WO2007102108A2 - Procédé permettant de fusionner graphiquement des listes d'articles - Google Patents

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WO2007102108A2
WO2007102108A2 PCT/IB2007/050691 IB2007050691W WO2007102108A2 WO 2007102108 A2 WO2007102108 A2 WO 2007102108A2 IB 2007050691 W IB2007050691 W IB 2007050691W WO 2007102108 A2 WO2007102108 A2 WO 2007102108A2
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Alexander Petrus Paulus Vrijsen
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U.S. Philips Corporation
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/60—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of audio data
    • G06F16/63—Querying
    • G06F16/638—Presentation of query results
    • G06F16/639—Presentation of query results using playlists

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  • This invention pertains to a method of organizing data, and more particularly to a method of merging two or more lists of items to create a new combined list.
  • a typical personal computer these days has tens or even hundreds of gigabytes of storage capacity built-in, capable of storing tens of thousands or more files.
  • an 80GB hard disc drive can store 800,000 data files of 100 kB each.
  • an 80GB hard disc drive can store 20,000 such files.
  • Devices like the IPOD® provide a feature wherein a user can create many playlists of songs that are stored in the device. Playlists can group songs in any convenient fashion, such as by artist, by album, by musical genre, etc. Meanwhile, in the case of personal computers, typically a hierarchical tree-like directory structure is provided and users can create within each branch of the tree as many sub-branches as desired.
  • a method of merging at least two predefined lists of items to create a new combined list comprises: displaying to a user a plurality of lists of items; receiving from a user an indication of at least a first one of the plurality of lists, and an indication of a second one of the plurality of lists, to be merged into a tentative merge list; displaying to the user the tentative merge list comprising items from the first and second lists, including applying a first graphical identification to items in the tentative merge list that were added to the tentative merge list from the first list, and applying a second graphical identification to items in the tentative merge list that were added to the tentative merge list from the second list; and converting the tentative merge list into a new combined list in response to an instruction by the user.
  • a method of merging at least two predefined trees to create a new combined tree comprises: displaying to a user a plurality of trees hierarchically organizing items; receiving from a user an indication of at least a first one of the plurality of trees, and an indication of a second one of the plurality of trees, to be merged into a tentative tree; displaying to the user the tentative tree comprising items from the first and second trees and maintaining the hierarchical organization of items in the first and second trees, including applying a first graphical identification to items in the tentative tree that were added to the tentative tree from the first tree, and applying a second graphical identification to items in the tentative tree that were added to the tentative tree from the second tree; and converting the tentative tree into a new combined tree in response to an instruction by the user.
  • FIGs. IA-C illustrate various stages of a process of merging two or more lists into a combined list
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating one embodiment of a method of merging two or more lists into a combined list.
  • FIGs. IA-C illustrate various stages of a process of merging two lists of items into a combined list.
  • a user interface displays a plurality of lists 100 of items 110 stored on a storage media, such as a disk drive, FLASH memory array, random access memory, etc.
  • the lists 100 have tree-like structures including a plurality of branches.
  • some of the branches include sub-branches. Branches and sub-branches in turn list a plurality of items 110 belonging thereto.
  • each tree can be viewed as a list 100 of items 110; the list 100 including all of the items 110 named in the branches and sub-branches of the tree.
  • a list may have one or more sub-lists and thereby includes all of the items in the sublist(s), if any.
  • a user may indicate two or more lists 100 of items 110 to be combined. This can be done in a variety of different ways depending on the nature of the user interface and input devices available to the user.
  • the user may provide an instruction to merge the selected lists 100. Such an instruction may be provided by selecting a predefined button in the user interface (e.g., clicking a mouse or click-wheel), selecting a function from a pull-down menu, etc.
  • a tentative combined list 150 is created. All items 110 from all selected input lists 100 are added to the new tentative combined list 150.
  • beneficially tentative combined list 150 is a tentative tree, maintaining the treelike structures and hierarchical organization of the selected input lists/trees 100.
  • each item 110 in the new tentative combined list 150 is marked with a graphical identification 130 that indicates the origin of the item (i.e., from which selected list 100 the item 110 originated).
  • a first unique symbol (ft-) is applied to all of the items 110 that came from a first list 100
  • a second unique symbol is applied to all of the items 110 that came from a second list 100
  • all items 110 that came from the same input list 100 are given a unique color to identify the original list 100 from which they came. In that case, if tentative combined list 150 designates items 110 with icons, then the icon should be colored.
  • tentative combined list 150 identifies items 110 by text (e.g., item name), then the text should be colored.
  • items in tentative combined list 150 have different shades of gray to indicate the original lists 100 from which they came. That is, all items 110 that came from a first selected list 100 would have a first shade of gray, and all items that came from a second selected list 100 would have a second shade of gray.
  • additional text is provided for each item 110 in tentative combined list 150 to indicate the original list from which it came.
  • items 110 that came from a first list may be identified with an additional "1" or "A”
  • items 110 that came from a second list may be identified with an additional "2" or “B”
  • items 110 that came from a third list may be identified with an additional "3" or “C,” etc.
  • an item 110 may appear in two or more lists 100.
  • the item 110 may be added to tentative combined list 150 only once.
  • no graphical identification may be applied to the item 110 in tentative combined list 150 (e.g., the color is black).
  • all of the graphical identifications may be applied to the item 110 corresponding to all of the original input lists 100 that included the item 110 (e.g., multiple symbols).
  • a unique graphical identification e.g., color, symbol, gray-shade, etc.
  • a message is displayed to the user advising her/him that the item 110 has only been added to list 100 once.
  • different items having the same name may be included in two or more different lists 100.
  • both items may be added to tentative combined list 150.
  • a first extension e.g., a "(I)”
  • a second extension e.g., a "(2)”
  • Additional graphical identifications e.g., cursive font, italic font, bold font; unique symbols; etc.
  • a warning may be displayed to a user, indicating that one or more items 110 have been renamed, and indicating which items 110 those are.
  • new tentative combined list 150 is created at the same level in the a treelike hierarchical structure as the highest- level input list 100.
  • tentative combined list 150 is not closed (see FIG. 1C)
  • the graphical identifications stay visible and the user may use tentative combined list 150 as any other list 100: change the order of tentative combined list 150 (if tentative combined list 150 supports an order), add new items 110 to it, delete items from it, etc.
  • the new items 110 that are added to tentative combined list 150 are assigned different graphical identifications if they originate from different lists 100.
  • the graphical identifications remain in new tentative combined list 150 until it is closed and thereby converted into a new combined list 170, as shown in FIG. 1C.
  • Tentative combined list 150 may be closed and thereby converted into a new combined list 170 in a variety of manners, depending upon the particular embodiment.
  • tentative combined list 150 may be closed and thereby converted into a new combined list 170 in response to an instruction or indication by a user to add a new list 100 to tentative combined list 150.
  • tentative combined list 150 is closed and thereby converted into a new combined list 170 when a user closes or exits an application that is displaying the lists 100 to the user.
  • tentative combined list 150 is closed and thereby converted into a new combined list 170 in response to a specific instruction by a user to convert tentative combined list 150 into a new combined list 170 (e.g., via selection of "Finish tree/folder" in a popup menu activated via right mouse click on tree, or a button, etc.).
  • a specific instruction by a user to convert tentative combined list 150 into a new combined list 170 e.g., via selection of "Finish tree/folder" in a popup menu activated via right mouse click on tree, or a button, etc.
  • FIG. 1C in one embodiment, after tentative combined list 150 is closed and thereby converted into a new combined list 170, beneficially the graphical identifications for the items 110, indicating the files 100 from which they originated, are removed.
  • a warning may be displayed to the user indicating that some of the items 110 have been renamed. Also, the message may indicate that some items 110 may no longer operate properly.
  • FIG. 1C shows a case where the original lists 100 that were selected to form the new combined list 170 remain in the display, with all of their original items 110, after the new combined list 170 is formed.
  • an item 110 that is added from an original list 100 into tentative combined list 150 may be removed from the original list 100 so long as it remains in tentative combined list 150 when it is closed to create new combined list 170.
  • all items 110 from an original list 100 are included in tentative combined list 150 when it is closed, then the entire original list 100 is deleted when new combined list 170 is created.
  • FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of one embodiment of a method 200 of merging two or more lists into a combined list.
  • a system displays a plurality of lists of items to a user.
  • the system displaying the lists and executing the method of FIG. 2 may be a computer system, a media player such as a digital audio player, or another system.
  • the display may be a computer display, a television monitor, a display built-in to a portable media player, etc.
  • the items may be general data files in the case of a computer system, music files in the case of a digital audio player, pictures or video files in the case of a media player, etc.
  • the items may be stored on any convenient storage media, such as a disk drive, FLASH memory array, random access memory, etc.
  • the system receives from a user an indication of at least a first one of the plurality of lists, and an indication of a second one of the plurality of lists, to be merged into a tentative merge list.
  • a user may move a cursor to highlight a desired list with a mouse, trackball, click-wheel, up/down arrow buttons, etc.
  • the user may depress and hold down a designated key (e.g., SHFT key and/or CNTL key) while highlighting a second list to be combined, as described above.
  • a designated key e.g., SHFT key and/or CNTL key
  • a user may indicate two, three, or more lists of items to be combined.
  • a user may draw a box around the selected lists.
  • the system displays to the user the tentative merge list comprising items from the first and second lists, including applying a first graphical identification to items in the tentative merge list that were added to the tentative merge list from the first list, and applying a second graphical identification to items in the tentative merge list that were added to the tentative merge list from the second list. Details regarding the tentative merge list and the graphical identifications were discussed in detail above and will not be repeated here.
  • a next step 240 in response to an instruction by the user, the system converts the tentative merge list into a new combined list. Details regarding the conversion and the new combined list itself were discussed in detail above and will not be repeated here.
  • the method 200 includes a subsequent step 250 wherein the system removes the first and second graphical identifications when the tentative merge list is converted into the new combined list.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé permettant de fusionner au moins deux listes prédéfinies (100) d'articles (110) pour créer une liste combinée. Ce procédé consiste à :afficher une pluralité de listes (100) d'articles (110); recevoir, d'un utilisateur, une indication concernant au moins une première liste (100) et une seconde liste (100) à fusionner pour former une liste fusionnée provisoire (150); afficher, pour l'utilisateur, cette liste fusionnée provisoire (150) comprenant les articles (110) provenant de la première liste et de la seconde liste (100); appliquer une première identification graphique (130) aux articles (110) de la liste fusionnée provisoire (150) qui ont été ajoutés à la liste fusionnée provisoire (150) à partir de la première liste (100); et appliquer une seconde identification graphique (130) aux articles (110) de la liste fusionnée provisoire (150) qui ont été ajoutés à la liste fusionnée provisoire (150) à partir de la seconde liste; et convertir la liste fusionnée provisoire (150) en une liste combinée (170) en réaction à une instruction de l'utilisateur.
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