US 11,748,401 B2
Generating congruous metadata for multimedia
Malcolm Slaney, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Kilian Weinberger, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to YAHOO ASSETS LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by YAHOO ASSETS LLC, Dulles, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/281,158.
Application 16/281,158 is a continuation of application No. 12/042,306, filed on Mar. 4, 2008, granted, now 10,216,761.
Prior Publication US 2019/0179850 A1, Jun. 13, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/58 (2019.01); G06F 16/68 (2019.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06F 16/783 (2019.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/58 (2019.01) [G06F 16/5838 (2019.01); G06F 16/68 (2019.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); G06F 16/7847 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A computing device comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
determining logic executed by the processor for determining a similarity between content of a first content item and content of a second content item, the determining comprising analyzing digital data of the first and second content items to determine the similarity;
using logic executed by the processor for using information indicating an absence of user verification of computer-generated congruous metadata to make an determination to dynamically adjust an adjustable similarity threshold configured for adjustment between being more or less restrictive;
adjusting logic executed by the processor for adjust, in response to the determination, the adjustable similarity threshold to be more restrictive requiring a higher degree of similarity between the first and second content items in the absence of user verification of the computer-generated congruous metadata;
determining logic executed by the processor for determining that the similarity determined for the first and second content items satisfies the adjustable similarity threshold;
comparing logic executed by the processor for, responsive to determining the similarity satisfies the adjustable similarity threshold, comparing a first set of metadata associated with the first content item with a second set of metadata associated with the second content item, the comparing comprising identifying metadata found in both the first and second sets of metadata;
generating logic executed by the processor for automatically generating the congruous metadata using the identified metadata found in both the first and second sets of metadata; and
in response to a retrieval request comprising at least some of the congruous metadata as selection criteria, retrieving, from a data store, at least one of the first and second contents.