Apparatus and method for creating, addressing and modifying related data

• US 9,128,937 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2009
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vayyoo, Inc. (Chimespaces)
• Original Assignee: Vayyoo, Inc. (Chimespaces)
• Inventors: Munje, Arun, Kaul, Shailesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Mofiz, Apu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Cindy
• Application Number:
  US12/505,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,241 Days
• Field of Search: 707/769
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

Abstract

A method for creating a structured data collection comprising collecting at least two data components using a data capture device assigning the same unique identifier to all of the data components whereby the items of data identified by the same unique identifier form a bundle of data.

Claims

1. A method for creating a structured data collection at a mobile data capture device, the method comprising:

receiving an input from a interface of the mobile data capture device, the input activating a function for collection of data components;

determining an initial context in response to the activation of the function for collection of data components;

collecting, in response to receiving the input, at least two data components associated with at least the initial context using the mobile data capture device, wherein at least one of the data components is newly acquired by the mobile data capture device from a data source subsequent to receiving the user input and wherein at least one of the data components has an data component identifier;

providing a unique identifier, and

assigning the unique identifier to the at least two data components collected at the mobile data capture device, to form a bundle of data associated with at least the initial context and identified by the unique identifier on the mobile data capture device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial context is reset subsequent to formation of the bundle of data and a new initial context is determined for each subsequent activation of the function for collection of data components.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the data components is manually inputted into the mobile data capture device and at least one of the data components is automatically populated by the mobile data capture device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of collecting a data component from a data collecting module connected to the mobile data capture device where the data component has previously been collected by the collecting module.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the unique identifier is selected from the group consisting of the unique identifier of the mobile data capture device, a timestamp, account information and an identifier queried from remote server communicating with the mobile data capture device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein a further unique identifier is generated using one or more of the unique identifiers of claim 5.

7. The method of claim 1 further including the step of updating at least one of data components.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the data components is selected from the group consisting of an image file, a video file, an audio file, a location, a tag and an attachment.

9. The method of claim 1 further including the step of associating a second bundle of data to the first bundle of data as a derived attachment.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the bundle of data further includes the property of a state and the step of maintaining the state of the bundle.

11. The method of claim 1 further including the steps of reviewing and modifying at least one of the data components prior to the step of assigning the unique identifier.

12. The method of claim 1 further including the step of sending the bundle to a depository location.

13. The method of claim 1 further including the step of addressing the bundle after its creation using the unique identifier.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the bundle is a data pack.

15. The method of claim 1, further including the step of playing back the bundle of data in the same sequence as it was acquired.

16. The method of claim 1 further including providing a form having at least one field and automatically tagging a data component based on the field.

17. A method of creating a data pack at a mobile data capture device, the method comprising:

using a mobile data capture device to collect data components associated with at least an initial context in response to receiving an input at a user interface, wherein at least one data component has data component identifier and wherein at least one of the data components is newly acquired from a data source subsequent to receiving the input at the user interface;

providing a unique identifier different than the data component identifier, and

assigning the unique identifier at the mobile device to

each of the collected data components to form a bundle of data components associated with at least the initial context and identified by the unique identifier on the mobile device.

21. The method of claim 17 wherein at least one of the data components is selected from the group consisting of an image file, a video file, an audio file, a location, a tag and an attachment.

18. A mobile data capture device comprising:

an electronic storage device for electronically storing data components,

a data collection device for collecting data components wherein at least one data component has data component identifier;

a user interface for receiving selected input and generating an indication of the input;

a processor communicatively linked to the interface, the electronic storage device and the data collection device;

the processor including;

an application activated by the processor in response to receiving the indication of the selected input from the interface, the application for

determining an initial context in response to the activation of the application;

collecting at least two data components associated with the initial context using the mobile data capture device, wherein

at least one of the data components is newly acquired by the mobile data capture device from a data source subsequent to receiving the input at the user interface and

wherein at least one of the data components has an identifier; and

assigning a unique identifier at the mobile data capture device to the at least two data components associated with the initial context to form a bundle of data components associated with the initial context and identified by the unique identifier on the mobile data capture device.

19. The data capture device of claim 18 wherein the data collection device is selected from the group consisting of a camera, keyboard, GPS hardware, accelerometer, and a microphone.

20. The data capture device according to claim 18 wherein the data components forming part of the same bundle are stored in a folder on the storage device and the unique identifier is assigned to the folder.