Patent ID: 9424280
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: obtaining timestamp information for a plurality of media items; assigning each media item of the plurality of media items to one of a plurality of media item groups based at least in part on the timestamp information, each media item group of the plurality of media item groups having at least one media item of the plurality of media items assigned to it, the plurality of media item groups comprising a current media item group and a previous media item group, the current media item group representing a first period of time, the previous media item group representing a second period of time that is earlier than the first period of time; determining a number of media items assigned to the previous media item group; determining a number of media items assigned to the current media item group of the plurality of media item groups; performing a comparison between the number of media items assigned to the current media item group and a threshold number of media items; based at least on a) the comparison, b) the number of media items assigned to the previous media item group, and c) the length of the second period of time, determining to compound the current media item group with the previous media item group of the plurality of media item groups thereby forming a compound group comprising the one or more media items assigned to the current media item group and the one or more media items assigned to the previous media item group, the compound group representing a third period of time comprising the first period of time and the second period of time; wherein the previous media item group is formed by compounding at least two of the plurality of media item groups to form the previous media item group; displaying on a video display an indication that the compound group represents the third period of time; and wherein the method is performed by a computing device.