Digital File Management System With Unstructured Job Upload

• US 20080235281A1
• Filed: 10/17/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Color, Inc. (Industrial Color Brands, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Capital One National Association (Capital One Financial Corporation)
• Inventors: Kalalian, Steven P., Holm, Aaron Henry
• Granted Patent: US 8,190,659 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Uploading digital assets from a source media directory into a web-based digital asset management system includes representing a structure of the source media directory, and the digital assets, as a XML object, and storing the XML object in a database. Based on the XML object, the source media directory structure and the digital assets can be displayed through a web-enabled user interface.

Claims

1. An machine-implemented method for uploading digital assets from a source media directory into a web-based digital asset management system, the method comprising:

representing a structure of the source media directory, and the digital assets, as a first XML object; and

storing the first XML object in a database.

2. The method of claim 1 including providing a visual display, through a web-enabled user interface, of the source media directory structure based on the first XML object.

3. The method of claim 2 further including providing a visual display, through the web-enabled user interface, of one or more digital assets based on the first XML object.

4. The method of claim 1 including creating a second XML object representing the source media directory structure, wherein the second XML object contains no information about the location, name and properties of the digital assets;

and

storing the second XML object in the database.

5. The method of claim 4 including:

providing a visual display, through a web-enabled user interface, of the source media directory structure based on the second XML object; and

providing a visual display, through the web-enabled user interface, of one or more digital assets based on the first XML object.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the first XML object includes a relational folder structure indicative of where folders in the source media directory are located with respect to one another.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the first XML object further includes information indicative of the location of the digital assets within the source media directory.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the first XML object includes information about the location, name and properties of the digital assets.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the source media directory includes a sub-directory.

10. The method of claim 1 including uploading the source media directory structure from a client location.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein representing the source media directory structure and the digital assets as a first XML object includes recursively traversing the source media directory and to build the first XML object.

12. A system for uploading digital assets from a source media directory into a web-based digital asset management system, the system comprising:

a database;

a server operable to represent the source media directory structure, and the digital assets, as a first XML object and to store the first XML object in the database; and

a web-enabled user interface coupled to the server and operable to display the source media directory based on the first XML object.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the web-enabled user interface is operable to display one or more digital assets based on the first XML object.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the server is operable to create a second XML object and to store the second XML object in the database, wherein the second XML object represents the source media directory structure, and contains no information about the location, name and properties of the digital assets.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the web-enabled user interface is operable to display the source media directory structure based on the second XML object and to subsequently display one or more digital assets based on the first XML object.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein the first XML object includes a relational folder structure indicative of where folders in the source media directory are located with respect to one another.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the first XML object further includes information indicative of the location of the digital assets within the source media directory.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the first XML object includes information about the location, name and properties of the digital assets.

19. The system of claim 12 wherein the server is operable to represent the source media directory structure and the digital assets as a first XML object by recursively traversing the source media directory to build the first XML object.

20. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing machine-readable instructions that, when applied to the machine, cause the machine to:

represent a source media directory structure of digital assets, and the digital assets, as a first XML object; and

store the first XML object in a database.

21. The article of claim 20 including machine-readable instructions that, when applied to the machine, cause the machine to facilitate a web-enabled user interface to display the source media directory structure based on the first XML object.

22. The article of claim 21 including machine-readable instructions that, when applied to the machine, cause the machine to facilitate the web-enabled user interface to display one or more digital assets based on the first XML object.

23. The article of claim 20 including machine-readable instructions that, when applied to the machine, cause the machine to:

create a second XML object representing the source media directory structure, wherein the second XML object contains no information about the location, name and properties of the digital assets;

store the second XML object in the database; and

cause the machine to facilitate a web-enabled user interface to;

display the source media directory structure based on the second XML object; and

display one or more digital assets based on the first XML object.

24. The article of claim 20 wherein the first XML object includes a relational folder structure indicative of where folders in the source media directory are located with respect to one another.

25. The article of claim 20 including machine-readable instructions that, when applied to the machine, cause the machine to represent the source media directory structure and the digital assets as a first XML object by recursively traversing the source media directory to build the first XML object.