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US 9,286,340 B2Granted
Systems and methods for collecting information from digital media files
AssigneeSogidia AG
InventorsNorman Schlomka, Michael Conway
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Abstract
Systems and methods for collecting information from digital media files. More specifically, a collection module may be used to communicate with a social networking system and analyze the digital media files associated with a user profile. The collection module may generate media-based profile information based on media content and/or location, time and date data extracted from the digital media files. The media-based profile information may be incorporated into the user profile information and used by the social networking system for various purposes.
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A method comprising:
- accessing, using a computing device comprising one or more programmable processers, a user profile associated with a user, the user profile comprising profile information and at least one digital media file;
- extracting, using the computing device, media content from each digital media file;
- generating, using the computing device, a suspected content for each digital media file based on the media content of each digital media file;
- determining, using the computing device, a set of potential interests for each digital media file based on the suspected content of each digital media file, wherein each set of potential interests includes a plurality of potential interests;
- generating, using the computing device, media-based profile information based on the sets of potential interests of the digital media files, wherein the media-based profile information includes potential interests from the sets of potential interests associated with the user, wherein generating media based profile information further comprises:
- calculating, using a computing device, a confidence interval for each potential interest determined based on how many times the potential interest occurs in the set of potential interests for each digital media file, and
- generating, using a computing device, media-based profile information from the potential interests using the confidence interval;
- incorporating, using the computing device, the media-based profile information into the user profile;
- and
- storing the user profile with the media-based profile information in a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
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A system comprising:
- a social networking system which includes a plurality of user profiles, the user profiles including profile information and at least one digital media file;
- at least one programmable processor adapted to execute a collection module;
- a data repository which includes information correlating suspected content with potential interests;
- wherein the collection module is adapted to receive digital media files from the social networking system;
- wherein the collection module is adapted to analyze the digital media files to determine a suspected content for each of the digital media files;
- wherein the collection module is adapted to access the data repository to determine a set of potential interests based on the suspected content of the digital media file for each of the digital media files;
- wherein the collection module is adapted to analyze the sets of potential interests to generate media-based profile information by:
- calculating, using a computing device, a confidence interval for each potential interest determined based on how many times the potential interest occurs in the set of potential interests for each digital media file, and
- generating, using a computing device, media-based profile information from the potential interests using the confidence interval;
- wherein the collection module is adapted to incorporate the media-based profile information into the user profile;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium adapted to store the user profile with the media-based profile information.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage article having computer-executable instructions stored thereon comprising a collection module, wherein the computer-executable instructions cause at least one programmable processor to:
- receive digital media files from a user profile;
- analyze the digital media files to determine a suspected content for each of the digital media files;
- access a data repository to determine a set of potential interests based on the suspected content of the digital media files for each of the digital media files;
- analyze the sets of potential interests to generate media-based profile information, wherein generating media based profile information comprises:
- calculating a confidence interval for each potential interest determined based on how many times the potential interest occurs in the set of potential interests for each digital media file, and
- generating media-based profile information from the potential interests using the confidence interval;
- incorporate the media-based profile information into the user profile;
- and
- store the user profile with the media-based profile information in a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.