Method and apparatus for selecting media files

• US 9,304,684 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Corel Corporation (Corel Holdings LP)
• Original Assignee: Corel Corporation (Corel Holdings LP)
• Inventors: Chang, Chien-Chuan, Lin, Ming-Huang
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US13/859,165
• Publication Number:
  US 20130232438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,092 Days
• Field of Search: 715/823, 715/784, 715/773, 715/851, 715/764
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42212 Specific keyboard arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for selecting media files are provided. In the present invention, three keys are used for selecting a plurality of media files, wherein one of the keys is used for rotating and selecting a presently displayed media file, one of the keys is used for directly selecting the presently displayed media file, and another key is used for skipping the presently displayed media file. Complete select functions can be executed to a plurality of media files stored in any path by using foregoing three keys. The selected media files are stored in another path as being selected without spending time in actions such as moving, copying, and deleting, etc. Thus, the media file select operation is greatly simplified.

Claims

1. A method of transferring media files comprising:

displaying a media file of the media files stored in a first storage location upon a device comprising a display and an input unit comprising a first key, a second key, a third key, a fourth key, and a fifth key;

determining whether one of the first key, the second key, the third key, the fourth key, and the fifth key of the input unit is selected;

rotating the presently displayed media file 90 degrees anticlockwise and processing the presently displayed media file when an input of the first key is received;

rotating the presently displayed media file 90 degrees clockwise and processing the presently displayed media file when an input of the second key is received;

directly processing the presently displayed media file when an input of the third key is received;

skipping the presently displayed media file when an input of the fourth key is received;

returning to a previously displayed media file and displaying the previously displayed media file when an input of the fifth key is received;

processing the presently displayed media file by at least of selecting it and storing it in a second storage location;

determining whether or not all the media files have been processed, wherein

upon determining there is still an unprocessed media file, a next media file is displayed and foregoing steps are repeated until all the media files have been processed; and

upon determining there is no unprocessed media file and processing previously displayed media files comprised selecting them storing the selected media files in the second storage location.

2. The media file selecting method according to claim 1, wherein before displaying the media file, the method further comprises determining whether or not an input of a sixth key is received, wherein if the input of the sixth key is received, the input unit is enabled to provide functions for selecting the media files.

3. The media file selecting method according to claim 1, wherein before displaying the media file, the method further comprises setting a read path for the first storage location.

4. The media file selecting method according to claim 1, wherein before displaying the media file, the method further comprises setting a save path for the second storage location.

5. The media file selecting method according to claim 1, wherein after selecting the presently displayed media file, the method further comprises adjusting the resolution of the presently displayed media file to be a predetermined resolution.

6. The media file selecting method according to claim 1, wherein

after displaying the media file, the method further comprising:

determining whether or not the presently displayed media file is a video file or an audio file, wherein if the presently displayed media file is a video file or an audio file, the presently displayed media file is directly selected but not rotated when an input of the first key or the second key is received.

7. The media file selecting method according to claim 1, wherein

the media files comprise text, image, audio, or video files.

8. The media file selecting method according to claim 1, wherein

the input unit comprises a keyboard or a remote controller.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the input device is either separate from the display or rendered as part of the display which is part of a human-computer interface.

10. A device comprising:

a display;

an input unit comprising a first key, a second key, a third key, a fourth key, and a fifth key;

a processor for executing executable instructions;

a non-transitory memory for storing executable instructions for providing a process relating to transferring media files, the process comprising the steps of;

displaying a media file of the media files stored in a first storage location upon a device comprising a display and an input unit comprising a first key, a second key, a third key, a fourth key, and a fifth key;

determining whether one of the first key, the second key, the third key, the fourth key, and the fifth key of the input unit is selected;

rotating the presently displayed media file 90 degrees anticlockwise and processing the presently displayed media file when an input of the first key is received;

rotating the presently displayed media file 90 degrees clockwise and processing the presently displayed media file when an input of the second key is received;

directly processing the presently displayed media file when an input of the third key is received;

skipping the presently displayed media file when an input of the fourth key is received;

returning to a previously displayed media file and displaying the previously displayed media file when an input of the fifth key is received;

processing the presently displayed media file by at least of selecting it and storing it in a second storage location;

determining whether or not all the media files have been processed, wherein

upon determining there is still an unprocessed media file, a next media file is displayed and foregoing steps are repeated until all the media files have been processed; and

upon determining there is no unprocessed media file and processing previously displayed media files comprised selecting them storing the selected media files in the second storage location.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein

prior to displaying the media file, the process further comprises determining whether or not an input of a sixth key is received, wherein if the input of the sixth key is received, the input unit is enabled to provide functions for selecting the media files.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein

after displaying the media file, the process further comprising:

determining whether or not the presently displayed media file is a video file or an audio file, wherein if the presently displayed media file is a video file or an audio file, the presently displayed media file is directly selected but not rotated when an input of the first key or the second key is received.

13. The device according to claim 10, wherein

the input unit is predetermined regions of the display;

and

the display is part of a human-computer interface.

14. Executable instructions stored upon a non-volatile, non-transitory memory, the executable instructions for providing a process relating to transferring media files comprising the steps of:

displaying a media file of the media files stored in a first storage location upon a device comprising a display and an input unit comprising a first key, a second key, a third key, a fourth key, and a fifth key;

determining whether one of the first key, the second key, the third key, the fourth key, and the fifth key of the input unit is selected;

rotating the presently displayed media file 90 degrees anticlockwise and processing the presently displayed media file when an input of the first key is received;

rotating the presently displayed media file 90 degrees clockwise and processing the presently displayed media file when an input of the second key is received;

directly processing the presently displayed media file when an input of the third key is received;

skipping the presently displayed media file when an input of the fourth key is received;

returning to a previously displayed media file and displaying the previously displayed media file when an input of the fifth key is received;

processing the presently displayed media file by at least of selecting it and storing it in a second storage location;

determining whether or not all the media files have been processed, wherein

upon determining there is still an unprocessed media file, a next media file is displayed and foregoing steps are repeated until all the media files have been processed; and

upon determining there is no unprocessed media file and processing previously displayed media files comprised selecting them storing the selected media files in the second storage location.

15. The executable instructions according to claim 14, wherein

prior to displaying the media file, the process further comprises determining whether or not an input of a sixth key is received, wherein if the input of the sixth key is received, the input unit is enabled to provide functions for selecting the media files.

16. The executable instructions according to claim 14, wherein

after displaying the media file, the process further comprising:

determining whether or not the presently displayed media file is a video file or an audio file, wherein if the presently displayed media file is a video file or an audio file, the presently displayed media file is directly selected but not rotated when an input of the first key or the second key is received.