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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2006
David S. Nazarian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brenda K. Laurel, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kimberly A. Perzel, Bedford, MA (US);
David S. Nazarian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brenda K. Laurel, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kimberly A. Perzel, Bedford, MA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for browsing a collection of metadata to locate media content associated with an item of metadata. The system operates by receiving a selection of an affinity from a user, wherein the affinity specifies a baseline preference of the user. Next, the system determines a value for each item of metadata in the collection of metadata that specifies how well each item of metadata fits the affinity. Finally, the system arranges the collection of metadata in a view, so that items of metadata with similar values are arranged in close proximity within the view, and so that items of metadata with dissimilar values are not arranged in close proximity within the view.