Patent ID: 7908273
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating navigation of a media library including a plurality of media objects, the method comprising: accessing a local database provided on a client device, the local database comprising an entity hierarchy of a plurality of semantic entities and a plurality of media descriptors, wherein one or more of the plurality of semantic entities is associated with one or more media descriptors; processing the plurality of media objects using at least one processor of a machine to identify one or more of the media descriptors associated with each media object; identifying an entity in the entity hierarchy corresponding to the one or more media descriptors associated with the media object; applying inheritance to the plurality of semantic entities so that at least some of the plurality of semantic entities not having directly associated media descriptors are associated with media descriptors associated with one or more other entity; and storing the association between the media objects and the one or more media descriptors associated with the media objects through the applied inheritance to allow a user to subsequently navigate using the media descriptors to select a media object or a group of media objects on the client device.