Patent Document ID: 9880693
Application ID: 13743390

Base Claim:
1. A method, implemented at a computer system that includes one or more processors, for automatically editing storyboards based on a learned user-specific editing style, the method comprising: determining a first set of characteristics for a first plurality of media content items in a first storyboard, including: receiving first user input associating each of the first plurality of media content items with one or more of a first plurality of cells of a first storyboard; and analyzing each of the first plurality of media content items, including their associations with the first plurality of cells, to identify the first set of characteristics of the first plurality of media content items; determining a set of user-specific editing characteristics applied to the first plurality of media content items in the first story board, including: receiving second user input comprising a set of editing decisions, to create an edited first storyboard, the set of editing decisions including a plurality of editing decisions applied to the first plurality of cells to edit the first plurality of media content items in the first storyboard; and based on receiving the second user input, automatically defining a user-specific editing style, including comparing the first storyboard to the edited first storyboard to determine one or more user-specific editing style rules corresponding to the set of editing decisions that resulted in the differences between the first storyboard and the edited first storyboard, and defining metadata representing at least one of the plurality of editing decisions applied to the first plurality of cells; and automatically applying the user-specific editing style to a second plurality of media content items, including: receiving third user input associating each of the second plurality of media content items with one or more of a second plurality of cells of a second storyboard; analyzing each of the second plurality of media content items, including, their associations with the second plurality of cells, to identify a second set of characteristics of the second plurality of media content items; comparing the first set of characteristics of the first plurality of media content items with the second set of characteristics of the second plurality of media content items, to identify at least one of the second plurality of media content items that has at least one characteristic that matches at least one characteristic of at least one of the first plurality of media content items; automatically creating an edited second storyboard, by at least applying the user-specific editing style to the identified at least one of the second plurality of media content items that has at least one characteristic that matches at least one characteristic of at least one of the first plurality of media content items; and displaying the edited second storyboard.

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Claim 4:
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first media content items comprises receiving, via a drag and drop model in a user interface, the first media content items into the first plurality of cells in the first storyboard.