Patent ID: 9032295
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying files from a plurality of devices in a multi-view interface and for enabling operations to be performed on such files through such interface, the method comprising: providing an interface having a view window, wherein, within the view window, a user is able to view, at the user's discretion, either a media-specific view or one of a plurality of file-system views, wherein each file-system view corresponds to a local file-system view on a different one of the plurality of devices and files within each file-system view are organized in the same way as files are organized in the corresponding local file-system view, wherein the media-specific view is a compilation view of all files from the plurality of devices that are designated with a particular media category, and wherein a user may view and edit files on one or more devices corresponding to the selected view in the view window; enabling a user to perform file operations in each of the file-system views in the interface, wherein file operations include deleting files from folders, copying files in folders, and pasting files to folders and wherein performing a file-system operation in a file-system view in the interface causes the file-system on the device to which the file-system view corresponds to be altered in accordance with the performed file-system operation and wherein the changes are also propagated to other devices having synchronized copies of the affected files; enabling a user to perform content-specific operations to be performed in a media-specific view in the interface; and enabling a user to switch between the file-system and media-specific views, and switching automatically from the media-specific view to the file-system view responsive to a file system operation performed in the media-specific view.