70results about "Automatic library building" patented technology

A method and computer readable medium for exploring similar users and items of a media service. In one aspect, a user can explore for similar users iteratively. In one aspect, a user interface is generated that displays a user selectable indicia representing a similar member function for allowing a user to search a media service for at least one other user which has a degree of similarity with respect to the searching user. In another aspect, a method facilitates the search of such a similar user within a media service.

A user interface and associated computer readable medium for a user interface within a media management application. In one aspect, the user interface comprises a plurality of panes displaying a list of one or more media file sources, a list of user selectable media file identifiers, selected information associated with the listed media file identifiers, instructional information as to how a user can cause one of the panes to display selected information associated with the listed media file identifiers and a media player control interface. In one aspect, the user interface comprises panes displaying an instant messaging platform as a media file source and a list of indicia representing messaging users that a user communicates with. In another aspect, selecting the indicia representing a messaging user can cause a pane to display information associated with media files found in a media library of the selected messaging user.

A system and method of generating a playlist of affinity related media files using affinity relationship data. In one aspect the relationship affinity data is based upon a user rating score obtained from a population of user's ratings associated with media file attributes. In one aspect, a media file attribute which can include an artist, album, title, and genre information associated with a media file is received from a user, indicating the user's desire to create an affinity playlist of media files having an affinity relationship based upon the selected media file attribute.

A system and method for storing a playlist of media files that is accessible from various locations in a network. In one aspect, the playlist is accessible from multiple users of the network. A method is also described for arranging the media files of a playlist. In one aspect, the method for arranging the media files is based in part on implicit and / or explicit user behavior.

The present invention involves a Universal Geographic Database (“UGD”). The UGD is an automated, central or distributed, registry of real-world locations and location-related information for businesses and other entities, analogous to the registry of domain names for Internet and web sites. By this central registry, businesses and other entities are facilitated to post their location and location-related information in a single place, for all users who need or want it; and users can refer to this single place, via the Internet, Web, and other telecommunications devices, to obtain accurate, complete and timely location and location-based information about the registered businesses and other entities. Each record of the UGD is keyed by a proprietary location address (PLA) based on the World Geographic Referencing System (WGRS), and optionally may have one or more proprietary location addresses (PLAs), which also may serve as keys. Associated with the PLA keys, each UGD record generally includes the full name for the business or other entity, its street address, and miscellaneous contact information (e.g., telephone number, facsimile number, e-mail address, internet website address, wireless website address). Other more dynamic, customized information (e.g., store hours, credit cards accepted, inventory, prices, specials, hours, parking) also may be available in the UGD record or linked to the UGD record. Users of any device or service can access the UGD through one or more location name servers (LNS), which can provide access to the UGD or other location-based information linked to the UGD or LNS. Based on the WGRS, PLAs provide, in addition to unique keys for UGD records, a user-friendly notation for location naming in the real-world and on all types of location-sensitive electronic devices, from web phones to in-car navigation systems. Given the UGD, these ULA / PLAs are as important to real-world businesses as their domain names because these WGRS addresses drive real-world commerce to physical business locations just as domain names drive e-commerce Internet or web sites.

A method, system, and media management application for providing a user access to a media file from multiple locations on a network. In one aspect, a user communicates a desire to access a media file at a future time and is able to access the bookmarked media file from various locations on a network at any future time. In one aspect, the media file is available from multiple locations on the network and in different media formats.

A media management system for managing a user's media files and information related to such media files and a method of the same. In one aspect, the system and method are operable on a user's computing device. In one aspect, the system comprises a storage management component, a server communication component, a media player component, an instant messaging component, and a media engine component. In one aspect, the method allows a user to browse and / or exchange media files with other users via a network using an instant messaging component.

A method of adding content to a portable entertainment device, comprising identifying DRM capabilities of the portable entertainment device, defining a first set of content, defining a second set of content which is comprised of content selected by a user from the first content set, identifying content which is not compatible with the DRM capabilities of the portable entertainment device, and obtaining rights which allow at least a subset of the identified content to be copied to the portable entertainment device. The method also allows new content to be periodically added to the portable entertainment device. Also disclosed is a user interface through which the user can build a list of content to be copied to the portable entertainment device and through which the user can obtain any necessary rights to such content.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides for the accessing and playing of media files having differing associated rights such as non-DRM media files, purchased and downloaded media files, subscription download files such as tethered downloads, and subscription streamed DRM files. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method and user interface for sharing a media collection among computing devices in communication via a network. In one embodiment, the disclosed method allows access and playback, from each computing device on a network, of all media files in a media collection, regardless of their associated rights.

Techniques for indexing multimedia data substantially concurrently or contemporaneously with its capture to convert a real world event into an accessible database in real time are provided. The present invention introduces a new paradigm of converting a real world event in real time into a rich multimedia database by processing data from multiple sensors observing the event. Real time analysis of the sensor data, coupled with domain knowledge, results in instant indexing of multimedia data at capture time itself. This yields the semantic information to answer complex queries about the content, and the ability to extract portions of data that correspond to complex actions performed in the real world.

The invention includes a method for categorizing pages on a network, including the steps of providing a list of categories and providing the opportunity to assign a page to one or more categories. The categories include pages involved in transacting business, pages involved in or providing information, subject matter categories, file-type categories, and copyright-status categories. The method also includes a categorization code that can be used to label a page with a categorization label indicating the categories to which the page is assigned. The invention also includes a method for searching for information on a network. The steps include providing an opportunity to limit a search to categories including commerce and information, subject matter, file type, and copyright status, and providing an opportunity to limit the search by keyword.

A web-based media analysis system, consisting of automated media analysis and document management tools, which processes news articles by parsing the news contents or documents and assigning, relating, and extracting information from the news contents for media analysis and relationally storing them in at least one database. The system further comprises a toning engine for toning articles accurately, based on words, attributes and categories of the article, and optionally based on the author of the article, if applicable.

Techniques for retrieval of multimedia data through visual representations are provided. Such visual representations, preferably in the form of visual activity maps or spatio-temporal activity maps, serve as an efficient and intuitive graphical user interface for multimedia retrieval, particularly when the media streams are derived from multiple sensors observing a physical environment. An architecture for interactive media retrieval is also provided by combining such visual activity maps with domain specific event information. Visual activity maps are derived from the trajectories of motion of objects in the environment. The visual activity map based techniques significantly help users in quickly and effectively discovering interesting portions of the data, and randomly accessing and retrieving the corresponding portions of the media streams.

A method for characterizing a musical recording as a set of scalar descriptors, each of which is based on human perception. A group of people listens to a large number of musical recordings and assigns to each one many scalar values, each value describing a characteristic of the music as judged by the human listeners. Typical scalar values include energy level, happiness, danceability, melodicness, tempo, and anger. Each of the pieces of music judged by the listeners is then computationally processed to extract a large number of parameters which characterize the electronic signal within the recording. Algorithms are empirically generated which correlate the extracted parameters with the judgments based on human perception to build a model for each of the scalars of human perception. These models can then be applied to other music which has not been judged by the group of listeners to give to each piece of music a set of scalar values based on human perception. The set of scalar values can be used to find other pieces that sound similar to humans or vary in a dimension of one of the scalars.

An information display apparatus obtains a plurality of pieces of web data from one or more web servers connected to a network, each piece of web data composing either a portion of or a whole web page. The information display apparatus then receives an instruction from a user for specifying information to be extracted from each of the obtained pieces of web data, extracts the specified information from each of the obtained pieces of web data, constructs one screen using the extracted information, and displays the constructed screen.

The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for 3D model database retrieval using a 3D model as a search input. The method converts the search input into a plurality of orthogonal 2D views; generates a signature for each 2D view; and then searches the 3D model database by comparing the plurality of generated signatures with signatures generated for each 3D model in the database. The signatures are compared with one another across at least two orthogonal rotations. A system for 3D model retrieval and a method and system for creating 3D model database are also disclosed.

The invention provides a method and a system for processing user browsing behavior data based on a data warehouse. The data warehouse can be automatically created, and by utilizing the automatically created data warehouse, original user browsing behavior data is effectively stored and managed, so that a data foundation is provided for further application analysis. The method comprises the steps ofobtaining the original user browsing behavior data, and performing storage; extracting the original user browsing behavior data to a data storage server, and obtaining an original user browsing behavior data table; according to the original user browsing behavior data table, automatically creating the data warehouse, thereby generating a business topic-based business topic summary table; and according to a data service demand, creating an application table by the business topic summary table.

The invention discloses a method and a device for acquiring identification information of a target object based on an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring basic identification information of the target object, wherein the basic identification information is characteristic information for characterizing that the target object can be identified; capturing the target object according to the basic identification information; acquiring first standard identification information of the target object, wherein the first standard identification information is characteristic information for characterizing that the target object can be marked. By adopting the method and the device, disclosed by the invention, the technical problem of how to establish a complete information database of the target object based on the unmanned aerial vehicle in the prior art is solved.