Patent ID: 7975226

Claim:
A method implemented at least in part by a computer system, the method for determining presentation effects for a sequence of digital content records and comprising the steps of: accessing first metadata associated with a first digital content record in the sequence of digital content records, the first metadata identifying an environment in which the first digital content record was captured, the first metadata not describing digital imagery of the first digital content record; accessing second metadata associated with a second digital content record in the sequence of digital content records different than the first digital content record, the second metadata identifying an environment in which the second digital content record was captured, the second metadata not describing digital imagery of the second digital content record, wherein the first metadata and the second metadata are of a same first category; determining, based at least upon a comparison of the first metadata and the second metadata, one of a type of presentation transition, a magnitude of presentation transition, or both a type and a magnitude of presentation transition between two of the digital content records in the sequence of digital content records; storing results of the determining step in a computer-accessible memory system; accessing first supplemental metadata associated with the first digital content record in the sequence of digital content records, the first supplemental metadata identifying an environment in which the first digital content record was captured, the first supplemental metadata not describing digital imagery of the first digital content record; accessing second supplemental metadata associated with the second digital content record in the sequence of digital content records, the second supplemental metadata identifying an environment in which the second digital content record was captured, the second supplemental metadata not describing digital imagery of the second digital content record; wherein the determining step is also based at least upon a comparison of the first supplemental metadata and the second supplemental metadata, and wherein the determining step is also based at least upon an order of evaluation of the comparison of (1) the first metadata and the second metadata and (2) the first supplemental metadata and the second supplemental metadata; and wherein the first supplemental metadata and the second supplemental metadata are of a same second category different than the first category.