Method and apparatus for moving multi-media file and storage medium storing program for executing the method

• US 20060004822A1
• Filed: 06/01/2005
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Hyok-sung, Kim, Young-yoon, Kim, Du-il, Ahn, Jin-yong, Shin, Seong-kook, Kim, Hee-yeon
• Application Number:
  US11/141,324
• Publication Number:
  US 20060004822A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for moving a multi-media file using a Universal Unique IDentifier (UUID) of a capture device, and a storage medium storing a program for executing the multi-media file moving method. The multi-media file moving method includes the operations of receiving unique identifier information about the device from the device, checking whether a directory having a name based on the unique identifier information exists in the storage device, generating the directory based on the unique identifier information if the directory does not exist in the storage device, and storing the multi-media file received from the device in the directory. Accordingly, a media file a user desires can be easily searched.

Claims

1. A method of moving a media file from a device having the media file to a storage device, the method comprising:

receiving unique identifier information about the device from the device;

checking whether a directory having a name based on the unique identifier information exists in the storage device;

generating the directory based on the unique identifier information if the directory does not exist in the storage device; and

storing the media file received from the device in the directory.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the directory is generated using further at least one of class information about the device and identification information about the vendor or manufacturer of the device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the directory is generated using at least one selected from the group consisting of translated information for the unique identifier information about the device, class information about the device, and the identification information about the vender or manufacturer of the device.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising generating a directory name based on the unique identifier information,

wherein the checking whether the directory exists in the storage device is performed using the directory name.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising generating a directory name based on the unique identifier information, wherein the checking whether the directory exists in the storage device is performed using the directory name.

6. A method of moving a media file from a device storing the media file to a storage device, the method comprising:

transmitting information based on unique identifier information about the device to the storage device when the device receives a request for the unique identifier information about the device; and

transmitting the media file to the storage device when the device receives a request for the media file.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the information based on the unique identifier information about the device includes at least one of class information about the device, the unique identifier information about the device, and identification information about the vendor or manufacturer of the device.

8. A method of moving a media file from a device storing the media file and an album file according to the MPV (MusicPhotoVideo) standard to a storage device, the method comprising:

receiving the album file from the device;

checking whether a directory having a name based on the unique identifier information about the device, the unique identifier information obtained by parsing the album file, exists in the storage device;

generating the directory based on the unique identifier information if the directory does not exist in the storage device; and

storing the media file and the album file received from the device in the directory.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising generating a directory name based on the unique identifier information about the device and metadata of the device, the meta data of the device also obtained by parsing the album file,

wherein the checking whether the directory exists in the storage device is performed using the directory name.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the metadata includes at least one selected from the group consisting of class information about the device, information about the vendor or manufacturer of the device, the model number of the device, and latest device information about the album file.

11. A method of moving a media file from a device storing the media file and an album file according to the MPV (MusicPhotoVideo) standard to a storage device, the method comprising:

reading the media file and the album file corresponding to the media file from the device when the device receives a request for the media file; and

transmitting the read-out media file and album file to the storage device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the album file is an index file of the media file.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the album file includes at least one selected from the group consisting of identification information about the device, class information about the device, a model number of the device, identification information about the vendor or manufacturer of the device, and latest device information about the album file.

14. An apparatus for moving a media file from a device having the media file to a storage device, the apparatus comprising:

an interface receiving unique identifier information about the device and the media file from the device;

a file system managing at least one directory of the storage device and performing a write function for the media file; and

a media file moving controller checking whether a directory having a name based on the unique identifier information received from the interface exists in the file system, and requesting the write function for the media file from the file system if the directory exists in the file system.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the media file moving controller further generates a directory name based on the unique identifier information and requests the file system to generate the directory having the generated directory name if the directory having the generated directory name does not exist in the file system.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the media file moving controller generates the directory name by further using at least one of class information of the device and identification information about the vendor or manufacturer of the device.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the media file moving controller generates the directory name using at least one selected from the group consisting of translated information for the unique identifier information, class information of the device, and identification information about the vender or manufacturer of the device.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the media file moving controller comprises:

a table storing translated information corresponding to unique identifier information of at least one device;

a table manager obtaining the translated information from the table based on the unique identifier information of the device; and

a download manager providing the unique identifier information received from the interface to the table manager, checking whether the directory having a name based on the translated information received from the table manager exists in the file system, and requesting the file system to write the media file if the directory exists in the file system.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the download manager generates a directory name based on the translated information and class information about the device and checks whether the directory having the directory name exists in the file system.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the table manager generates the translated information corresponding to the unique identifier information about the device if the translated information does not exist in the table, and updates the translated information stored in the table using the generated translated information.

21. An apparatus for moving a media file from a device storing the media file and an album file according to the MPV (MusicPhotoVideo) standard to a storage device, the apparatus comprising:

an interface receiving the media file and the album file corresponding to the media file from the device;

a file system managing at least one directory of the storage device and writing the media file and the album file; and

a media file moving controller checking whether a directory having a name based on the album file received from the interface exists in the file system, and requesting the file system to write the media file and the album file if the directory exists in the file system.

22. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein the album file includes at least one selected from the group consisting of identification information about the device, class information of the device, a model number of the device, identification information about the vendor or manufacturer of the device, and latest device information about the album file.

23. The apparatus as claimed in claim 22, wherein the media file moving controller generates a directory name based on the album file and requests the file system to generate the directory having the directory name if the directory having the directory name does not exist in the file system.

24. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein the media file moving controller comprises:

a table storing translated information corresponding to unique identifier information about at least one media device;

a table manager obtaining the translated information from the table based on the unique identifier information about the media device;

an album file parser parsing the album file; and

a file download manager providing the album file received from the interface to the album file parser, providing the unique identifier information included in a result of the parsing received from the album file parser to the table manager, checking whether the directory having a name based on the translated information received from the table manager exists in the file system and requesting the file system to write the media file and the album file if the directory exists in the file system.

25. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein the album file comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of identification information about the device, class information about the device, a model number of the device, identification information about the vendor or manufacturer of the device, and latest device information about the album file.

26. A computer readable storage medium storing a program for executing a method of moving a media file from a device having the media file to a storage device, the media file moving method comprising:

receiving unique identifier information about the device from the device;

checking whether a directory having a name based on the unique identifier information exists in the storage device;

generating the directory based on the unique identifier information if the directory does not exist in the storage device; and

storing the media file received from the device in the directory.

27. A computer readable storage medium storing a program for executing a method of moving a media file from a device storing the media file and an album file according to the MPV (MusicPhotoVideo) standard to a storage device, the media file moving method comprising:

receiving the album file from the device;

checking whether a directory having a name based on the unique identifier information about the device, the unique identifier information obtained by parsing the album file, exists in the storage device;

generating the directory based on the unique identifier information if the directory does not exist in the storage device; and

storing the media file and the album file received from the device in the directory.