User interface for creating and using media keys

• US 8,689,102 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Graham, Jamey, Barrus, John W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gutierrez, Andres E
• Application Number:
  US11/608,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20070234215A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,671 Days
• Field of Search: 715/723, 713/176
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/0021 involving encryption or decryption of contents recorded on or reproduced from a record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00231 wherein the key is obtained from a local external medium, e.g. a card
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/0026 the key being stored as a barcode
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00275 the key being stored on a chip attached to the record carrier
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2104 for one or a few pictures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2158 using a detachable storage unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32138 in an electronic device attached to the sheet, e.g. in an RFID tag
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32272 Encryption or ciphering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32283 Hashing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/444 to a particular document or image or part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4486 using digital data encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3212 of data relating to a job, e.g. communication, capture or filing of an image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3214 of a date
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 : of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3236 : Details of authentication information generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/325 : Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3269 : of machine readable codes or marks, e.g. bar codes or glyphs

Abstract

User interface for creating and using media keys. A user interface is provided for outputting media data corresponding to one or more media keys. The same user interface may be used to output media data of different types. The user interface provides user selectable options for performing various actions such as scanning one or more media keys, accessing and loading media data corresponding to media keys, performing actions on the media data accessed for the media keys, generating media keys, creating collections and media keys for collections, performing actions on collections, and other actions.

Claims

1. A method of using a media key, the method comprising:

determining, by a processing system, machine readable information from a media key;

accessing, by the processing system, plurality of media items using the machine readable information, the plurality of media items storing media data and including a plurality of media items of a first type and a plurality of media items of a second type, wherein the first type and the second type is one of an image, an audio, or a video, and the second type is different from the first type;

displaying, by the processing system, in a first area, a first set of visual representations for the a plurality of media items of the first type, wherein each visual representation that is displayed in the first area is individually selectable and corresponds to one of the plurality of media items of the first type;

displaying, by the processing system, in a second area, a second set of visual representations for the a plurality of media items of the second type, wherein each visual representation that is displayed in the second area is individually selectable and corresponds to one of the plurality of media items of the second type, the second area being displayed along with the first area;

displaying, by the processing system, in a third area, selected visual representations from the first set of visual representations and the second set of visual representations, wherein each visual representation in the selected visual representations corresponds to a media item of the first type or the second type;

displaying, by the processing system, a set of user-selectable options, each user-selectable option corresponding to an action;

receiving, by the processing system, a signal indicating selection of a first user-selectable option from the set of user-selectable options; and

performing, by the processing system, an action corresponding to the first user-selectable option using at least one media item from the plurality of media items.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving information indicating selection of a second set of one or more visual representations from the first set of visual representations, and wherein performing the action comprises performing the action corresponding to the first user-selectable option using media data from the media items corresponding to one or more visual representations in the second set of visual representations.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein performing the action comprises:

communicating, by the processing system, media data from the at least one media item from the plurality of media items.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein:

performing the action comprises determining, by the processing system, contact information from a media item the plurality of media items; and

communicating, by the processing system, the media data comprises communicating the media data from the at least one media item from the plurality of media items to a person identified by the contact information.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein performing the action comprises generating, by the processing system, a second media key for at least one media item from the plurality of media items, wherein media data stored by the at least one media item is accessible using the second media key.

6. A system for using a media key, the system comprising:

a reader adapted to read machine readable information from a media key; and

a processor adapted to;

access a plurality of media items using the machine readable information, the plurality of media items storing media data and including a first set of media items of a first type and a second set of media items of a second type, wherein the first type and the second type is one of image, audio, or video;

cause a first set of visual representations to be displayed, in a first area, for the media items of the first type, each visual representation displayed in the first area being individually selectable and corresponding to a single media item from the media items of the first type;

cause a second set of visual representations to be displayed, in a second area, for the media items of the second type, each visual representation displayed in the second area being individually selectable and corresponding to a single media item from the media items of the second type;

cause selected visual representations from the first set of visual representations and the second set of visual representations to be displayed in a third area, each visual representation in the selected visual representation corresponding to a single media item of the first type or the second type;

cause a set of user-selectable options to be displayed, each user-selectable option corresponding to an action;

receive a signal indicating selection of a first user-selectable option from the set of user-selectable options; and

cause an action to be performed corresponding to the first user-selectable option using at least one media item from the plurality of media items.