Systems and methods for managing data on a portable storage device
First Claim
1. A computer program product that includes a computer-usable medium having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, causes said processor to execute a process for managing multimedia data on a portable storage device of a particular type when the portable storage device is communicatively coupled with the computing device, said process comprising:
- detecting when the portable storage device is communicatively coupled with the computing device;
determining the particular type of portable storage device;
searching the portable storage device for multimedia data;
if multimedia data is found, copying the multimedia data into one or more target directories in the computing device;
searching the computing device for account information for a multimedia service provider;
if account information is found, uploading the multimedia data to the multimedia service provider; and
if no account information is found, create a new account for the multimedia service provider.
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Abstract
The present invention is generally directed towards systems and methods for managing multimedia data on a portable storage device. In one embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer-usable medium having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, causes said processor to execute a process for managing multimedia data on a portable storage device of a particular type when the memory card is communicatively coupled with the computing device. The process includes detecting when the portable storage device is communicatively coupled to the with the computing device, determining the particular type of portable storage device, searching the memory card for multimedia data, copying the multimedia data into one or more target directories in the computing device if multimedia data is found, searching the computing device for account information for a multimedia service provider, and uploading the multimedia data to the multimedia service provider if account information is found.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer program product that includes a computer-usable medium having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, causes said processor to execute a process for managing multimedia data on a portable storage device of a particular type when the portable storage device is communicatively coupled with the computing device, said process comprising:
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detecting when the portable storage device is communicatively coupled with the computing device;
determining the particular type of portable storage device;
searching the portable storage device for multimedia data;
if multimedia data is found, copying the multimedia data into one or more target directories in the computing device;
searching the computing device for account information for a multimedia service provider;
if account information is found, uploading the multimedia data to the multimedia service provider; and
if no account information is found, create a new account for the multimedia service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product that includes a computer-usable medium having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, causes said processor to execute a process for managing multimedia data on a removable nonvolatile memory device of a particular type when the removable nonvolatile memory device is communicatively coupled with the computing device, said process comprising:
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detecting when removable nonvolatile memory device is communicatively coupled with the computing device;
searching the removable nonvolatile memory device for multimedia data;
searching the computing device for account information for a multimedia service provider;
if account information is found, uploading the multimedia data to the multimedia service provider; and
if no account information is found, create a new account for the multimedia service provider. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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