Computer readable medium recording program, information processing device, information processing system, and information processing method

• US 9,268,781 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2011
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Akifusa, Yusuke, Nitta, Masahiro, Matsumoto, Kenji, Sato, Tetsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Arjomandi, Noosha
• Application Number:
  US13/328,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20120158789A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,530 Days
• Field of Search: 707/797
• 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

Abstract

An example computer 10 that manages folders containing files by using a tree structure is caused to execute a step S104 of identifying a superior folder from predetermined folders managed by the tree structure by retracing the tree structure by at least one level, and a step S501 of specifying a file belonging to a subordinate folder that is subordinate to the superior folder in the tree structure as a processing object.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded for use with a computer that manages groups of data by using a hierarchically-structured file system with a tree structure, the tree structure including a predetermined group, a superior group, and another subordinate group, the predetermined group and the another subordinate group being different groups that are both subordinate to the superior group within the tree structure, the program comprising instructions causing the computer to execute:

identifying the superior group from the predetermined group managed by the tree structure by retracing the tree structure by at least one level;

based on identification of the superior group, automatically specifying, as a plurality of playback objects, a plurality of data among all data belonging to the predetermined group and at least the another subordinate group that is subordinate to the superior group in the tree structure where the plurality of data is specified based on being included in a group that is subordinate to the superior group;

automatically generating a playback list from the specified plurality of playback objects; and

executing at least one application program by successively using at least some of the plurality of playback objects based on inclusion of the plurality of objects in the playback list,

wherein the program causes the computer to further execute determining whether or not there is a plurality of the subordinate groups which contains a predetermined type of data and which is subordinate to the superior group.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 1,

the program causing the computer to further execute selecting data by a predetermined process, wherein

in the superior group identifying, the superior group is identified by identifying a superior group that is higher by at least one level from a group containing the data selected in the data selecting.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 2, wherein

in the data selecting, data is selected by a process of selecting data from data satisfying a predetermined condition.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 3, wherein

in the data selecting, data is selected by a process of selecting data from data satisfying the predetermined condition that includes a condition regarding a frequency of use of data.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 4, wherein

in the data selecting, data is selected by a process of selecting data from data satisfying the predetermined condition that includes a condition requiring a frequency of use of data to be within a predetermined rank from a highest rank.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 2, wherein:

in the data selecting, a plurality of pieces of data is selected by a plurality of predetermined processes differing from each other;

in the superior group identifying, a plurality of the superior groups is identified for each of the plurality of pieces of data selected in the data selecting; and

the computer is caused to further execute displaying group names of the plurality of superior groups identified in the superior group identifying on a display device connected to the computer so as to be selectable by a user.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 6, wherein

in the data selecting, a plurality of pieces of data is selected including data selected by a process of selecting data from data satisfying a predetermined condition, and data selected by a process of selecting data from all pieces of data.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 1,

the program causing the computer to further execute selecting a group by a predetermined process, wherein

in the superior group identifying, the superior group is identified by identifying a superior group that is higher by at least one level from the group selected in the group selecting.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 8, wherein

in the group selecting, a group is selected by a process of selecting a group from groups that satisfy a predetermined condition.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 9, wherein

in the group selecting, a group is selected by a process of selecting a group from groups satisfying the predetermined condition that includes a condition regarding a frequency of use of a group.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 10,

the program causing the computer to further execute acquiring a frequency of use of a group by identifying a group containing each piece of data indicated in a data usage history of the computer and compiling the usage history for each identified group, wherein

in the group selecting, a group is selected by a process of selecting a group from groups satisfying the predetermined condition including a condition regarding the frequency of use of group acquired in the use frequency acquiring.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 1, wherein

the program causes the computer to change the predetermined group and re-execute the superior group identifying and the playback objects specifying when it is determined in the determination that there is not a plurality of the subordinate groups.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded according to claim 1, wherein

the program causes the computer to further execute changing the superior group by further retracing from the superior group identified in the superior group identifying by at least one level when it is determined in the determination that there is not a plurality of the subordinate groups.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the predetermined group, the superior group, and another subordinate group are folders within the hierarchically-structured file system.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein each one of the plurality of data is a file that is managed as part of the hierarchically-structured file system.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, where each file is a music file.

17. An information processing device which manages groups of data by using a hierarchically-structured file system with a tree structure, the tree structure including a first group, a superior group, and another subordinate group, the first group and the another subordinate group being different groups that are among a plurality of subordinate groups that are subordinate to the superior group within the tree structure, the information processing device comprising:

a processing system that includes at least one processing circuit coupled to a memory device, the processing system configured to;

identify the superior group from the first group managed by the tree structure by retracing the tree structure by at least one level;

determine whether or not there are at least two subordinate groups of the plurality of subordinate groups that contain a predetermined type of data;

based on identification of the superior group, automatically specify, as a plurality of playback objects, a plurality of data among all data belonging to the first group and at least the another subordinate group that is subordinate to the identified superior group in the tree structure, wherein the plurality of data is specified based on being included in a group of the tree structure of the hierarchically-structured file system that is subordinate to the identified superior group;

automatically generating a playback list from the specified plurality of playback objects; and

execute at least one application program by successively using at least some of the plurality of playback objects based on inclusion of the plurality of objects in the automatically generated playback list.

18. An information processing system which manages groups of data, the information processing system comprising:

a storage device configured to store the groups of data in a hierarchically-structured file system with a tree structure, the groups of data contained in at least a first group and a second group that are both subordinate to a superior group in the tree structure; and

a processing system that includes at least one processor that is coupled to the storage device, the processing system configured to;

identify the superior group from the first group managed by the tree structure by retracing the tree structure by at least one level from the first group;

determine whether or not there are a plurality of groups that contain a predetermined data type and are also subordinate to the superior group;

based on identification of the superior group and the first group and the second group being subordinate to the superior group, automatically select, as a plurality of playback objects, a plurality of data among all data belonging to the first group and the second group that is subordinate to the identified superior group in the tree structure, wherein the plurality of data are selected based on being included in a group of the tree structure of the hierarchically-structured file system that is subordinate to the identified superior group;

automatically generate a playback list based on the selected plurality of playback objects; and

execute at least one application program by successively using at least some of the plurality of playback objects based on inclusion of the plurality of objects in the playback list.

19. An information processing method for use with a computer that manages groups of data by using a hierarchically-structured file system with a tree structure, the tree structure including a predetermined group, a superior group, and another subordinate group, the predetermined group and the another subordinate group being different groups that are both subordinate to the superior group within the tree structure, the method comprising:

identifying, via at least one processor, the superior group from the predetermined group managed by the tree structure by retracing the tree structure by at least one level;

determining whether or not there are a plurality of groups that contain a predetermined data type and are also subordinate to the superior group;

based on identification of the superior group, automatically specifying, via at least one processor, a plurality of data among all data belonging to the predetermined group and at least another group that is subordinate to the superior group in the tree structure as a plurality of playback objects, wherein the plurality of data are specified based on being included in a group of the tree structure of the hierarchically-structured file system that is subordinate to the superior group;

automatically generating, via at least one processor, a playback list from the specified plurality of playback objects; and

executing at least one application program by successively using at least some of the plurality of playback objects based on inclusion of the plurality of objects in the playback list.