Abstract: A portable image capture device, program and method for controlling and managing data captured thereby. A device program residing on the portable image capture device generally associates data processing attributes with image files generated for image data captured by the portable image capture device. In some embodiments, the device program associates data processing attributes related to prompts for pre-defined image data with corresponding image files generated in response to the prompts. The device program, and attribute and prompt data therefor are created on a data processing system and are transferrable therefrom to the portable image capture device.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a system and method for further enhancing the transfer efficiency of the disk is provided. In an aspect of the invention, a hierarchical data structure for storing a portion of data in a data file is provided. The data structure includes a granule storage unit that is configured to store individual bits of data, a randomly sized component data unit that is configured to group a sequence of granules as a related data unit, and an extent transfer unit that is configured to group at least one component data unit as a data file. The granule storage unit may include at least one header granule and at least one data granule. The header granule includes metadata information relating to the component data unit.