Methods and systems for managing data

• US 20060195481A1
• Filed: 01/30/2006
• Published: 08/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran, Ording, Bas, Giampaolo, Dominic, Arrouye, Yan, Cisler, Pavel, Tiene, Kevin, Lemay, Stephen Olivier, Os, Marcel van, Christie, Gregory
• Granted Patent: US 7,613,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/11 File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots file system backup G06F11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for another type of file. Other methods are described and data processing systems and machine readable media are also described.

Claims

1-111. -111. (canceled)

112. A machine implemented method of managing data, the method comprising:

displaying a window having a plurality of first items and a plurality of second items;

displaying a control for selecting at least either a first type of view or a second type of view for at least one of the first items and the second items in the window;

displaying the plurality of first items in the first type of view within the window and displaying the plurality of second items in the second type of view within the window.

113. A method as in claim 112 wherein the window is a search results window and wherein the first type of view is an icon view and the second type of view is a list view.

114. A method as in claim 113 wherein the first items are grouped together and separately from the second items which are grouped together.

115. A machine readable medium containing executable program instructions for causing a data processing system to perform a method of managing data, the method comprising

displaying a window having a plurality of first items and a plurality of second items;

displaying a control for selecting at least either a first type of view or a second type of view for at least one of the first items and the second items in the window;

displaying the plurality of first items in the first type of view within the window and displaying the plurality of second items in the second type of view within the window.

116. A machine readable medium as in claim 115 wherein the window is a search results window and wherein the first type of view is an icon view and the second type of view is a list view.

117. A machine readable medium as in claim 115 wherein the first items are grouped together and separately from the second items which are grouped together.

118. A data processing system comprising:

means for displaying a window having a plurality of first items and a plurality of second items;

means for displaying a control for selecting at least either a first type of view or a second type of view for at least one of the first items and the second items in the window;

means for displaying the plurality of first items in the first type of view within the window and displaying the plurality of second items in the second type of view within the window.

119. A data processing system as in claim 118 wherein the window is a search results window and wherein the first type of view is an icon view and the second type of view is a list view.

120. A data processing system as in claim 118 wherein the first items are grouped together and separately from the second items which are grouped together.

121. A machine readable medium containing executable program instructions for causing a data processing system to perform a method comprising:

displaying a search results window which shows a plurality of items in the search results window, in response to performing a search, wherein a first group of items of the plurality of items are displayed in a first type of view and a second group of items of the plurality of items are displayed in a second type of view concurrently with the first group being displayed in the first type of view.

122. A medium as in claim 121 wherein the first type of view is a list view and the second type of view is an icon view.

123. A medium as in claim 121 wherein the first group are displayed in a group together and separately from the second group which are displayed in another group.

124. A medium as in claim 121 wherein the search is performed through metadata for a plurality of files, wherein the type of information in metadata for a first type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for a second type of file.

125. A machine implemented method comprising:

displaying a search results window which shows a plurality of items in the search results window, in response to performing a search, wherein a first group of items of the plurality of items are displayed in a first type of view and a second group of items of the plurality of items are displayed in a second type of view concurrently with the first group being displayed in the first type of view.

126. A method as in claim 125 wherein the first type of view is a list view and the second type of view is an icon view.

127. A method as in claim 125 wherein the first group are displayed in a group together and separately from the second group which are displayed in another group.

128. A method as in claim 125 wherein the search is performed through metadata for a plurality of files, wherein the type of information in metadata for a first type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for a second type of file.