Method of Facilitating Browsing and Management of Multimedia Files with Data Structure thereof

• US 20100115472A1
• Filed: 10/30/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Wang, Ching-Chieh, Lee, Kun-Bin
• Application Number:
  US12/261,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20100115472A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/854
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor

Abstract

A method of browsing multimedia files having a plurality of attribute information. Each of the plurality of attribute information is utilized for indicating a corresponding characteristic of the multimedia files. The method comprises: providing a browser comprising a user interface having multi-level hierarchical menus, each menu comprising at least a menu icon representing a group of the multimedia files which certain attribute information of the group of multimedia files are the same, wherein each of the menu icon is able to initiate a next level menu, or to initiate playing a target multimedia file; and playing the target multimedia file if the menu icon for initiating playing the target multimedia file has been activated.

Claims

1. A method of browsing multimedia files having a plurality of attribute information, wherein each of the plurality of attribute information is utilized for indicating a corresponding characteristic of the multimedia files, the method comprising:

providing a browser comprising a user interface having multi-level hierarchical menus, each menu comprising at least a menu icon representing a group of the multimedia files which certain attribute information of the group of multimedia files are the same, wherein each of the menu icon is able to initiate a next level menu, or to initiate playing a target multimedia file; and

playing the target multimedia file if the menu icon for initiating playing the target multimedia file has been activated;

wherein the attribute information may be modified, increased or eliminated dynamically according to requirements of a user.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the plurality of attribute information comprises attribute information selected form a group consisting of time-related attribute information, location-related attribute information, climate-related attribute information, audio-related attribute information, information corresponding to how many persons shown in the photograph, attribute information corresponding to the name of the person who is shown in the photograph, related-link information, and reference information;

wherein the location-related attribute information corresponds to a place of generating the multimedia file;

wherein the climate-related attribute information corresponds to the weather under which the multimedia file has been generated;

wherein the time-related corresponds to when the multimedia file has been generated.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 wherein the attribute information may be retrieved from a global positioning system, a local network or system information.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2 wherein the location-related attribute information comprises attribute information selected from a group consisting of a district, a country, a region, a city, a landmark, longitude and latitude data, and a street name.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2 wherein the climate-related attribute information comprises attribute information selected from a group consisting of temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind velocity, and a wind direction corresponding to the weather under which the multimedia file has been generated.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2 wherein the time-related attribute information comprises attribute information selected from a group consisting of a season, a date, a moment or a timestamp corresponding to when the multimedia file is generated.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the menu is able to be displayed incorporated with a geographic map.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the method further comprising:

displaying the next level menu if the menu icon for initiating the next level menu has been activated.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the attribute information is in a text format or in a multimedia format.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

providing a media content profile or a database for recording the attribute information of the multimedia files.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the media content profile records a directory-metadata indicating the file directory which stores the multimedia files.

12. An electronic apparatus for browsing multimedia files having a plurality of attribute information, wherein each of the plurality of attribute information is utilized for indicating a corresponding characteristic of the multimedia files, the apparatus comprising:

a browser comprising a user interface having multi-level hierarchical menus, each menu comprising at least a menu icon representing a group of the multimedia files which certain attribute information of the group of multimedia files are the same, wherein each of the menu icon is able to initiate a next level menu, or to initiate playing a target multimedia file; and

an input device for selecting a desired menu icon of the menus.

13. A method for managing multimedia files having a plurality of attribute information, wherein each of the plurality of attribute information is utilized for indicating a corresponding characteristic of the multimedia files, the method comprising

coping or deleting a specific multimedia file;

wherein the specific multimedia file is selected according to the attribute information of the multimedia files.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the plurality of attribute information comprises attribute information selected form a group consisting of time-related attribute information, location-related attribute information, climate-related attribute information, audio-related attribute information, information corresponding to how many persons shown in the photograph, attribute information corresponding to the name of the person who is shown in the photograph, related-link information, and reference information;

wherein the location-related attribute information corresponds to a place of generating the multimedia file;

wherein the climate-related attribute information corresponds to the weather under which the multimedia file has been generated;

wherein the time-related corresponds to when the multimedia file has been generated.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 wherein the attribute information may be retrieved from a global positioning system, a local network or system information;

wherein the attribute information may be modified, increased or eliminated dynamically according to requirements of a user.

16. A method for storing a multimedia file having a plurality of attribute information into an electronic apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of attribute information is utilized for indicating a corresponding characteristic of the multimedia files, the method comprising:

generating a file directory according to the attribute information of the multimedia file; and

storing the multimedia file into the file directory.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

generating a directory-metadata having attribute information corresponding to that of the multimedia file stored in this directory.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 further comprising:

checking the attribute information of an existent file directory when a new multimedia file is to be stored into the electronic apparatus; and

generating a new file directory according to the attribute information of the new multimedia file if the attribute information of the new multimedia file does not match the attribute information of the existent file directory.

19. The method as claimed in claim 17 further comprising:

checking the attribute information of a latest generated file directory when a new multimedia file is to be stored; and

generating a new file directory according to the attribute information of the new multimedia file if the attribute information of the new multimedia file does not match the attribute information corresponding to the latest generated file directory.

20. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the attribute information of the multimedia files comprises attribute information selected form a group consisting of time-related attribute information, location-related attribute information, climate-related attribute information, audio-related attribute information, information corresponding to how many persons shown in the photograph, attribute information corresponding to the name of the person who is shown in the photograph, related-link information, and reference information.

21. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein a file directory name of the generated file directory comprises the attribute information.

22. A method of browsing multimedia files having a name related attribute information, wherein the name related attribute information is utilized for indicating name of the person who is shown in the photograph, the method comprising:

providing a browser comprising a user interface having a menu, the menu comprising at least a menu icon representing a group of the multimedia files comprising the same name related attribute information, wherein each of the menu icon is able to initiate playing a target multimedia file; and

playing the target multimedia file if the menu icon has been activated.

23. An electronic apparatus for storing a multimedia content profile with a data structure comprising a plurality of attribute information, wherein each of the plurality of attribute information is utilized for indicating a corresponding characteristic of a multimedia file.

24. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 23, wherein the electronic apparatus further comprises a file directory for storing the multimedia file;

wherein the file directory comprises a directory-metadata;

wherein the multimedia content profile further comprises the directory-metadata for indicating the file directory which stores the multimedia file.

25. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 23, wherein the attribute information of the multimedia files comprises attribute information selected form a group consisting of time-related attribute information, location-related attribute information, climate-related attribute information, audio-related attribute information, information corresponding to how many persons shown in the photograph, attribute information corresponding to the name of the person who is shown in the photograph, related-link information, and reference information.