Patent ID: 7685163
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for producing a media asset illustration, the method being performed by a computing device, and the method comprising: collecting one or more media assets, wherein each of the media assets contains one or more data segments, at least one of the data segments including media asset metadata or media content; selecting a media asset from the collected media assets; creating a media asset illustration for the selected media asset, if determining that the selected media asset does not have an associated media asset illustration; associating the created media asset illustration with the selected media asset, if determining that the selected media asset does not have an associated media asset illustration; and thereafter selecting another media asset from the collected media assets and repeating the creating and the associating for the another media asset, if determining that the selected another media asset does not already have an associated media asset illustration, wherein the media asset illustration is created based on analysis of the media asset.