Patent ID: 6301586
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A database system for organizing multimedia objects, with each object including at least an image component and a text component, the database system being organized into at least one collection with each collection having one or more multimedia albums, said database system comprising:at least one table entry having a customizable format to store information corresponding to a collection in the database system, the collection information including identification of a component of multimedia objects in an album in the corresponding collection;a user interface for displaying collections in the database system, said user interface further comprising an interface which allows a user to request creation of a new album and an interface which allows a user to request creation of a new collection;means responsive to user actuation of the interface to request creation of a new album, for copying a pre-existing field format from other albums in the collection to which the new album is assigned; andmeans responsive to user actuation of the interface to request creation of a new collection, for defining a new field for albums in the collection and for storing the new field as a new table entry in the database system.