Group method for making event-related media collection

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• receive a specification of members in a group;
• receive one or more media elements from each of a plurality of media-capture devices, wherein each media element includes a capture location describing a first geographical location at which the media element was captured and a capture time describing a time at which the media element was captured;
• receive one or more media-capture-device signals from each of the plurality of media-capture devices, wherein each media-capture-device signal indicates a second geographical location at which the corresponding media-capture device is located;
• define a beginning time of the event directly in response to receiving one or more media-capture-device signals from one or more of the group members indicating that one or more corresponding media-capture devices are at the event location;
• and
• associate one or more received media elements that each have the capture location at the event location and the capture time the same time as or after the defined beginning time of the event with a stored media event collection corresponding to the event.

A system tier making a media collection associated with an event having an event location, comprising a processing device and a storage device, wherein

• the processing device is communicatively connected to the storage device;
• and
• the storage device is configured to store instructions to cause the processing device to:
• receive a specification of members in a group;
• receive one or more media elements from each of a plurality of media-capture devices, wherein each media element includes a capture location describing a first geographical location at which the media element was captured and a capture time describing a time at which the media element was captured;
• receive one or more media-capture-device signals from each of the plurality of media-capture devices, wherein each media-capture-device signal indicates a second geographical location at which the corresponding media-capture device is located;
• define a beginning time of the event directly in response to receiving one or more media-capture-device signals from one or more of the group members indicating that one or more corresponding media-capture devices are at the event location;
• and
• associate one or more received media elements that each have the capture location at the event location and the capture time the same time as or after the defined beginning time attic event with a stored media event collection corresponding to the event.