at least two digital media files with a first option of associating the at least two digital media files with one of a plurality of event tags, wherein the user is presented with the first option of associating the at least two digital media files with one of the plurality of event tags on the digital media device without connecting the digital media device to a communications network;
- computer readable program code configured to receive, at the digital media device, a first selected event tag of the plurality of event tags to be associated with the at least two digital media files;
- computer readable program code configure to associate the first selected event tag with the at least two digital media files on the digital media device without connecting the digital media device to the communications network, the first selected event tag identifying the at least two digital media files on the digital media device;
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- computer readable program code configured to associate the at least two digital media files associated with the first selected event tag with an audio file associated with the first selected event tag,
- wherein the first selected event tag includes a time stamp associated with the audio file, the time stamp allowing the at least two digital media files to be synchronized with content of the audio file associated with the first selected event tag during playback.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.