User interface for managing and viewing synchronization settings in a synchronization system
View Patent ↗In a synchronization system, the present invention provides an improved user interface through which a user can view and manage settings associated with the user's account in the synchronization system. In the preferred embodiment, a column is displayed for each electronic device associated with the user's account in the synchronization system. In each column is a visual representation of items (e.g., folders) that are (1) backed up, remotely accessible and/or synchronized in the synchronization system and (2) located on the electronic device associated with such column. For each item that is synchronized across multiple devices, all the visual representations of such item in the columns are aligned across a single row in the interface. In the preferred embodiment, there is an arrow, or other visual indicator, between the visual representations of such items to indicate that the items are synchronized.
1. A method on an electronic device for displaying settings for a user's account in a synchronization system, the method comprising:
providing a user interface on the electronic device that displays:
a column for each electronic device associated with the user's account in the synchronization system, wherein each electronic device associated with the user's account stores one or more items; and
a single visual representation of each item in the user's account, wherein each visual representation of an item is placed in the column associated with the electronic device on which the item is located, and wherein the visual representations of all items that are synchronized with each other across a plurality of the electronic devices are aligned in a single horizontal row in the user interface and wherein a visual connector is placed between each visual representation of items that are synchronized with each other across the plurality of electronic devices.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual connector comprises an arrow.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual connector comprises a line.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual connector comprises an icon.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each column is divided horizontally into a first section for displaying visual representations of items synchronized across a plurality of the electronic devices and a second section for displaying visual representations of items that are not synchronized across a plurality of the electronic devices.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface displays indicators of functions that enable a user to add a local item to the user's account, delete a local item from the user's account, and sync an item.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein an item is a folder.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein, the user interface displays an indicator of a function that enables a user to exclude subfolders from a folder added to the user's account.
9. A method on an electronic device for displaying settings for a user's account in a synchronization system, the method comprising:
providing a user interface on the electronic device that displays:
a row for each electronic device associated with the user's account in the synchronization system, wherein each electronic device associated with the user's account stores one or more items; and
a single visual representation of each item in the user's account, wherein each visual representation of an item is placed in the row associated with the electronic device on which the item is located, and wherein the visual representations of all items that are synchronized with each other across a plurality of the electronic devices are aligned in a single vertical column in the user interface and wherein a visual connector is placed between each visual representation of items that are synchronized with each other across the plurality of electronic devices.
10. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory processor-readable medium and comprising code, that, when executed by an electronic computing device, enables the electronic computing device to perform the following method:
providing a user interface on the electronic computing device that displays:
a column for each electronic computing device associated with the user's account in the synchronization system, wherein each electronic computing device associated with the user's account stores one or more items; and
a single visual representation of each item in the user's account, wherein each visual representation of an item is placed in the column associated with the electronic computing device on which the item is located, and wherein the visual representations of all items that are synchronized with each other across a plurality of the electronic computing devices are aligned in a single horizontal row in the user interface and wherein a visual connector is placed between each visual representation of items that are synchronized with each other across the plurality of electronic devices.
11. The computer program of claim 10 , wherein the visual connector comprises an arrow.
12. The computer program of claim 10 , wherein the visual connector comprises a line.
13. The computer program of claim 10 , wherein the visual connector comprises an icon.
14. The computer program of claim 10 , wherein each column is divided horizontally into a first section for displaying visual representations of items synchronized across a plurality of the electronic computing devices and a second section for displaying visual representations of items that are not synchronized across a plurality of the electronic computing devices.
15. The computer program of claim 10 , wherein the user interface displays indicators of functions that enable a user to add a local item to the user's account, delete a local item from the user's account, and sync an item.
16. The computer program of claim 15 , wherein an item is a folder.
17. The computer program of claim 16 , wherein, the user interface displays an indicator of a function that enables a user to exclude subfolders from a folder added to the user's account.