SYNCHRONIZING MULTIMEDIA MOBILE
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BACKGROUND
[0001] Small, handheld computing devices have been steadily growing in popularity in recent years. The devices are known by different names, such as pocket computers, personal digital assistants, personal organizers, H/PCs, or the like. Additionally, many portable telephone systems, such as cellular phones, incorporate sufficient computing capabilities to fall within the category of the small, handheld computing devices. These devices, hereinafter "mobile computing devices" provide much of the same functionality as their larger counterparts. In particular, mobile computing devices provide many functions to users including word processing, task management, spreadsheet processing, address book functions, Internet browsing, and calendaring, as well as many other functions.
[0002] Many mobile computing devices include on-board cameras and/or audio recorders. Accordingly, users can record, download, access multimedia files, create ink entries and other types of documents. It is a challenge, however, for the users to collect a variety of images, audio files, text data, and the like, into a single context, especially one that is suitable for use on a personal computer in a productivity environment. Typically, some applications enable a user to annotate an audio or video file, or vice versa, but the original data is in most cases handled in its environment without a seamless combination with other types of data. [0003] A further challenge for users of mobile computing devices is extending the capability of their devices to collect various types of data to a desktop application or vice versa. [0004] It is with respect to these and other considerations that the present invention has been made.
SUMMARY
[0005] This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter. [0006] Aspects are directed to providing a unified environment for different data types in a mobile computing device. Non-text data may be received from on-board resources or from a file. A document may be created and objects corresponding to non-text data inserted with annotations in textual data.
[0007] Documents and their contents (i.e. textual data and objects corresponding to non-text data) may be synchronized with documents on other platforms by reformatting textual data, non-text data files, and the like. [0008] These and other features and advantages will be apparent from a reading of the following detailed description and a review of the associated drawings. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are explanatory only and are not restrictive of aspects as claimed.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example mobile computing device;
[0010] FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating components of a mobile computing device used in one embodiment, such as the computer shown in FIG. 1;
[0011] FIG. 3 illustrates a networked environment where embodiments may be practiced;
[0012] FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a software environment according to one embodiment; [0013] FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a note document along with interactions of included objects with their respective resources according to embodiments; [0014] FIG. 6 illustrates a logic flow diagram for a process of providing a unified experience for capturing dynamic information in a mobile computing device; and [0015] FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating synchronization of note documents and their contents between a mobile computing device and a desktop computing device.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0016] As briefly described above, embodiments are directed to combining different data types into a unified experience for capturing dynamic information that is suitable for use on a small form-factor, mobile computing device.
[0017] In the following detailed description, references are made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustrations specific embodiments or examples. These aspects may be combined, other aspects may be utilized, and structural changes may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. The following detailed description is therefore not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
[0018] As used herein, the term "note" refers to a document that includes a collection of textual data such as rich text and objects. An object represents content and relative position of non-text data.
[0019] Referring now to the drawings, aspects and an example operating environment will be described. FIG. 1 and the following discussion are intended to provide a brief, general description of a suitable computing environment in which the invention may be implemented. While the embodiments will be described in the general context of program modules that execute in conjunction with an application program that runs on an operating system on a personal computer, those skilled in the art will recognize that aspects may also be implemented in combination with other program modules.
[0020] Generally, program modules include routines, programs, components, data structures, and other types of structures that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments may be practiced with other computer system configurations, including hand-held devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like. Embodiments may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices. [0021] Embodiments may be implemented as a computer process (method), a computing system, or as an article of
