Storage access technique for captured data

• US 9,451,200 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2006
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Malamud, Mark A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pwu, Jeffrey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woldemariam, Nega
• Application Number:
  US11/594,695
• Publication Number:
  US 20070120981A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,605 Days
• Field of Search: 713/153, 713/163, 713/183, 713/193, 713/340, 713/164, 714/38, 714/49, 714/48, 714/35, 714/37, 726/22, 726/14, 726/13, 726/11, 726/34, 726/25, 726/26, 726/27, 380/42, 380/55, 380/58, 380/46, 382/225, 382/581
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00153 for sharing images with a selected individual or correspondent
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00156 with a group of selected individuals or correspondents
• 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 5/772 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 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A technique processes captured data on a device, wherein selected captured data of a given quality resolution is transferred via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability. A storage protocol may include different storage organization categories. A possible aspect includes an identifier record to enable future accessibility to selected captured data by one or more authorized parties or approved devices.

Claims

1. A method for data management comprising:

obtaining captured data on a device;

transferring some or all of the captured data via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability, including at least;

determining that some or all of the captured data has a quality parameter value that exceeds a display capability of the device;

transferring the some or all of the captured data to a separate storage location when the quality parameter value for the some or all of the captured data exceeds the display capability of the device; and

maintaining the quality parameter value for the some or all of the captured data that exceeds the display capability of the device during the transferring to the separate storage location;

maintaining an identifier record to enable future accessibility to selected captured data; and

facilitating a storage management task concerning a saved version of the selected captured data by one or more authorized parties or one or more approved devices.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said maintaining the identifier record includes:

providing the identifier record generated by the device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said maintaining the identifier record includes:

providing the identifier record generated at the separate storage location.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing storage location accessibility via a communication link with an approved device.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing accessibility to the saved version of the selected captured data via a communication link with an authorized owner or operator of the separate storage location.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing restricted accessibility to the saved version of the selected captured data based on a fee schedule.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said providing restricted accessibility includes:

providing a fee schedule that includes a fee allocation paid to an entity responsible for the separate storage location.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said facilitating the management task includes:

providing restricted accessibility to the saved version of the selected captured data to facilitate the storage management task by an authorized third party.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said facilitating the storage management task includes:

facilitating the storage management task that allows usage or retrieval or distribution or replication or modification or reorganization of the saved version of the selected captured data.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said providing the storage protocol includes:

providing for further retention of the saved version of the selected captured data by the separate storage location subsequent to executing the storage management task.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

providing a fee schedule that includes a fee allocation paid by or on behalf of an authorized user or an authorized third party.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

approving a storage format for the saved version of the selected captured data based on accessibility to regenerated or transformed data components.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein said maintaining the identifier record includes:

maintaining the identifier record to facilitate the storage management task concerning the saved version of the selected captured data via a communication link with the device.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing an exemplar or abbreviation or indicia that is recognizable by the authorized party and that is operably coupled to the identifier record to facilitate the storage management task concerning the saved version of the selected captured data.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said providing the exemplar or abbreviation or indicia includes providing one or more of the following:

symbol, code, name, title, icon, date, excerpt, characteristic, form, alternate format, listing, reorganization, aggregation, summary, reduction, representation, sample, thumbnail,

image, preview, group specimen, and sub-group element.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing an exemplar or abbreviation or indicia that is recognizable by the approved device and that serves as the identifier record to facilitate the storage management task concerning the saved version of the selected captured data.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein said maintaining the identifier record includes:

providing one or more of the following types of identifier records to facilitate accessibility from the approved device to the saved version of the selected captured data;

exemplar, abbreviation, indicia, symbol, code, name, title, icon, date, excerpt, characteristic, form, alternate format, listing, reorganization, aggregation, summary, reduction, representation, sample, thumbnail, image, preview, group specimen, sub-group element, unique, non-unique, arbitrary, global, semantic, public, private, and encoded.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein said maintaining the identifier record includes:

providing one or more of the following types of identifier records to facilitate accessibility by the authorized user to the saved version of the selected captured data;

exemplar, abbreviation, indicia, symbol, code, name, title, icon, date, excerpt, characteristic, form, alternate format, listing, reorganization, aggregation, summary, reduction, representation, sample, thumbnail, image, preview, group specimen, sub-group element, unique, non-unique, arbitrary, global, semantic, public, private, and encoded.

19. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

enabling the approved device or the authorized party to locate the saved version and/or execute the storage management task concerning the saved version of the selected captured data by reference to the identifier record.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein said maintaining the identifier record includes:

maintaining the identifier record that enables an authorized user or an authorized third party to use a different device to obtain future accessibility to the saved version of the selected captured data.

21. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing one or more different storage organization categories based at least in part on a parameter established by a storage management algorithm.

22. The method of claim 21 further comprising:

establishing the storage management algorithm based at least in part on one or more of the following parameters;

creator, participant, originator, source, owner, proprietary, public domain, goal, subject matter, event, established policy, selected policy, custom policy, redundancy, variety, resolution, reproduction, replication, captured quality, device quality, captured fidelity, device fidelity, commercial value, personal value, expected future use, recipient, required access frequency, expected access frequency, potential distribution, taxonomy, common theme, tag, classification, device capability, device attribute, device parameter, storage capability, storage attribute, storage parameter, device setting, user task, device context, user context, device history, or user history.

23. The method of claim 21 further comprising:

establishing the storage management algorithm that retains in the device memory some captured data having the quality parameter value that is within an output capability range of the device.

24. The method of claim 21 further comprising:

establishing the storage management algorithm that transfers to the separate storage location some captured data having the quality parameter value that exceeds an output capability of the device.

25. The method of claim 1 wherein said maintaining the identifier record includes:

allowing one or more excerpt or transformation of the selected captured data to be retained for future reference on memory associated with the device.

26. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

providing one or more of the following types of annotation information associated with the excerpt or transformation of the selected captured data;

date, topic, event, device user, wireless storage destination, applicable storage protocol, organization category, resolution quality, scheduled deletion, scheduled quality downgrade, and fee schedule.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein transferring some or all of the captured data via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability, including at least transferring some or all of the captured data to a separate storage location when a quality parameter value for some or all of the captured data exceeds an output capability of the device comprises:

transferring some or all of the captured data via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability, including at least transferring some or all of the captured data to the separate storage location when a captured quality parameter value exceeds an output capability of the device.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein transferring some or all of the captured data via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability, including at least transferring some or all of the captured data to a separate storage location when a quality parameter value for some or all of the captured data exceeds an output capability of the device comprises:

transferring some or all of the captured data via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability, including at least transferring some or all of the captured data to the separate storage location when a device quality value exceeds an output capability of the device.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein transferring some or all of the captured data via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability, including at least transferring some or all of the captured data to a separate storage location when a quality parameter value for some or all of the captured data exceeds an output capability of the device comprises:

transferring at least some of the captured data to a storage location on the device when the quality parameter of the at least some of the captured data is within the output capability range of the device.

30. A system for captured data storage management comprising:

a capture device configured to capture data;

a communication link for transferring some or all of the captured data to a separate storage location for future availability, at least one of the capture device or the communication link being configured to;

determine that some or all of the captured data has a quality parameter value that exceeds a display capability of the device;

transfer to the separate storage location the some or all of the captured data when the quality parameter value for the some or all of the captured data exceeds the display capability of the capture device; and

maintain the quality parameter value for the some or all of the captured data that exceeds the display capability of the device during the transfer to the separate storage location; and

an identifier record to facilitate a storage management task concerning the selected captured data by one or more authorized parties or approved devices.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein said identifier record includes:

an identifier record maintained at the separate storage location, which identifier record includes one or more excerpt or transformation of the selected captured data retained for future reference.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein said identifier record maintained at the separate storage location includes:

one or more of the following types of annotation information associated with the excerpt or transformation of the selected captured data;

date, topic, event, device user, wireless storage destination, applicable storage protocol, organization category, resolution quality, scheduled deletion, scheduled quality downgrade, and fee schedule.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein the capture device is further configured to:

display the some or all of the captured data at a reduced quality parameter value that does not exceed the display capability of the device.

34. The system of claim 30, wherein determine that some or all of the captured data has a quality parameter value that exceeds a display capability of the device comprises:

determine that some or all of the captured data has a quality parameter value that exceeds a display capability of at least one of a screen display, a viewfinder display, a display monitor, or a thumbnail display.

35. The system of claim 30, wherein determine that some or all of the captured data has a quality parameter value that exceeds a display capability of the device comprises:

determine that some or all of the captured data has a quality parameter value that exceeds a display capability of the device, the quality parameter value including at least one of a resolution, a resolution quality, or a pixel-related value.

36. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory signal bearing medium including at least;

one or more instructions for obtaining captured data on a device;

one or more instructions for transferring some or all of the captured data via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability, including at least;

one or more instructions for determining that some or all of the captured data has a quality parameter value that exceeds a display capability of the device;

one or more instructions for transferring to the separate storage location the some or all of the captured data when the quality parameter value for the some or all of the captured data exceeds the display capability of the device; and

one or more instructions for maintaining the quality parameter value for the some or all of the captured data that exceeds the display capability of the device during the transferring to the separate storage location; and

one or more instructions for implementing a storage protocol for keeping a saved version of the selected captured data at the separate storage location, which the storage protocol includes at least different organization categories.

37. The computer program product of claim 36 further including:

one or more instructions for allowing accessibility to the selected captured data by an authorized party.

38. The computer program product of claim 36 further including:

one or more instructions for allowing accessibility to the selected captured data by a designated device.

39. The computer program product of claim 36 further including:

one or more instructions for facilitating a storage management task that allows usage or retrieval or distribution or replication or modification or reorganization of the saved version of the selected captured data.

40. The computer program product of claim 36 one or more instructions for implementing the storage protocol includes:

one or more instructions for providing for further retention of the saved version of the selected captured data by the separate storage location subsequent to executing a storage management task.

41. The computer program product of claim 36 one or more instructions for implementing the storage protocol includes:

one or more instructions for providing a storage format for the saved version of the selected captured data based on accessibility to regenerated or transformed data components.

42. The computer program product of claim 36 further comprising:

one or more instructions for maintaining an identifier record to facilitate a storage management task concerning the saved version of the selected captured data via a communication link with a capturing device.

43. The computer program product of claim 36 further includes:

one or more instructions for providing an exemplar or abbreviation or indicia that is recognizable and that is operably coupled to an identifier record to facilitate the storage management task concerning the selected captured data.

44. The computer program product of claim 43 one or more instructions for providing the exemplar or abbreviation or indicia includes:

one or more instructions for providing one or more of the following;

symbol, code, name, title, icon, date, excerpt, characteristic, form, alternate format, listing, reorganization, aggregation, summary, reduction, representation, sample, thumbnail, image, preview, group specimen, and sub-group element.

45. The computer program product of claim 36 further includes:

one or more instructions for processing the selected captured data to accomplish an allocation of the selected captured data among the one or more storage organization categories, which allocation is established prior to the transferring to the separate storage location.

46. The computer program product of claim 36 further includes:

one or more instructions for enabling an approved device to locate the saved version and/or execute the storage management task concerning the saved version of the selected captured data by reference to an identifier record.

47. The computer program product of claim 36 further includes:

one or more instructions for enabling an authorized party to locate the saved version and/or execute the storage management task concerning the saved version of the selected captured data by reference to an identifier record.

48. The computer program product of claim 36 further comprising:

one or more instructions for maintaining an identifier record that enables an authorized user or an authorized third party to use a different device to obtain future accessibility to the saved version of the selected captured data.

49. The computer program product of claim 36 further includes:

one or more instructions for employing one or more of the following features to make the captured data available to an authorized user associated with the capturing device prior to the transferring;

printout, screen display, viewfinder display, display monitor, thumbnail display, removable memory, device memory, audio, tactile, alert, notification, transmittal to other device, and instructional.

50. The computer program product of claim 36 one or more instructions for implementing the storage protocol includes:

one or more instructions for providing the different storage organization categories based at least in part on a parameter established by a storage management algorithm.

51. The computer program product of claim 50 further includes:

one or more instructions for establishing the storage management algorithm based at least in part on one or more of the following parameters;

creator, participant, originator, source, owner, proprietary, public domain, goal, subject matter, event, established policy, selected policy, custom policy, redundancy, variety, resolution, reproduction, replication, captured quality, device quality, captured fidelity, device fidelity, commercial value, personal value, expected future use, recipient, required access frequency, expected access frequency, potential distribution, taxonomy, common theme, tag, classification, device capability, device attribute, device parameter, storage capability, storage attribute, storage parameter, device setting, user task, device context, user context, device history, or user history.

52. The computer program product of claim 36, further comprising one or more instructions for maintaining an identifier record to enable restricted accessibility to facilitate a management task concerning the selected captured data pursuant to the storage protocol.

53. The computer program product of claim 52 further including:

one or more instructions for providing one or more of the following types of annotation information associated with the excerpt or transformation of the selected captured data;

date, topic, event, device user, wireless storage destination, applicable storage protocol, organization category, resolution quality, scheduled deletion, scheduled quality downgrade, or fee schedule.

54. The computer program product of claim 52 wherein said identifier record includes:

an identifier record that is at least one of (i) maintained at the capture device to facilitate the storage management task that allows usage or retrieval or distribution or replication or modification or reorganization of the saved version of the selected captured data, (ii) maintained at the separate storage location to facilitate the storage management task that allows usage or retrieval or distribution or replication or modification or reorganization of the saved version of the selected captured data, (iii) an exemplar or abbreviation or indicia that is recognizable to facilitate the storage management task concerning the saved version of the selected captured data, or (iv) one or more excerpts or transformations of the selected captured data retained for future reference on memory associated with the capture device.

55. The computer program product of claim 54 wherein said exemplar or abbreviation or indicia includes one or more of the following:

symbol, code, name, title, icon, date, excerpt, characteristic, form, alternate format, listing, reorganization, aggregation, summary, reduction, representation, sample, thumbnail, image, preview, group specimen, and subgroup element.