Device specific content indexing for optimized device operation

• US 20060288036A1
• Filed: 06/17/2005
• Published: 12/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Sadovsky, Vladimir, Rosenbloom, Oren, Handley, Stephen R.
• Application Number:
  US11/155,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20060288036A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

Abstract

Generation of an index database that is customized for a specific responder device using device parameters of the responder device is provided. The index database is generated on a device other than the responder device. In accordance with one method, an indication of a selection of objects is received. Device parameters of the responder device are also accessed. An index database is generated for the selection of objects using the device parameters of the responder device. The index database may then be transferred to the responder device.

Claims

1. A method at an initiator device for generating an index database, the method comprising:

receiving an indication of a selection of at least one object;

accessing at least one device parameter of a responder device;

generating an index database for the at least one object based on the at least one device parameter of the responder device; and

transferring the index database to the responder device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one object is stored on at least one of the initiator device and the responder device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing at least one device parameter of the responder device comprises accessing a device profile containing at least one device parameter.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the device profile is stored on the initiator device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing at least one device parameter of the responder device comprises communicating at least one device parameter from the responder device to the initiator device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein communicating at least one device parameter comprises using a general purpose connectivity protocol.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the general purpose connectivity protocol comprises the Media Transfer Protocol.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one device parameter of the responder device comprises at least one of a hardware parameter, a software parameter, a record format preference, a record placement preference, device usage information, and device performance information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the responder device comprises at least one of a portable device, a media device, an audio player device, a video player device, a digital camera device, a video camera device, a cellular telephone, and a personal data assistant.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein generating an index database comprises:

generating a generic index database based on the selection of at least one object; and

converting the generic index database to a device specific index database using the at least one device parameter for the responder device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one object comprises at least one of a video media object, an audio media object, an image media object, and a document file object.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring the at least one object to the responder device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of:

accessing at least one device parameter of the responder device; and

transferring the index database to the responder device;

comprises communicating between the initiator device and the responder device using at least one of a wired link, a wireless link, and a removable storage medium.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing an index database on the responder device;

and

wherein generating an index database comprises generating a new index database based on the at least one device parameter of the responder device and the index database accessed from the responder device.

15. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing the method of claim 1.

16. A method for dynamically generating, at an initiator device, an index database, the method comprising:

accessing at least one device parameter of the responder device;

building a virtual model of the responder device using the at least one device parameter, the virtual model representing operation of the responder device in a disconnected state; and

generating an index database for a selection of at least one object using the virtual model of the responder device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein accessing at least one device parameter of the responder device comprises at least one of:

accessing a device profile containing at least one device parameter; and

communicating at least one device parameter from the responder device to the initiator device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein generating an index database comprises:

generating a generic index database based on a selection of at least one object; and

employing the virtual model of the responder device to convert the generic index database to a device specific index database based on the at least one device parameter for the responder device.

19. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing the method of claim 16.

20. A system for generating an index database for a selection of at least one object, the index database being generated based on at least one device parameter of a responder device, the system comprising:

an object selection component for receiving an indication of a selection of at least one object;

a device parameter component for accessing at least one device parameter of the responder device; and

an optimization engine component for generating an index database for the selection of at least one object, wherein the index database is generated using the at least one device parameter of the responder device.