JP2010092118A - Content management method, content management device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the display speed, visibility, and ease of operation in the case of browsing a retrieval folder. <P>SOLUTION: A content management method is capable of creating a plurality of retrieval sub-folders under a retrieval folder, wherein the retrieval conditions of the retrieval sub-folders under the retrieval folder are the retrieval conditions of the retrieval folder and the retrieval conditions of the retrieval sub-folders, and a folder element which is not included in any retrieval sub-folder exists just under the retrieval folder. This content management method has a folder creation process for creating a folder including all the folder elements which are not included in the retrieval sub-folders just under the retrieval folder. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a content management method, a content management apparatus, and a program for performing content management using a search folder.

Conventionally, a folder element of an AND condition of a search folder and a search subfolder has been arranged as a folder element included in a search subfolder created under the search folder (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In addition, items that match the classification conditions of the classification subfolder are moved from directly under the classification folder to the classification subfolder that matches the condition. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-45256 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-121413

  Conventionally, a search subfolder is created under a search folder, and folder elements are arranged according to AND conditions of the search folder and the search subfolder. However, if items that match the search subfolder conditions are not removed from directly under the search folder, the number of folder elements under the search folder is large, and it takes time to display the folder elements when the search folder is opened. It was. Conventionally, folder elements directly under the category (search) folder that match the conditions of the category (search) subfolder are moved from directly under the category (search) folder to the category subfolder.

  However, if there are many folder elements that have not moved to the classification (search) subfolder directly under the search folder, there is a problem that it takes time to display the folder element when the search folder is opened. Further, when many folder elements are displayed on a small display device, there is a problem that visibility and operability are poor.

Accordingly, the present invention provides means for creating an “other” folder that groups folder elements immediately under a search folder under an “other” folder, and aims to improve display speed, visibility, and operability.
It is also intended to improve convenience by automatically creating an “Other” folder and promoting creation of a search subfolder.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of search subfolders can be created under a search folder, and the search conditions of the search subfolder under the search folder are the search conditions of the search folder and the search conditions of the search subfolder. The content management method includes a folder element that is not included in any search subfolder, and includes a folder creation step of creating a folder that includes all folder elements not included in the search subfolder immediately below the search folder. Features.

According to the present invention, there is an effect of reducing the processing time for displaying a large number of folder elements when browsing a search folder.
Further, for example, since a large number of folder elements are not displayed when browsing the search folder, there is an effect of improving visibility and operability particularly on a small screen. Further, for example, there is an effect that an “other” folder is created before browsing instead of creating an “other” folder after browsing a large number of folder elements directly under the search folder.

  For example, when the number of folder elements under the “others” folder is large, even if the “others” folder is created, the display time and visibility during browsing of the “others” folder itself becomes a problem. However, there is an effect that the number of folder elements under the “other” folder is reduced, and the display time and visibility are improved.

(First embodiment)
A first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, the configuration of a computer apparatus as a content management apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The computer device may be realized by a single information processing device, or may be realized by distributing each function to a plurality of information processing devices as necessary. When configured by a plurality of devices, they are connected by a local area network (LAN) or the like so that they can communicate with each other.

  In FIG. 1, a content management apparatus (100) is an apparatus that manages a plurality of contents. In the content management apparatus (100), a search folder creation unit (101) designates search conditions and creates a search folder. The search folder holds search conditions, and searches the content managed by the content management apparatus (100) by the search unit (104) when creating the search folder or browsing the search folder, and sets the folder element of the search folder. Make a decision.

  A search subfolder creation unit (102) designates a search condition and creates a search subfolder under the search folder. The search subfolder holds search conditions like the search folder. When the search subfolder is created, when the search subfolder is browsed, or when the search folder is browsed, the search unit (104) searches the content managed by the content management apparatus (100). Then, the folder element of the search subfolder is determined.

  The “other” folder creation unit (103) creates an “other” folder under the search folder. The folder element of the created “other” folder is determined by searching by the search unit (104) using the search condition specified for the search folder and the negative search condition specified for the search subfolder under the search folder as the search condition. To do. That is, the folder elements under the “other” folder include only folder elements that match the search condition of the search folder but are not included in any search subfolder.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the content management apparatus.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU 201 controls each device connected to the CPU device based on a control program stored in the ROM 202 and the storage device (HDD) 203.
Reference numeral 202 denotes a read only memory (ROM). The ROM 202 holds various control programs and data.
Reference numeral 204 denotes a random access memory (RAM). The RAM 204 has a work area for the CPU 201, a data save area during error processing, a control program load area, and the like.

Reference numeral 203 denotes a storage device such as an HDD, which stores various control programs and various data.
Reference numeral 205 denotes a network interface, which can communicate with other information devices and the like via the network 206.
A CPU bus 207 includes an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus.
The provision of the control program to the CPU 201 can be performed from the ROM 202 and the storage device 203, or can be performed from another information device or the like via the network 206.

Hereinafter, the mechanism of the search folder will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 6 is a list of contents managed by the content management apparatus (100).
Content 1 has a shooting year of “2005”, a file type of “RAW”, and a flash usage of “present”.
Content 2 has a shooting year of “2005”, a file type of “JPEG”, and a flash usage of “present”.
Content 3 has a shooting year of “2005”, a file type of “RAW”, and a flash usage of “none”.
Content 4 has a shooting year of “2005”, a file type of “JPEG”, and a flash usage of “none”.
Content 5 has a shooting year of “2005”, a file type of “TIFF”, and a flash usage of “none”.
Content 6 has a shooting year of “2005”, a file type of “JPEG”, and a flash usage of “present”.
Content 7 has a shooting year of “2005”, a file type of “JPEG”, and a flash usage of “none”.
Content 8 has a shooting year of “2004”, a file type of “TIFF”, and a flash usage of “present”.
Content 9 has a shooting year of “2004”, a file type of “JPEG”, and a flash usage of “none”.
Content 10 has a shooting year of “2004”, a file type of “JPEG”, and a flash usage of “present”.
The content 11 has a shooting year “2004”, a file type “RAW”, and a flash usage “none”.

  First, in the situation of content 1 to content 11 shown in FIG. 6, the search folder creation unit (101) searches the search folder K1 for the search condition as the input shooting year, and the search condition comparison operator is = (equal) The search condition value is “2005”.

FIG. 7 shows the folder structure when the search folder K1 is created.
In FIG. 7, content 1 to content 7 whose search condition matches the shooting year = (equal) “2005” are included immediately below the search folder K1.
Next, the search subfolder creation unit (102) creates the search subfolder S1 with the search condition of the file type = (equal) “RAW” in the folder configuration situation shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 shows the folder structure when the search subfolder S1 is created.
In FIG. 8, a search subfolder S1, content 2, content 4, content 5, content 6, and content 7 are included under the search folder K1.
In FIG. 8, content 1 and content 3 whose search conditions match the shooting year = (equal) “2005” and the file type = (equal) “RAW” are included under the search subfolder S1.
In FIG. 8, content 2, content 4, content 5, and content 6 whose search conditions match the shooting year equal (=) “2005” and the file type ≠ (not equal) “RAW” are directly below the search folder K1. , Content 7 is included.

Next, the “other” folder creation unit (103) creates the “other” folder for the folder configuration status of FIG.
FIG. 9 shows the folder structure when the “other” folder is created.
In FIG. 9, a search subfolder S1 and an “other” folder are included under the search folder K1.
In FIG. 9, content 1 and content 3 whose search conditions match the shooting year = (equal) “2005” and the file type = (equal) “RAW” are included under the search subfolder S1.
In FIG. 9, in the “other” folder, the contents 2, 4, 5, 6, 6, and 6 whose contents are matched with the shooting year = (equal) “2005” and the file type ≠ (not equal) “RAW”. 7 is included.
Furthermore, the search subfolder creation unit (102) creates the search subfolder S2 with the search condition of flash use = (equal) “present” for the folder configuration status shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 shows the folder structure when the search subfolder S2 is created.
In FIG. 10, under the search folder K1, a search subfolder S1, a search subfolder S2, and an “other” folder are included.
In FIG. 10, content 1 and content 3 whose search conditions match the shooting year = (equal) “2005” and the file type = (equal) “RAW” are included under the search subfolder S1.
In FIG. 10, under the search subfolder S2, content 1, content 2, and content 6 whose search conditions match the shooting year = (equal) “2005” and the flash use = (equal) “present” are included.
In FIG. 10, in the “other” folder, the search condition is “2005” from the contents managed by the content management apparatus (100), the file type is not “RAW”, and the flash use is “present”. Content that matches is not included. That is, the “others” folder includes content 4, content 5, and content 7.
Needless to say, the search condition for the “other” folder is automatically calculated by changing the search condition of the search subfolder or adding the search subfolder. Needless to say, the folder elements under the search folder and the search subfolder do not contain content entities, but virtually contain content.

(Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment, processing for automatically creating an “others” folder will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 8 shows the folder structure when the search subfolder S1 is created. A process of automatically creating an “others” folder by executing the process of FIG. 3 when instructed to browse the search folder K1 in the situation of the folder structure shown in FIG.

  First, in step S301 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, the number of folder elements excluding the search subfolder directly under the search folder is counted. Then, it is determined whether or not the number of folder elements is a certain number or more. If it is greater than or equal to a certain number, the process proceeds to step S302. Here, the fixed number is 5. In the situation of the folder configuration shown in FIG. 8, there are five folder elements, content 2, content 4, content 5, content 6, and content 7, immediately below the search folder. Thus, since the constant for automatically creating the “others” folder is 5, the process proceeds to step S302.

  In step S302, the “other” folder creation unit (103) creates an “other” automatic folder. Since the “other” folder creation does not require new operations such as condition designation when creating the “other” folder, it goes without saying that the same processing as the “other” folder creation in the first embodiment may be performed. Therefore, after the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 is completed, the folder configuration shown in FIG. 8 automatically becomes the folder configuration shown in FIG.

In step S301, if the number of folder elements excluding the search subfolder immediately below the search folder is not a certain number or more, the process of the flowchart shown in FIG. In addition,
Needless to say, when the “other” folder is automatically created, the search subfolder may or may not be created. Further, the execution of the process for automatically creating the “other” folder in the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 may be performed when a search folder is created, when a search folder is browsed, or when a new folder element is added to the search folder. But it goes without saying.

(Third embodiment)
Next, the search subfolder creation promotion display unit (105) in the content management apparatus (100) shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The search subfolder creation promotion display unit (105) is intended to prevent time-consuming display processing caused by browsing the “other” folder when the number of folder elements under the “other” folder is large. . Therefore, when there are a large number of folder elements under the “others” folder, a process for prompting the creation of a search subfolder is performed.

Hereinafter, description will be given with reference to the drawings.
In the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, in step S401, the number of folder elements under the “other” folder is counted. If the number of folder elements under the “other” folder is a predetermined number or more, the process proceeds to step S402. Proceed.
In step S402, the screen shown in FIG. 5 for creating a search subfolder is displayed.
FIG. 5 is a search subfolder creation screen. In FIG. 5, a folder name input field (501) is used to input a folder name of a search subfolder. In FIG. 5, a search condition input field (502) for a search condition is used to input a search object input for a search condition for a search subfolder. For example, “shooting year” is entered. In FIG. 5, a search condition comparison operator input field (503) is used to input a search condition comparison operator for a search subfolder. For example, enter “equal”.

In FIG. 5, a search condition value input field (504) is used to input a search condition value of a search subfolder. For example, “2005” is entered. In FIG. 5, a creation button 505 is used to create a search subfolder with an item input in the input field when pressed. Needless to say, the search subfolder creation process may be the same as the search subfolder creation process of the first embodiment.
Needless to say, it may be any of the cases where the “other” folder is created, when the “other” folder is browsed, or when a new folder element is added to the “other” folder.
Even if search subfolder creation is performed after the search subfolder creation promotion display, if the number of folder elements in the “other” folder is equal to or greater than a certain number, it is also preferable to perform the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG.

(Fourth embodiment)
In the present embodiment, it is also preferable that in the second and third embodiments, each constant can be specified by device, user, search folder, and combinations thereof.

(Fifth embodiment)
In this embodiment, when browsing the search folder, the “Other” folder is always displayed at the bottom or top, and the other search folders can be identified by icons, colors, etc., thereby improving visibility. It is also preferable to plan.

(Sixth embodiment)
In the first to fifth embodiments, description has been made using content as the folder element under the search folder and the search subfolder. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also preferable that a folder is included as a folder element under the search folder and the search subfolder.

(Seventh embodiment)
In the first to sixth embodiments, the description has been given of the two layers of the search folder and the search subfolder. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also preferable to create a search sub-subfolder under the search subfolder or to further deepen the hierarchy. At that time, the relationship between the search subfolder and the search subsubfolder is the same as the relationship between the search folder and the search subfolder described in the first to sixth embodiments.

  Each means constituting the content management apparatus and each step of the content management method in the embodiment of the present invention described above can be realized by operating a program stored in a RAM or ROM of a computer. This program and a computer-readable recording medium recording the program are included in the present invention.

  Further, the present invention can be implemented as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and may be applied to an apparatus composed of a single device.

  The present invention supplies a software program for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments directly or remotely to a system or apparatus. In addition, this includes a case where the system or the computer of the apparatus is also achieved by reading and executing the supplied program code.

  Accordingly, since the functions of the present invention are implemented by computer, the program code installed in the computer also implements the present invention. In other words, the present invention includes a computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention. In that case, as long as it has the function of a program, it may be in the form of object code, a program executed by an interpreter, script data supplied to the OS, and the like.

  Further, the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the computer executing the read program. Furthermore, based on the instructions of the program, an OS or the like running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can be realized by the processing.

  As another method, a program read from a recording medium is first written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. Then, based on the instructions of the program, the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are also realized by the processing.

It is a figure which shows the function structure of a content management apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of a content management apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation of a content management apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation of a content management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of a search subfolder creation screen. It is a figure which shows the list of content. It is a figure which shows a folder structure when the search folder K1 is created. It is a figure which shows a folder structure when search subfolder S1 is created. It is a figure which shows a folder structure when an "others" folder is created. It is a figure which shows a folder structure when search subfolder S2 is created.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Content management apparatus 101 Search folder creation part 102 Search subfolder creation part 103 "Others" folder creation part 104 Search part 105 Search subfolder creation promotion display part

Claims (9)

A plurality of search subfolders can be created under the search folder, and the search conditions for the search subfolder under the search folder are the search conditions for the search folder and the search conditions for the search subfolder. A content management method having a folder element that is not included in a search subfolder,
A content management method comprising a folder creation step of creating a folder that includes all folder elements not included in a search subfolder immediately below the search folder.   2. The content management method according to claim 1, wherein, in the folder creation step, the folder is automatically created when the number of folder elements excluding a search subfolder immediately below the search folder is a predetermined number or more.   The content management method according to claim 2, further comprising a search subfolder creation promotion display step that automatically prompts creation of a search subfolder when the number of folder elements of the folder is a predetermined number or more. A plurality of search subfolders can be created under the search folder, and the search conditions for the search subfolder under the search folder are the search conditions for the search folder and the search conditions for the search subfolder. A content management apparatus having a folder element not included in a search subfolder,
A content management apparatus comprising folder creation means for creating a folder including all folder elements not included in a search subfolder immediately below the search folder.   5. The content management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the folder creation unit automatically creates the folder when the number of folder elements excluding the search subfolder directly under the search folder is a predetermined number or more.   6. The content management apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising search subfolder creation promotion display means that automatically prompts creation of a search subfolder when the number of folder elements of the folder is a predetermined number or more. It is possible to create a plurality of search subfolders under the search folder, and the search conditions of the search subfolder under the search folder are the search conditions of the search folder and the search conditions of the search subfolder, and are included in any search subfolder The folder element that is not included is content management that is included directly under the search folder,
A program for causing a computer to execute a folder creation step for creating a folder having a folder element not included in a search subfolder immediately under the search folder.   8. The program according to claim 7, wherein, in the folder creation step, the folder is automatically created when the number of folder elements excluding the search subfolder directly under the search folder is a predetermined number or more.   9. The program according to claim 8, which causes a computer to execute a search subfolder creation promotion display step that automatically prompts creation of a search subfolder when the number of folder elements of the folder is a predetermined number or more.

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