METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE MEDIA MANAGEMENT ON A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE

• US 20100115408A1
• Filed: 10/31/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: MUJKIC, Alen, LANGLOIS, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,171,419 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

The method of managing media files remotely on a portable electronic device having the touch screen display includes storing a composite media file index that lists all media files, and their attributes, whether stored on the portable electronic device or accessible at a remote computing device. The method continues by rendering a graphical user interface for a media manager application, operable to access the stored media file index, on the touch screen display. At least one activation touch event is then detected on the touch screen display, and in response to the at least one activation touch event, a group of media files having shared attributes are displayed within the graphical user interface, and at least one media file is identified for download from the remote computing device. The at least one media file is then downloaded during synchronization of the portable electronic device to the remote computing device.

Claims

1. A method of managing media files on a portable electronic device having a touch screen display, comprising:

storing a composite media file index in a memory of the portable electronic device, the composite media file index listing all media files, and their attributes, stored on at least one of the portable electronic device and a remote computing device;

rendering a graphical user interface for a media manager application on the touch screen display, the media manager application operable to access the media file index;

detecting at least one activation touch event within the graphical user interface rendered on the touch screen display;

in response to the at least one activation touch event, displaying a list of media files having shared attributes within the graphical user interface, and identifying at least one media file listed in the media file index for download from the remote computing device; and

downloading the at least one media file to the memory of the portable electronic device during synchronization of the portable electronic device with the remote computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the attributes comprise artist, album, genre, playlist, and download status.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to a plurality of activation touch events, navigating from an initial screen of the graphical user interface through a plurality of linked screens associated with user-selected attribute levels

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said list of media files having shared attributes is filtered according to said user-selected attribute levels.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a further activation touch event selecting a pause function, and pausing downloading of the at least one media file to the memory of the portable electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a further activation touch event selecting a delete function, and deleting selected media files from the memory of the portable electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the highlighted media files are selected media files are selected by a highlighting touch event.

8. The method claim 1, further comprising detecting a further touch event selecting a clear function, and clearing the at least one media file from a download list.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a further touch event selecting a play function, and playing the at least one media file through a media player application.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the composite media index file after synchronization of the portable electronic device with the remote computing device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein synchronization of the portable electronic device and the remote computing device is wireless synchronization over a wireless network connection.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein synchronization of the portable electronic device and the remote computing device is direct synchronization over a connection between a data port on the portable electronic device and the remote computing device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the at least one activation touch event comprises detecting a touch event made with sufficient force to activate a switch underlying the touch screen display.

14. A portable electronic device:

a touch screen display; and

functional components including a processor connected to the touch screen display, and a memory for storage of computer-readable program code executable by the processor for storing a composite media file index in a memory of the portable electronic device, the composite media file index listing all media files, and their attributes, stored on both the portable electronic device and a remote computing device;

rendering a graphical user interface for a media manager application on the touch screen display, the media manager application operable to access the media file index;

detecting at least one activation touch event within the graphical user interface rendered on the touch screen display;

in response to the at least one activation touch event, displaying a list of media files having shared attributes within the graphical user interface, and identifying at least one media file listed in the media file index for download from the remote computing device; and

downloading the at least one media file to the memory of the portable electronic device during synchronization of the portable electronic device with the remote computing device.

15. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for execution by a processor for storing a composite media file index in a memory of the portable electronic device, the composite media file index listing all media files, and their attributes, stored on both the portable electronic device and a remote computing device;

rendering a graphical user interface for a media manager application on the touch screen display, the media manager application operable to access the media file index;

detecting at least one activation touch event within the graphical user interface rendered on the touch screen display;

in response to the at least one activation touch event, displaying a list of media files having shared attributes within the graphical user interface, and identifying at least one media file listed in the media file index for download from the remote computing device; and

downloading the at least one media file to the memory of the portable electronic device during synchronization of the portable electronic device with the remote computing device.