Method for Generating a User Interface for Enabling Access to Data on a Server

• US 20100115021A1
• Filed: 11/04/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Creative Technology Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Creative Technology Ltd.
• Inventors: LUI, Jin Foong, WU, Xin, LIM, Seh Eing, LEE, Teck Chee
• Application Number:
  US12/264,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20100115021A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/541 Client-server
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication

Abstract

There is provided a method for generating a user interface for enabling access to data on a server. The method comprises updating metadata in a metadata server, the metadata server being functionally connected to the server; processing the metadata on the metadata server; sending a request to the server to perform a task; and generating the user interface on a client device based on the processed metadata for enabling access to data on the server. The user interface may preferably be used to send the request to the server. The task being performed by the server may include, for example, browsing a collection of files, organizing files, selecting files, editing files, uploading files, downloading files and so forth.

Claims

1. A method for generating a user interface for enabling access to data on a server comprising:

updating metadata in a metadata server, the metadata server being functionally connected to the server;

processing the metadata on the metadata server;

sending a request to the server to perform a task; and

generating the user interface on a client device based on the processed metadata for enabling access to data on the server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein processing the metadata comprises analysing the metadata on the metadata server.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein analysing the metadata comprises determining a data file format selected from a group consisting of:

{audio file, image file and video file}.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein analysing the metadata enables categorization of data into a hierarchy in accordance with branches of a directory tree presented in the user interface.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

using the user interface to send the request to the server.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the task is selected from a group consisting of:

{browsing a collection of files, organizing files, selecting files, editing files, uploading files, downloading files}.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the client device is selected from the group consisting of:

{portable media player, mobile phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), computing device}.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the server is separable into at least one data server and at least one metadata server.

9. The method according to claim 1, further including:

consuming the data based on a combination of a pre-defined protocol and a hardware/software configuration of the client device.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein updating the metadata in the metadata server is either a push process by the server or a pull process by the metadata server.