Patent ID: 9678961
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of associating metadata with a media object, the method comprising: assigning a unique identifier to a media object; separately publishing the media object to a plurality of social networks; obtaining a plurality of media-object identifiers from the plurality of social networks and storing the plurality of media-object identifiers in association with the unique identifier, wherein obtaining the plurality of media-object identifiers from the plurality of social networks includes, for each social network of the plurality of social networks to which the media object has been published, obtaining a media-object identifier of the plurality of media-object identifiers by which the media object is identified on that social network; retrieving, from each social network of the plurality of social networks, metadata that is stored on the social network in association with the media object using the media-object identifier of the plurality of media-object identifiers by which the media object is identified on that social network; storing the retrieved metadata in association with the media object; and displaying the retrieved metadata to a user with an indication of the social network from which the metadata has been retrieved.