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Organizing media items based on metadata similarities

US9424280B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 2013
Grant dateAug 23, 2016
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/4393
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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.

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