Media file sharing, correlation of metadata related to shared media files and assembling shared media file collections

摘要

The present invention provides for systems and methods for communicating media files and creating a collection of media files, also referred to herein as a master media file. In addition, the systems and methods of the present invention provide for the creation of automatic metadata and compilation of metadata associated with the collection of media files. The present invention is able to bond devices, referred to herein as slave devices, such as media capture devices, presence devices and/or sensor devices and instruct the slave devices, particularly the media capture devices, to communicate captured media files with a specified set of metadata included.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
monitor an area of interest for the presence of potential bondable slave devices;receive a presence signal from a potential bondable slave device;determine a bond capability of the potential bondable slave device;approve the potential bondable slave device as a bonded slave device; andprovide, at least in part, for communication to the bonded slave device of bonded device metadata information and media file transfer parameters, including definition of media file metadata that is to be included with a captured media file of a plurality of media files, the plurality of media files communicated to the potential bondable slave device from a master device when the slave device is bonded.