US RE48,715 E1Granted

Organizing media items based on metadata similarities

AssigneeAnimoto Inc.

InventorsTom Clifton, Christopher James Maddern, Faisal Riaz Anwar, Josh Lambert, Gordon Mei

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Abstract

A media item selection application is provided for use with computing devices. The media item selection application is configured to identify media items that have significant similarities in metadata values, such as location and time period. The media item selection application is further configured to visualize similar media items as a group, depicted as a section within a collection or gallery, in which each group is a suggestion for a natural collection of media items representing an event. Where media items do not fall within a group of a particular size with significant similarities, groups are consolidated to create a second type of collection which covers a time-period between two significant groups. Further, the media item selection application is configured to depict media items that show extraordinary similarity as a virtual stack of all such media items.

Claims27

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

obtaining timestamp information for a plurality of media items;
assigning each media item of the plurality of media items to one of a plurality of media item groups based at least in part on the timestamp information, each media item group of the plurality of media item groups having at least one media item one or more media items of the plurality of media items assigned to it, the plurality of media item groups comprising a current media item group and a previous media item group, the current media item group representing a first period of time, the previous media item group representing a second period of time that is earlier than the first period of time;
determining a number of media items assigned to the a previous media item group, the previous media item group representing a second period of time that is earlier than the first period of time;
determining a number of media items assigned to the current media item group of the plurality of media item groups;
performing a comparison between the number of media items assigned to the current media item group and a threshold number of media items;
based at least on a) the comparison, b) the number of media items assigned to the previous media item group, and c) the length of the second period of time, determining to compound the current media item group with the previous media item group of the plurality of media item groups thereby forming a compound group comprising the one or more media items assigned to the current media item group and the one or more media items assigned to of the previous media item group, the compound group representing a third period of time comprising the first period of time and the second period of time;
wherein the previous media item group is formed by compounding at least two of the plurality of media item groups to form the previous media item group;
displaying on a video display an indication that the compound group represents the third period of time;
and
wherein the method is performed by a computing device.

7 more elements

One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of a method comprising:

obtaining timestamp information for a plurality of media items;
assigning each media item of the plurality of media items to one of a plurality of media item groups based at least in part on the timestamp information, each media item group of the plurality of media item groups having at least one media item one or more media items of the plurality of media items assigned to it, the plurality of media item groups comprising a current media item group and a previous media item group, the current media item group representing a first period of time, the previous media item group representing a second period of time that is earlier than the first period of time;
determining a number of media items assigned to the a previous media item group, the previous media item group representing a second period of time that is earlier than the first period of time;
determining a number of media items assigned to the current media item group of the plurality of media item groups;
performing a comparison between the number of media items assigned to the current media item group and a threshold number of media items;
based at least on a) the comparison, b) the number of media items assigned to the previous media item group, and c) the length of the second period of time, determining to compound the current media item group with the previous media item group of the plurality of media item groups thereby forming a compound group comprising the one or more media items assigned to the current media item group and the one or more media items assigned to of the previous media item group, the compound group representing a third period of time comprising the first period of time and the second period of time;
wherein the previous media item group is formed by compounding at least two of the plurality of media item groups to form the previous media item group;
and
displaying on a video display an indication that the compound group represents the third period of time.

6 more elements

A method comprising:

obtaining a digital compass heading value for each of a plurality of media items;
obtaining timestamp information for the plurality of media items;
assigning each media item of the plurality of media items to one of a plurality of media item groups based at least in part on the timestamp information, each media item group of the plurality of media item groups having at least one media item one or more media items of the plurality of media items assigned to it, the plurality of media item groups comprising a current media item group and a previous media item group, the current media item group representing a first period of time, the previous media item group representing a second period of time that is earlier than the first period of time;
wherein the step of assigning comprises assigning at least two media items of the plurality of media items to the same group of media items based at least in part on the digital compass heading value for a first media item of the at least two media items being within a threshold compass heading angular value amount of the digital compass heading value for a second media item of the at least two media items;
determining a number of media items assigned to a previous media item group, the previous media item group representing a second period of time that is earlier than the first period of time;
determining a number of media items assigned to the current media item group of the plurality of media item groups;
performing a comparison between the number of media items assigned to the current media item group and a threshold number of media items;
based at least on a) the comparison, b) the number of media items assigned to the previous media item group, and c) the length of the second period of time, determining to compound the current media item group with the previous media item group of the plurality of media item groups thereby forming a compound group comprising the one or more media items assigned to the current media item group and the one or more media items assigned to of the previous media item group, the compound group representing a third period of time comprising the first period of time and the second period of time;
wherein the previous media item group is formed by compounding at least two of the plurality of media item groups to form the previous media item group;
displaying on a video display an indication that the compound group represents the third period of time;
displaying on a video display an indication that the first media item and the second media item are assigned to the same group of media items;
and
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

10 more elements

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of a method comprising:

obtaining a digital compass heading value for each of a plurality of media items;
obtaining timestamp information for the plurality of media items;
assigning each media item of the plurality of media items to one of a plurality of media item groups based at least in part on the timestamp information, each media item group of the plurality of media item groups having at least one media item one or more media items of the plurality of media items assigned to it, the plurality of media item groups comprising a current media item group and a previous media item group, the current media item group representing a first period of time, the previous media item group representing a second period of time that is earlier than the first period of time;
wherein the step of assigning comprises assigning at least two media items of the plurality of media items to the same group of media items based at least in part on the digital compass heading value for a first media item of the at least two media items being within a threshold compass heading angular value amount of the digital compass heading value for a second media item of the at least two media items;
determining a number of media items assigned to a previous media item group, the previous media item group representing a second period of time that is earlier than the first period of time;
determining a number of media items assigned to the current media item group of the plurality of media item groups;
performing a comparison between the number of media items assigned to the current media item group and a threshold number of media items;
based at least on the a) comparison, b) the number of media items assigned to the previous media item group, and c) the length of the second period of time, determining to compound the current media item group with the previous media item group of the plurality of media item groups thereby forming a compound group comprising the one or more media items assigned to the current media item group and the one or more media items assigned to of the previous media item group, the compound group representing a third period of time comprising the first period of time and the second period of time;
wherein the previous media item group is formed by compounding at least two of the plurality of media item groups to form the previous media item group;
displaying on a video display an indication that the compound group represents the third period of time;
and
displaying on a video display an indication that the first media item and the second media item are assigned to the same group of media items.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/106,747Filed 21 Aug 2018 · reissue
Priority: 28 Dec 2012
Granted: 31 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06F 16/51
Of still image data: indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
G06F 16/4393
By the use of playlists: multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
G06F 16/50
Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor: of still image data
G06F 16/58
Of still image data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

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Application61/746,852Us provisional application · filed 28 Dec 2012
Application14/135,399Reissue · filed 19 Dec 2013
US 9,424,280 B2Reissue · filed 23 Aug 2016
US 2014/0188890 A1Published application
US RE48,715 E1This patent

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