US 12,079,271 B2
Auto-populating image metadata
Durga Prasad Pulicharla, Andhra Pradesh (IN); and Madhusudhan Srinivasan, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/197,572.
Application 18/197,572 is a continuation of application No. 17/556,576, filed on Dec. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,687,589.
Application 17/556,576 is a continuation of application No. 16/582,145, filed on Sep. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,238,094, issued on Feb. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0289384 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 16/732 (2019.01); G06F 16/738 (2019.01); G06F 16/783 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/738 (2019.01) [G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 16/7328 (2019.01); G06F 16/783 (2019.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving an image;
identifying a media item comprising content corresponding to the image and a time in the media item when the content corresponding to the image exists;
storing in association with the media item an indication of the media item and the time in the media item when the content corresponding to the image exists;
receiving a user interface interaction via a user device with the media item;
in response to the receiving of the user interface interaction, identifying a media source of a plurality of media sources to which the user device has access; and
causing a playing of the media item from the media source to which the user device is determined to have access from the time in the media item when the content corresponding to the image exists.