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US 8,527,505 B2Granted
Multiplatform communication and media journal with mapping
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorGregory L. Mumford
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Abstract
A plurality of media files may be maintained in a data store, where each of the plurality of media files is associated with at least one indication comprising at least one of a geographic indication and a time indication. At least one indication may be identified, wherein the at least one indication is one of a geographic indication and a time indication. A query may be sent to the data store, wherein the query includes the identified at least one indication and at least one media file may be retrieved from the data store according to the query.
Claims28
A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a communications device, at least one of a geographic indication and a time indication;
- sending a query from the communications device to a data store, the data store maintaining a plurality of media files, the plurality of media files including media files created by media creation devices and media files created based on network communications features of communications devices, each media file associated with at least one indication, the query including the identified at least one indication;
- receiving a plurality of media files from the data store according to the query, the plurality of received media files including a first chronology including a first sequence of media files created by the communications device and a second chronology including a second sequence of media files created by a second communications device;
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- displaying the first chronology and the second chronology on a map, the first chronology including the first sequence of media files placed at locations on the map according to geographic indications associated with the respective media files of the first sequence and a first timeline connecting the first sequence of media files in chronological order according to time indications associated with the respective media files of the first sequence, the second chronology including the second sequence of media files placed at locations on the map according to geographic indications associated with the respective media files of the second sequence and a second timeline connecting the second sequence of media files in chronological order according to time indications associated with the respective media files of the second sequence.
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A system, comprising:
- a communications network, configured to provide communication services to a plurality of devices;
- a data store, configured to:
- maintain a database including a plurality of media files indexed by indication, the plurality of media files including media files created by media creation devices and media files created based on network communications features of communications devices;
- receive a query for media files from a communications device associated with a subscriber and selectively connected to the communications network, where the query comprises at least one indication;
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- provide media files to the communications device in response to the query, the media files including a first sequence of media files created by the communications device and a second sequence of media files created by a second communications device;
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- where the communications device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the communications device to:
- send a query to the data store, where the query includes at least one indication;
- retrieve a plurality of media files from the data store according to the query;
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- display a first chronology including the first sequence of media files created by the communications device, along with a second chronology including the second sequence of media files created by the second communications device, the first chronology and the second chronology being displayed on a map, the first chronology including the first sequence of media files placed at locations on the map according to geographic indications associated with the respective media files of the first sequence and a first timeline connecting the first sequence of media files in chronological order according to time indications associated with the respective media files of the first sequence, the second chronology including the second sequence of media files placed at locations on the map according to geographic indications associated with the respective media files of the second sequence and a second timeline connecting the second sequence of media files in chronological order according to time indications associated with the respective media files of the second sequence.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions configured to cause a processor to:
- display a media journal including at least one media file created by a first communications device;
- receive a selection of a media file created by the first communications device from the media journal;
- determine a time indication and a geographic indication based on the received selection of the media file;
- query a data store for additional media files according to the time indication and geographic indication, the data store including a plurality of media files including media files created by media creation devices and media files created based on network communications features of communications devices;
- retrieve at least one additional media file created by a second communications device;
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- display, in the media journal, a first chronology including a first sequence of media files created by the first communications device along with a second chronology including a second sequence of media files including at least one at least one additional media file created by the second communications device, the first chronology and the second chronology being displayed on a map, the first chronology including the first sequence of media files placed at locations on the map according to geographic indications associated with the respective media files of the first sequence and a first timeline connecting the first sequence of media files in chronological order according to time indications associated with the respective media files of the first sequence, the second chronology including the second sequence of media files placed at locations on the map according to geographic indications associated with the respective media files of the second sequence and a second timeline connecting the second sequence of media files in chronological order according to time indications associated with the respective media files of the second sequence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.