Generating low resolution user interfaces for transmission to mobile devices

• US 8,407,363 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2011
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Dote, Brian, Lunati, Stephane, Goto, Ken, Pylappan, Seejo
• Primary Examiner(s): Ibrahim, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US13/314,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20120203924A1
• Time in Patent Office: 475 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/232
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes generating a user interface for displaying one or more images, receiving a request from a remote device to view the user interface, determining whether the remote device is a mobile device communicating over a wireless network, depending on a result of the determination, generating a low resolution version of the user interface that is computationally less intensive to render compared to the previously generated user interface, and transmitting the low resolution version of the user interface to the requesting device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

storing, at a computing device, a plurality of content items, wherein content items are stored individually and in containers, wherein a container is capable of storing a group of content items, and wherein content items are accessed using a graphical interface on a requesting device;

receiving a request to access a content item, wherein the request is from a device;

determining how the content item is stored;

determining the type of requesting device;

generating a graphical interface according to the type of requesting device, the graphical interface comprising one or more rows of one or more rectangular frames, each frame displaying a graphical element representing a content item or a container, wherein when the requesting device type is a mobile device, a low resolution version of the graphical interface is generated, wherein the low resolution version of the graphical interface is a less computationally intensive version of the graphical interface;

generating a unique identifier corresponding to the content item storage and the requesting device type, wherein an item identifier corresponding to a low resolution version of a content item is generated when the content item is individually stored and the requesting device type is a mobile device, and wherein a container identifier corresponding to a low resolution version of a container storing the content item is generated when the content item is stored in a container and the requesting device is a mobile device; and

transmitting the content item and the corresponding unique identifier to the requesting device, wherein a unique identifier corresponding to a low resolution version of the content item is transmitted when the requesting device is a mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein content items includes images, video, audio, and documents.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a new version of the content item and generating a unique identifier corresponding to the new version of the content item.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the content item when subsequent requests to access the content item include the corresponding unique identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of content items are associated with an account.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein when the content item is video, a representative frame is determined.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the content item is stored in a container; and

visually associating the content item with the container storing the content item, wherein the visual representation includes a display of the content item or an icon representing the content item.

8. A system, comprising:

one or more processors;

a non-transitory computer-readable memory containing instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations, including;

storing a plurality of content items, wherein content items are stored individually and in containers, wherein a container is capable of storing a group of content items, and wherein content items are accessed using a graphical interface on a requesting device;

receiving a request to access a content item, wherein the request is from a device;

determining how the content item is stored;

determining the type of requesting device;

generating a graphical interface according to the type of requesting device, the graphical interface comprising one or more rows of one or more rectangular frames, each frame displaying a graphical element representing a content item or a container, wherein when the requesting device type is a mobile device, a low resolution version of the graphical interface is generated, wherein the low resolution version of the graphical interface is a less computationally intensive version of the graphical interface;

generating a unique identifier corresponding to the content item storage and the requesting device type, wherein an item identifier corresponding to a low resolution version of a content item is generated when the content item is individually stored and the requesting device type is a mobile device, and wherein a container identifier corresponding to a low resolution version of a container storing the content item is generated when the content item is stored in a container and the requesting device is a mobile device; and

transmitting the content item and the corresponding unique identifier to the requesting device, wherein a unique identifier corresponding to a low resolution version of the content item is transmitted when the requesting device is a mobile device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein content items includes images, video, audio, and documents.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations, including:

generating a new version of the content item and generating a unique identifier corresponding to the new version of the content item.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations, including:

transmitting the content item when subsequent requests to access the content item include the corresponding unique identifier.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of content items are associated with an account.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein when the content item is video, a representative frame is determined.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations, including:

determining that the content item is stored in a container; and

visually associating the content item with the container storing the content item, wherein the visual representation includes a display of the content item or an icon representing the content item.

15. A computer-program product, tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause a data processing apparatus to:

store a plurality of content items, wherein content items are stored individually and in containers, wherein a container stores a group of content items, and wherein content items are accessed using a graphical interface on a requesting device;

receive a request to access a content item, wherein the request is from a device;

determine how the content item is stored;

determine the type of requesting device;

generating a graphical interface according to the type of requesting device, the graphical interface comprising one or more rows of one or more rectangular frames, each frame displaying a graphical element representing a content item or a container, wherein when the requesting device type is a mobile device, a low resolution version of the graphical interface is generated, wherein the low resolution version of the graphical interface is a less computationally intensive version of the graphical interface;

generate a unique identifier corresponding to the content item storage and the requesting device type, wherein an item identifier corresponding to a low resolution version of a content item is generated when the content item is individually stored and the requesting device type is a mobile device, and wherein a container identifier corresponding to a low resolution version of a container storing the content item is generated when the content item is stored in a container and the requesting device is a mobile device; and

transmit the content item and the corresponding unique identifier to the requesting device, wherein a unique identifier corresponding to a low resolution version of the content item is transmitted when the requesting device is a mobile device.

16. The computer-program product of claim 15, wherein content items includes images, video, audio, and documents.

17. The computer-program product of claim 15, further comprising instructions configured to cause a data processing apparatus to:

generate a new version of the content item and generating a unique identifier corresponding to the new version of the content item.

18. The computer-program product of claim 15, further comprising instructions configured to cause a data processing apparatus to:

transmit the content item when subsequent requests to access the content item include the corresponding unique identifier.

19. The computer-program product of claim 15, wherein the plurality of content items are associated with an account.

20. The computer-program product of claim 15, wherein when the content item is video, a representative frame is determined.

21. The computer-program product of claim 15, further comprising instructions configured to cause a data processing apparatus to:

determine that the content item is stored in a container; and

visually associate the content item with the container storing the content item, wherein the visual representation includes a display of the content item or an icon representing the content item.