IP Library Granted Patent US 10,846,324
Granted Patent B2
US 10,846,324 · App. 16/047,494 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Device, method, and user interface for managing and interacting with media content

Inventors: Junwen Zhang (Hangzhou, CN); Lin Kang (Beijing, CN); Yan Cheng (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
G06F16/5838G06F16/00G06F16/44G06F16/487G06F16/489G06F16/5854
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Patent No.
US 10,846,324
App. No.
16/047,494
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for content processing, including: classifying a plurality of media content items into corresponding categories; determining, based at least in part on a category, a content label and display information associated with the content label, wherein: the category corresponds to an item of media content; the content label corresponds to the category; and the display information indicates a display area for displaying the content label on a display interface; and displaying the content label based at least in part on the display information on the display interface.

Claims (70)

1. A method for content processing, comprising:

classifying a plurality of media content items into corresponding categories;

determining, based at least in part on a category, a content label and display information associated with the content label, wherein:

the category corresponds to an item of media content;

the content label corresponds to the category; and

the display information indicates a display area for displaying the content label on a display interface, wherein determining the content label further includes determining a priority level corresponding to the category based at least in part on a set of images that has been classified into the category, wherein the display information associated with the content label is determined based at least in part on the priority level;

displaying the content label based at least in part on the display information on the display interface;

detecting an addition or removal of one or more media content items with respect to the plurality of media content items;

in response to the addition or removal of the one or more media content items with respect to the plurality of media content items, classifying an updated set of images into the category;

determining an updated priority level corresponding to the category based at least in part on the updated set of images; and

determining updated display information associated with the content label based at least in part on the updated priority level.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the priority level corresponding to the category comprises:

determining one or more attributes associated with the category; and

determining the priority level based at least in part on the determined one or more attributes.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more attributes comprises at least one of the following: a dimension attribute, a quantity attribute, and/or an operation attribute.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determining of the one or more attributes associated with the category and the determining of the priority level based at least in part on the one or more attributes comprises at least one of the following:

obtaining a number of items of media content corresponding to the category and determining the priority level associated with the category based at least in part on the number of the items of media content; and/or

obtaining dimension rank information corresponding to the dimension attribute associated with the category and determining the priority level associated with the category based at least in part on the dimension rank information.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the dimension attribute includes at least one of the following: a dimension of time, a dimension of location, a dimension of image feature, and/or a dimension of source.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display area associated with the content label is configured to occupy an area larger than content labels associated with a lower priority level.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display information includes information that specifies one or more appearance settings associated with the content label when displayed on the display interface, wherein the one or more appearance settings include at least one of: a shape attribute, and/or color attribute.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the content label based at least in part on the display information comprises:

dispersing the content label on the display interface based at least in part on the display information.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the content label based at least in part on the display information comprises:

configuring the content label to a designated area on the display interface based at least in part on the display information; and

expanding, upon receiving a pre-configured command, the designated area displaying the content label to occupy a larger area of the display interface.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the pre-configured command includes a user operation.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the larger area of the display interface includes an entire display region of the display interface.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, prior to the displaying of the content label based at least in part on the display information:

determining a set of one or more content labels based at least in part on respective display areas; and

displaying the set of one or more content labels.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining feature information associated with the item of media content by retrieving information pertaining to at least one dimension of the item of media content; and

grouping items of media content based on categories corresponding to the feature information to obtain categorized a collection of items of media content.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the retrieving of the information pertaining to the at least one dimension of the item of media content comprises:

determining target image features based on retrieved image features; and/or

retrieving target context features from descriptive information associated with the item of media content; and/or

retrieving source features from source information associated with the item of media content.

15. A system for content processing, comprising:

one or more processors configured to:

classify a plurality of media content items into corresponding categories;

determine, based at least in part on a category, a content label and display information associated with the content label, wherein:

the category corresponds to an item of media content;

the content label corresponds to the category; and

the display information indicates a display area for displaying the content label on a display interface, wherein to determine the content label further includes to determine a priority level corresponding to the category based at least in part on a set of images that has been classified into the category, wherein the display information associated with the content label is determined based at least in part on the priority level;

display the content label based at least in part on the display information on the display interface;

detect an addition or removal of one or more media content items with respect to the plurality of media content items;

in response to the addition or removal of the one or more media content items with respect to the plurality of media content items, classify an updated set of images into the category;

determine an updated priority level corresponding to the category based at least in part on the updated set of images; and

determine updated display information associated with the content label based at least in part on the updated priority level; and

one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein to determine the priority level corresponding to the category comprises to:

determine one or more attributes associated with the category; and

determine the priority level based at least in part on the determined one or more attributes.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more attributes comprises at least one of the following: a dimension attribute, a quantity attribute, and/or an operation attribute.

18. A computer program product for content processing, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

classifying a plurality of media content items into corresponding categories;

determining, based at least in part on a category, a content label and display information associated with the content label, wherein:

the category corresponds to an item of media content;

the content label corresponds to the category; and

the display information indicates a display area for displaying the content label on a display interface, wherein determining the content label further includes determining a priority level corresponding to the category based at least in part on a set of images that has been classified into the category, wherein the display information associated with the content label is determined based at least in part on the priority level;

displaying the content label based at least in part on the display information on the display interface;

detecting an addition or removal of one or more media content items with respect to the plurality of media content items;

in response to the addition or removal of the one or more media content items with respect to the plurality of media content items, classifying an updated set of images into the category;

determining an updated priority level corresponding to the category based at least in part on the updated set of images; and

determining updated display information associated with the content label based at least in part on the updated priority level.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein to determine the one or more attributes associated with the category and to determine the priority level based at least in part on the one or more attributes comprises at least one of the following:

obtain a number of items of media content corresponding to the category and determining the priority level associated with the category based at least in part on the number of the items of media content; and/or

obtain dimension rank information corresponding to the dimension attribute associated with the category and determine the priority level associated with the category based at least in part on the dimension rank information.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the dimension attribute includes at least one of the following: a dimension of time, a dimension of location, a dimension of image feature, and/or a dimension of source.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2020
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: BANMA ZHIXING NETWORK (HONGKONG) CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054384/0014 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2018
From: ZHANG, JUNWEN; KANG, LIN; CHENG, YAN
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047153/0281 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0059928 · Jan 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTCN2017071559 · Jan 18, 2017
Related Publication 20190026313A1 · Jan 24, 2019
Cited By (1)
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