Device and method for managing multimedia content in portable digital apparatus

• US 20070168386A1
• Filed: 04/27/2004
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Hyok-sung, Choi, Myoung-soon, Kim, Young-yoon, Shin, Seong-kook, Kim, Du-II
• Application Number:
  US10/582,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20070168386A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10 Digital recording or reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/61 wherein solid state memory is used for storing A/V content
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/327 Table of contents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device and method for managing multimedia content in a portable digital apparatus. An object of the present invention is to enable management of multimedia content to be stored in a portable digital apparatus equipped with a camera based on a user'"'"'s preference by configuring an index for predetermined multimedia content stored in the portable digital apparatus. To this end, a device for managing multimedia content in a portable digital apparatus, comprising a storing unit for storing a plurality of multimedia content; an input unit for receiving index information from a user so that the multimedia content are classified; and a control unit for producing index information for the multimedia content with the configured indexes. The present invention provides a method for managing multimedia content by grouping the multimedia content according to his/her preference and storing them, thereby providing quick, convenient searches for the desired multimedia content.

Claims

1. A device for managing multimedia content in a portable digital apparatus, the device comprising:

an input unit which receives an index information from a user for configuring indexes of multimedia content;

a control unit which produces index information for the multimedia content having the indexes configured according to the received index configuration and

a storing unit which stores the multimedia content with the index information.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an output unit which provides a graphical user interface (GUI) screen for showing the multimedia content

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input unit comprises at least one of a physical button, and a user menu using a graphical user interface (GUI) screen.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to group predetermined multimedia content into a single multimedia group, for the multimedia content with the configured indexes.

5. The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control unit is configured to manage the multimedia content under different folders.

6. The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control unit is configured to create tag information for the multimedia content with the configured indexes.

7. The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control unit is configured to create metadata files for the grouped multimedia content for the multimedia content with the configured indexes.

8. The device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the metadata file comprises at least an index name for a group, and a start or end number of multimedia content contained in the group, wherein the multimedia belongs to the group.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the metadata file is provided in extensible markup language (XML) format.

10. The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control unit is configured to represent the multimedia content under folders, based on the index information, or to represent only multimedia content with the configured tag information.

11. A method for managing multimedia content, the method comprising:

selecting multimedia content for which indexes are to be configured; and

creating index information for the selected multimedia content.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising providing multimedia content through a graphical user interface (GUI) screen.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the selecting multimedia content comprises at least one of input from a user, and change of date.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the creating the index information comprises grouping predetermined multimedia content into a single multimedia group, for the multimedia content with the configured indexes.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the creating the index information comprises managing the multimedia content under different folders.

16. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the creating the index information comprises creating tag information for the multimedia content with the configured indexes.

17. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the creating the index information comprises creating metadata files for the multimedia content grouped for the multimedia content with the configured indexes.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the metadata file comprises at least an index name for a group, and a start or end number of multimedia content contained in the group, wherein the multimedia belongs to the group.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the metadata file is provided in extensible markup language (XML) format.

20. The method claimed in claim 12, wherein the providing the GUI screen comprises representing the multimedia content under folders, based on the index information or representing only multimedia content with the configured tag information.