Method, graphical interface and computer-readable medium for reformatting data

• US 7,975,219 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2005
• Issued: 07/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roku, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sorenson Media, Inc. (Nielsen Holdings plc)
• Inventors: Cupal, Matthew D., Morford, Randon, Bos, Carlo Johannes, Holyoak, Mitchell, Romriell, Joseph N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pesin; Boris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wright; Elizabeth G
• Application Number:
  US11/141,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20060271848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,226 Days
• Field of Search: 715/517, 715/523, 715/249, 715/251
• US Class Current: 715/249
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming

Abstract

A method, graphical interface and computer-readable medium for reformatting data including selecting at least one input file graphical element from a first pane corresponding to at least one input file to reformat. A reformatting batch job is created and is depicted in a second pane as a reformatting batch job graphical element when the at least one input file graphical element is selected in the first pane. At least one reformatting process is associated to the at least one input file in the reformatting batch job from a third pane. The reformatting batch job is executed with the at least one reformatting process being performed on the at least one input file.

Claims

1. A data reformatting method, comprising:

selecting at least one input file graphical element from a first pane, the at least one input file graphical element corresponding to at least one input file to reformat;

creating a reformatting batch job upon selecting the at least one input file graphical element in the first pane and inserting the at least one input file graphical element into a second pane;

depicting the reformatting batch job in the second pane as a reformatting batch job tree graphical element comprising a root batch job identifier and a plurality of distinct branches, wherein each distinct branch of the plurality;

is associated with an input file graphical element selected in the first pane and inserted into the second pane; and

comprises a hierarchy associating an input file graphical element with specific reformatting graphical elements for each reformatting process to be applied to the specific input file associated with its distinct branch;

selecting a reformatting graphical element from a third pane and associating the reformatting graphical element with the root batch job identifier, the reformatting graphical element corresponding to a reformatting process to be applied to an input file, wherein associating the reformatting graphical element with the root batch job identifier globally associates the reformatting graphical element with each distinct branch of the reformatting batch job tree graphical element; and

executing the reformatting batch job of the at least one reformatting process on the at least one input file;

wherein each of the first pane, the second pane and the third pane are simultaneously displayed in a single window.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying in the second pane a graphical element depicting a reformat processing status of each of the at least one reformatting processes of the reformatting batch job.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected reformatting graphical element is associated with the root batch job identifier by dragging and dropping the reformatting graphical element onto the root batch job identifier of the depicted reformatting batch job tree graphical element.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the reformatting graphical element is a first reformatting graphical element and further comprising selecting a second reformatting graphical element from the third pane and locally associating the second reformatting graphical element with at least one distinct branch of the reformatting batch job tree graphical element in the second pane.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the second reformatting graphical element is locally associated with the at least one distinct branch of the reformatting batch job tree graphical element by dragging and dropping the second reformatting graphical element directly onto the at least one distinct branch of the reformatting batch job tree graphical element.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating at least one specific filter to the at least one input file in the reformatting batch job when at least one filter graphical element from a fourth pane is selected in the fourth pane.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising prioritizing the at least one input file and the at least one specific reformatting process in the reformatting batch job prior to the executing by reordering the at least one graphical elements in the second pane.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one specific reformatting process includes a compression process for compressing data within the at least one input file.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the compression includes one or more of compressing video and audio data.

10. A computer-readable storage media storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to display a graphical interface for reformatting data, comprising:

a first pane including at least one input file graphical element, the at least one input file graphical element corresponding to at least one input file to reformat;

a second pane including a reformatting batch job tree graphical element comprising a root batch job identifier, the batch job tree graphical element to depict a reformatting batch job generated when the at least one input file graphical element is selected in the first pane and inserted into the second pane, the batch job tree graphical element further comprising a plurality of distinct branches, wherein each distinct branch of the plurality is associated with an input file graphical element selected in the first pane and inserted into the second pane;

a third pane including at least one reformatting graphical element corresponding to at least one reformatting process, the at least one reformatting process associated with the at least one input file in the reformatting batch job when the at least one reformatting graphical element from a third pane is selected in the third pane and associated with the reformatting batch job graphical element in the second pane;

wherein each distinct branch in the batch job tree element of the second pane further comprises a hierarchy associating an input file graphical element with specific reformatting graphical elements for each reformatting process to be applied to the specific input file associated with its branch; and

a reformat selector to initiate execution of the reformatting batch job wherein each of the first pane, the second pane and the third pane are simultaneously displayed in a single window.

11. The computer-readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the second pane is further configured to display a graphical element depicting a reformat processing status of each of the at least one reformatting processes of the reformatting batch job.

12. The computer-readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the second pane is further configured to display the reformatting batch job as a hierarchy of the at least one reformatting process at a global level for each of the at least one input file and a local level for an individual one of the at least one input file.

13. The computer-readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the second pane is configured to display the reformatting batch job graphical element with the at least one reformatting process locally associated to one of the at least one input file.

14. The computer-readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the second pane is configured to display the reformatting batch job graphical element with the at least one reformatting process globally associated to each of the at least one input file.

15. The computer-readable storage media of claim 10, further comprising a fourth pane including at least one filter graphical element corresponding to at least one filter process.

16. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the at least one filtering process is associated with the at least one input file in the reformatting batch job when the at least one filtering graphical element from the fourth pane is selected in the fourth pane and associated with the reformatting batch job graphical element in the second pane.

17. A computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions thereon for performing a data reformatting method, comprising:

selecting at least one input file graphical element from a first pane, the at least one input file graphical element corresponding to at least one input file to reformat;

creating a reformatting batch job upon selecting the at least one input file graphical element in the first pane and inserting the at least one input file graphical element into a second pane;

depicting the reformatting batch job in the second pane as a reformatting batch job tree graphical element comprising a root batch job identifier and a plurality of distinct branches, wherein each distinct branch of the plurality;

is associated with an input file graphical element selected in the first pane and inserted into the second pane;

comprises a hierarchy associating an input file graphical element with specific reformatting graphical elements for each reformatting process to be applied to the specific input file associated with its distinct branch; and

further comprises at least one processing status graphical element configured to depict a state of a reformatting process associated with a corresponding input file;

selecting a reformatting graphical element from a third pane and associating the reformatting graphical element with the root batch job identifier, the reformatting graphical element corresponding to a reformatting process to be applied to an input file, wherein associating the reformatting graphical element with the root batch job identifier globally associates the reformatting graphical element with each distinct branch of the reformatting batch job tree graphical element; and

executing the reformatting batch job of the at least one reformatting process on the at least one input file and updating the at least one processing status graphical element for each distinct branch of the plurality as the executing the reformatting batch job proceeds;

wherein each of the first pane, the second pane and the third pane are simultaneously displayed in a single window.

18. The computer-readable storage media of claim 17, including computer-executable instructions thereon for performing a data reformatting method, the method further comprising displaying in the second pane a graphical element depicting an overall reformat processing status of the reformatting batch job.

19. The computer-readable storage media of claim 17, including computer-executable instructions thereon for performing a data reformatting method, wherein the selected reformatting graphical element is associated with the root batch job identifier by dragging and dropping the reformatting graphical element onto the root batch job identifier of the depicted reformatting batch job tree graphical element.

20. The computer-readable storage media of claim 17, including computer-executable instructions thereon for performing a data reformatting method, wherein the reformatting graphical element is a first reformatting graphical element and further comprising selecting a second reformatting graphical element from the third pane and locally associating the second reformatting graphical element with at least one distinct branch of the reformatting batch job tree graphical element in the second pane.

21. The computer-readable storage media of claim 17, including computer-executable instructions thereon for performing a data reformatting method, wherein the second reformatting graphical element is locally associated with the at least one distinct branch of the reformatting batch job tree graphical element by dragging and dropping the second reformatting graphical element directly onto the at least one distinct branch of the reformatting batch job tree graphical element.

22. The computer-readable storage media of claim 17, including computer-executable instructions thereon for performing a data reformatting method, further comprising associating at least one specific filter to the at least one input file in the reformatting batch job when at least one filter graphical element from a fourth pane is selected in the fourth pane.

23. The computer-readable storage media of claim 17, including computer-executable instructions thereon for performing a data reformatting method, further comprising prioritizing the at least one input file and the at least one specific reformatting process in the reformatting batch job prior to the executing by reordering the at least one graphical elements in the second pane.

24. The computer-readable storage media of claim 17, including computer-executable instructions thereon for performing a data reformatting method, wherein the at least one specific reformatting process includes a compression process for compressing data within the at least one input file.

25. The computer-readable storage media of claim 17, including computer-executable instructions thereon for performing a data reformatting method, wherein the compression includes one or more of compressing video and audio data.