US 2014/0006361 A1 · CONFLICT RESOLUTION VIA METADATA EXAMINATION

Abstract

A computing device detects a synchronization conflict between two versions of a file. In particular, the file may comprise a digital photo. The computing device may characterize a nature of a difference between metadata fields as immutable, mergeable, or subsumable. Core metadata fields may be defined such that a nature of a difference, or conflict, is categorized as immutable. Non-core metadata fields may be defined such that a nature of a difference, or conflict, is characterized as either mergeable or subsumable. A conflict between corresponding mergeable non-core metadata fields may be resolved by merging values of the corresponding non-core metadata fields. A conflict between corresponding subsumable non-core metadata fields may be resolved by replacing a value of a non-core metadata field of an older of the two versions of the file with a value of a corresponding non-core metadata field of a younger of the two versions of the file.

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Dependent claims

A computing device comprising:

at least one processor;
and
a memory connected with the at least one processor, the memory having instructions recorded therein, such that when the at least one processor executes the instructions the computing device performs a method including:
determining whether a first copy of a file differs from a second copy of the file;
and the first copy of the file and the second copy of the file each including respective content and respective metadata;
determining whether all core metadata fields of the first copy of the file match corresponding core metadata fields of the second copy of the file;
if all of the core metadata fields of the first copy of the file are determined to match the corresponding core metadata fields of the second copy of the file:
categorizing a nature of differences of one or more metadata fields of the first copy of the file with respect to one or more corresponding metadata fields of the second copy of file, and
resolving a conflict of the one or more metadata fields of the first copy of the file with respect to the one or more corresponding metadata fields of the second copy of the file based on the categorized nature of the differences.

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A method for resolving conflicts between a first copy of a digital photo and a second copy of the digital photo via metadata examination, the method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, whether the first copy of the digital photo is different from the second copy of the digital photo, where the first copy of the digital photo and the second copy of the digital photo each including respective content and respective metadata;
determining, by the computing device, when the first copy of the digital photo is different from the second copy of the digital photo, whether all core metadata fields of the first copy of the digital photo match the corresponding core metadata fields of the second copy of the digital photo;
performing, by the computing device when all of the core metadata fields of the first copy of the digital photo are determined to match the corresponding core metadata fields of the second copy of the digital photo:
categorizing, by the computing device, a nature of differences of one or more metadata fields of the first copy of the digital photo with respect to one or more corresponding metadata fields of the second copy of digital photo, and
resolving, by the computing device, a conflict of the one or more metadata fields of the first copy of the digital photo with respect to the one or more corresponding metadata fields of the second copy of the digital photo based on the categorized nature of the differences.

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Conflict resolution via metadata examination

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Abstract

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