Mobile multimedia proxy database

• US 9,146,922 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2007
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Guo, Dongbai
• Primary Examiner(s): Hershley, Mark E
• Application Number:
  US11/881,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20090030911A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,987 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/613, 707/614, 707/617, 707/621, 707/622, 707/636, 707/655, 707/764, 707/809
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70

Abstract

Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with a mobile multimedia database are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a mobile database and logic for communicating media data from the mobile database to an enterprise database. The exemplary system may also include logic for creating a media service request and for communicating the media service request from the system to the enterprise database. A media service request may describe an action on a piece of media data. The exemplary system may also include logic for receiving a media service reply from the enterprise database. A media service reply may describe an action performed by the enterprise database in response to the media service request.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least a mobile database and a processor;

a media upload logic for communicating media data from the mobile database to an enterprise database that is remotely located;

a service request logic for processing a media request received from a user, where the media request describes an action associated with a media data;

where the service request logic is configured to determine and select between locally processing the media request by the processor associated with the mobile database, or remotely processing the media request with the enterprise database, where the determining is based, at least in part, on whether the media request can be performed on the mobile database,

if the service request logic determines that the media request cannot be performed on the mobile database, the media request is transferred to the enterprise database for remotely processing the media request with the enterprise database;

a service reply logic for receiving a media service reply from the enterprise database, where the media service reply includes a result from processing the media request where the system appears to locally perform the media services that are performed by the enterprise database.

2. The system of claim 1, where the mobile database resides on a mobile data capture device.

3. The system of claim 2, the media data including one or more of, digital image data, digital video data, digital voice data, and digital music data.

4. The system of claim 1, where the media upload logic is to prevent the transfer of media data between the mobile database and the enterprise database from being transaction protected.

5. The system of claim 1, where the service request logic and the service response logic are to transaction protect a pair of communications including the media request or a related media service reply.

6. The system of claim 1, where the media request describes a search action, an index action, a query action, or a manipulation action.

7. The system of claim 6, where the media service reply describes an action success, an action failure, or a reconciliation request.

8. The system of claim 1, where the media upload logic and the service request logic are to transfer the media data and the media request in parallel to the enterprise database.

9. The system of claim 1, where the service request logic is to selectively queue media requests for delivery to the enterprise database.

10. The system of claim 1, where the service reply logic is to control the service request logic to generate a subsequent media service request based, at least in part, on the media service reply.

11. The system of claim 1, where the service request logic is to control the service reply logic to wait for a media service reply.

12. The system of claim 11, where the service request logic is to control the service reply logic to wait asynchronously for a service reply.

13. The system of claim 1, where the service reply logic is to control the system to provide a reconciliation copy of a data item located in the mobile database, the reconciliation copy to bring the mobile database and the enterprise database into agreement on the value of the data item, the service reply logic to control the system to provide the reconciliation copy based, at least in part, on a media service reply.

14. The system of claim 1, where the service reply logic is configured to update the mobile database based, at least in part, on the media service reply.

15. The system of claim 1, where the media upload logic is configured to communicate the media data from the mobile database to the enterprise database on a first channel of a plurality of channels in parallel with the service request logic communicating the service request from the system to the enterprise database on a second channel of the plurality of channels.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform actions, the executable instructions comprising instructions configured for:

receiving a media processing request by a mobile device, where the mobile device contains the processor and a mobile database, where the media processing request is to be performed on media data on the mobile device, where the mobile device is configured with one or more proxy entities related to an enterprise database, where the enterprise database is configured to function as a media server for the mobile database;

queuing the media processing request in a queue maintained by at least one of the one or more proxy entities related to the enterprise database;

determining, by one of the proxy entities, that the media processing request cannot be performed by the mobile device and in response, generating a media service request associated with the media processing request and transferring the media service request to the enterprise database;

transferring the media data from the mobile database to the enterprise database in parallel with the media service request;

receiving a media service reply from the enterprise database at the mobile database that includes results to the media service request;

providing a response to the media processing request, the response being based, at least in part, on the results from the media service reply.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions configured for:

starting a first transaction before generating the media service request; and

ending the first transaction after generating the media service request.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions configured for:

starting a second transaction before processing the media service reply;

processing the media service reply; and

ending the second transaction after processing the media service reply.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions configured for:

providing a reconciliation request to the mobile database based, at least in part, on the media service reply; and

generating a second media service request, the second media service request being a reconciliation response responsive to the reconciliation request.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions configured for:

starting a first transaction before receiving the media processing request; and

ending the first transaction after processing the media service reply.

21. A system, comprising:

means for processing multimedia data in a mobile database;

means for generating a service request associated with remote processing of the multimedia data in the mobile database;

means for determining that the service request cannot be processed by the mobile database;

means for communicating the service request to a media server associated with providing services to the mobile database and for transferring the multimedia data to the media server, where the service request is communicated in parallel with the communication of the multimedia data;

means for receiving from the media server a reply to the service request.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform actions, the executable instructions comprising instructions configured for:

receiving a service request to perform a function by a mobile device that includes a mobile database, where the mobile database acts as a proxy for an enterprise database, where the mobile database contains a partial database of a whole database contained by the enterprise database;

queuing the service request in a queue on the mobile device;

determining whether to handle the service request locally, at the mobile database, or to transfer the service request to the enterprise database, where the determining is based, at least in part, on whether the function can be performed on the partial database;

transferring the service request from the queue to the enterprise database for execution of the function on the whole database, in response to a determination that the service request cannot be performed on the partial database; and

receiving a result, from the enterprise database, in response to the function being performed such that it appears that the function is performed by the mobile database.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, where the determining is further based, at least in part, on one or more of a hardware configuration, a software configuration, a ratio of computing power, a load ratio, a communication bandwidth, and a security measure.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, where the determining is based, at least in part, on dynamic factors so that the determination is made on an ad hoc basis.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, where the function is a search query directed to be performed on content in the mobile database, which when transferred to the enterprise database, the search query is performed on the enterprise database.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, where the service request is a search request and the function is a search function, such that determining whether to perform the search request locally, at the mobile database, or to transfer the search request to the enterprise database, is based, at least in part, on whether the search function can be performed on the partial database.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, further comprising instructions configured for:

recognizing media data captured by the mobile device; and

causing the proxy to search the media data, index the media data, and process the media data.

28. A method performed by a mobile device that is a computing device including at least a processor for executing instructions, the method comprising:

receiving a service request to perform a function by the mobile device that includes a mobile database, where the mobile database acts as a proxy for an enterprise database, where the mobile database contains a partial database of a whole database contained by the enterprise database;

queuing, by at least the processor, the service request in a queue on the mobile device;

determining, by at least the processor, whether to handle the service request locally, at the mobile database, or to transfer the service request to the enterprise database, where the determining is based, at least in part, on whether the function can be performed on the partial database;

transferring, by at least the processor, the service request from the queue to the enterprise database for execution of the function on the whole database, in response to a determination that the service request cannot be performed on the partial database; and

receiving a result, from the enterprise database, in response to the function being performed such that it appears that the function is performed by the mobile database.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising:

receiving at the enterprise database the service request from the mobile database;

receiving at the enterprise database media data from the mobile database;

starting a transaction;

processing the service request on the enterprise database to produce results;

generating a service reply including the result associated with the service request;

communicating the service reply from the enterprise database to the mobile database; and

ending the transaction.

30. The method of claim 29, the method further including:

determining that a data item may be out of synchronization between the mobile database and the enterprise database;

configuring the service reply as a reconciliation request;

waiting for a reconciliation response associated with the service reply configured as a reconciliation request; and

processing the reconciliation response.