Structure editing apparatus, picture structure editing apparatus, object content structure management method, object content structure display method, content management method and computer product

• US 20040250211A1
• Filed: 07/01/2004
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ethicon Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Ethicon Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Kiyoshi, Takahashi, Nozomu, Kunieda, Takayuki, Wakita, Yuki
• Application Number:
  US10/880,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20040250211A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/213 Read-only discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A structure editing apparatus and a picture structure editing apparatus capable of modifying or correcting a structure created in advance with data having a range (segment) set as a structural unit while utilizing original structure information as much as possible are provided. Each apparatus includes a first designating unit designating an arbitrary segment in structure information as a target segment; a second designating unit designating an arbitrary position included in a range of the target segment; and a segment dividing unit dividing the range of the target segment into two segments, i.e., a first half segment and a second half segment with the position designated by the second designating unit set as a dividing position, and replacing the target segment by the two segments.

Claims

1-51. -51. (Canceled).

52. A content management method capable of managing one content by a plurality of data formats, wherein

data of an original content consisting of one or a plurality of files and a plurality of items of data expressed in a data format different from a data format of the data of the original content are integrated into one logical content and collectively managed.

53. A content management method according to claim 52, wherein

when a content is one of picture data and voice data, then the files of the original contents, a file in a data format suited for a processing or a file registered in response to a user'"'"'s request are collectively managed.

54. A content management method according to claim 53, wherein

after registering the original contents, a file in a data format suited for a processing requested in response to a processing request for specifying a logical content is created or files in a plurality of data formats assumed in advance are automatically created at free timing.

55. A content management method according to claim 53, wherein said processing is one of a data editing operation, a content description operation and a delivery operation.

56. A content management method according to claim 55, wherein

after registering the original contents, a file in a data format suited for a processing requested in response to a processing request for specifying a logical content is created or files in a plurality of data formats assumed in advance are automatically created at free timing.

57. A content management method according to claim 52, wherein

when the original contents are constituted out of a plurality of items of data, management information for managing an allocation position and an allocation length of each data for allocating each data to the logical content consisting of the plurality of items of data of the original content is provided, the management information as well as the files being collectively managed.

58. A content management method according to claim 57, wherein

each data of the original content constituting said logical content is a part of one file or has an overlapped content between the data of the original content.

59. A content management method according to claim 52, wherein

an attribute of a content is described as content description information indicating the content.

60. A content management method according to claim 59, wherein the content description information has a logical structure.

61. A content management method according to claim 52, wherein the content description information indicating the content is included as data to be collectively managed.

62. A content management method according to claim 52, wherein the content description information having a logical structure is included as data to be collectively managed.

63. A computer program for executing a content management method capable of managing one content by a plurality of data formats, wherein

data of an original content consisting of one or a plurality of files and a plurality of items of data expressed in a data format different from a data format of the data of the original content are integrated into one logical content and collectively managed.