Patent Document ID: 8897556
Application ID: 13717422
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a set of digital photos; establishing a number of photo chapters within which to organize the digital photos; determining a minimum number of the digital photos to include in each of the photo chapters based on the number of photo chapters and a quantity of the digital photos; organizing the digital photos into the photo chapters based on: determining a largest time gap between consecutive photos; determining whether a first photo quantity before the largest time gap exceeds the minimum number of included photos and whether a second photo quantity after the largest time gap exceeds the minimum number of included photos; and one of: creating a chapter break at the largest time gap if both the first and second photo quantities exceed the minimum number of included photos; or marking the largest time gap as a non-chapter break if either of the first or second photo quantities is less than the minimum number of included photos; and repeating said organizing the digital photos into the photo chapters until a number of chapter breaks is one less than the established number of the photo chapters.