MEDIA SYSTEM HAVING SYNCHRONIZATION WITH PREEMPTIVE PRIORITIZATION OF SYNCHRONIZATION ORDER

• US 20080147747A1
• Filed: 12/04/2007
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 2236008 Ontario Inc. (Blackberry Limited)
• Original Assignee: 8758271 Canada Inc. (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Cardamore, Dan
• Application Number:
  US11/950,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20080147747A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A media system includes media devices having media files arranged in folders and a database adapted to store information about the media files and/or folders. A synchronizer is used to synchronize information about the media files and/or folders with the database. The synchronizer synchronizes the information to a folder synchronization order. The determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user. The user may designate a priority different from the synchronization order to place another folder other than a current folder at a higher priority within the synchronization order.

Claims

1. A media system comprising:

a plurality of media devices, where each of the media devices includes one or more media files arranged in one or more folders;

a database adapted to store information about the one or more media files; and

a synchronizer adapted to synchronize information about the one or more media files with the database, where the synchronizer synchronizes the information in accordance with a determined folder synchronization order, and where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to place a folder at a higher prioritization order.

2. The media system of claim 1, where the determined folder synchronization order comprises starting synchronization operations at a root folder of a media device of the plurality of media devices.

3. The media system of claim 2, where the determined folder synchronization order comprises continuing synchronization operations at subsequent filesystem levels in alphabetical order.

4. The media system of claim 1, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize an a prior folder stored by the user.

5. The media system of claim 1, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a folder entered in real time.

6. The media system of claim 1, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a folder entered in real time in response to a query.

7. The media system of claim 1, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a predetermined default folder.

8. A media system comprising:

a plurality of media devices, where each of the media devices includes one or more media files arranged in one or more folders;

a database adapted to store information about the one or more media files and folders; and

a human machine interface module adapted to accept media content selection commands from a user;

a media engine module accepting media content selection commands from the human machine interface to select a media file for playback; and

a synchronization module synchronizing information about the one or more media files and folders with the database, where the synchronizer synchronizes the information in accordance with a determined folder synchronization order, and where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user through the human machine interface module to place a folder at a higher prioritization order.

9. The media system of claim 8, where the determined folder synchronization order comprises starting synchronization operations at a root folder of a media device of the plurality of media devices.

10. The media system of claim 9, where the determined folder synchronization order comprises continuing synchronization operations at subsequent filesystem levels in alphabetical order.

11. The media system of claim 8, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize an a prior folder stored by the user.

12. The media system of claim 8, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a folder entered in real time.

13. The media system of claim 8, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a folder entered in real time in response to a query.

14. The media system of claim 8, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a predetermined default folder.

15. A media system comprising:

media device means for storing one or more media files in one or more folders;

database means for storing information about the one or more media files; and

synchronization means for synchronizing information about the one or more media files with the database means, where the synchronization means synchronizes the information in accordance with a determined folder synchronization order, and where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to place a folder at a higher prioritization order.

16. The media system of claim 15, where the determined folder synchronization order comprises starting synchronization operations at a root folder of a media device of the plurality of media devices.

17. The media system of claim 16, where the determined folder synchronization order comprises continuing synchronization operations at subsequent filesystem levels in alphabetical order.

18. The media system of claim 15, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize an a prior folder stored by the user.

19. The media system of claim 15, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a folder entered in real time.

20. The media system of claim 15, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a folder entered in real time in response to a query.

21. The media system of claim 15, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a predetermined default folder.

22. A method for operating a media system comprising:

storing one or more media files in one or more folders;

organizing information about the one or more media files in one or more databases; and

synchronizing information about the one or more media files with the one or more databases, where the information is synchronize in accordance with a determined folder synchronization order; and

allowing a user to preempt the determined folder synchronization order to place a folder at a higher prioritization order.

23. The method of claim 22, where the determined folder synchronization order comprises starting synchronization operations at a root folder of a media device.

24. The method of claim 22, where the determined folder synchronization order comprises continuing synchronization operations at subsequent filesystem levels of the media device in alphabetical order.

25. The method of claim 22, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize an a prior folder stored by the user.

26. The method of claim 22, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a folder entered in real time.

27. The method of claim 22, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a folder entered in real time in response to a query.

28. The method of claim 22, where the determined folder synchronization order may be preempted by a user to synchronize a predetermined default folder.