Patent ID: 9152707
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for receiving and storing media objects in a navigable environment implemented on at least one computer executing computer readable program code stored in a tangible memory medium, wherein said at least one computer is configured to: receive a live recording comprising video selected by an author, wherein said live recording is recorded on a media capture device; receive capture metadata associated with said live recording, wherein said capture metadata is metadata collected by said media capture device comprising a location of recording, a time of recording, and an orientation of said media capture device; receive author metadata comprising information about said author; analyze said capture metadata and said author metadata to determine at least one potential relationship with data consisting of news events, accidents, scheduled events, event information, sponsored events, promotional events, map information, and location information; provide at least one selection to a user, wherein said at least one selection comprises said at least one potential relationship; receive at least one selected relationship from said user; associate said at least one selected relationship with said live recording, wherein said at least one selected relationship is stored as relationship metadata; create a media object comprising said live recording, said capture metadata, said author metadata and said relationship metadata; and providing said media object as one of a plurality of relevant media objects in a view of a virtual navigable environment comprising a time dimension and at least one other dimension, wherein a user may change a selected position in said time dimension and said at least one other dimension, and wherein said plurality of relevant media objects is determined based on proximity to said selected position in said time dimension and said at least one other dimension.