Digital Asset Management System (DAMS)

• US 20180121530A1
• Filed: 10/23/2017
• Published: 05/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: McGregor, Lucas, Depaoli, Mike, Gould, Adrian, Hill, Chad, Ritchie, Michael Thomas, Kincaid, Kyle, Lingle, Glenn, Provost, Joseph, Vazquez, Maria
• Granted Patent: US 10,922,332 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database

Abstract

A digital asset management system (DAMS) provides an integrated user experience for the rapid and facile manipulation of a users digital assets in an online environment. Spanning the spectrum of digital assets, the DAMS system set forth herein enables users to tag, fitter, collect, and show such digital assets in a manner which requires preferably minimal user interaction in order to achieve digital asset management and exhibition. Sharing among friends and family becomes much easier and incoming digital assets may be automatically segregated according to user choices or history to enable easier management of such assets. Recognition of relationships, characteristics, features, and the like between different assets may occur automatically and develop an ongoing fashion to enable association of such similar assets into “collections” or the like.

Claims

1-27. -27. (canceled)

28. A computer-implemented method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor:

determining whether a client device is connected to a network;

identifying client assets to be synchronized and server assets to be synchronized when the client device is connected to the network, the client assets being stored at a client memory, the server assets being stored at a database;

determining a synchronization setting for the client assets and the server assets, each synchronization setting being based on user input;

downloading the client assets to the database when the synchronization setting associated with the client assets has not been met, wherein if a client asset is associated with an exclusion flag it is not downloaded; and

downloading the server assets to the client memory when the synchronization setting associated with the server assets has not been met, wherein if a server asset is associated with an exclusion flag, it is not downloaded.

29. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, wherein determining a synchronization setting comprises:

generating instructions to display a selection message in the client device, the selection message requesting instructions to arrange the synchronization setting as one-way or bi-directional.

30. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, wherein the synchronization setting associate the client assets and the server assets with at least one of a one-time upload or automatic synchronization.

31. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, further comprising:

generating a graphical user interface at the client device, the graphical user interface providing functions to edit the synchronization settings, the functions comprising at least one of renaming, adding, removing, and excluding files.

32. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, further comprising:

generating a notification message, the notification message including a user option to cancel and a timer rundown; and

stopping the downloading of the client assets and the server assets when the user option to cancel is executed.

33. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, further comprising:

determining a downloading session is interrupted due to a lost connection;

pausing the downloading of the client assets and the server assets when the downloading session is interrupted; and

resuming downloading at a point of interruption when the connection is restored.

34. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, further comprising:

generating a synchronization log, the synchronization log including at least one of time of synchronization, name on source of synchronized files, and success or failure indications.

35. An apparatus, comprising:

a storage device that stores a set of instructions; and

at least one processor coupled to the storage device, the set of instructions configuring the at least one processor to;

determine whether a client device is connected to a network;

identify client assets to be synchronized and server assets to be synchronized when the client device is connected to the network, the client assets being stored at a client memory, the server assets being stored at a database;

determine a synchronization setting for the client assets and the server assets, each synchronization setting being based on user input;

download the client assets to the database when the synchronization setting associated with the client assets has not been met, wherein if a client asset is associated with an exclusion flag, it is not downloaded; and

download the server assets to the client memory when the synchronization setting associated with the server assets has not been met, wherein if a server asset is associated with an exclusion flag, it is not downloaded.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein to determine a synchronization setting, the at least one processor is further configured to:

generate instructions to display a selection message in the client device, the selection message requesting instructions to arrange the synchronization setting as one-way or bi-directional.

37. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the synchronization setting associate the client assets and the server assets with at least one of a one-time upload or automatic synchronization.

38. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

generate a graphical user interface at the client device, the graphical user interface providing functions to edit the synchronization settings, the functions comprising at least one of renaming, adding, removing, and excluding files.

39. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

generate a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface providing functions to edit the synchronization settings, the functions comprising at least one of renaming, adding, removing, and excluding files.

40. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine a downloading session is interrupted due to a lost connection;

pause the downloading of the client assets and the server assets when the downloading session is interrupted; and

resume downloading at a point of interruption when the connection is restored.

41. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

generate a synchronization log, the synchronization log including at least one of time of synchronization, name on source of synchronized files, and success or failure indications.

42. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

determine whether a client device is connected to a network;

identify client assets to be synchronized and server assets to be synchronized when the client device is connected to the network, the client assets being stored at a client memory, the server assets being stored at a database;

determine a synchronization setting for the client assets and the server assets, each synchronization setting being based on user input;

download the client assets to the database when the synchronization setting associated with the client assets has not been met, wherein if a client asset is associated with an exclusion flag, it is not downloaded; and

download the server assets to the client memory when the synchronization setting associated with the server assets has not been met, wherein if a server assets is associated with an exclusion flag, it is not downloaded.

43. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 42, wherein stored instructions that cause the at least one processor to determine a synchronization setting, further cause the processor to:

generate instructions to display a selection message in the client device, the selection message requesting instructions to arrange the synchronization setting as one-way or bi-directional.

44. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 42, wherein the synchronization settings associate the client assets and the server assets with at least one of a one-time upload or automatic synchronization.

45. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 42, wherein the stored instructions further cause the processor to:

generate a graphical user interface at the client device, the graphical user interface providing functions to edit the synchronization settings, the functions comprising at least one of renaming, adding, removing, and excluding files.

46. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 42, wherein the stored instructions further cause the processor to:

generate a notification message, the notification message including a user option to cancel and a timer rundown; and

stop the downloading of the client assets and the server assets when the user option to cancel is executed.

47. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 42, wherein the stored instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

determining a downloading session is interrupted due to a lost connection;

pausing the downloading of the client assets and the server assets when the downloading session is interrupted; and

resuming downloading at a point of interruption when the connection is restored.