METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MEDIA FILES

• US 20100241612A1
• Filed: 06/26/2009
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Coman, Tudor, CHAN, Edward Chun Kei
• Application Number:
  US12/492,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241612A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/621
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor

Abstract

According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus are provided for managing media files on a mobile electronic device comprising a processor, a display, a memory and an input device. The method comprises storing in the memory a plurality of device library elements each associated with one of a plurality of corresponding media files, and storing in the memory a subset of the corresponding media files; storing in the memory a first menu list including and a second menu list; receiving a selection of one of the library elements; determining if the media file corresponding to the selected library element is stored in the memory; if the file is stored in the memory, selecting the first menu list; if the file is not stored in the memory, selecting the second menu list; and controlling the display to generate representative data for the selected menu list.

Claims

1. A method for managing media files on a mobile electronic device comprising a processor, a display, a memory and an input device, the method comprising:

storing in the memory a plurality of device library elements each associated with one of a plurality of corresponding media files, and storing in the memory a subset of the corresponding media files;

storing in the memory a first menu and a second menu;

receiving a selection of one of the library elements;

determining if the media file corresponding to the selected library element is stored in the memory;

if the corresponding file is stored in the memory, selecting the first menu; and

if the corresponding file is not stored in the memory, selecting the second menu; and

controlling the display to generate representative data for the selected menu.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing in the memory a future synchronization queue containing at least an identifier of a library element corresponding to a media file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second menu includes a future synchronization option for adding an identifier to the future synchronization queue.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the future synchronization option;

updating the future synchronization queue with the identifier for the selected library element.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining if a connection to a remote computing device is available;

if a connection is available, transmitting the future synchronization queue to the remote computing device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

prior to transmitting the future synchronization queue, making at least one additional determination; and

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transmitting the future synchronization queue according to a determination of whether a connection to a remote computing device is available, and according to the at least one additional determination.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one additional determination comprises determining if the future synchronization queue has reached a threshold size.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one additional determination comprises determining a connection type to the remote computing device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first menu comprises a first menu list and the second menu comprises a second menu list.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first menu comprises a play option for playing a media file.

11. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a memory storing a plurality of device library elements each associated with one of a plurality of corresponding media files;

the memory further storing a subset of the corresponding media files;

the memory further storing first and second menus;

an input device for receiving input data selecting one of the library elements; and

a processor, interconnected with the display, memory and input device, configured to determine if the media file corresponding to the selected library element is stored in the memory;

the processor further configured to select the first menu when the corresponding file is stored in the memory;

the processor further configured to select the second menu when the corresponding file is not stored in the memory;

the processor further configured to control the display to generate representative data for the selected menu.

12. The mobile electronic device of claim 11, further comprising a future synchronization queue stored in the memory containing at least an identifier of a library element corresponding to a media file.

13. The mobile electronic device of claim 12, wherein the second menu includes a future synchronization option for adding an identifier to the future synchronization queue.

14. The mobile electronic device of claim 13, the processor being further configured to update the future synchronization queue with the identifier for the selected library element upon receiving at the input device a selection of the future synchronization option.

15. The mobile electronic device of claim 14, further comprising:

a communications interface for communicating with a remote computing device;

the processor being further configured to determine if a connection to a remote computing device is available;

the processor being further configured to transmit the future synchronization queue to the remote computing device and to clear the future synchronization queue if a connection is available.

16. The mobile electronic device of claim 15, the processor being further configured to make at least one additional determination prior to transmitting the future synchronization queue;

the processor being further configured to transmit the future synchronization queue according to the determination of whether a connection to a remote computing device is available, and according to the at least one additional determination.

17. The mobile electronic device of claim 16, wherein the at least one additional determination comprises a determination of whether the future synchronization queue has reached a threshold size.

18. The mobile electronic device of claim 16, wherein the at least one additional determination comprises a determination of a connection type to the remote computing device.

19. The mobile electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first menu comprises a first menu list and the second menu comprises a second menu list.

20. The mobile electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first menu comprises a play option for playing a media file.

21. A system for managing media files, comprising:

a remote computing device and a mobile electronic device, the remote computing device comprising;

a memory storing a plurality of media files;

a processor; and

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a communications interface;

the mobile electronic device comprising;

a display;

a memory storing a plurality of device library elements each associated with one of the plurality of media files stored at the remote computing device;

the memory further storing a subset of the plurality of media files;

the memory further storing first and second menus;

an input device for receiving input data selecting one of the library elements,

a processor, interconnected with the display, memory and input device, configured to determine if the media file corresponding to the selected library element is stored in the memory;

the processor further configured, if the corresponding file is stored in the memory, to select the first menu; and

the processor further configured, if the corresponding file is not stored in the memory, to select the second menu;

the processor further configured to control the display to generate representative data for the selected menu.

22. A computer-readable medium storing an application program executable on a mobile electronic device, the computer readable medium comprising programming instructions embodying a method comprising:

storing in a memory of the mobile electronic device a plurality of device library elements each associated with one of a plurality of corresponding media files, a subset of which being stored in the memory;

storing in the memory a first menu and a second menu;

receiving a selection of one of the library elements;

determining if the media file corresponding to the selected library element is stored in the memory;

if the corresponding file is stored in the memory, selecting the first menu; and

if the corresponding file is not stored in the memory, selecting the second menu; and

controlling a display of the mobile electronic device to generate representative data for the selected menu.