Portable Device Media Tagging via Internet Bulletin Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual and automatic tagging of media content captured by portable devices is either time-consuming or lacks human association, making it inefficient for users to recall events.
Innovation Solution
Retrieving data related to time, position, and topic from bulletin services on the Internet to automatically associate metadata with media content, enabling less time-consuming and more meaningful tagging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If manual tagging is used, then the tagging is meaningful and associated with human recollection, but it is time-consuming for the user
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically retrieves news headlines and events from bulletin services and associates them with media content without requiring user input. The portable electronic device performs the tagging operation autonomously by connecting to Internet resources, comparing timestamps, and generating meaningful tags based on contextual relevance, thereby eliminating the time-consuming manual tagging process while preserving meaningful associations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-loads and stores news headlines and bulletin board information in a database before they are needed for tagging. By maintaining a ready repository of contextual information with timestamps, the system can quickly match and associate relevant events with media content during the capture moment, avoiding real-time information retrieval delays while ensuring meaningful tags are generated.
2Loss of time
If automatic tagging by time is used, then it is fast and efficient, but it is blunt from a perspective of human associations
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces news headlines and bulletin board information as an intermediary layer between the simple timestamp and the media content. Instead of directly associating only the time with the media file, the system retrieves contextual news events that occurred at or near the capture time, using these news items as mediators to create richer, more human-associated tags that bridge the gap between mechanical time-stamping and meaningful recollection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms the tagging parameter from a single-dimensional timestamp to a multi-dimensional context by incorporating news headlines, event descriptions, and topical information. By changing the parameter set from merely temporal data to include semantic content from bulletin services, the system enhances the associative value of tags while maintaining automated efficiency.
3Extent of automation
If data from Internet bulletin services is retrieved and added to metadata, then automatic and associative tagging is enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The portable electronic device leverages its existing multi-functional capabilities, particularly its Internet connectivity and web browser components, to perform news retrieval and tagging operations. By reusing the device's existing communication hardware and software infrastructure for dual purposes (general Internet access and automated tagging), the system achieves automatic tagging functionality without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses news bulletin services and headlines as intermediaries to simplify the tagging process. Instead of implementing complex artificial intelligence or image recognition systems to understand media content, the device connects to external bulletin services that provide pre-processed, contextually relevant information. This intermediary approach allows automatic tagging with meaningful associations while keeping the device's internal processing requirements relatively simple.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for tagging media content captured by a portable electronic device is disclosed. The method comprises determining a time for capturing of a piece of media content; connecting, via the Internet, to at least one bulletin service; acquiring from the at least one bulletin service, a data string indicating information associated with the determined time; and including the data string into metadata associated with the piece of media content. A portable electronic device and a computer program are also disclosed.