DATA FILE AGGREGATION WITH RESPECT TO USER SPECIFIC TEMPORAL RANGE

• US 20100235366A1
• Filed: 03/13/2009
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Andrew, Felix Gerard Tarquil Ifor, Hayward, Philip Lawrence William
• Application Number:
  US12/403,954
• Publication Number:
  US 20100235366A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists

Abstract

A method and system of file aggregation is provided herein. Input is received in the form of a user specific temporal range, and is compared to a value within a temporal metadata field of a data file to determine an appropriate data set within which to compile the data file for presentation. In this way, data files within a particular data set may be selectively presented to a user. For example, if a user begins taking photos at 11 p.m. and continues until 2 a.m. the next day, the user may specify the photos taken between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. are to be compiled into a single data set for presentation, as opposed to presenting the photos in data sets corresponding to different days.

Claims

1. A method for aggregating a data file with respect to a user specific temporal range, comprising:

receiving a user specific temporal range; and

comparing a value within a temporal metadata field of a data file with the user specific temporal range to determine an appropriate data set within which to compile the data file for presentation.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

compiling the data file into the appropriate data set for presentation.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising:

presenting the data file within the appropriate data set.

4. The method of claim 1, determining the appropriate data set within which to compile the data file based upon at least one of:

the value falling within the temporal range;

the value being within a proximity of the temporal range; and

the value being one of a predefined number of values within a proximity of the temporal range.

5. The method of claim 1, the user specific temporal range derived from a user specific calendar.

6. The method of claim 1, the data file existing as an image file format, comprising metadata formatted with respect to at least one of:

an exchange image file format (EXIF);

extensible metadata platform (XMP);

Information Interchange Model (IMM); and

a variant of the aforementioned.

7. The method of claim 2, comprising:

presenting one or more data files within the appropriate data set within at least one of;

a user interface;

a web browser; and

a window.

8. The method of claim 2, the appropriate data set named according to a characteristic of the user specific temporal range.

9. The method of claim 2, comprising:

deriving Global Positioning System (GPS) locational metadata from the data file;

correlating a Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) offset with derived GPS locational metadata;

calculating temporal metadata field of a metadata time alias and a

metadata date alias for a respective data file, calculation based upon the GMT offset, a localized GMT, and a metadata created date and a metadata created time; and

the comparing using the temporal metadata field of the metadata time alias and the metadata date alias for a respective data file.

10. The method of claim 7, comprising:

requesting a user affirmation of a validity of an appropriate data set; and

recompile the data files according to the user affirmation.

11. A method for aggregating a data file with respect to a user specific temporal range, comprising:

receiving the user specific temporal range, the user specific temporal range derived from a user specific calendar;

comparing a value within a temporal metadata field of the data file with the user specific temporal range to determine an appropriate data set within which to compile the data file;

deriving Global Positioning System (GPS) locational metadata from the data file;

correlating a Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) offset from derived GPS locational metadata;

calculating temporal metadata fields comprising of a metadata time alias and a metadata date alias, calculation based upon the GMT offset, a localized GMT, and a metadata created date and a metadata created time;

the comparing using the temporal metadata field of the metadata time alias and a metadata date alias for the data file;

compiling the data file into an appropriate data set based upon comparing, the appropriate data set named according to a beginning of the user specific temporal range, the appropriate data set comprising the data file compiled according to a metadata time temporal metadata field falling within the user specific temporal range, and the compiling further based upon at least one of;

the value being within a proximity of the temporal range; and

the value being one of a predefined number of values within a proximity of the temporal range; and

presenting the data file within the appropriate data set within at least one of;

a user interface;

a web browser; and

a window.

12. A system for aggregating a data file with respect to a user specific temporal range, comprising:

an input component configured to receive a user specific temporal range; and

a comparison component configured to compare a value within a temporal metadata field of the data file with the user specific temporal range to determine an appropriate data set within which to compile the data file.

13. The system of claim 12, comprising:

a presentation component configured to present one or more data files within the appropriate data set within at least one of;

a user interface;

a web browser; and

a window.

14. The system of claim 12, comprising:

a derivation component configured to obtain a Global Positioning System (GPS) locational metadata from the data file;

a correlation component configured to correlate a Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) offset with the GPS locational metadata; and

a calculation component configured to calculate a metadata time alias and a metadata data alias, calculation based upon the GMT offset, a localized GMT, and a metadata created data and a metadata created time.

15. The system of claim 12, comprising:

a compilation component configured to compile the data file into the appropriate data set and the appropriate data set labeled according to a characteristic of the user specific temporal range.

16. The system of claim 15, the appropriate data set comprising the data file compiled according to a metadata time belonging within the user specific temporal range.

17. The system of claim 15, the compilation component configured to compile the data file based upon at least one of:

the value falling within the temporal range;

the value being within a proximity of the temporal range; and

the value being one of a predefined number of values within a proximity of the temporal range.

18. The system of claim 17, comprising:

an affirmation component configured to affirm a validity of the appropriate data set; and

the compilation component configured to recompile the data files according to the user affirmation.

19. The system of claim 15, the user specific temporal range is derived from at least one of:

a user specific calendar component;

an application default; and

an operating system default.

20. The system of claim 16, the data file is formatted with respect to at least one of:

an exchange image file format (EXIF);

extensible metadata platform (XMP);

information interchange model (IMM); and

a variant of the aforementioned.