Patent ID: 9697293
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A system for controlling metadata associated with content items as directed by a user of an electronic device, the system comprising: a user interface comprising interface screens displayed on a display of the electronic device; an input mechanism on the electronic device, the input mechanism receiving user instructions through the user interface; a plurality of content items accessible by the electronic device, one or more of the plurality of content items having metadata associated therewith; a content selection component that displays one or more of the plurality of content items on the display of the electronic device, and enables selection of one or more of the plurality of content items; a plurality of content sharing mechanisms on the electronic device, each of the plurality of content sharing mechanisms for at least one of receiving content items and sending content items over a network accessible by the electronic device; a plurality of metadata profiles accessible by the electronic device, each of the plurality of metadata profiles including profile instructions regarding metadata control, and each of the plurality of metadata profiles being associated with at least one of the plurality of content sharing mechanisms; a sharing selection component for selecting a selected content item of the plurality of content items, and for selecting a selected content sharing mechanism of the plurality of content sharing mechanisms, the selected content item having selected content metadata associated therewith; a metadata modification component for modifying metadata associated with one or more of the plurality of content items; a sharing component for sharing a sharing version of the selected content item with a sharing version of the selected content metadata over the network through the selected content sharing mechanism; wherein when the selected content sharing mechanism is selected, the system automatically determines which of the plurality of metadata profiles is associated with the selected content sharing mechanism, the metadata modification component then modifies the selected content metadata in accordance with the profile instructions of each of the plurality of metadata profiles associated with the selected content sharing mechanism to generate the sharing version of the selected content metadata before the sharing component shares the sharing version of the selected content item, and then the sharing component shares the sharing version of the selected content item with the sharing version of the selected content metadata over the network through the selected content sharing mechanism.