Photo album creation based on social media content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9626382-B2
Application number	US-201213553311-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2012
Priority date	Jun 19, 2012
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

A method of creating a physical representation of digital information located on a social networking environment comprises retrieving a number of digital images from the social networking environment, retrieving data associated with the digital images, and creating a physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images, in which the data associated with the digital images comprises information about the subject matter of the digital images.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer program product for creating a physical representation of digital information located on a social networking environment, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage device comprising computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code to, when executed by a processor:
retrieve a number of digital images from the social networking environment;
retrieve data associated with the digital images;
identify user-selection of a number of instances of data associated with a number of digital images from the social networking environment comprising comments related to a specific group within the social networking environment; and
create a physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images,
wherein the data associated with the digital images comprises information about the subject matter of the digital images.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, customize a number of parameters of the physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images.

3. The computer program product of claim 2 , in which the computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, customize a number of parameters of the physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images comprises computer usable program code to, when executed by a processor, customize the layout of the physical representation of the data associated with the digital images with respect to the physical representation of the digital images, specifying which data associated with the digital images is physically represented, or combinations thereof.

4. The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, charge a user for retrieving a number of digital images from the social networking environment, retrieving data associated with the digital images, or creating a physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images.

5. The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, edit the data associated with the digital images.

6. The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, invite a number of users to contribute the data associated with the digital images on the social networking environment.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, invite the number of users to contribute the data associated with the digital images on the social networking environment comprises inviting the number of users to contribute the data associated with the digital images on the social networking environment associated with an event.

8. The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, invite a number of users to contribute the digital images on the social networking environment.

9. A network for creating a physical representation of digital information located on a social networking environment, comprising:
a number of computer system servers comprising a processing unit and a memory, the memory storing a number of digital images and data associated with the digital images presented within the social networking environment;
in which the processing unit:
retrieves the digital images from the social networking environment;
retrieves the data associated with the digital images; and
creates the physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images, the data associated with the digital images comprising information about the subject matter of the digital images,
wherein creating the physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images comprises adding an index marker to the physical representation, the index marker identifying from which of a number of photo albums within the social networking environment the images originate.

10. The network of claim 9 , further comprising a number of printing devices communicatively coupled to the computer system servers to print physical representations of the digital images and data associated with the digital images.

11. The network of claim 9 , further comprising a number of local computing devices communicatively coupled to the computer system servers, in which the computer system servers receive user instructions from the local computing devices to create a physical representation of the digital images and data associated with the digital images.

12. The network of claim 9 , wherein the processing unit further sends an invitation to a number of users to invite the users to contribute the data associated with the digital images on the social networking environment associated with an event.

Assignees

• De Armas Mario Ernesto
• IBM

Inventors

• De Armas Mario Ernesto

Classifications

• G06F16/54 Primary

  Browsing; Visualisation therefor · CPC title

• G06F16/48

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title

• G06F16/4393

  Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums · CPC title

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title