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`(12) United States Patent
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`Naroff et al. Sep. 4, 2012 (45) Date of Patent:
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`(54) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR
`DYNAMICALLY POPULATING GROUPS IN A
`DEVELOPER ENVIRONMENT
`
`(75)
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`Inventors: Steve Naroff, San Jose, CA (US); Steve
`Lewallen, San Jose, CA (US); Tim
`Burngarner Sharpsburg MD (US)
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`(73) Ass1gnee: Apple Inc., Cupertmo, CA (US)
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`( * ) Notlce:
`Subject to any d1scla1mer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 15403) by 883 days.
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`(21) Appl NO . 10/936 233
`3
`Sep. 7, 2004
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`Filed:
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`(51)
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`Int. Cl.
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`G06F 9/44
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`G06F 9/45
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`........................................ 717/140; 717/106
`(58) Field of Classification Search ........................ None
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`Improved techniques for automatic (or dynamic) updating (or
`maintaining) of file groups in a developer environment that
`stores and executes files are disclosed. The automatic update
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`GROUP CONDITIONS
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`METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR
`DYNAMICALLY POPULATING GROUPS IN A
`DEVELOPER ENVIRONMENT
`
`RELATED APPLICATIONS
`
`This application is related to application Ser. No. 10/198,
`639, entitled “Method and System for Updating Playlists,”
`filed on Jul. 16, 2002, which is incorporated herein by refer-
`ence for all purposes.
`This application also claims priority from provisional
`application No. 60/513,958, entitled “Method and System for
`Dynamically Populating Groups in a Developer Environ-
`ment,” listing Naroff, et al. as inventors, filed on Oct. 23,
`2003, which is incorporated herein by reference for all pur-
`poses.
`
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`
`1. Field of the Invention
`
`The present invention relates to dynamically populating
`groups of files and, more particularly, to dynamically popu-
`lating groups of files in a developer environment.
`2. Description of the Related Art
`Typically, application developers working on a particular
`project work concurrently on a large number of files, and
`therefore must also store and keep track of a large number of
`files. Depending upon the operating system ofthe application
`developer environment, application developers have the
`capability of creating either folders or directories to store
`source code files that are being generated or tested. Hence, in
`order to organize the files for a particular project, application
`developers typically manually create their own directories or
`folders in order to keep track of each of the files.
`Conventionally,
`software application files have been
`manually stored in folders by the application developer using
`an operation such as a drag-and-drop operation. For instance,
`the application developer may group files according to
`project. As a result, each of the files may be manually stored
`in the appropriate folder.
`to
`While folders are generally functionally sufficient
`enable files to be sorted and grouped, folders are typically
`grouped hierarchically in order to further sort files in a logical
`manner. Specifically, in order to sub-divide various groups to
`generate “sub-groups,” it is often necessary to group the fold-
`ers hierarchically. Although functionally sufiicient, such hier-
`archical grouping is often complex. In fact, this complex
`grouping is often counter-intuitive. As a result, a developer
`who did not generate the hierarchical group of folders would
`have a difficult time navigating such a system. As a result,
`finding a desired file is often a difficult and time-consuming
`process. It follows that testing software applications grouped
`in such a manner would be a tedious and time-consuming
`process. In addition, as testing time increases, the costs of
`testing similarly increase.
`Even a developer who was the originator of a file grouping
`hierarchy may not be able to recall a complex categorization
`scheme. In addition, it is important to note that during the
`development process, source code files are typically modified
`as testing is performed. As a result of these changes, the
`application developer may wish to re-categorize a particular
`file. However, file categorization is typically a manual pro-
`cess, as described above. Unfortunately, even if categoriza-
`tion of files has been performed upon creation ofthe files, this
`cannot reflect the changes that are continually made to the
`files. As a result, the developer must continually re-categorize
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`the application developer, as well as a well thought out folder
`hierarchy.
`Thus, there is a need for improved techniques for catego-
`rizing and storing software application files in a software
`application environment.
`
`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`
`Broadly speaking, the invention relates to automatic (or
`dynamic) generation or updating (or maintaining) of file
`groups in a file management system. The automatic update to
`file groups can occur when additional files are added to or
`removed from the file management system. The automatic
`update to file groups can also occur when the content of
`previously stored files is otherwise altered.
`The invention can be implemented in numerous ways
`including as a method, system, device, apparatus, and com-
`puter readable medium. Several embodiments of the inven-
`tion are discussed below.
`
`As a computer-implemented method for automatically
`updating a file group, one embodiment of the invention
`includes at least the acts of: determining whether a file (e. g.,
`content of the file) has been altered; and regenerating one or
`more file groups or associating the file with one or more file
`groups when it is determined that the file has been altered.
`As a computer-implemented method for updating a file
`group, one embodiment of the invention includes at least the
`acts of: obtaining or receiving one or more file group rules to
`be used to create the file group; producing a file group from a
`plurality of available file items and the file group rules; sub-
`sequently determining whether the file group should be repro-
`duced due to changes with respect to the available file items;
`and rebuilding the file group from the plurality of available
`file items and the file group rules when it is determined that
`the file group should be rebuilt.
`As a computer-implemented method for generating a plu-
`rality of file groups, one embodiment of the invention
`includes at least the acts of: obtaining one or more file group
`rules to be used to create one of the plurality of file groups;
`producing the one of the plurality of file groups from a plu-
`rality of available files and the one or more file group rules;
`and repeating the obtaining and producing steps for the
`remaining ones of the plurality of file groups.
`The embodiments of the invention may be implemented
`software, hardware, or a combination of hardware and soft-
`ware. The invention can also be embodied as computer read-
`able code on a computer readable medium. In addition, data
`structures disclosed are also part of the invention.
`Other aspects and advantages of the invention will become
`apparent from the following detailed description taken in
`conjunction with the accompanying drawings which illus-
`trate, by way of example, the principles of the invention.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`The invention will be readily understood by the following
`detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying
`drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate like
`structural elements, and in which:
`FIG. 1A is a block diagram of a file management system
`according to one embodiment of the invention.
`FIG. 1B is a block diagram of a file storage system accord-
`ing to one embodiment of the invention.
`FIG. 2 is a block diagram of program architecture accord-
`ing to one embodiment of the invention.
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`FIG. 3A is a flow diagram of dynamically populating a file
`group according to one embodiment of the invention.
`FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a method of displaying a
`file group according to one embodiment of the invention.
`FIG. 3C is a diagram of a file database arrangement in
`a