Patent ID: 7610554

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: selecting a capturing template at a first media content capturing device to facilitate capturing a particular quantity and type(s) of media content, wherein the capturing template is a spatial capturing template, a temporal capturing template, or a combination of the spatial and temporal capturing template, the spatial capturing template being used to capture still image media content, the temporal capturing template being used to capture video media content, the combination being used to capture a combination of a still image and a video sequence; displaying the capturing template onto a display device of the first media content capturing device, the capturing template being displayed in a semi-transparent manner such that a user can match a real scene with the capturing template while capturing media content, and the capturing template displayed as a plurality of windows, wherein each of a number of the plurality of windows are related to a corresponding media segment of the capturing template and at least one of the number of windows includes media content captured by the first media content capturing device, and wherein an additional window corresponds to a selected media segment of the capturing template and the additional window shows a particular real scene of first visual media content; capturing the first visual media content via the first media content capturing device based on a temporal structure provided by the capturing template, wherein the first visual media content is associated with a first set of timestamps; importing second visual media content at the first media content capturing device from a second media content capturing device, wherein the second visual media content is associated with a second set of timestamps and the second visual media content is captured coincident with the first visual media content; synchronizing the first visual media content and the second visual media content utilizing the first set of timestamps and the second set of timestamps; and placing the second visual media content into one or more slots of the capturing template after synchronizing the first visual media content and the second visual media content.