File managing method for a digital apparatus

• US 9,451,120 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Huang, Chih-Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Yen, Syling
• Application Number:
  US14/141,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20140218560A1
• Time in Patent Office: 999 Days
• Field of Search: 707/791, 707/802, 707/803, 707/805, 707/999.102, 348/207.1, 348/211.1, 725/86
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2158 using a detachable storage unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2166 for mass storage, e.g. in document filing systems information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 using transform coding

Abstract

A file managing method for a digital apparatus includes (a) establishing a folder corresponding to a file type generated in an operational mode of the digital apparatus, and (b) storing a file according to its file type to the folder corresponding to the file type established in step (a).

Claims

1. A file managing method comprising:

determining a selected operational mode of an image capturing digital apparatus, wherein the selected operational mode of the image capturing digital apparatus is based on a user selected mode;

capturing first information in the selected operational mode and storing the first information in a first file with a file type corresponding to the selected operational mode;

in response to the capturing and based on the selected operational mode, establishing a folder in a memory of the image capturing digital apparatus, the folder having a folder type determined according to the selected operational mode;

capturing second information in the selected operational mode and storing the second information in a second file with the file type corresponding to the selected operational mode;

storing the second file in the folder in the memory of the image capturing digital apparatus by matching the file type of the second file to the folder type of the folder;

setting up a shortcut, linked to a hot key, to transmit files in a particular one of one or more folders in the memory of the image capturing digital apparatus, to a corresponding folder on an alternative storage device;

receiving, from the hot key on the image capturing digital apparatus, a transmit signal, the transmit signal corresponding to the particular one of the one or more folders;

in response to receiving the transmit signal, sending all files stored in the particular one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device, wherein the alternative storage device is operationally independent from the image capturing digital apparatus,

wherein sending all files stored in the particular one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device comprises initiating a first transfer of all the files of from the particular one of the one or more folders without a user selection of the particular one of the one or more folders subsequent to the setting up the shortcut;

receiving, from the hot key on the image capturing digital apparatus, a second transmit signal; and

in response to the second transmit signal, sending all files stored in the particular one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device by initiating a second transfer of all the files from the particular one of the one or more folders without a user selection of the particular one of the one or more folders subsequent to the setting up the shortcut.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising utilizing, by the image capturing digital apparatus, corresponding applications to open each of the files according to a name of the established folder containing that file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected operational mode comprises one of:

an audio mode, a picture mode, and a video mode.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting up a first shortcut, linked to the hot key, to transmit the files in a first one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device; and

setting up a second shortcut, linked to the hotkey, to transmit the files in a second one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the alternative storage device comprises a personal computer.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein sending all files stored in the particular one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device is performed using wireless network transmission.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the image capturing digital apparatus comprises a digital camera.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the image capturing digital apparatus comprises a mobile phone.

9. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations for managing files, the operations comprising:

determining a selected operational mode of an image capturing digital apparatus, wherein the selected operational mode of the image capturing digital apparatus is based on a user selected mode;

capturing first information in the selected operational mode and storing the first information in a first file with a file type corresponding to the selected operational mode;

in response to the capturing and based on the selected operational mode, establishing a folder in a memory of the image capturing digital apparatus, the folder having a folder type determined according to the selected operational mode;

capturing second information in the selected operational mode and storing the second information in a second file with the file type corresponding to the selected operational mode;

storing the second file in the folder in the memory of the image capturing digital apparatus by matching the file type of the second file to the folder type of the folder;

setting up a shortcut, linked to a hot key, to transmit files, in a particular one of one or more folders in the memory of the image capturing digital apparatus, to a corresponding folder on an alternative storage device;

receiving, from the hot key on the image capturing digital apparatus, a transmit signal, the transmit signal corresponding to the particular one of the one or more folders;

in response to receiving the transmit signal, sending all files stored in the particular one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device, wherein the alternative storage device is operationally independent from the image capturing digital apparatus,

wherein sending all files stored in the particular one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device comprises initiating a first transfer of all the files of from the particular one of the one or more folders without a user selection of the particular one of the one or more folders subsequent to the setting up the shortcut;

receiving, from the hot key on the image capturing digital apparatus, a second transmit signal; and

in response to the second transmit signal, sending all files stored in the particular one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device by initiating a second transfer of all the files from the particular one of the one or more folders without a user selection of the particular one of the one or more folders subsequent to the setting up the shortcut.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise utilizing, by the image capturing digital apparatus, corresponding applications to open each of the files according to a name of the established folder containing that file.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the selected operational mode comprises one of:

an audio mode, a picture mode, and a video mode.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the image capturing digital apparatus comprises a mobile phone.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

setting up a first shortcut, linked to the hot key, to transmit the files in a first one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device; and

setting up a second shortcut, linked to the hot key, to transmit the files in a second one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the alternative storage device comprises a personal computer.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein sending all files stored in the particular one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device is performed using wireless transmission.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the image capturing digital apparatus comprises a digital camera.

17. An image capturing digital apparatus comprising:

an input configured to receive a user selection of an operational mode, wherein the user selection of the operational mode establishes a selected operational mode of the image capturing digital apparatus;

an information capturing module configured to capture first audio or visual data in the selected operational mode and store the first audio or visual data in a first file with a file type corresponding to the selected operational mode;

a folder establishing module configured to, responsive to the capturing and based on the selected operational mode, establish a folder in a memory of the image capturing digital apparatus, the folder having a folder type determined according to the selected operational mode;

wherein the information capturing module is configured to capture second audio or visual data in the selected operational mode and store the second captured audio or visual data in a second file with the file type corresponding to the selected operational mode;

a storage sub-system configured to store the second file in the folder in the memory of the image capturing digital apparatus by matching the file type of the second file to the folder type of the folder; and

a hot key linked to a shortcut, wherein the shortcut is configured to;

in response to a transmit signal received from the hot key, transmit all files stored in a particular one of one or more folders in the memory of the image capturing digital apparatus to a corresponding folder on an alternative storage device,

wherein the alternative storage device is operationally independent from the image capturing digital apparatus, and

wherein sending all files stored in the particular one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device comprises initiating a first transfer of all the files of from the particular one of the one or more folders without a user selection of the particular one of the one or more folders subsequent to setting up the shortcut; and

in response to a second transmit signal received from the hot key, initiate, without a user selection of the particular one of the one or more folders subsequent to the setting up the shortcut, a second transfer, of all the files from the particular one of the one or more folders, to the corresponding folder on the alternative storage device.

18. The image capturing digital apparatus of claim 17, wherein the selected operational mode comprises one of:

an audio mode, a picture mode, and a video mode.

19. The image capturing digital apparatus of claim 17, wherein the image capturing digital apparatus comprises a mobile phone.

20. The image capturing digital apparatus of claim 17, wherein sending all files stored in the particular one of the one or more folders to the alternative storage device is performed using wireless transmission.