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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Joaquin F. Luna, Durham, NC (US);

Rod D. Waltermann, Rougemont, NC (US);

Bradley P. Strazisar, Cary, NC (US);

Timothy W. Kingsbury, Cary, NC (US);

Vikram Sharma, Morrisville, NC (US);

Kushagra Jindal, Cary, NC (US);

Dipeshkumar N. Hada, Morrisville, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30035 (2013.01); G06F 17/3005 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

An approach is provided for identifying favorite multimedia content, such as digital photographs, possessed by a user. The approach detects a number of content sharing actions involving multimedia content, such as digital photographs, with the detecting being from a number of content handling applications, such as social media sites and person-to-person sharing. One of the content handling applications is a content player, such as a image viewer, that runs on a portable device, such as a smart phone or tablet computer system. The approach computes a shared content score for each of the multimedia content, with the shared content score being based on the content handling application that was used in the content sharing actions. The approach further identifies 'favorite' multimedia content based on the shared content score pertaining to each multimedia content.


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