AUTOMATIC FILE NAMING ON A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20120124079A1
• Filed: 11/16/2010
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Kinsella, Alexander Scott
• Granted Patent: US 9,128,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information

Abstract

A system and method of automatically naming files on a mobile device can include determining at least one of a current geographical location data of a mobile device, a current time data, and a current date data. The current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current date data can be made can be compared to at least one of a personal information manager database and a geographical location database. A filename can be automatically-generated based on the comparison, and the filename can be applied to camera data received on the mobile device. The automatically-generated filename can include information relevant to the content of the camera data, thereby enhancing the efficiency and ease of identifying and organizing camera data stored on a memory of the mobile device.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a processor;

a camera module communicatively coupled to the processor;

at least one computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor; and

at least one program module stored on the at least one computer readable medium, said at least one program module operable, upon execution by the processor to;

determine at least one of a current geographical location data, a current time data, and a current date data;

compare the at least one of the current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current date data to at least one of a personal information manager database and a geographical location database;

generate a filename based on the comparison of the at least one of the current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current date data with the at least one of the personal information manager database and the geographical location database;

receive camera data from the camera module; and

apply the filename to the camera data.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the personal information manager database comprises at least one of a calendar and a list of contacts, wherein each contact includes a name and at least one of a phone number and a physical address.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein said at least one program module is further operable, upon execution by the processor, to:

determine the contact associated with the current geographical location data based on at least one of the physical address and the phone number of the contact in the list of contacts; and

wherein generating the filename comprises adding a name of the contact associated with the current geographical location data to the filename.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein said at least one program module is further operable, upon execution by the processor, to:

determine an entry on the calendar associated with at least two of the current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current date data;

wherein generating the filename comprises adding a title of the entry associated with at least two of the current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current date data.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 wherein the entry on the calendar comprises an entry title, a date, a time, a duration, and a location, and said at least one program module is further operable, upon execution by the processor, to:

compare the current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current data to the date, the time, the duration, and the location of the entry;

verify attendance of the entry in the event the current geographical location data and at least one of the current date data and the current time data match the location, the date, the time, and the duration of the entry;

wherein generating the filename comprises adding the entry title in the event attendance of the entry is verified.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the geographical location database comprises at least one geofence comprising a predefined boundary identifying a geographical area and a corresponding label;

and

generating the filename comprises adding the corresponding label.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the predefined boundary is user-defined.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the predefined boundary is at least one of a set of geographical coordinates and a radial boundary.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one program module is further operable, upon execution by the processor, to:

create a folder having a name comprising at least a portion of the filename; and

save the camera data to the folder.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera data is one of a photo and a video.

11. A method for naming camera data captured by a camera module of a mobile device, said method comprising:

comparing at least one of a current geographical location data, a current time data, and a current date data to at least one of a personal information manager database and a global location database;

generating a filename based on the comparison of the at least one of the current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current date data with the at least one of the personal information manager database and the geographical location database;

saving the camera data with the generated filename to one of the at least one computer readable medium coupled to the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the personal information manager database comprises at least one of a calendar of entries and a list of contacts, wherein each contact includes a name and at least one of a phone number and a physical address.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

determining the contact associated with the current geographical location data based on at least one of the physical address and the phone number of the contact in the list of contacts; and

wherein generating the filename comprises adding a name of the contact associated with the current geographical location data to the filename.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the entry on the calendar comprises an entry title, a date, a time, a duration, and a location, and said method further comprises:

comparing the current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current data to the date, the time, the duration, and the location of the entry;

verifying attendance of the entry in the event the current geographical location data and at least one of the current date data and the current time data match the location, the date, the time, and the duration of the entry;

wherein generating the filename comprises adding the entry title in the event attendance of the entry is verified.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein

the geographical location database comprises at least one geofence comprising a predefined boundary identifying a geographical area and a corresponding label;

and

generating the filename comprises adding the corresponding label.

16. A computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for a method comprising:

capturing camera data from a camera module;

determining at least one of a current geographical location data, a current time data, and a current date data in response to receiving camera data from the camera module;

comparing the at least one of the current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current date data to at least one of a personal information manager database and a geographical location database;

generating a filename based on the comparison of the at least one of the current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current date data with the at least one of the personal information manager database and the geographical location database;

applying the filename to the camera data.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the personal information manager database comprises at least one of a calendar of entries and a list of contacts, wherein each contact includes a name and at least one of a phone number and a physical address.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein said method further comprises:

determining the contact associated with the current geographical location data based on at least one of the physical address and the phone number of the contact in the list of contacts; and

wherein generating the filename comprises adding a name of the contact associated with the current geographical location data to the filename.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the entry on the calendar comprises an entry title, a date, a time, a duration, and a location, and said method further comprises:

comparing the current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current data to the date, the time, the duration, and the location of the entry;

verifying attendance of the entry in the event the current geographical location data and at least one of the current date data and the current time data match the location, the date, the time, and the duration of the entry;

wherein generating the filename comprises adding the entry title in the event attendance of the entry is verified.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein

the geographical location database comprises at least one geofence comprising a predefined boundary identifying a geographical area and a corresponding label;

and

generating the filename comprises adding the corresponding label.