| US 7,500,199 B2 | ||
| Generating stylistically relevant placeholder covers for media items | ||
| Thamer A. Abanami, Seattle, Wash. (US); Jeffrey C. Fong, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Julian Selman, Seattle, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/102,459. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0230331 A1, Oct. 12, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—744 [715/243; 707/104.1] | 18 Claims |
| 7. A computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, direct a device to:
store a media item;
obtain metadata for the media item, the metadata specifying a genre and at least one other piece of information about the
media item;
identify the genre of the media item from the metadata;
use the genre and the other piece of information to select design elements from a collection of design elements and to arrange
the selected design elements;
generate a cover image that represents the media item, the cover image being composed of the selected and arranged design
elements;
associate the cover image with the media item;
periodically check to see if an original cover image corresponding to the media item becomes available, the original cover
image being provided by online services; and
in response to the original cover image becoming available, replacing the cover image with the original cover image.
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