Coalesced per-file device synchronization status
First Claim
1. A method of reporting status information in a user interface, said status information relating to a synchronization between a source device and a target device coupled thereto, said synchronization including one or more operations performed on each of a plurality of selected digital files being synchronized, said method comprising:
- defining one or more categories of status information in connection with the synchronization operations performed on the digital files;
upon termination of a synchronization operation performed on one of the digital files, categorizing per-file status information for the terminated synchronization operation in one of the defined categories; and
displaying the defined categories having per-file status information categorized therein with a summary of the per-file status information.
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Abstract
Methods for reporting status information in a user interface and managing synchronizations. One or more categories of status information are defined in connection with synchronization operations performed on digital files. Upon termination of a synchronization operation, per-file status information for the terminated synchronization operation is categorized in one of the defined categories. The defined categories having per-file status information categorized therein are displayed with a summary of the per-file status information. In one aspect, an expandable node corresponding to each of the defined categories of status information that have per-file status information categorized therein is displayed. Grouping the digital files according to the defined categories of status information, permits collectively managing the digital files.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of reporting status information in a user interface, said status information relating to a synchronization between a source device and a target device coupled thereto, said synchronization including one or more operations performed on each of a plurality of selected digital files being synchronized, said method comprising:
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defining one or more categories of status information in connection with the synchronization operations performed on the digital files;
upon termination of a synchronization operation performed on one of the digital files, categorizing per-file status information for the terminated synchronization operation in one of the defined categories; and
displaying the defined categories having per-file status information categorized therein with a summary of the per-file status information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a computer system having a display and a selection device, a method of reporting status information in a user interface presented on the computer system display, said status information relating to a synchronization between a source device and a target device coupled thereto, said synchronization including one or more operations performed on each of a plurality of selected digital files being synchronized, said method comprising:
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defining one or more categories of status information in connection with the synchronization operations performed on the digital files;
upon termination of a synchronization operation performed on one of the digital files, categorizing per-file status information for the terminated synchronization operation in one of the defined categories;
displaying an expandable node corresponding to each of the defined categories of status information that have per-file status information categorized therein, said node being responsive to the selection device for displaying the summary of the per-file status information when the node is collapsed and for displaying the per-file status information when the node is expanded. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of managing a synchronization between a source device and a target device coupled thereto, said synchronization including one or more operations performed on each of a plurality of selected digital files being synchronized, said method comprising:
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defining one or more categories of status information in connection with the synchronization operations performed on the digital files;
upon termination of a synchronization operation performed on one of the digital files, categorizing per-file status information for the terminated synchronization operation in one of the defined categories;
grouping the digital files according to the defined categories of status information; and
collectively managing the digital files based on the grouping.
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