System and method for generating homogeneous metadata from pre-existing metadata
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorEric N. Klein, Jr.
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Abstract
A method according to one embodiment includes determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file. The method of this embodiment may also include determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata and generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.
Claims21
A method for processing metadata within a personal media device comprising:
- determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file received at the personal media device from a media distribution system;
- determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata;
- generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file;
- generating a unique identifier for the homogeneous metadata file;
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- adding the unique identifier as metadata to the homogeneous metadata file to associate the homogeneous metadata file with the local media content file on the personal media device.
A storage device having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file received at the machine from a media distribution system;
- determining at least one data field contained within the preexisting metadata;
- generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file;
- generating a unique identifier for the homogeneous metadata file;
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- adding the unique identifier as metadata in the homogeneous metadata file to associate the homogeneous metadata file with the local media content file on the machine.
A client electronic device capable of performing operations comprising:
- determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file received at the client electronic device from a media distribution system;
- determining at least one data field contained within the preexisting metadata;
- generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file;
- generating a unique identifier for the homogeneous metadata file;
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- linking the homogeneous metadata file to the local media content file, the linking by using the unique identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.