Patent ID: 8347213

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: logic encoded in one or more storage media for execution and when executed operable to: receive one or more digital visual media items; receive one or more digital audio media items; inferentially select which of a plurality of design animation modules to use to create an overall audiovisual work, based at least in part upon all of: (a) one or more detected visual characteristics of at least one of the digital visual media items, (b) one or more detected audio characteristics of at least one of the digital audio media items, and (c) one or more metadata values of one or more attributes obtained from at least one of the plurality of design animation modules; assign the digital visual media items to one or more digital visual media item placeholders of one or more of the selected design animation module(s); arrange the selected design animation module(s) to the digital audio media items; create the audiovisual work using the selected and arranged design animation module(s); wherein each design animation module of the plurality of design animation modules is an independent interchangeable unit that can be combined with other design animation modules of the plurality of design animation modules to form different overall audiovisual works.