Techniques for managing media content

摘要

Various media management techniques are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a metadata information database to store metadata, a media object database to store media objects, and a media content manager to couple to the metadata information database and the media object database. The media content manager may comprise a metadata manager to retrieve and associate metadata from the metadata information database with different media objects. The media content manager may further comprise a media object classifier to classify the media objects into hierarchical categories based on the metadata. The media content manager may still further comprise an album generator to generate a media album representing a hierarchical category. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

主权项

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:
a metadata information database to store metadata; a media object database to store media objects; a media content manager to couple with said metadata information database and said media object database, said media content manager comprising:
a map location module coupled with a location device to generate location information metadata associated with a media object when the media object is created, and store said location information metadata in said metadata information database;a metadata manager to retrieve and associate metadata from said metadata information database with different media objects;a media object classifier to classify said media objects into hierarchical categories based on said metadata; andan album generator to generate a media album representing a hierarchical category; a user preference database coupled with said media content manager, said user preference database to store a user profile, said user profile to include a set of user preferences to define metadata associated with a given media object, a graphics user interface application, said graphics user interface application to display multiple thumbnail images for said hierarchical categories grouped in a media album, and a collection of thumbnail images for each of multiple media albums for said hierarchical categories grouped in a media album collection, on a display for said mobile computing device, the collection of thumbnail images for each of multiple media albums displayed as a reduced image size of each of the multiple thumbnail images grouped in the media album; and a map generator to couple with a map information database, said media object database, and the map location module, said map generator to generate a map with map information from said map information database, said map generator to position a thumbnail image of a media object on said map using said location information metadata generated by said map location module, the thumbnail image to visually identify content for the media object.