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20080201639 | Apparatus and method for prompting a sequence of timed activities - The Invention is an apparatus and method for prompting a sequence of timed activities such as a program of exercise. A computer is programmed to allow a user to select an activity or a plurality of activities and the duration of each selected activity. The computer is programmed to select a first prompt and a second prompt. A sequence of activities may be selected by the user and incorporated into a composite audio file, each with its own first and second prompts. The composite audio file may include music selected by the user. The first and second prompts may instruct the user to begin and end the activity while the music provides pacing cues to allow the user to pace him or herself during the period of the activity between the first and second prompts. | 08-21-2008 |
20080201640 | System and Method for Creating and Navigating a Linear Hypermedia Resource Program - A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more remote information nodes. A common remote information node is in communication with a subscriber station and the remote information nodes in the distributed network. The common remote information node contains at least one linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-selected media elements from one or more hypermedia resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media element in the linear program having only one forward link to the next media element. The method includes the steps of downloading and displaying a media element in the linear program and responding to user commands to download and display the next media element in the linear program. | 08-21-2008 |
20080209322 | Systems and methods for interactively displaying user images - In accordance with the present invention, an interactive user display application is provided. The application displays and refreshes images that are intended to represent users or members of a social network or other web-based service. Using these images, the interactive user display application allows a user of the application to interact with other users or their profiles while viewing their images or while interacting with or consuming media. | 08-28-2008 |
20080209323 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING STILL IMAGE AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for processing a still image and a broadcast receiving apparatus thereof is provided. The method for processing a still image includes transmitting to an external apparatus a still image selected by a user using a GUI window to select a desired still image from among still images of a stored broadcast. Accordingly, the user can conveniently use the home network service. | 08-28-2008 |
20080215979 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING AUDIOVISUAL WORKS - A method comprises receiving one or more digital visual media items; receiving one or more digital audio media items; automatically selecting and arranging one or more design modules based upon analysis of information obtained from the digital visual media items and the digital audio media items; and automatically creating an audiovisual work by arranging the selected and arranged design modules. Audiovisual works can be automatically created based upon inferred and implicit metadata including music genre, image captions, song structure, image focal points, as well as user-supplied data such as text tags, emphasis flags, groupings, and preferred video style. | 09-04-2008 |
20080215980 | User interface providing method for mobile terminal having touch screen - A user interface providing method and apparatus for a mobile terminal is disclosed. A managing area and a touch action area are set on a touch screen. A desired data file in the managing area is dragged and dropped into the touch action area, thereby playing the data file. The user can play a particular data file through simple drag and drop actions. As a result, the user can use a desired function of the mobile terminal in an intuitive manner. | 09-04-2008 |
20080222524 | Acoustic Signal Processing System - When controllers # | 09-11-2008 |
20080222525 | Method and Apparatus for Efficiently Accounting for the Temporal Nature of Audio Processing - Some embodiments of the invention provide a computer system for processing an audio track. This system includes at least on DSP for processing the audio track. It also includes an application for editing the audio track. To process audio data in a first interval of the audio track, the application first asks and obtains from the DSP an impulse response parameter related to the DSP's processing of audio data. From the received impulse response parameter, the application identifies a second audio track interval that is before the first interval. To process audio data in the first interval, the application then directs the DSP to process audio data within the first and second intervals. | 09-11-2008 |
20080229200 | Graphical Digital Audio Data Processing System - In this editing and mixing environment, the graphical form is a direct and exact model of the audio recording. Thus, there is a one-to-one relationship between the manipulation of an audio recording, via manipulation of the graphical form, and the resulting edited audio recording. The audio editing system relates audio to a visual graphical form by providing a tactile dimensionality and functionality to translate the form into an edit and/or mixing audio process and result. In this manner, a user may not only hear the representation of the music that has been edited or mixed, but may also see the representation of the audio in representative graphical form. The form may be manipulated by a user in logical scale to the sound so that the user may learn the traits and tools of the editing system. | 09-18-2008 |
20080229201 | FILE EXECUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE - A file execution method and system for a portable device for expediting an execution of files is provided. A method for executing an audio file including at least one track associated with a cover image includes displaying a first cover image associated with a track that is playing and displaying a first track list on the first cover image in response to a first key input signal, the first track list listing tracks associated with the first cover image. The portable device implemented with the file execution method and system of the present invention enables a track list to be displayed together with a cover image shared by a set of tracks listed on the track list, thereby expediting execution of files. | 09-18-2008 |
20080229202 | System of individually and separately displaying and sharing video/audio and method of the same - The present invention relates to a system of individually and separately displaying and sharing of video/audio that is used in an vehicle, comprises: a primary video/audio device having a micro processor, a storing device for storing various of digital video/audio information owned by a user for displaying in secondary video/audio devices and a network interface, the primary video/audio device provides at least one service of displaying digital video/audio information; and a plurality of secondary video/audio devices, each of the secondary video/audio devices is provided with a digital video/audio encoding device, a network interface, a display panel or a video/audio output interface and an operation interface, and the operation interface is provided with a display key and a share key; each of the secondary video/audio devices can individually and at-any-time applies a service request to the primary video/audio device and obtains a related service, such as video/audio displaying, or one of the secondary video/audio devices can invite the other secondary video/audio devices to share what is displayed on the display panel by pressing the share key. A method of sharing vehicle navigating maps is also disclosed by the present invention. | 09-18-2008 |
20080235582 | AVATAR EMAIL AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN REAL AND VIRTUAL WORLDS - A method for and system for communicating using a virtual world are disclosed. In the method an avatar may be associated with a source of an email. An email may be generated within the virtual world and one or more images of an avatar may be associated with the email. The email may be sent to a real device and the one or more images may be presented at a destination of the email. The system may comprise one or more processors configured to generate a virtual world; associate an avatar with a source of an email; generate an email within the virtual world; associate one or more images of an avatar with the email; send the email to a real device; and present the one or more images at a destination of the email. | 09-25-2008 |
20080235583 | Method and System for File Fast-Forwarding and Rewind - A method of scrolling or fast-forwarding/rewind includes enabling a fast forwarding/rewind mode of a device to review a file, activating an input device to change a fast forwarding/rewind speed at a first rate, and activating the input device at least one subsequent time to change the fast forwarding/rewind speed at a second rate that is different from the first. | 09-25-2008 |
20080235584 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: selection means for managing a plurality of themes each associating a song with effects for a moving picture content, said selection means further selecting one of a plurality of folders each holding a plurality of still-frame pictures while concurrently selecting one of said themes at least at one of a plurality of timings established per day; creation means for creating a moving picture content to be displayed consecutively as the still-frame pictures from the folder selected by said selection means and accompanied by the effects and the song associated with the theme also selected by said selection means; recording means for recording said moving picture content created by said creation means along with other moving picture contents; and display control means for displaying information including an icon indicating that said moving picture content is created automatically. | 09-25-2008 |
20080244405 | GUI DISPLAY SYSTEM RECORDING APPARATUS, AND GUI DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a recording apparatus transmits a GUI screen to an image display apparatus via a LAN. A CPU of the screen display apparatus creates a selection border. The CPU and a graphics processor blend the created selection border with the GUI screen. A video processor/output unit displays the GUI screen on a display panel. The CPU and the graphics processor newly create a selection border according to a user's operation. The CPU and the graphics processor blend the created selection border with the displayed GUI screen to generate the GUI screen after updating. The video processor/output unit displays the generated GUI screen after updating on the display panel. | 10-02-2008 |
20080250319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MEDIA PLAYBACK BEHAVIOUR IN A MEDIA APPLICATION FOR A PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE - A system and method is provided for determining playback behavior in a media application for a wireless communications device. The wireless communication device has a memory with media files stored therein. The method comprises the steps of: determining playback attributes associated with a media file; determining if a user triggered event occurs during the media file playback; determining if the media file playback ends due to the playback reaching the end of the media file; selecting a function to perform based on playback attributes of the file being played and based on whether the playback ends or the user triggered event occurs, wherein the selected function is based upon the determined attributes associated with the media file; and performing the selected function. | 10-09-2008 |
20080250320 | User-defined media annotations on dynamic charts - In accordance with embodiments of the invention, a method for providing a customizable media indicator on a dynamically generated graphical representation of real-time data is provided. The method includes receiving a user-defined request from a user to annotate the real-time data with at least one media indicator. Together with the dynamically generated graphical representation of the real-time data, the at least one media indicator is provided for display at a client. The method further includes receiving a first external media data defined by the user for association with the media indicator. The first media data is provided in response to a user action associated with the at least one media indicator. The at least one media indicator is sharable with a plurality of users. | 10-09-2008 |
20080256448 | Multi-Frame Video Display Method and Apparatus - Methods, graphical user interfaces, computer apparatus and computer readable medium for producing media content are disclosed. A user of a computing device can utilize the methods, graphical user interfaces, computer apparatus or computer readable medium to align audio content with video content. In one embodiment, a plurality of video frames can be concurrently displayed to facilitate alignment of audio content with respect to particular video frames of the video. The plurality of video frames can be displayed automatically or on-demand. Also, when the plurality of video frames are displayed, the position of the frames can be determined automatically or by user action. | 10-16-2008 |
20080263447 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIOVISUAL CONTROL OF DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICES - The subject application is directed to a system and method for audiovisual control of a document processing device. First level graphical images are generated on a display, with each image representing an available first level document processing operation capable of being performed by a document processing device. First audible speech information is received from a user of a selected first level operation. The selected first level operation is isolated according to the received first audible speech information. Second level graphical images are then generated on the display, with each second level image representing a second level document processing operation of the first level operation. Second audible speech information is received from the user of a second level operation. The second level operation is isolated according to the received second audible speech information. A document processing operation is commenced according to the first level operation and the second level operation. | 10-23-2008 |
20080270903 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR AN ON-LINE MEDIA PLAYER - A system and method including loading a media player on a third party website. This media player allows a user to play media at the user's request, store and catalog media files, and connect to an external electronic commerce host to facilitate the purchase of media content. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270904 | System and method for audio equalization - The present disclosure relates to audio equalization devices and methods. A system is provided that permits frequency equalization or balancing of frequency response for stereo or multiple surround sound channels through the use of visual representation of audio signals. The system also permits the balancing or “tuning” of concert venues and audio listening environments by generating visualizations for original and reflected audio signals. | 10-30-2008 |
20080276173 | Iteratively Locating A Position Corresponding To A Desired Seek Time - Techniques enable locating a position within a file that corresponds to a desired seek time without having access to an index specifying the desired seek time's position. An iterative process may be used to estimate the position that corresponds to the desired seek time. The process may iterate through multiple estimations until a difference between a time corresponding to an estimated position and the desired seek time is within an acceptable amount or until the process reaches an iteration threshold. The file may then be played beginning at or near the desired seek time. The techniques may therefore allow a user to seek within a file while the user progressively downloads or streams the file. | 11-06-2008 |
20080282163 | System and Method for a MultiMedia Timeline - An interactive user interface on a computer system for presenting information about a deceased person comprises a viewable screen image. A plurality of types of life related recordations are associated with a time during the person's life. The user interface further includes a plurality of selection options. Each of the selection options corresponds to at least one type of recordation. The viewable screen image also presents an interactive timeline that is operable to effect a selection of time. The timeline is associated with at least a portion of the plurality of recordations such that when a specific time is selected the user interface presents one or more recordations that correspond to the selected time. The interface may also include a historical information feature that is operable to provide historical information relating to times during the deceased person's life, with the historical information being independent of the deceased person. | 11-13-2008 |
20080288866 | MOBILE DEVICE CARROUSEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Receiving a first plurality of media presentations; outputting the first plurality of media presentations to a user of a mobile telephone in a first sequential presentation of the first plurality of media presentations at least until the user selects one of the first plurality of media presentations; outputting a second sequential presentation of the first plurality of media presentations to the user if the user does not select a media presentation during the first sequential presentation of the first plurality of media presentations; receiving a first user input corresponding to a first selected media presentation among the first plurality of media presentations; and outputting at least a first media item corresponding to the first selected media presentation responsive to receiving the first user input. | 11-20-2008 |
20080288867 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile communication device, a computer program product, and a method of controlling the same are provided. The method includes displaying a list of multimedia files that can be played on a screen of a first display unit; selecting a multimedia file from the list; and playing the selected multimedia file and displaying information regarding the progress of play of the selected multimedia file on the screen of the second display unit. Accordingly, it is possible to enable a user to easily and effectively control the play of a multimedia file by displaying a list of multimedia files that can be played on the screen of a first display unit and displaying a menu or icon for controlling the play of the multimedia file on the screen of a second display unit. | 11-20-2008 |
20080288868 | MULTIMEDIA PROJECT MANAGER, PLAYER, AND RELATED METHODS - A novel enhanced multimedia player is disclosed that allows users to view multimedia presentations in a non-linear manner. Moreover, the systems and methods of the present disclosure provide an easy mechanism whereby smaller companies can have tailored multimedia presentations where those responsible for implementing the presentations are not experts in the preparation of multimedia presentations. Finally, changes in the organizational structure of multimedia presentations are easily accomplished on a modular basis. | 11-20-2008 |
20080288869 | Boolean Search User Interface - A computer implemented method includes displaying a plurality of keywords, each keyword being associated with one or more media items and a Boolean operation tool comprising an inclusion selector and an exclusion selector. The method also includes receiving a selection of either the inclusion selector or the exclusion selector for one or more of the associated keywords, filtering the media items based on the one or more selected selectors, and displaying the filtered media items. Media items can include, for example, video clips, segments of video clips, and digital still images. | 11-20-2008 |
20090006960 | Multimedia system and information transmitting method - A multimedia system for playing multimedia data is provided. The multimedia system comprises a media receiver and a remote control device. The media receiver comprises a multimedia processor and an interface server. The multimedia processor is for playing the multimedia data, accordingly generating first media information, and outputting the first media information. The interface server is for receiving and transforming the first media information into second media information, and outputting the second media information, wherein the second media information has a first markup language format. The remote control device receives and displays the second media information. | 01-01-2009 |
20090006961 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO AND AUDIO INFORMATION PROTECTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus which conducts display of video and output of audio from video and audio information including video data and audio data, includes a processor which can execute various softwares, a memory which stores data therein, and a decoder which is configured from a software configured from a plurality of modules and executed by the processor in order to perform a processing for conducting display of video and output of audio, where the decoder causes the processor to perform a processing for partially encrypting data transferred between the modules via the memory and a processing for decoding the data transferred between the modules via the memory. | 01-01-2009 |
20090006962 | AUDIO THUMBNAIL | 01-01-2009 |
20090013252 | MULTIPURPOSE MEDIA PLAYERS - Disclosed are Multipurpose Media Players that enable users to create transcriptions, closed captions, and/or logs of digitized recordings, that enable the presentation of transcripts, closed captions, logs, and digitized recordings in a correlated manner to users, that enable users to compose one or more scenes of a production, and that enable users to compose storyboards for a production. The multipurpose media players can be embodied within Internet browser environments, thereby providing high availability of the multipurpose players across software platforms, networks, and physical locations. | 01-08-2009 |
20090019367 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COLLABORATION VIA ONE OR MORE NETWORKS - A collaboration architecture supports virtual meetings, including web conferencing and collaboration. Presence information is aggregated from different types of communication services to provide a generic representation of presence. In one implementation, collaboration lifecycle management is provided to manage meetings over the lifecycle of a project. Audio options include voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and conventional PTSN phone networks, which are supported in one implementation by an audio conferencing server. | 01-15-2009 |
20090024921 | Methods for processing of multimedia information, systems therefore and methods of the assigned area definition. - A method of multimedia (video, graphic, audio etc) data processing, comprises assignment of an area in the demonstration medium for receiving viewer's commands during the multimedia information demonstration process, for linking external applications, currently executed application, for an external application data placement and/or the results of work thereof. If the demonstration medium does not have a graphical representation, the assigned area is defined as a set of parameters, an interval of parameters, a group of parameters. A multimedia application of any type as well as the results of work thereof can be placed into the assigned area. A method for the formation in the demonstration medium contours of the assigned area which tracing an object of a complex shape in the displayed image, comprises the assigned area formation by one or more piecewise smooth arcs, adjusted to achieve the best coincidence with the contours of the traced object. | 01-22-2009 |
20090024922 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING MEDIA FILES - A method of and a system are provided for enhancing a source media file with additional content by combining one or more layer media files with the source media file. The user can view the media files synchronized together on a user's computing device which is distinct from the computing device on which either or all of the media files are stored. The integrity of the source media file is not changed. A reference value for a reference parameter associated with presentation of the media files together is used to synchronize the media files “on the fly” as the media files are received at the user's computing device. | 01-22-2009 |
20090024923 | Embedded Video Player - A system, method and various user interfaces provide an embedded web-based video player for navigating video playlists and playing video content. A website publisher can create and store a video player with customized parameters (e.g., player type, appearance, advertising options, etc.) and can associate the player with a playlist of selected videos. The stored video player is associated with a player ID in a player database and can be embedded in a website using an embed code referencing the player ID. A user interface for the embedded player provides controls for controlling video playback and for controlling the selection of a video from the playlist. | 01-22-2009 |
20090024924 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, HOST DEVICE AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - There are provided a display apparatus and a host device which communicates with each other. The display apparatus includes: a display interface which communicates with a host device; a signal processor which processes at least one of a video signal and an audio signal input from the host device; and a controller which controls the signal processor to process at least one of the video signal and the audio signal according to an output setting value corresponding to host information of the host device. The host device includes: a host interface which communicates with the display apparatus; and a host controller which controls the host interface to transmit host information including at least one of operating system (OS) information of the host device and feature information of a peripheral device, to the display apparatus. | 01-22-2009 |
20090024925 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING DERIVATIVE MEDIA WORK - A method of reproducing a derivative media work includes selecting a derivative media work derived from a first media work, locating an accessible source of the first media work, accessing a set of playback control instructions corresponding to the derivative media work, and reproducing the derivative media work by playing the accessible source of the first media work according to the playback control instructions. A method of creating and distributing a derivative media work includes creating playback control instructions to produce a derivative media work from a first accessible source of a media work on a first media player device, transmitting the created playback control instructions to a server, storing the received playback control instructions on the server, transmitting the created playback control instructions to a second media player device, and reproducing the derivative media work on the second media player device by playing a second accessible source of a media work according to the playback control instructions. | 01-22-2009 |
20090024926 | Portable information terminal - Disclosed herein is a portable information terminal in which a second housing is slidingly arranged for a first housing, including: an operation key arranged on a plane of the second housing that is exposed when the second housing is put in an open status relative to the first housing by a sliding movement in one direction; and a special key arranged in a predetermined area on another direction side opposite to the one direction on the plane. | 01-22-2009 |
20090037817 | SOURCE AND PREVIEW PANES FOR MEDIA CONTENT - A system comprises a display and logic coupled to the display. The logic causes a source pane and a preview pane to be shown on the display. The source pane identifies sources of media content to be viewed in the preview pane. The preview pane plays for a user a selected media content while the source pane is still viewable. | 02-05-2009 |
20090037818 | Method And Systems For Arranging A Media Object In A Media Timeline - Methods and systems are described for arranging a media object in a media timeline. In one embodiment, a method includes presenting a graphical user interface including a media timeline for arranging a plurality of media objects in an order for presentation. The method includes receiving a selection of a portion of the media timeline representing a time period of presentation is received. The method also includes receiving a search term for association with the selected portion of the media timeline. The method further includes retrieving a media object according to a determination that the media object is related to the search term associated with the selected portion of the media timeline. The method still further includes arranging the retrieved media object in the selected portion of the media timeline for presentation during the represented time period. | 02-05-2009 |
20090044115 | PREVIEWING AUDIO DATA - A program product, a graphical user interface, a computer system including such a graphical user interface and method for previewing audio data, wherein an image is displayed which represents at least a part of an internal structure of the audio data. According to one particular implementation the image is a screenshot or part of a screenshot taken when last saving the audio data. | 02-12-2009 |
20090044116 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DEVICE - The disclosure refers to a graphical user interface device. In one example, the device is configured to provide images for display on a plurality of split screen forming areas of a split screen display. The device displays to a user an operation window having operation areas, the number of operation areas being the same as the number of split screen forming areas of the split screen display. Each of the operation areas is associated with one of the split screen forming areas. | 02-12-2009 |
20090044117 | RECORDING AND EXPORTING SLIDE SHOW PRESENTATIONS USING A PRESENTATION APPLICATION - A presentation application for recording and exporting slide show presentations is provided. Using the presentation application, a user can give a slide show presentation and request that the presentation application record the presentation. The presentation application may enable a microphone to record audio for the presentation. The presentation application may keep track of the timing between transitions in the slides of the presentation. Using the audio and the transition timing, the presentation application can create an audio-visual media file, such as an MPEG file. Using the presentation application, the user can export the audio-visual media file to another source or program, such as the Internet or QuickTime. | 02-12-2009 |
20090044118 | User interface that conveys the predicted quality of a multimedia device prior to its creation - Methods and apparatus are provided providing users with the ability to create and produce multimedia devices. In one aspect of the present invention, users are provided with the capability to easily and seamlessly create slideshows using multiple forms of graphic elements instead of just still pictures. In another aspect of the present invention, users are provided with the capability to create and modify the DVD menu that is required for DVDs to function properly on conventional DVD players. In still another aspect of the present invention, users are provided with an intuitive graphic interface that simply and clearly explains the trade offs the user must make in deciding which mode to record the DVD. | 02-12-2009 |
20090049384 | Computer desktop multimedia widget applications and methods - Methods of web connected computer desktop multimedia widget applications provide users to author and host interactive multimedia content with processes and features to enhance intuitive, seamless user experience, and interactive functions without web browser. | 02-19-2009 |
20090055742 | MEDIA DATA PRESENTED WITH TIME-BASED METADATA - Methods and systems for generating and presenting metadata during presentation of a media file are provided. The method includes identifying the media file having content to be played by a media player and identifying metadata. The method associates the identified metadata to specific content of the media file and at a time code of play of the media file. Then, a tag is generated containing the time code and reference to the identified metadata. The tag is linked to the media file, so that the media player identifies the tag during the play of the media file and presents the identified metadata upon reaching the time code of play, along with the presentation of content of the media file. Systems and computer readable media are also provided. | 02-26-2009 |
20090063971 | MEDIA DISCOVERY INTERFACE - Systems and methods for presenting media information to users that fosters discovery of new media and a media discovery interface are disclosed. Media objects such as songs are analyzed to determine a set of three or more objective characteristics that describe the media object. Icons representing the media objects are then presented to a user in display illustrating a three-dimensional space in which each dimension corresponds to a different characteristic and the icons are located within the three-dimensional space based on their characteristics. In this way, media objects having similar characteristics are located near each other within the three-dimensional space allowing the user to see and access similar media objects quickly and easily. Because the display does not rely on previously-generated metadata, the user may be shown media objects that have never been classified by users or which are relatively unknown to the general population of users. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063972 | Multi-Pane Graphical User Interface for Mobile Electronic Device - Improved approaches to display information on a portable computing device having a display with limited display area are disclosed. The information displayed can, for example, assist a user in navigating a hierarchical menu system operable on the portable computing device to browse, search or play media items. In one embodiment, the information displayed can be presented in a multi-pane display screen (or graphical user interface). One pane can present a list of selectable items, such as a list of selectable media items. The list can represent one menu in the hierarchical menu system. Another pane can present other information that can be related to the list being displayed. For example, the other information can be data contextually related to the list. In one embodiment, the size of the panes of a multi-pane display screen can adapt dependent on user interaction and/or characteristics of the data being display. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063973 | Degree of separation for media artifact discovery - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for degree of separation for media artifact discovery. A method includes visually highlighting a media artifact on a Web page in response to a user's media preferences and how distant from a core range of media preferences the user wants to engage more media, and generating for display to the user additional information and resources about the visually highlighted media artifact and how the visually highlighted media artifact relates to the core range of media preferences in response to a user action. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063974 | NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Media players and associated methods are described that may allow a user to navigate content or other media assets. A media player or portable media device, can include features for generating and utilizing navigation information for navigating content, such as audio books. An audio book may be analyzed to determine one or more locations within the audio book that represent chapters, paragraphs, sentences, or the like. Navigation information may be generated indicative of the one or more locations that may be used by a media player or portable media device to play content in the audio book. The navigation information may include audio clips extracted from the audio book to represent the chapters and the like. In addition, a user may navigate content in response to predetermined user motions. A media player may scroll through content based on the predetermined user motions. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063975 | ADVANCED PLAYLIST CREATION - Media players and associated methods are described that may allow a user to initiate playback of content or other media assets based on information associated with content. A media player may receive information associated with content from a user selection of a song, movie, photo, or the like. Based on the information, the media player may procure other additional content to be added to a playlist. The media player may automatically add to a playlist or modify a playlist with content that matches a user's preferences for artists, albums, genres, or the like. The user may interact with the media player to determine what content is added and how a playlist should be mixed. The user may specify how much of any content procured by the media player should be present in the playlist without the need to specify each individual item that constitutes a playlist. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063976 | Generating a playlist using metadata tags - Systems and methods are provided for on-the-fly playlist shuffling. There can be multiple ways to perform the shuffling. In one instance, the electronic device can organize a new playlist by sorting the media files based on a parameter. In another instance, the electronic device can organize a new playlist by shuffling the media files. In yet another instance, the electronic device can first sort the media files into groups of media files based on a parameter. The electronic device can then shuffle the media files within each group. In this manner, the media files can be randomized but only within each group. In all instances, the current media file can continue to play without any interruption. Finally, the electronic device can sort the media files based on the context of the media file that is currently playing. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063977 | BODY REGION INDICATION - The invention is directed toward two-dimensional dynamic body image templates, and associated techniques, that allow a user to indicate regions of the human body. The body region indications may correspond to locations of injury, pain, treatment, discoloration, paresthesia, or the like. A user is presented with the body image templates and asked to indicate regions on the body templates that correspond to affected regions of a patient's body. The body image templates represent views of an external surface of a human body rotated about at least one axis. In exemplary embodiments, a user controls display of overlapping templates, which may allow the user to perceive rotation of a three-dimensional body surface. The user indicated regions from each of the displayed body image templates are stored in a body surface coordinate system, such that regions indicated via one template may be appropriately displayed on other templates. | 03-05-2009 |
20090070671 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOVING PICTURE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND INTERNET CONNECTION DEVICE - There is provided a communication method capable of performing connection to the Internet by using another device having the Internet connection function even if a moving picture reproduction device does not have the Internet connection function. In this method, the moving picture reproduction device ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090070672 | On-Board Service Tool and Method - A self-contained, on-board diagnostic system integrated with a control system and method of using the same. Various control system coefficients and parameter settings may be set and edited with the on-board system, without the use of external hardware. In certain embodiments, an operator panel display may be used as a display for the on-board system. A menu navigation scheme can be employed to access a plurality of screens in an organized, efficient manner. The on-board system can be adapted for use with a tracked trencher and/or other mobile equipment. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070673 | System and method for presenting multimedia content and application interface - A system and method for presenting multimedia content and at least one application interface. Multiple application graphical user interfaces (GUI) or other graphical objects may be overlayed on multimedia content such as selected video clips. A graphical user interface is provided for managing displayed objects, selecting content to be displayed, manipulating displayed content, and interacting with application interfaces overlayed on the multimedia content. A server may be in communication with a plurality of client computers to authenticate users, gather content consumption data, enable communication or other interaction among users viewing multimedia content. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070674 | Brush Tool for Audio Editing - This specification describes technologies relating to editing digital audio data. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes displaying a visual representation of audio data, receiving an input selecting a selected portion of audio data within the visual representation, the selecting including applying a brush tool to the visual representation of the audio data, and editing the selected portion of audio data including determining a degree of opacity for the selected audio data and applying an editing effect according to the degree of opacity. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070675 | Apparatuses, Methods, and Systems for a Portable, Image-Processing Transmitter - This disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for a portable, image-processing transmitter. The transmitter provides a platform capable of managing, manipulating, storing, and transmitting digital media files across a wide array of transmission means and protocols. In one embodiment, the transmitter may be employed by photographers, photojournalists, and/or the like to rapidly process, edit, and send photographs or video to multiple news agencies, newspapers, magazines, television studios, websites, and/or the like while maintaining control over their photographs by allowing them to send reduced quality and watermarked proofs. The transmitter may be configured to allow users to first generate and transmit low-resolution preview images, thereby saving on transmission time and resources, and only send full resolution versions once approvals of the preview versions are received. The transmitter's broad communication capabilities ensure that it is maximally effective in locating and exploiting available communication networks, even from remote locations. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070676 | FACILITATING NAVIGATION OF VOICE DATA - A system, system, and program for facilitating navigation of voice data are provided. Tokens are added to voice data based on predefined content criteria. Then, bidirectional scanning of the voice data to a next token within the voice data is enabled, such that navigation to pertinent locations within the voice data during playback is facilitated. When adding tokens to voice data, the voice data may be scanned to detect pauses, changes in voice inflection, and other vocal characteristics. Based on the detected vocal characteristics, tokens identifying ends of sentences, separations between words, and other structures are marked. In addition, when adding tokens to voice data, the voice data may be first converted to text. The text is then scanned for keywords, phrases, and types of information. Tokens are added in the voice data at locations identified within the text as meeting the predefined content criteria. | 03-12-2009 |
20090083629 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING DIRECT PLAY OF MULTI-MEDIA INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for controlling the presentation of multi-media content stored on a medium containing a plurality of multi-media content ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090089675 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND VIDEO APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for providing a GUI and a video apparatus using the method are provided. The method for providing a GUI includes providing a higher level menu screen in the form of a first keypad, and providing a lower level menu screen in the form of a second keypad. | 04-02-2009 |
20090094518 | METHOD FOR IMAGE ANIMATION USING IMAGE VALUE RULES - A method for image presentation are provided, in which at least one theme for image presentation is obtained; at least one set of images is acquired for presentation in association with each theme; and a presentation area image is generated for presentation on a display with a plurality of separate presentation objects in the presentation area image; an image value for each of the acquired images is determined; an emphasis score is determined for each of the acquired images. The presentation area image is presented with one of the acquired images in each of the presentation objects; and the presentation objects are animated by moving the presentation objects relative to each other in a manner that attracts more attention to presentation objects that are used to present images having a higher emphasis score than presentation objects that are used to simultaneously present images having a lower emphasis score. | 04-09-2009 |
20090094519 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED STREAMING AUDIO - A system and method for enhancement and management of streaming audio is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system provides a client-side decoder that is compatible with numerous audio formats, so that a user can enjoy relatively high-quality audio from various sources, even from sources that do not provide multi-channel or high-quality audio data. The system and method also include a management system for managing and controlling the use of licensed signal processing software to further enhance an audio stream. In one embodiment, the management system is used to manage a signal processing module that provides psychoacoustic audio processing to create a wider soundstage, an acoustic correction process to increase the perceived height and clarity of the audio image, and bass enhancement processing to create the perception of low bass from the small speakers or headphones typically used with multi-media systems and portable audio players. | 04-09-2009 |
20090100338 | INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - The present invention concerns an interactive multimedia system comprising processing electronic means that controls multimedia playing means for playing at least one video and/or audio content, wherein it further comprises detecting means, capable to detect presence of at least one participant within an interaction area (A) having a floor treadable by said at least one participant, connected to the processing electronic means, said at least one video and/or audio content played on the multimedia playing means being conditional on at least one signal received by the processing electronic means from the detecting means. | 04-16-2009 |
20090106657 | Web Browser Audio Controls - One or more audio controls are presented in a browser application to allow a user to adjust one or more audio signals (e.g., mute, adjust volume) provided by one or more audio sources (e.g., websites). In some aspects, the browser application remembers the user's audio control settings for audio sources and automatically applies those settings to the audio controls when audio signals from the audio sources are detected. | 04-23-2009 |
20090106658 | Techniques and Graphical User Interfaces for Categorical Shuffle - Improved techniques and graphical user interfaces that enable users to shuffle a group of media items in accordance with categories associated with the media items are disclosed. According to one aspect, techniques can operate to categorically shuffle media items having categories associated therewith. According to another aspect, a user interface control can be graphically presented to a user to assist the user in selecting a shuffle setting. The shuffle setting provided by the user affects the nature of the shuffle. For example, the shuffle setting can impact the likelihood that two adjacent media items in the group of media items will be from the same one or more categories following the shuffle. | 04-23-2009 |
20090113300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LISTENING TO AUDIO CONTENT - A method including selecting a presentation content group, displaying content identifiers corresponding to the presentation content group, selecting a content identifier, and instantly presenting a substantially live presentation content from a media provider corresponding to the selected content identifier to a user. | 04-30-2009 |
20090113301 | Multimedia Enhanced Browser Interface - A toolbar application for network browser applications is described. The tool augments web pages with related multimedia content. The browser application allows the user to locate and render a web page of personal interest. The tool invokes a mechanism to identify one or more media objects related to the web page in a playlist, and invokes a media object player application to render the one or more media objects in the playlist. When all of the media objects in the playlist are complete, the enhancement application may automatically generate one or more additional playlists. | 04-30-2009 |
20090113302 | METHOD OF MANIPULATING MEDIA OBJECT IN MEDIA PLAYER AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided is a method for manipulating a media object in a media player and an apparatus using the same. The method includes generating a rendering map for managing a region of a media object in a rendering interface according to time, receiving a user input via the rendering interface; updating the rendering map based on a user input; re-composing a scene based on the updated rendering map, and rendering the media object according to the re-composed scene. | 04-30-2009 |
20090119589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MEDIA ITEMS - A method including presenting one or more tabs on a display of a device corresponding to media content screens, presenting one or more media content items in a media content screen upon selection of a corresponding one of the one or more tabs, the one or more media content items being presented in at least one of scrollable rows and columns, including minimized content information with some of the media content items and including intermediate content information with other media content items and changing at least the intermediate content information to detailed content information corresponding to a selected one of the content items. | 05-07-2009 |
20090119590 | INTERACTIVE GROUP CONTENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In an exemplary system, a content hub subsystem is selectively and communicatively coupled to a plurality of access devices. At least a subset of the access devices is associated with a predefined group of users. The content hub subsystem is configured to receive data representative of content from at least one of the access devices associated with the predefined group of users, map the content to the predefined group of users, and provide data representative of the content to the access devices associated with the predefined group of users. Each of the access devices associated with the predefined group of users is configured to generate at least one interactive graphical object representative of the content, and generate and present a graphical user interface including the interactive graphical object. | 05-07-2009 |
20090119591 | Method of Creating a Summary of a Document Based On User-Defined Criteria, and Related Audio-Visual Device - The invention describes a creation method of a summary of an audiovisual document respecting both the criteria defined by the user and criteria helping in the understanding of said summary. The document is first split into sequences, each sequence associated with attribute values and a dependence parameter. The user first selects the first sequences either manually, or according to attribute values. Then second sequences are added according to the value of the dependence parameters. These added sequences enable a better understanding of the summary thus created. According to an improvement, the user introduces a maximum duration for the summary, first and/or second sequences are withdrawn from the summary if the duration of the summary thus created exceeds the introduced duration. The invention also relates to an audiovisual device for the creation and viewing of the summary. | 05-07-2009 |
20090119592 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER-SELECTED TOPICAL VIDEO CONTENT - A downloadable program and/or widget for installation on a user's computer, for the display of topical medial content, such as videos, selected based upon the users desires. | 05-07-2009 |
20090125810 | Streamed File System for Optical Disc Applications - An optical disk player ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090125811 | USER INTERFACE PROVIDING AUDITORY FEEDBACK - A UI (user interface) for natural gestural control uses inertial physics coupled to gestures made on a gesture-pad (“GPad”) by the user in order to provide an enhanced list and grid navigation experience which is both faster and more enjoyable to use than current list and grid navigation methods using a conventional 5-way D-pad (directional pad) controllers. In addition to providing the user with tactile feedback, the UI provides auditory feedback that may be generated by operation of a switch that is activated by receipt of the user input or by playing of an appropriate sound sample (such as a pre-recorded or synthesized clicking sound) through an internal speaker. In some examples the auditory feedback includes changes in the volume and pitch of the sound based upon on the dynamics of the user interface. | 05-14-2009 |
20090125812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN EXTENSIBLE MEDIA PLAYER - In a method and system for creating an extensible media player, a multimedia player application is instantiated on a client system. A timeline to be played by the instantiated multimedia player application is transmitted to the client system. One or more modules and one or more layouts are dynamically selected and retrieved for the timeline. The modules contain application logic to extend a functionality of the multimedia player application. The layouts contain logic to control an aspect of a presentation of the multimedia player application and the modules. The timeline, the modules, and the layouts are loaded into the multimedia player application. The loaded modules are verified to determine if any module is blocking the timeline from playing. If a module is blocking the timeline from playing, the blocking module is executed and playback of the timeline is stopped until execution is complete. If no module is blocking the timeline, the timeline begins playing back. Each subsequent module and each loaded layout is executed at a predetermined time during playback of the timeline. As each module is executed, the module is checked to determine whether the module is blocking the timeline from playing. If the module is blocking the timeline, playback of the timeline is stopped or paused until execution of the module is complete. | 05-14-2009 |
20090132921 | USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING AND PLAYING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS, APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A user interface for displaying and playing multimedia contents is capable of allowing the user to easily recognize information about multimedia contents at a glance, and allowing the user to more easily retrieve desired information, through an image pre-play function. An apparatus includes the user interface, and a control method for the apparatus are includes displaying a sorting item of a multimedia content, and arranging file information included in the sorting item and having the form of a playable image. | 05-21-2009 |
20090132922 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An album list file stores album information relating to album containing image data files, and an album list storing sequence information indicating a replay sequence of image data files at the time of replaying the image data files belonging to the album. Here, when an album containing a new image data file which has not been included in the album is designated, the sequence information is renewed so as to replay the new image data file first at the time of replaying image data files contained by the designated album. | 05-21-2009 |
20090144623 | PLAYBACK CONTROL METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA DEVICE USING MULTI-TOUCH-ENABLED TOUCHSCREEN - A playback control method of a multimedia device is provided for setting playback position and repetitive playback section of a multimedia file playing on the multimedia device intuitively with multi-touch behaviors on a touchscreen. The method includes sensing a multi-touch event on the touchscreen, extracting two contact points of the multi-touch event, determining coordinates of the contact points, calculating a distance between the coordinates, monitoring a variation of the distance, moving a playback position of a current playing multimedia file according to the variation of the distance, and restarting playback of the current playing multimedia file from the playback position when the contact points are released from the touchscreen. | 06-04-2009 |
20090150781 | Video Editing Matched to Musical Beats - Methods and apparatus provide for a clip-beat aligner that identifies musical beats in an audio file. An editing mode is provided to associate the audio file with a media segment according to a timeline. The clip-beat aligner aligns a boundary of the media segment with a musical beat on the timeline. Upon performing an editing operation, the clip-beat aligner maintains that the boundary of the media segment is aligned with any one of the musical beats. To align a boundary of each media segment with a musical beat, the clip-beat aligner identifies a musical beat that is proximate to the position of the media segment's boundary. The clip-beat aligner then aligns the media segment's boundary with the proximate musical beat by, if necessary, automatically trimming the media segment's duration such that the media segment's boundary occurs at the same moment in time as the proximate musical beat. | 06-11-2009 |
20090158154 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF PLAYING DATA THEREIN - A mobile terminal includes a user input unit for receiving user inputs, a display unit for displaying information, an audio output module for outputting an audio signal, and a controller for processing a user input to select at least a first specific position in multimedia data, controlling the display unit to display multimedia information related to the selected at least a first specific position and sorting the multimedia information with respect to at least a second specific position in the multimedia data. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158155 | PLAYLIST GENERATION, DELIVERY AND NAVIGATION - Automatic and assisted playlist generation is accomplished by collecting data from users of a world-wide music information system. Attributes of the recordings listened to by users are extracted from data collected when the users access the music information system. The attributes are correlated with other attributes in the system to verify data accuracy. Users can specify a set of attributes of their music collection for automatic generation of a playlist. The playlist can then be further edited, even on devices with a limited display and a few buttons designed for playback of recordings, by re-mapping the functions of the buttons for playlist generation. | 06-18-2009 |
20090164901 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR QUICKLY PLAYING THROUGH MEDIA FILES - An electronic device capable of quickly playing through media files is provided, the electronic device includes an inputting unit configured for inputting operational signals in response to users' operations to the electronic device; a storage unit configured for storing a plurality of media files; a quickly playing through controlling module configured for controlling quickly playing through of media files according to operational signals inputted by the inputting unit, and obtaining a playing time interval confined by a playing start time and a playing termination time; a media file accessing module configured for accessing the storage unit and obtaining sections of the media files according to the playing time interval; a media file processing module configured for processing sections of the media files transmitted from the media file accessing module; a sound outputting unit configured for converting the sections of the media files processed by the media file processing module into audible sounds. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164902 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYER WIDGET AND ONE-CLICK MEDIA RECORDING AND SHARING - Systems and methods of a multimedia player widget and one-click media recording and sharing are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of facilitating audio-based user content sharing, collaboration, and competition among multiple platforms using a graphical user interface widget is disclosed. One embodiment includes, providing the graphical user interface widget on a user interface in a source platform where a first set of users share audio content and collaborate in musical creations using an audio player widget. The graphical user interface widget is further linked to the audio player widget in the user interface. One embodiment further includes, detecting that a user has selected an action related to migration of an instance of the audio player widget in the graphical user interface widget in the source platform and/or performing the selected action related to migration of an instance of the audio player widget to a target platform. The instance of the audio player widget, when migrated to the target platform, is available for access by the user via the target platform or a second set of users of the target platform. | 06-25-2009 |
20090172542 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED PLAYLIST PROCESSING ON MEDIA DEVICES - An improved portable media device and methods for operating a media device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the portable media device has the capability to store media device status information in persistent memory before powering down. Thereafter, when the portable media device is again powered up, the stored media player status information can be retrieved and utilized. According to another aspect, the portable media device can form and/or traverse a media asset playlist in an efficient manner. | 07-02-2009 |
20090177965 | AUTOMATIC MANIPULATION OF CONFLICTING MEDIA PRESENTATIONS - Automatically manipulating presentation of two or more conflicting media contents can prevent intrusive or interruptive presentation of media content. A user can be freed of manually manipulating presentation of media content. The media content is prioritized based on one or more factors, such as predefined user input, location information, metadata about the media content, etc. Subsequently, presentation of the media content is manipulated in accordance with the prioritizing. | 07-09-2009 |
20090177966 | Content Sheet for Media Player - A partially transparent sheet is overlaid on content displayed by a media player. The sheet can include lyrics or other text associated with an audio file currently playing on the media player. The sheet can be manipulated (e.g., scrolled) in response to user input (e.g., touch input). | 07-09-2009 |
20090177967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERNET RADIO SERVICE - A stand-alone desktop application (i.e., client) that resides on an end user's local computer and receives customized music playlists and content via the Internet from a network of distributed servers. The end user may install the application in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, downloading it from the Internet or installing it from a CD that has been pre-loaded with the client. Songs downloaded through the application may be cached locally. The application forms a playlist based on user-entered preferences, an analysis of music already existing on the computer, and previous user interactions with the application. Similar or related songs, albums, bands, or artists can be displayed graphically in a “song cloud” around a graphical representation of the song being played. | 07-09-2009 |
20090177968 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING AND PLAYING DATA - The present invention provides a general solution to presenting media interface and navigation tools for content provided from a plurality of sources. The invention maintains a user at a single site regardless of the source of the media content. This permits a consistent interface to be presented to the user. Because the user remains at the same site, differences in tiered membership may be tracked so that the user is only presented with content that the user is permitted to view. The invention uses a metadata language to characterize content so that viewer type, membership level, and other information can be maintained and used for an enjoyable viewing experience. | 07-09-2009 |
20090193338 | Reducing network and battery consumption during content delivery and playback - Methods and systems for content delivery are provided. A user of a media device may select one or more media content files, which may be located locally or remotely. The content selected by the user is located. If selected content is located at a remote source, that file is downloaded to the media device using maximum available radio bandwidth and stored in local storage. That data is provided as a stream to a media player from the local storage. | 07-30-2009 |
20090199098 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SERVING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT SERVICE USING THE SAME - An apparatus and method for serving multimedia contents and a system for providing a multimedia content service using the same, the apparatus including: a display unit to display multimedia contents and supplementary information; and a controller to control the display unit to display the supplementary information appended to a section of the multimedia contents when the section is reproduced, to retrieve a section including selected supplementary information from the multimedia contents stored in the memory when the supplementary information is selected using the input unit, to display section information of the retrieved section, and to reproduce the section corresponding to selected section information when the section information is selected using the input unit. Thus, it is possible to easily perform movement to a scene in which the user is interested and provide manipulation convenience and usability to the user. | 08-06-2009 |
20090222729 | Methods and Systems for Audio-Device Activation - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for audio-reproduction device activation in a display mosaic. | 09-03-2009 |
20090249206 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING A MEDIA HISTORY - A method for presenting a media history may include determining whether actuation of a function initiation mechanism corresponds to a first actuation characteristic or a second actuation characteristic in which the first actuation characteristic is associated with invocation of a first function on a single object of a particular class and the second actuation characteristic is associated with invocation of a second function operable on a plurality of objects of the particular class. The method may further include initiating the first function or the second function based on the determined actuation characteristic. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 10-01-2009 |
20090249207 | Method of operating a media player - A media player and a method of operating the media player in which the events stored therein or available thereto are divided/filtered into groups, each group comprising less than all of the events, and where, when a group of events is provided on the display of the media player, the user may select to have the events of that group provided in a shuffled manner. | 10-01-2009 |
20090254823 | Bookmark Interpretation Service - A bookmark interpretation service is described. In embodiment(s), a bookmark save event can be received from a media device when a bookmark is initiated while a video stream of media content is rendered by the media device, such as when the bookmark is initiated by a viewer at the media device. The bookmark can then be interpreted to determine one or more bookmark representations based on a context interpretation of the bookmark with respect to the media content. The bookmark can be maintained for selection, and when a request for the bookmark is received, one or more of the bookmark representations that correspond to the bookmark can be provided to the media device from which the request for the bookmark is received. | 10-08-2009 |
20090254824 | Distribution Of Context Aware Content And Interactable Advertisements - Disclosed herein is a method and system for providing context aware multimedia content and interactable advertisements of business services on visually distinct and mutually independent display sections on a mobile device screen of a user. A client application is provided on the mobile device. The client application sends a first request for multimedia content to a content server and a second request for the interactable advertisements to an advertisement server. The content server establishes context of the first request, selects the multimedia content based on established context, and renders the multimedia content on a first display section on the mobile device screen. The advertisement server establishes context of the second request, selects the interactable advertisements based on established context, and renders the interactable advertisements on a second display section on the mobile device screen. The user accesses the business services through the interactable advertisements using the client application. | 10-08-2009 |
20090254825 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULTS ALONG A TIMELINE - In one embodiment, an apparatus may receive search results from a database. The search results may be from a search request that requests database entries associated with a project. The apparatus may display a timeline, where the timeline includes display regions that correspond to time periods. The apparatus may display a visual indicator in one of the display regions that corresponds to a given time period. The visual indicator may correspond to a result item included in the search results. The result item may be associated with a date, and the date is in the given time period. The apparatus may retrieve information from the database, where the information is limited to data stored in the database as of the date. The apparatus may display the information in addition to the timeline on a display. The information may include data other than the result item. | 10-08-2009 |
20090254826 | Portable Communications Device - Improvements enhance the use of portable communications devices such as cellular telephones. According to one embodiment, data storage capacity is added to the device, such that if a “speed-dial” type operation is initiated, the device is operative to announce a pre-recorded message previously associated by the user with that key sequence, such as the number and/or person being dialed. Another feature enables the user to program a series of telephone numbers before in advance. In this way, the user is able to initiate the dialing of the numbers sequentially, without having to select or key in information for each call while driving. Yet another aspect of the invention offers the ability to interact with GPS (“Global Positioning Satellite”) information. In some scenarios, it may be advantageous to be able to switch the communications link (say, between different carrier services, such as “Air-Touch Cellular” or “Sprint PCS”) as the communications device is moved to different locations. Alternatively, the ability to identify its own location enables the device to respond to inquiries from an external stimulus source, by which the location of the device is transmitted back to the external source. | 10-08-2009 |
20090254827 | BROWSER INTERPRETABLE DOCUMENT FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF MEDIA PLAYERS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - A browser interpretable document comprising a first media file or a pointer to the first media file; a graphical user interface definition, or a pointer to the graphical user interface definition, the graphical user interface definition comprising a first user interface element and a function associated with the first user interface element; and, a set of commands, or a pointer to the set of commands, for controlling the operation of a plurality of media players; wherein, when the browser interpretable document is rendered by a conventional web browser, the web browser can render a graphical user interface based on the graphical user interface definition, and wherein the rendered graphical user interface controls one of the plurality of media players to facilitate playing of the first media file. | 10-08-2009 |
20090259939 | MULTIMEDIA MOBILE PERSONALIZATION SYSTEM - A multimedia mobile personalization system provides a remote control that detects a user's electronic tag, e.g. an RFID tag. The remote control notifies a multimedia device of the user's identity. The multimedia devices tailors it operations to the user's preferences stored locally. Multimedia content such as broadcast or recorded television programs, music play lists, and the like could be sorted, displayed, or restricted, depending on the user identifier. | 10-15-2009 |
20090265631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A USER INTERFACE TO NAVIGATE A COLLECTION OF TAGS LABELING CONTENT - An improved system and method for visualizing and navigating a collection of tags labeling content in a user interface is provided. A visualization displaying a categorized subset of related tags may be generated in a user interface from a collection of tags labeling content items. One or more tags may be submitted in a query, a ranked list of related tags may be determined and clustered into categories, and then the clusters of related tags may be sent to a client device for display. A client device may display the categories and the related tags in each category and representative content items labeled by the related tags. The search space of a collection of tags may be refined by adding additional tags to a search query or may be expanded by removing tags from a search query, and an updated visualization may be generated for the requested search scope. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265632 | NON-LINEAR PRESENTATION CANVAS - Technologies are described herein for providing a non-linear presentation canvas. A non-linear presentation canvas is provided. The non-linear presentation canvas is a virtual space onto which multimedia files and hyperlinks can be inserted. A content preview for one or more of the multimedia files and hyperlinks inserted onto the non-linear presentation canvas is displayed. The content preview is selectable to display the corresponding multimedia files and hyperlinks during a presentation. | 10-22-2009 |
20090276707 | DIRECTED COMMUNICATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - The present invention is directed to directed communication in a virtual environment. A method for method for providing directed communication between avatars in a virtual environment in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: determining a relative location of a first avatar and a second avatar in a virtual environment; and adjusting an aspect of a communication between the first avatar and the second avatar based on the relative location. | 11-05-2009 |
20090276708 | Systems And Methods For Classifying Recorded Information - An incident recorder records original and supplemental incident information using a simplified user interface. | 11-05-2009 |
20090276709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC PLAYLISTS AND TAG-TUNING OF MULTIMEDIA OBJECTS - A user may post items that are associated with multimedia objects, such as audio files and video files. The posted items are automatically added to the dynamic playlists of other users who are “following” the user. A user's dynamic playlist is provided to that user for viewing and for accessing the multimedia objects associated with the items in the dynamic playlist. One user may give another user a particular amount of social currency, and a particular's user's total amount of social currency received through gifts is maintained and displayed in a profile of the particular user. A user may create and modify certain tag settings that are used to filter a plurality of multimedia objects such that only the multimedia objects that satisfy the user's tag settings are provided to the user. | 11-05-2009 |
20090276710 | MASTER MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE CONTROLS - A software control mechanism is disclosed for use with a plurality of media applications. The software control mechanism comprises a media control panel structured for use with a plurality of media applications. The media control panel is independent of each media application. Each media application is displayed within a computer screen. The software control mechanism is structured to control a function of a presently interfaced media application on the display screen. Further, as the presently interfaced media application changes on the display screen, the media control panel for that media application is displayed along a same boundary of the computer screen. | 11-05-2009 |
20090282334 | System and method for providing information using outside sound recognition of mobile phone, and mobile terminal for the same - An information providing system using external sound source recognition of a mobile communication terminal includes a sound source recognizing means for receiving a specific sound source in the external environment by playing a sound source file and recognizing sound source information; an intrinsic information detecting means for detecting the intrinsic information inserted when manufacturing the sound source file from the sound source information; an intrinsic information interpreting means for decoding the intrinsic information to interpret the meaning of the intrinsic information; and an intrinsic information managing means for outputting the contents of the intrinsic information on a screen to display the intrinsic information to the user. | 11-12-2009 |
20090282335 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH 3D POSITIONAL AUDIO FUNCTION AND METHOD - An electronic device is provided that plays back a collection of media objects. The electronic device includes a controller that assigns a virtual spatial location within a virtual space to a sample of each media object and plays back at least one of the samples to a user through a multichannel audio device. Each played sample is within a virtual audible range of a virtual user position in the virtual space, and each played sample is played using spatial audio so that the user perceives each played sample as emanating from the corresponding virtual spatial location within the virtual space. The electronic device further includes a navigation device that inputs navigational signals to the controller to move the virtual user position relative to the virtual space in accordance with user manipulation of the navigation device. In response to the received navigational input, the controller adjusts the playback to maintain a correspondence between the virtual spatial location of each played sample and the virtual user position. | 11-12-2009 |
20090282336 | Automated Digital Media Presentations - Among other things, techniques and systems are disclosed for implementing an automated presentation of media content having associated metadata. The system provides an automated transition that corresponds to a relationship between a first media content item's metadata and metadata associated with a second media content item. The automated system also provides an automated information overlay that corresponds to a relationship between a first media content item's associated metadata and metadata associated with a second media content item. The automated system also can obtain information corresponding to metadata of the media content and provides automated information overlays while displaying the media content in a presentation. | 11-12-2009 |
20090288006 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DOCUMENTS LOCATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of visualizing and manipulating data on a display of a computer is provided, the method comprising retrieving a plurality of documents from a file system operably connected to the computer, each said document having at least one attribute associated therewith; graphically organizing the plurality of documents retrieved from the file system along a first substantially linear axis on the display; selecting a selected attribute associated with a selected document, the selected document being selected from among the plurality of documents organized along the first substantially linear axis; and graphically organizing a subset of the plurality of documents retrieved from the file system along a second substantially linear axis on the display, the first and second axes being organized such that the first and second substantially linear axes are non-parallel to one another, wherein the subset of the plurality of documents only includes documents having attributes associated therewith that match the selected attribute. A program, an interface and a system thereof are also provided. | 11-19-2009 |
20090288007 | SPATIAL INTERFACES FOR REALTIME NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS - A current realtime communication session is established between communicants operating on respective network nodes. A spatial visualization of the current realtime communication session is displayed. The spatial visualization includes a graphical representation of each of the communicants in spatial relation to a graphical representation of a virtual area. During the current communication session, visual cues are depicted in the spatial visualization that show current communication states of the communicants, where each of the communication states corresponds to a state of a respective communication channel over which a respective one of the communicants is configured to communicate. | 11-19-2009 |
20090292991 | Building macro elements for production automation control - A macro element template is replicated to build a macro element library. A macro element is associated with executable instructions for controlling a plurality of production devices to produce a special effect or segment of a media production. One or more automation control objects are positioned onto a control interface to build a macro element template. Build information is associated with each automation control object to assign a variable name, device type, property page field(s), and variable naming table. A replicator control interface allows a range of sources to be assigned to the macro element template, and is associated with executable instructions for building the macro element library. The macro element library includes user-defined filenames that enables a director to quickly search and select a desired macro element. Changes in production values ripple throughout the macro element library to dynamically update the macro elements. | 11-26-2009 |
20090300497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOCUSED NAVIGATION WITHIN A USER INTERFACE - A sequence of cards is stored that graphically represents available options within an information system. In response to a single user action, the sequence of cards is successively displayed within a focus area of the user interface. In response to a subsequent user action, the successive display is discontinued to display a particular card representing a selected option. | 12-03-2009 |
20090307590 | Digital Playback Device And Method And Apparatus For Spectrally Modifying a Digital Audio Signal - A digital playback device and a method and apparatus for modifying a digital audio signal. The method includes allowing a user to select a digital audio track and modifying the digital audio track with a predetermined spectral modification signal to create a spectrally modified digital audio track. The spectrally modified digital audio track can then be retrieved by a user to a digital playback device. | 12-10-2009 |
20090307591 | Virtual remote controller - An entertainment system often contains a number of entertainment devices, such as a television, VCR, DVD player, CD player, Cable-TV box, and other devices each of which has a remote controller associated with the device. This often results in a confusing welter of remote controllers to operate the system as a whole. A system and method for displaying control function icons on a television display is presented here. The control function icons are displayed in large font, hi-intensity icons as an overlay on a television screen. There are a number of the graphic icon sets that may be mapped, one to each device in the system that has a remote controller. The user may then select the set of icons for the device to be controlled, select the function desired, and the control function code is sent to the infrared receiver of the device to be controlled. This Virtual Remote Controller is maintained in non-volatile memory within the television and may be expanded to map each non-television device in the entire entertainment system such that all are controlled from visual icons on the television display. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 12-10-2009 |
20090307592 | Tangible Social Network - A tangible social network system comprises at least two interactive physical objects adapted for communicatively linking with each other, a visualization application for providing a visual representation of a user's tangible social network, and an object communication frame. An interactive physical object comprises a controller for forming a communicatively linked relationship with another interactive physical object and for receiving and responding to commands and data received from a linked object, and an audio or visual response subsystem. An object communication frame comprises a housing adapted to receive interactive physical objects, a communications subsystem for managing communications with installed objects and with interactive physical objects communicatively linked with installed objects, a controller, and a power subsystem for powering installed objects. The frame or objects may interact with a visualization application, comprising subsystems for receiving information about the user's tangible social network and deriving a representation of it, and a graphical user interface for providing the visual representation to the user. | 12-10-2009 |
20090307593 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA PLAY TASKS AND STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS THEREOF - A method for managing media play tasks includes generating a media stack, storing current media play tasks into the media stack, and setting a play priority for each of the media play tasks, and selecting a media play task from the media stack, and playing the selected media play task. The method further includes storing a new media play task into the media stack if the new media play task is generated, and setting a play priority for the new media play task, suspending the media play task being played if the play priority of the new media play task is not lower than the play priority of the media play task being played, and playing the new media play task. A system performing the method and storage medium supporting instructions for executing the method are also provided. | 12-10-2009 |
20090313543 | USER INTERFACE FOR PREVIEWING NOTIFICATIONS - An electronic device and a method implemented within the electronic device for configuring parameters of a notification setting comprising at least two of auditory, visual and tactile notifications for association with specific events on the electronic device; generating a window display having a first area thereof with multiple selectable fields depicting the aforenoted parameters, and a second area having an icon; and previewing the notification setting via at least two of said audio output, visual output and tactile output responsive to selection of the icon. | 12-17-2009 |
20090313544 | System and methods for adjusting graphical representations of media files based on previous usage - Systems and methods for adjusting playback and graphical representations of media files are provided. The systems and methods can monitor playback and access of media files to create usage metadata. The usage metadata can then be used to adjust the playback of the media file. For example, the usage metadata may indicate that a user skips, on average, the first 22 seconds of a particular song so the next time that song is played, the first 22 seconds will automatically be skipped. The usage metadata can additionally or alternatively be used to adjust a graphical representation of the media file. For example, the usage metadata may indicate that a user rarely accesses a particular song so the graphical representation of that song will be small and faded. This change in graphical representation can help a user find more commonly used media files. | 12-17-2009 |
20090319898 | Audio device control method and apparatus - A method of controlling an audio output device at a user terminal connected to a communication network and executing a communication client is provided. The method comprises: establishing a connection between a user of the user terminal and a further user over the communication network; responsive to establishing the connection, analysing the status of the audio output device with the communication client; in the case that the communication client determines that the audio output device is in a muted state, controlling the audio output device to deactivate the muted state such that audio information transmitted from the further user via the connection can be heard by the user of the user terminal. | 12-24-2009 |
20090319899 | USER INTERFACE, METHOD OF NAVIGATING CONTENT, APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING CONTENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE METHOD - A user interface for navigating content to be reproduced by selecting a filtering condition according to a user's preference on the basis of a playlist, a method of navigating content using the user interface, an apparatus for reproducing content, and a computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program for executing the method are provided. The user interface navigates content using a method including displaying a first playlist on the basis of all reproducible pieces of content; receiving at least one content filtering condition; displaying a second playlist according to the received content filtering condition; and receiving a desired content select signal on the basis of the first playlist or the second playlist. Accordingly, the depth of a menu can be reduced, a playlist reflecting a user's preference can be created, and whether the content to be navigated exists can be more accurately perceived during content navigation. | 12-24-2009 |
20090327890 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI), DISPLAY MODULE AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING AND COMPARING SKIN FEATURES - Embodiments of a graphical user interface (GUI), display module, and method for displaying and comparing skin features are generally described herein. A pose panel may display a body outline or thumbnail image of one of several body poses and may identify one or more alerts. Each alert may identify skin features that have been identified as changed. An alert image panel may display a higher-resolution image of the alert selected in the pose panel showing identified skin features. An alert information panel may display alert data associated the alerts and may indicate a review status associated with the alerts. An alert notes panel may display notes associated with a selected alert. The GUI may be configured to systematically display the alerts associated with the poses in sequence to automate and help expedite the process of reviewing identified skin-features. | 12-31-2009 |
20090327891 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A MEDIA CONTENT SELECTION MECHANISM - A method for providing a media content selection mechanism may include providing for display of a selectable object that is representative of a corresponding physical object associated with media content. The selectable object may be arranged in the display based at least in part on a physical location of the physical object represented by the selectable object. The method may further include determining whether the selectable object correlates to a digital content item and enabling the provision of information corresponding to the digital content item in response to selection of the selectable object. | 12-31-2009 |
20100005392 | TRANSLATING USER INPUT IN A USER INTERFACE - Systems and methods for translating user input in a high definition video playback system are disclosed. A disc viewer is configured to execute at least one user interactive program stored on a high definition optical disc defining a user interface. The user interactive program defines a user interface and a plurality of keyboard event handlers for interaction with the user interface. The user interface includes a plurality of selectable user interface elements. A user interface renderer is configured to encode for display the user interface. A non-keyboard input translator is configured to receive a non-keyboard user input translates it into at least one keyboard event. | 01-07-2010 |
20100005393 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for making easier-to-understand evaluations of contents. | 01-07-2010 |
20100011292 | Collaborative media production - Methods, systems, and apparatus for collaborative media editing. In one aspect, a method includes presenting, to an originator, an originator interface including multiple media panes; establishing a connection with a collaborator; receiving from the originator a selection indicating an item of media content associated with at least one of the multiple media panes; transmitting to the collaborator the selected item of media content; and enabling inter-user communication relating to the selected item of media content in the originator interface with the collaborator. Further, a connection can be established with a second collaborator, the item of media content can be transmitted to the second collaborator, and communication can occur in the originator interface with the second collaborator. | 01-14-2010 |
20100011293 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Prompt Information of a Mobile Terminal - A method and apparatus for generating prompt information of a mobile terminal are disclosed. The method includes: selecting a start point and an end point in a multimedia file; clipping a part of the multimedia file between the start point and the end point in the multimedia file; and encoding the clipped part of the multimedia file, and generating prompt information of the mobile terminal. An apparatuses for generating prompt information of a mobile terminal is also disclosed. Therefore, the present invention enables a user to control the generation of prompt information of a mobile terminal. | 01-14-2010 |
20100017713 | Content Management Apparatus and Content Management Method - According to one embodiment, a content management apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention includes a first acquisition module configured to acquire a predetermined content, a storage module configured to store the predetermined content in a storage unit, a detection module configured to detect the presence/absence of related content related to the predetermined content, and relevance between the predetermined content and content other than the predetermined content stored in the storage unit, a display information output module configured to output display information required to display information of unacquired related content which is related content related to the predetermined content and is not stored in the storage unit, and a second acquisition module configured to acquire an unacquired related content based on an acquisition instruction of the unacquired related content. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017714 | WEB BASED COLLABORATIVE MULTIMEDIA EVENT PLANNING, HOSTING AND DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM AND WEB BASED PERSONAL MULTIMEDIA PORTABLE SYSTEM - A web based secure interactive system that hosts one or more events that can be accessed over the internet. An organizer or host organizes an event, creates an invitee list of individuals, and composes an invitation message, the organizer or host shares, communicates and tracks the current status of each individual on the list and allows the same visibility to each invitee. The organizer or host also interacts with the invitees to create a collaborative multimedia playlist and posts multimedia clips of shared moments at or during an event. The host creates a secure intra-group instant chatting regarding the current event or events for instant activity updates and intra group communication. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017715 | UNIVERSAL MEDIA BAR FOR CONTROLLING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA - Techniques for using a universal media bar for controlling different types of media are described. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LISTENING TO INTERNET RADIO STATION BROADCAST AND PROVIDING A LOCAL CITY RADIO RECEIVER APPEARANCE TO CAPTURE USERS' PREFERENCES - A web service and associated method is provided that allows a user to select and listen to various radio stations via the Internet. The user interface is uniquely adapted to provide the appearance and controls as if the user were selecting the radio station from a frequency selection with a frequency-based tuner. However, the frequency selected at the user interface is mapped to a website that streams the audio content associated with the selected channel over the Internet and the received audio content corresponds to Internet retrieved content rather than content received via an RF signal. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023861 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS STREAM FOR CHANGE OF AV DATA REPRODUCING STATE, AND REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method of reproducing interactive graphics data including menu data, the method including receiving a reproduction command of the interactive graphics data during reproduction of AV data, and changing a reproducing state of the AV data. | 01-28-2010 |
20100031145 | System and Method for Wireless Transfer of Content and/or Data Between Multimedia Devices - A method and apparatus for streaming and/or transferring data and/or content between a source multimedia player (SMP) having mass storage and at least one destination multimedia player (DPM), including SMP connection means for bringing the inventive apparatus into either wired or wireless communication with the SMP using a selected transfer medium; a user interface and identification and selection software for identifying content on the SMP mass storage for extraction; file extraction software for extracting the content from mass storage on the SMP; input hardware for receiving content data from the SMP; formatting or storage software for formatting the extracted content into a format suitable for transmission to a DMP or for storing the content to internal or external flash memory for later transmission to one or more DMPs; transmission hardware for transmitting the formatted content, or transferring the stored content, to DMPs; and DMP connection means for bringing the inventive apparatus into wired or wireless communication with one or more DMPs. | 02-04-2010 |
20100031146 | Parallel Visual Radio Station Selection - A computer implemented method in a data processing system and a computer program product enable visual selection of a media signal. A set of media signals is received from a set of media providers. A subject matter and a performer of the subject matter are then identified for at least one of the set of media signals. A set of icons is then identified. Each of the set of icons corresponds to at least one of media signals. The set of icons and the set of media providers are then forwarded to a client media player. | 02-04-2010 |
20100031147 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIXING OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Computer-implemented methods and systems for providing a copy of a widget for a user are described. The widget is copyable, for dynamically displaying multimedia content, has a widget owner, corresponds to embeddable code, and is viewable on a site by the user. The method and system include receiving from the user a request for mixing the widget to provide the copy. The copy is a customized copy of the widget. The method and system also include receiving at least one change to the widget as viewed by the user and storing the at least one change in a memory and separate from the embeddable code. The customized copy is renderable based on the embeddable code and the at least one change. | 02-04-2010 |
20100031148 | COMMUNITY-ORIENTED SOCIAL NETWORK - A method for location-based social networking, comprising steps of accessing an interface of a social-networking system, determining a location, displaying information about the location on a monitor, and interacting with the information, wherein interacting comprises at least rating the information. In one embodiment, accessing is performed by logging in to an account to determine the location. The displayed information can include information about clothing, marketplaces, self-serve advertisements, digital gifting, billing, ask-around information, and public events. Broadcasting music based on the location can be performed. Interacting with other system users by video chatting, audio chatting, and instant messaging can be performed. The information can be searched. The information can be displayed in multiple languages in accordance with the location. | 02-04-2010 |
20100037138 | Client-Configurable Video Delivery Platform - A video delivery platform includes codec code for decoding video data, video play information access code for obtaining video play information associated with a webpage file, and graphics driver code for presenting one or more video images on the end-user computer according to both the video data and the play information. The video play information may be contained in one or more variables within the webpage file, and permits presentation effects of the video to be changed by simple corresponding changes to the webpage. The video delivery platform may also include a built-in interactive user interface to immediately obtain information from the user. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037139 | Apparatus for Processing Audio and/or Video Data and Method to be run on said Apparatus - An apparatus is provided for processing audio and/or video data comprising a module for displaying an element that has a shape of at least a portion of an analogue clock, wherein a sector associated with the element indicates a duration or a length of the audio and/or video data. | 02-11-2010 |
20100042924 | Encoding method and apparatus and decoding method and apparatus - The disclosed embodiments relate to a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. In some aspects, a decoding method comprises receiving multimedia data which comprises a media area including a video data area having a plurality of video contents and an audio data area having a plurality of audio contents, a media information area including a plurality of video track areas respectively corresponding to the video contents and a plurality of audio track areas respectively corresponding to the audio contents, and a menu description area including description data for displaying a menu that provides an interface between a user and media data in the media area; displaying a menu using the description data; and decoding media data extracted from the media area based on the menu, wherein each of the video track areas and the audio track areas comprises at least one of temporal information and spatial information of a corresponding content, and the media area, the media information area and the menu description area are incorporated into a single file. The disclosed embodiments include a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus can construct a multi media data file including a plurality of video/audio contents and description data for a menu between a user and media data. Thus, a time taken to process and transmit the multimedia data can be reduced. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042925 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TELEVISION WITH INTEGRATED SOUND PROJECTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods that facilitate the use and operation of a television (TV) with an integrated sound projection system. The sound projector preferably comprises an array of speakers configurable to project beams that reflect off the walls and ceiling to create surround sound. In one embodiment, the user can use a graphical user interface-base menu system to move the sound beams around the viewing room while being presented with a graphical representation of the same. In another embodiment, a TV remote control unit can be equipped with a embedded microphone and microprocessor control to measure the audio level and transmit the level back to the TV to be used to automatically setup audio levels and delays in surround systems. In another embodiment, individual audio settings could be saved per each activity for a preferred viewing experience for a given activity. | 02-18-2010 |
20100050080 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPECIFYING FRAME-ACCURATE IMAGES FOR MEDIA ASSET MANAGEMENT - A system for managing media assets includes a media content analysis system to extract metadata from a media asset and generate low-resolution media content objects representative of a media asset including frame-accurate thumbnail images of one or more frames of a video file, a media asset storage system to store metadata and low resolution media content objects in association with corresponding media assets; and a media asset managing system to access and manage media assets stored in the media asset storage system. The media asset managing system includes a metadata view renderer to render a metadata user interface that displays metadata associated with a media asset and allows user manipulation and editing of the metadata, wherein the metadata user interface displays a thumbnail image that is representative of the media asset, a storyboard view renderer to render a storyboard user interface that displays a sequence of thumbnail images of selected frames of the media asset and allows user manipulation and editing of the storyboard; a clip player view renderer to render a clip player user interface that allows a user to play and manipulate a frame-accurate low-resolution proxy of the media asset; and a view controller to control communication between the metadata, storyboard and clip player view renders such that user actions in manipulating and editing a media assets in one graphical user interface is synchronized over all views. | 02-25-2010 |
20100058186 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD - A reproducing apparatus includes a storage section, a judgment section, an analysis section, a classification section, an input section, and a reproduction section. The storage section stores a plurality of pieces of audio data. The judgment section judges, based on a length of each piece of audio data stored in the storage section, an analysis time interval for each piece of audio data. The analysis section analyzes the audio data in the analysis time interval judged by the judgment section. The classification section classifies the respective pieces of audio data into a plurality of predetermined classification items based on results of the analysis. The input section causes a user to select the classification item of the audio data to be reproduced. The reproduction section reproduces the audio data belonging to the classification item selected by the input section from a reproduction start point within the analysis time interval. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058187 | ELECTRONIC ALBUM AND METHOD FOR REPLAYING ELECTRONIC ALBUM - An electronic album and a method for replaying the electronic album are provided. The method for replaying the electronic album includes determining whether a predetermined command is received, and replaying an image file and audio file simultaneously, if it is determined that the predetermined command is received. Hence, it is possible for a user to utilize image and audio files which are automatically replayed simultaneously. | 03-04-2010 |
20100064218 | AUDIO USER INTERFACE - An audio user interface that provides audio prompts that help a user interact with a user interface of an electronic device is disclosed. The audio prompts can provide audio indicators that allow a user to focus his or her visual attention upon other tasks such as driving an automobile, exercising, or crossing a street, yet still enable the user to interact with the user interface. An intelligent path can provide access to different types of audio prompts from a variety of different sources. The different types of audio prompts may be presented based on availability of a particular type of audio prompt. As examples, the audio prompts may include pre-recorded voice audio, such as celebrity voices or cartoon characters, obtained from a dedicate voice server. Absent availability of pre-recorded or synthesized audio data, non-voice audio prompts may be provided. | 03-11-2010 |
20100064219 | Network Hosted Media Production Systems and Methods - Embodiments provide systems and methods to create new media. Collaborating users can create new media using a network hosted media production functionality of an embodiment. In one embodiment, a network hosted media production system can be used to create new media, wherein the system includes a sound library component, a video component, a live input component, a sequencer component, and a synchronization component. | 03-11-2010 |
20100070860 | ANIMATED CLOUD TAGS DERIVED FROM DEEP TAGGING - A tagging engine can analyze deep tag data associated with a portion of media and process the tagging data into a deep tag cloud. Tag clouds can contain snapshot information about a particular media stream segment. Tag clouds for the entire duration or portions of the media stream can be aggregated. Aggregated tag clouds can be processed and compiled into a slideshow form. The tag clouds in the slideshow can be animated and presented to summarize media that includes the deep tags from which the tag clouds were derived. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070861 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING VIEWING OF MULTIMEDIA RENDERING OF INVESTIGATOR MEETING PREFATORY TO CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPATION - A system and method providing passive verification of participant—typically a physician—exposure to Material equivalent to attendance at an Investigator Meeting prefatory to Clinical Trial is taught. The invention provides for rendering media capture of Investigator Meeting education into computer deliverable sessions, and further into segments, where segments are the product of randomly generated visual requests to which participant need provide response in some prescribed time interval to confirm visual attention to Material. To ensure participant visual exposure to Material, during computer mediated display of Material, visual prompts appear at random points in the display. For any successful participant response, session advances, and in absence of successful response, display of Material resets to last successful response point in Material. In an alternate embodiment, groups of viewers may be tracked corresponding to a group viewing of Material. The system provides real-time tracking of completion of visual exposure to Investigator Meeting Material and enables Clinical Trial sponsor to dynamically update enrolled participant data, and actively encourage physician completion of Investigator Meeting equivalent attendance, so as to expedite Clinical Trial launch. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070862 | IN-PAGE EMBEDDABLE PLATFORM FOR MEDIA SELECTION AND PLAYLIST CREATION - An in-page embeddable platform provides media selection (for inclusion in a playlist or interactive feature) and playlist editing capabilities that may be accessed by a user from a 3 | 03-18-2010 |
20100077306 | System and Methods for Synchronizing Audio and/or Visual Playback with a Fingering Display for Musical Instrument - Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for audio and/or visual playback. A system can include a first data encoded according to a first file format, a second data encoded according to a second file format, and a file using the first and second data to enable synchronized audio and/or visual playback of the data on one or more receiving elements. In certain instances, at least a portion of the second data includes information relating to finger positions on a musical instrument. | 03-25-2010 |
20100083113 | Architecture For Optimizing Audio and Video Output States for Multimedia Devices - An architecture for automatically optimizing audio and video modes available from interconnected multimedia devices. When one multimedia device is connected with another multimedia device, the devices communicate with each other to determine the modes available from both devices. The devices then compare the different combinations of available audio and video modes and determine which mode combination yields the optimal operating efficiency for outputting a media service. | 04-01-2010 |
20100088602 | Multi-Application Control - Multi-application control is described. In embodiment(s), multiple media applications can be processed to generate a media content output from each of the media applications. The media content outputs from the media applications can be displayed together on a display device. A control input can be received to initiate a change to one or more of the media content outputs that are displayed on the display device, and a determination is made as to which of the media content outputs to change when receiving the control input. | 04-08-2010 |
20100095209 | PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE WITH WORKOUT SUPPORT - Improved techniques and systems for utilizing a portable electronic device to monitor, process, present and manage data captured by a remote sensor are disclosed. The portable electronic device offers a convenient user interface that can be visual and/or audio based customized to a particular application, user-friendly and/or dynamic. The portable electronic device can pertain to a portable media player and thus also provide media playback. | 04-15-2010 |
20100095210 | Method and Apparatus for Website Navigation by the Visually Impaired - The present invention is a server-side method and apparatus that enables visually-impaired users to navigate websites and hear high-quality streaming audio of narration and descriptions of each website. The system involves creating an audible website corresponding to an original website by utilizing voice talent to read and describe web content and create audio files for each section within an original website, then assigning a hierarchy and navigation system based on the original website design. To implement the system, a small program is installed on the home page of an original website which plays a tone upon a user's visit indicating that the website is accessible with the present invention. Upon hearing the tone, a user presses a key on the keyboard to exit the original website and enter the audible website. Audible narration is played through the user's computer, reading text and describing non-text information. The narration includes menus for navigating the site which have a hierarchy substantially similar to that of the original website. Users navigate the website menus and move from website to website by making keystroke commands. | 04-15-2010 |
20100100819 | ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The disclosed embodiments relate to a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. In some aspects, a decoding method comprises receiving multimedia data which comprises a media area including a video data area and an audio data area, a media information area including a video track area and an audio track area respectively corresponding to the video data area and the audio data area, and a menu description area including description data for displaying a menu that provides an interface between a user and media data in the media area; extracting the description data from the multimedia data; endering a menu using the extracted description data; and decoding media data extracted from the media area based on the menu, wherein the media area, the media information area and the menu description area are incorporated into one file, the multimedia data further comprises usage metadata in another file, the usage metadata describes and stores a user's action on the media data in the media area, and the decoding comprises decoding the media data from the point of interruption using the usage metadata. The disclosed embodiments include a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus can construct a multi media data file including a plurality of video/audio contents and description data for a menu between a user and media data. Thus, a time taken to process and transmit the multimedia data can be reduced. | 04-22-2010 |
20100107077 | DISPLAY OF WORK CONTENT - The present invention provides a worker with information about work to be paid attention when the work is displayed in the moving image data. Work content for each of steps of the work to be carried out on a product is stored as moving image data in a storage unit. In response to a desired step being selected on a display device, the moving image data corresponding to the selected step is read from the storage unit. Playback of the moving image data is started on the display device. When starting the playback of the moving image data, a time bar where a progress of the playback of the moving image data is indicated by a slider. Attention work is predetermined within the step of the work. An occurrence timing of the attention work is displayed corresponding to the time bar. | 04-29-2010 |
20100107078 | DISPLAY GENERATION DEVICE, DISPLAY GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT DOWNLOAD SYSTEM - A display generation device, a display generation method, a program, and a content download system are provided. The display generation device for generating a display screen including one or two or more user-selectable playback control items is provided with a download section for downloading content data from a content server storing the content data, a data amount acquisition section for acquiring a data amount already downloaded and a data amount not yet downloaded by the download section among the content data, a rate acquisition section for acquiring a transmission rate of data from the content server to the display generation device, and a display screen generation section for generating the display screen including the playback control item according to the data amount acquired by the data amount acquisition section and the transmission rate acquired by the rate acquisition section. | 04-29-2010 |
20100115408 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE MEDIA MANAGEMENT ON A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - The method of managing media files remotely on a portable electronic device having the touch screen display includes storing a composite media file index that lists all media files, and their attributes, whether stored on the portable electronic device or accessible at a remote computing device. The method continues by rendering a graphical user interface for a media manager application, operable to access the stored media file index, on the touch screen display. At least one activation touch event is then detected on the touch screen display, and in response to the at least one activation touch event, a group of media files having shared attributes are displayed within the graphical user interface, and at least one media file is identified for download from the remote computing device. The at least one media file is then downloaded during synchronization of the portable electronic device to the remote computing device. | 05-06-2010 |
20100115409 | System and method for providing media content - There is presented a system for providing a content stored on a medium, the system comprising a media presentation module including a processor. The processor is configured to retrieve a content payload including a digital content from a data structure residing on the medium, and to retrieve a content-describing metadata stored separately from the digital content, from the data structure. The content-describing metadata provide content information including media encoding information for the digital content and a media profile information for the digital content. The content-describing metadata are configured to provide the content information to the media presentation module prior to rendering the digital content. In one embodiment, the processor is further configured to configure the media presentation module based on the media encoding information and the media profile information, and to present the content on a display. | 05-06-2010 |
20100122165 | MECHANISM FOR DISPLAYING EXTERNAL VIDEO IN PLAYBACK ENGINES - A playback engine is enabled to display unsupported video content. In one embodiment, a virtual video camera is registered with the playback engine. The virtual video camera supports an application interface for receiving video data and a camera interface for providing video data. Video content not supported by the playback engine is processed by a component separate from the playback engine and transmitted to the virtual video camera through the application interface. The virtual video camera provides the video content to the playback engine through the camera interface. | 05-13-2010 |
20100122166 | Preview of next media object to play - A system and method for presenting reproduction of media objects. A plurality of media objects is retrieved. The plurality of media objects is reproduced one after another on a media reproduction system. One or more graphical objects are presented on a display of the media reproduction system. Each graphical object of the plurality of graphical objects corresponds to each of the plurality of media objects being reproduced. As each of the plurality of media objects is reproduced, a corresponding graphical object presented on the display moves from a beginning side of the display to an end side of the display in relation to an amount of the corresponding media object being reproduced. As reproduction of the plurality of media objects transitions from one media object to a next media object, the graphical object corresponding to the next media object to be reproduced is presented from the beginning side of the display. | 05-13-2010 |
20100122167 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL APPLICATION USING GESTURE - A system and a method for controlling a mobile terminal application using a gesture may identify a gesture corresponding to a contact signal input to a display screen. The gesture may then be verified in an event table as corresponding to a command event for one of many possible different applications, and command event may be performed by an application associated with the gesture. The application may be running in the background of the mobile terminal, and may not be displayed on the mobile terminal display screen when the command event is executed. The method may include executing a first application, executing a second application while executing the first application, identifying a gesture corresponding to a contact signal, verifying a command event corresponding to the gesture, and controlling the first application to perform the command event. | 05-13-2010 |
20100125791 | USER INTERFACE FOR A TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A User Interface or UI that generates a progressive timeline visualization of a conversation, including representations of the media contribution of each participant and tools to navigate and review the representations of the media of the conversation. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125792 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system stores a plurality of content data having different display qualities for each content in a storage unit, and detects a user operation to instruct switching of a content displayed on a display screen, and determines a switching speed of content display on the display screen based on the detected user operation, and decides a distribution for content data of each display quality to be read out to a temporary memory unit based on the determined switching speed, and reads out the content data from the storage unit to the temporary memory unit in accordance with the decided distribution. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125793 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, PROJECTOR, AND CONTROL METHOD - A display apparatus includes an image display device adapted to form an optical image, a microphone jack adapted to connect with an external microphone, and an OSD controller adapted to prepare OSD screen image data about the external microphone to supply to the image display device. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125794 | PRESENTATION OF ITEMS ARRANGED IN A HIERARCHY - An aspect of the present invention provides a computer-implemented method for presenting items in a hierarchy comprising parent items and sub-items. The method comprises the steps of: identifying one or more parent items in the hierarchy, wherein all sub-items of the identified parent items possess a particular property; and presenting the hierarchy in a manner to indicate that all sub-items of the identified parent items possess the particular property. | 05-20-2010 |
20100131844 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SELECT MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods to select media content are provided. A particular method includes generating a media playlist based on user preference data and generating a user interface display. The user preference data indicates proportions of each of a plurality of categories of media content to be present in the media playlist. The user interface display presents the user preference data using adjustable bars. Each bar is associated with one of the categories of media content, and a dimension of each bar is associated with the proportion of the respective category of media content included in the media playlist. The method includes receiving user input adjusting the dimension of a first bar associated with a first category of the plurality of categories of media content. The method includes adjusting the proportion of the first category of media content included in the media playlist based on the user input. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131845 | HUMAN INTERFACE OF A MEDIA PLAYING DEVICE - A method and device for selectively playing media files stored in a media playing device. The media playing device includes a first database for housing a plurality of media files, and a first and second menu. The first menu displays a plurality of media file identifiers, upon selection of one of the media file identifiers, the second menu is presented. The second menu contains a category list configured so as to present each category having a media file tagged with the selected media file identifier. The interface is operable to choose one of the categories from the category list and either play one media file, all the media files tagged with the media file identifier, or all the media files within the selected category. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131846 | METHODS, RENDERING APPLICATION, PORTABLE APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CREATING A PLAYLIST - A mobile communication apparatus includes a display and means for navigating among items displayed on the display, arranged to enable selection of a first item, in the display view, from a multitude of lists of items. Upon selection of the first item, the selected first item is associated with a playlist including at least the selected item, wherein the item or items in the playlist are arranged in sequential order. A corresponding application, apparatus, user interface, and computer program is also disclosed. | 05-27-2010 |
20100138744 | METHODS FOR PLAYING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT AT REMOTE GRAPHICS DISPLAY CLIENT - Method and apparatus for playing multimedia content at a remote graphics display client are described herein. According to one embodiment, a stream of data objects is sequentially transmitted to a client over a network. The stream is generated by a desktop application representing a snapshot of a display output of the desktop application. The data objects are to be rendered at the client for graphics remoting purposes. It is detected that a multimedia object is to be rendered by the desktop application. The multimedia object is caused to be rendered remotely at the client without having to render the multimedia object locally and without having to transmit a display result of the rendering to the client over the network. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 06-03-2010 |
20100146391 | METHOD AND SYSTEM HAVING A MULTI-FUNCTION BASE FOR STORING AND ACCESSING AN AUDIO FILE FOR USE IN SELECTION OF A HORN - The present invention comprises recording an audio file that is representative of a particular horn. Each audio file is stored in a memory that can be integrated within a single device together with a keypad, a display, a power source, and/or a data port. The device is accessed by the system user through a keypad. A display indicates to the user a set of choices from among the different audio files that can be accessed, and the user makes a choice. Entering of a request command to play the selected audio file causes the file to be played through one or more speakers, head phones, or store audio system. The system can also be linked to a printer that can print a receipt or a ticket corresponding to the selected horn type. The device can comprise a volume control; and, power to the system can be supplied by battery, AC, or both. The system, whether embodied in a single device, in separate stand-alone devices, or as part of a system having a remote hub, can include a USB port for receiving of updated programs or digital data to supplement or complement software routines within the system. | 06-10-2010 |
20100153846 | PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system is disclosed that includes a media player that plays media files, memory storing a plurality of media files, and a media manager. The media manager generates a new playlist of media files based on one or more characteristics associated with a currently playing media file and provides the new playlist to the media player for playback. | 06-17-2010 |
20100162115 | DYNAMIC GENERATION OF PLAYLISTS - A system can receive and/or otherwise access information about items of content (e.g., audio tracks, video tracks, images and/or other items), information about a playlist to be generated, information about the past behavior of the target entity for the playlist and/or information about the past behavior of other entities. Examples of information about the items of content include genre, artist, album, time period, etc. Examples of information about a playlist include tempo curve, event type, playlist duration, etc. Based on all or a subset of the above-described information, the system automatically generates a playlist that identifies items of content. The playlist is presented to the target entity so that the target entity can acquire the playlist and/or the items of content identified in the playlist. In some embodiments, the target entity is also provided with an opportunity to edit the playlist. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162116 | AUDIO-VISUAL SEARCH AND BROWSE INTERFACE (AVSBI) - An audio-visual search and browse interface (AVSBI) is described. In an embodiment, a user interface module displays one or more media collections, where each of the one or more media collections includes multiple clips of media. The user interface module determines a center media collection from the one or more media collections that corresponds with a slider on a user interface display. The user interface module determines a left media collection and a right media collection based on the center media collection. The multiple clips of media in the center media collection is played via a center speaker, the multiple clips of media in the left media collection is played via a left speaker, and the multiple clips of media in the right media collection is played via a right speaker, all in a simultaneous, overlapping and cyclical manner. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162117 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MEDIA - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for media playback. The method includes receiving a request from a user to play a media asset, detecting capabilities of the playback device, detecting playback environment acoustic characteristics, optimizing media playback settings for the playback device and the playback environment characteristics, preparing the media asset for playback on the playback device, and transferring the prepared media asset to the playback device for playback. In one aspect, the method further transfers optimized playback settings to the playback device. Media asset preparation can be based at least in part on the optimized playback settings. A playback profile can store environment characteristics and playback device capabilities. In another aspect, the method continuously detects changes in the playback environment characteristics, and optimizes media playback settings when detected changes exceed a threshold. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GUI - A GUI providing method and a GUI providing apparatus are provided. According to the GUI providing method, a GUI from among GUIs for an external apparatus connected to a video apparatus is determined and displayed. Accordingly, if there are many GUIs for an apparatus, a GUI most suitable for the current circumstance is automatically determined and provided to a user. | 06-24-2010 |
20100169775 | AUDIO PROCESSING INTERFACE - A graphical element resembling an instrument amplifier having audio control parameters is displayed through a graphical user interface (GUI). An additional graphical element resembling one or more instrument effects pedals is displayed. Each instrument effects pedal has separate audio control parameters. An audio input is received from an instrument. The audio input is processed according to the audio control parameters associated with the one or more instrument effects pedals and the instrument amplifier. The audio resulting from the processing is provided as an output. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169776 | GENERALIZED INTERACTIVE NARRATIVES - A multimedia system specifies a multimedia experience stream by a narrative definition that defines a narrative presentation having sub-narratives. Each sub-narrative may incorporate multiple streams of different types of media with each stream defining a “path” through content of that media type. The multimedia system directs the presentation of the sub-narratives by interfacing with presentation components for each media type through a custom interface component for that media type that implements a common application interface. When a user pauses a presentation, the user can manually navigate around the content of a stream from the current location at the time of the pause to another location. When the user resumes the presentation, the multimedia system automatically transitions from the navigated-to location to the current location at the time of the pause to resume the presentation from where it was paused. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169777 | Light Table for Editing Digital Media - A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more processors, memory that receives instructions from the one or more processors according to a clock operating at a frequency, one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to: access media content, wherein the media content is associated with meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data; couple certain of the media content to a style; and, organize the coupled certain of the media content according to the style and the meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169778 | System and method for browsing, selecting and/or controlling rendering of media with a mobile device - A system and a method enable browsing, selecting and/or controlling rendering of media with a mobile device. Content from multiple content sources is aggregated, and a default content source and/or a default rendering device used for subsequent media selection are established. Individual media playback shortcuts are associated with specific default rendering devices. A user may navigate within a collection of content without a need to repeat full content browsing and selection. A user interface of a multimedia player and/or playback controller on the mobile device displays active metadata tags. By selecting an active metadata tag, the user may access a list of associated metadata tag values. By selecting a tag value, the user may select a set of content associated with the tag value for rendering. | 07-01-2010 |
20100180201 | Optimizing Playback of Media Content - A computer-readable storage medium stores media content in one or more formats and a media engine. The media engine includes a media player and a plurality of execution modules. Each execution module is specific to a different platform of multimedia device, such that the computer-readable storage medium is usable in a plurality of different multimedia device platforms. | 07-15-2010 |
20100205531 | PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICE INCLUDING USER INTERFACE EVENT PASSTHROUGH TO NON-MEDIA-PLAYBACK PROCESSING - A method of operating a portable electronics device can include integrated operation of media playback processing and non-media-playback processing (such as, for example, a game). The method can include receiving an event corresponding to operation of a user interface item by a user of the portable electronics device. The received event can be provided to the non-media-playback processing. The non-media-playback processing can determine whether to cause an action corresponding to the provided received event with respect to the non-media-playback processing. For an event determined by the non-media-playback processing to not cause an action corresponding to the provided received event with respect to the non-media-playback processing, the provided received event can be provided to the media playback processing. Typically, the operating performed by the media playback processing based on the event can be the processing that would otherwise be performed by the media playback processing if the non-media-playback processing was not even occurring. | 08-12-2010 |
20100211874 | Emulating a USB drive to provide media files to a media player - A method of streaming a media file stored on a networked computer, to a media player having a USB port to input data thereto, comprising the following steps: i) providing a media retrieval device having: a) a USB jack to receive power and transmit data received to the media player, b) connection to a computer network through a router for reception of data from the networked computer, and wherein, c) said media retrieval device is capable of being programmed, of emulating a USB drive, and then subsequently redirecting a selection to a remote source file; ii) connecting the USB jack of the media retrieval device to the USB port of the player; iii) selecting a media file from the network computer; and, iv) playing the selected media file on the media player. Media files, from which the selection is made from, are conveniently always current with the media files on the networked computer. In a preferred aspect of this invention the network computer is connected to a wireless router and wherein the media retrieval device has USB powered wireless radio hardware for wireless connection to the router. | 08-19-2010 |
20100211875 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an apparatus configured to reproduce audio guidance corresponding to a screen, when there is an instruction to switch to a screen in a backward direction, since audio guidance has already been reproduced once during a screen transition in a forward direction, the same audio guidance is not reproduced again. | 08-19-2010 |
20100218096 | AUDIO/VISUAL PROGRAM SELECTION DISAMBIGUATION - Apparatus and method to disambiguate an ambiguous keypress sequence representing a character string made up of concatenated fragments of words entered by a user on a reduced keyboard, in which each fragment is made up of at least the first character of a word of text associated with an audio/visual program selected by the user for being played, and in which the fragments are combined in the character string without delimiters between them. | 08-26-2010 |
20100218097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZED MULTI-TRACK EDITING - There is provided herein a system and method for producing a single audio recording from multiple recordings of the same event. In the preferred embodiment, the instant invention will automatically analyze and visually time-align each of the individual source takes, so that the takes containing the same content are positioned beneath each other. This will make it possible for the user to quickly survey, evaluate, and edit different takes of the same event. The instant invention will automatically keep track of the source material presented in by the visual display and will transfer content selected by the sound engineer from a source to a destination location to create the single audio recording. | 08-26-2010 |
20100223552 | Playback Device For Generating Sound Events - A system configured to capture and/or produce a sound event generated by a plurality of sound sources. In particular, the system may be configured such that the capture, processing, and/or output for sound production of sound objects associated with separate ones of the sound sources may be controlled on an individual based. This discretized control over the sound objects may enhance various aspects of productions of the sound event by systems that do not capture, process and/or output sounds from different sound sources in a manner that maintains the discrete nature of the sound sources. | 09-02-2010 |
20100223553 | Multi-Media Center for Computing Systems - Various “media-components” are provided in a “multi-media center.” In modular architecture, a module-controller communicates with media-modules provided for various media-components. A media-module can include or obtain data pertaining to a particular media-component, identify media-player(s), and access information related to their media. However, the media-modules are isolated from each other, and the module-controller effectively controls output generated in response to user input. A user interface library is provided for the media-modules. Media-modules can obtain a template or other tools from the library and construct their user interface (e.g., menus). Media-modules can also identify a media-player that can be initiated in response to user input. Subsequently, the media-controller forwards user input to the media-player. | 09-02-2010 |
20100229093 | Apparatus and method for sorting video inputs in input select menu of display device - A display device has a plurality of video inputs and a video selection switch for switching between video inputs based on user inputted commands. An input select menu containing a list of the available video inputs can be displayed on the device. A remote control or input key is used to retrieve the input select menu and enter commands. The list of video inputs can be sorted in the input select menu using an automatic sorting function or a manual sorting function. A storage device keeps track of the number of times each video input is selected. The automatic sorting function uses the information in the storage device and a sorting algorithm to sort the list of video inputs in order of most frequently used to least frequently used. The manual sort function can be used to manually move the video inputs up or down in the input select menu. | 09-09-2010 |
20100235739 | REMOTE ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLAYLIST FEATURES OF A MEDIA PLAYER - A media player can have advanced-playlist creation capabilities such as the ability to automatically generate a playlist around a “seed” song selected by a user. In some embodiments, the accessory can determine whether the media player can use a particular song as a seed song for an advanced playlist and can so inform the user. The user can then operate the accessory's user interface to create an advanced playlist based on a particular song, rather than having to interact directly with the media player. | 09-16-2010 |
20100235740 | Interactive Access to Media or Other Content Related to a Currently Viewed Program - A method for providing content related to a multimedia program on a display device, including: monitoring a currently viewed multimedia program by a user on a display device; retrieving content related to the currently viewed multimedia program from a content source based on information obtained from said currently viewed multimedia program; and displaying at least a portion of the content on a flexible user interface on the display device upon request by the user; in which the user is able to adjust a size and position of the flexible user interface on the display device. | 09-16-2010 |
20100235741 | Media Player Framework - Systems and methods for managing media playback are described. In one embodiment, a third party media request is received from a third party application. A native media request is sent to a native media player in response to the third party media request. The native media request causes the native media player to access content or metadata. Metadata is returned to the third party application if the third party media request requested data. The native media player performs a content operation on the content if the third party media request requested a content operation. | 09-16-2010 |
20100235742 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTS - The invention relates to a device for displaying multimedia documents. According to the invention, such a device includes: organization means adapted to organize said multimedia documents into at least first and second sets of multimedia documents disposed in a first direction; and browsing means adapted to respond to at least one first predetermined movement of a user to browse between said first and second sets of multimedia documents in said first direction. | 09-16-2010 |
20100235743 | Incorporating Interactive Media Into a Playlist - An exemplary system includes a media control operable to begin playing a media segment automatically after buffering the media segment, and a host application operable to receive a reference to the media segment, initialize the media control with the media segment, and cause the media control to postpone playing of the media segment after the media segment is buffered. An exemplary method includes receiving a playlist referencing a first media segment and a second media segment, the second media segment operable to play automatically without a prompt after being loaded, presenting the first media segment, and prerolling the second media segment. | 09-16-2010 |
20100241959 | Enhanced 3D Sound - A system and method are disclosed for providing improved 3D sound experience to a user. The sound generation layer is customizable to allow the user and/or application provider to modify the internal rules the sound generation layer uses to render sounds, to amplify sounds that fall below a pre-set or user-set volume level, and to specifically amplify/soften certain sounds (such as game specific sounds like gunfire or footsteps), or specific frequencies of sounds. A graphical user interface can communicates with the sound generation layer to handle any or all the above, so that a lay user can easily adjust these settings without having to understand the underlying algorithms. | 09-23-2010 |
20100241960 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus having an input configured to receive a first operation and a second operation input by a user, a playback unit configured to obtain predetermined data and play back the data based on the operation input by the user from the input; and a display control unit configured to control, in correspondence with a virtual hierarchical structure for classifying the predetermined data, a display of a display screen indicating each hierarchy level, and for controlling a display of a predetermined mark in the display screen. The display control unit also controls the display of the predetermined mark corresponding to the predetermined data which is played back by the playback unit in a manner different from other non-selected marks while the predetermined mark is being selected. | 09-23-2010 |
20100251119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INCOMING REQUESTS FOR A COMMUNICATION SESSION USING A GRAPHICAL CONNECTION METAPHOR - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for presenting a selected media message to a first user. The method includes displaying via a graphical user interface (GUI) a notification associated with a request from a first user for a communication with a second user in the context of a graphical representation of a communication session including at least the second user, receiving a second user input identifying a selected action associated with the first user via the GUI, and performing the selected action relative to the first user. The second user can be notified of the incoming request via a communication session displayed as a set of graphical elements representing a structure of the communication session via the GUI. The first and/or second user can be a communication session of multiple users. | 09-30-2010 |
20100262909 | Method of Displaying Music Information in Multimedia Playback and Related Electronic Device - Music information is displayed during playback of multimedia content performed by a multimedia playback device. The multimedia content comprises audio and video. To obtain the music information, audio of the multimedia content is retrieved, environmental noise is filtered out of the audio to generate filtered audio, a rhythm of the filtered audio is obtained, and the music information is generated based on the rhythm of the filtered audio. The music information is displayed simultaneously during playback of the multimedia content. | 10-14-2010 |
20100262910 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIRTUAL IMAGE FILES - Provided is a method of processing virtual image files, the method including displaying a file list, receiving an input for selecting a virtual image file or a title from the file list, and extracting and playing back the selected virtual image file or the selected title. | 10-14-2010 |
20100269042 | JUKEBOX MENU NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A plurality of jukeboxes each having a display, input component, audio output, and controller are connected over a network. The controller is configured to play music data sets selected by a user and to store local affinity data uploadable to the network. The controller is further configured to store network popularity and affinity data received from the network. The controller causes the display to present menus and screens based on the data received from the network. The controller is also configured to perform searches over multiple identification categories and store collections of music data sets based on multiple identification categories. | 10-21-2010 |
20100269043 | TASKBAR MEDIA PLAYER - A system and method for controlling media through a user interface integrated within a taskbar is described. This system and method enable a user to control media while a user interface of another application remains in perspective. Further, this system includes a taskbar media player, which can play media and enable a user to control the play of that media from within a taskbar. | 10-21-2010 |
20100275120 | PROCESSING OF FIELDS IN MOTION PICTURE VIDEOS OR STILL PHOTOS - A computer processor receives a selection of a link field displayed on a computer monitor in a motion picture video or in a still digital image on the computer monitor. The computer processor may be programmed to determine if the link field relates to setting up an interactive conference, activating a first motion picture video, activating a first digital still photograph, or activating a first audio clip. The computer processor may be programmed, such that if the link field relates to an interactive conference, activating a first motion picture video, activating the first digital still photograph, or activating the first audio clip, the computer processor takes appropriate action in response to the selection of the link field. | 10-28-2010 |
20100281365 | Encoding method and apparatus and decoding method and apparatus - The disclosed embodiments relate to a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. In some aspects, a decoding method comprises receiving multimedia data which comprises a media area including a video data area and an audio data area, a media information area including a video track area and an audio track area respectively corresponding to the video data area and the audio data area, and a menu description area including description data for displaying a menu that provides an interface between a user and media data in the media area; extracting the description data from the multimedia data, the description data being described using a scene representation format; decoding the extracted description data by extracting scalable vector graphics format data form the description data; rendering a menu using the decoded description data; and decoding media data extracted from the media area based on the menu, wherein the media area, the media information area and the menu description area are incorporated into a single file. The disclosed embodiments include a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus can construct a multi media data file including a plurality of video/audio contents and description data for a menu between a user and media data. Thus, a time taken to process and transmit the multimedia data can be reduced. | 11-04-2010 |
20100281366 | EDITING KEY-INDEXED GRAPHS IN MEDIA EDITING APPLICATIONS - Some embodiments of the invention provide media editing applications with novel key-indexed graph editing operations. In some embodiment, the media editing application allows a user to modify such a graph without actually selecting any key index on the graph. In some embodiments, the media editing application allow a user to modify the graph by interacting with one or more shapes that are defined in terms of the graph, without selecting any of the key indices that are used to specify the graph. | 11-04-2010 |
20100281367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING ATTRIBUTES OF MEDIA ITEMS IN A MEDIA EDITING APPLICATION - Some embodiments of the invention provide novel methods for editing the value of an attribute of a media item (e.g., a media content or a media operation) for a media editing application. Such attributes of a media item can include scale, rotation, opacity, pan, volume, etc. In some embodiments, a media editing application represents the changing value of such an attribute over a duration (e.g., a duration of time, a duration of frequencies, etc.) as a key-indexed geometry. A user of the media editing application can manipulate these geometries to change the attribute value over a duration. Such geometries may include graphs and shapes. For such applications, some embodiments provide novel compressed geometric representations (i.e., collapsed views) of one or more uncompressed key-indexed geometries (e.g., graphs or shapes). Additionally, other embodiments provide a novel method for editing the value of one or more attribute directly in a preview display area used to view the composite presentation created in the media editing application. | 11-04-2010 |
20100281368 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM INCLUDING EVENT OCCURRENCE INFORMATION, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THE SAME - An information storage medium storing event information for generating an event with reference to an audio/video data structure and an apparatus and method thereof. The information storage medium includes: core data, that includes audio/video data and navigation data for reproducing the audio/video data; and program data that is used for interaction with a user, wherein the program data includes event occurrence information for generating an event with reference to a structure of the audio/video data. | 11-04-2010 |
20100281369 | Graphical User Interface with Improved Media Presentation - Improved graphical user interfaces and techniques for providing remote media content to users are disclosed. According to one aspect, an application window display on a display device can expose a user not only to local media content but also to remote media content that is associated with the local media content. The local media content is stored locally, while the remote media content is stored remotely and available from a remote media server. According to another aspect, the remote media content to be displayed can be determined in a manner that is dependent on a user interaction with the local media content. According to still a further aspect, the manner by which the remote media content is displayed can be dependent on the availability of remote media content at the remote media server. | 11-04-2010 |
20100287473 | VIDEO ANALYSIS TOOL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Video analysis tool systems and methods that receive evidence of an event over a network and a user-selected segment of the evidence, and present a standards-based assessment option that a user can associate to the segment. | 11-11-2010 |
20100287474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A SEARCH UTILITY IN AN EMBEDDED VIDEO - A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing advertisements into a streamed media program is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of transmitting a webpage to a user computer, wherein the webpage includes instructions comprising instructions for embedding a media program player in the webpage, wherein the embedded media program player comprises an embedded search utility for accepting a textual user query, receiving a search query from the user computer in a media server, the search query entered into the embedded search utility, generating search results responsive to the user search query, transmitting the search results to the media program player embedded in the webpage, rendering the search results using the media program player; and displaying the rendered search results to the user. | 11-11-2010 |
20100293462 | PUSHING A USER INTERFACE TO A REMOTE DEVICE - A graphical user interface (“GUI”) can be presented on a remote control accessory device that has user input and display devices. The GUI can be defined and managed by a portable media device that is controlled using the GUI. The portable media device can provide the accessory with a GUI image to be displayed. The accessory can send information to the portable media device indicative of a user operation of an input device in response to the displayed image. The portable media device can process this input to identify the action requested by the user and take the appropriate action, which can include updating the GUI image provided to the accessory. | 11-18-2010 |
20100293463 | System for Creation and Playback of a Multi-media Enhanced Narrative - This invention is a system which may allow the creation, synchronization, and delivery of a digital video and digital audio recording in combination with books, articles, stories or other narrative in digital format such that they appear to be a synchronized and coordinated playback. It may allow users to create, and view said playback. A client-server system may be utilized for creation, storage, and delivery of said narrative, said recording, and software instructions for recording and playback. Said playback may be created when a narrative is selected from said server for integration with said recording. Said recording may be created in conjunction with said narrative while narrative actions with timestamp data may chosen. Said narrative actions may move said narrative forward, backward, and otherwise direct and control said playback. Said recording, said narrative action data, and said timestamp data may also be stored in a data repository via said server. Said client machine may have the ability to load said playback for the purpose of viewing said playback. | 11-18-2010 |
20100293464 | PORTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTENT REPLAYING METHOD - A portable information processing apparatus includes a replay processing unit that replays content data, a synchronous display unit that selects a piece of associated information corresponding to a replayed portion of the content data, and instructs to display the associated information thus selected, and an output controlling unit that displays the associated information that is selected by the synchronous display unit in an associated information display area arranged in a display unit. The synchronous display unit selects the associated information other than the one corresponding to the replayed portion and instructs the output controlling unit to display the information, upon accepting an operation requesting to display associated information other than the one corresponding to the replayed portion. | 11-18-2010 |
20100299600 | ELECTRONIC COOKBOOK - The present invention relates to an electronic cookbook that can be mounted in a kitchen environment. The electronic cookbook includes means for indexing one or more types of electronic recipes on a display using a data processor and displaying the indexed types of electronic recipes on the display. Indexed electronic recipes can be selected and a list, such as in alphabetical order, can be displayed. One or more of the indexed electronic recipes can be selected and interactively displayed. The electronic cookbook can be set up for a particular language and/or measurement unit. The electronic recipes can be stored at the data processor. The electronic cookbook can include a speech recognition device for translating speech spoken into a microphone into text. The electronic cookbook can also include a USB port for receiving a USB insertable memory stick including stored electronic recipes. | 11-25-2010 |
20100299601 | CONFIGURING CHANNELS FOR SHARING MEDIA - A user interface for sharing media items with others. From a sender's perspective, embodiments of the invention allow for an easy-to-use drag-and-drop technique that is more user-friendly than conventional techniques. From the recipient's perspective, embodiments of the invention allow media items from multiple sources to be aggregated into a single viewport, providing a cohesive and unified approach to media items received from others. | 11-25-2010 |
20100306653 | NETWORK-BASED MULTIMEDIA PLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A network-based multimedia play method is provided for playing a number of programs. The method includes the following steps. First, a source code of a multimedia webpage is obtained. Next, the source code of the webpage is parsed to obtain a number of program titles and a number of corresponding program website addresses. Then, at least one corresponding file link is obtained according to each program website address, wherein each file link is an access link of a multimedia file. Afterwards, a play list is generated according to each program title and the at least one corresponding file link of each program title. Then, the programs are played according to the play list, wherein each program corresponds to at least one multimedia files over a network. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306654 | Navigation and Playback of Multimedia Programs Arranged in Collections - Methods and systems for the navigation and playback of multimedia programs arranged in collections. In typical embodiments, a first set of user controls allow the user to select a collection and a second set of user controls allow the user to select a multimedia program by navigating a sequence of multimedia programs within the selected collection. | 12-02-2010 |
20100318908 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDIA PLAYBACK - A graphical user interface made up of icons representing individual files and collectively forming the shape of a “v” is described along with methods of using and creating the graphical user interface. The v-shaped interface is useful to display detailed information about many of the items in a list and facilitates manipulation of list order and selection of the active file in the list. The interface further permits the use of a representative icon associated with the list as a whole. Manipulation of the representative icon can cause modification or replacement of the entire playlist represented by the icon. | 12-16-2010 |
20100318909 | CONTAINER DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A container display control device comprising: a container title acquiring unit that acquires one or more container titles from a server, the one or more container titles relating to respective one or more containers in a tier immediately under a top tier container; a registration unit to which identification information is registered in advance, the identification information being for indicating that a category of a container is a first category; a category determination unit that determines, for each container in the tier immediately under the top tier container, whether or not the container title includes the identification information registered to the registration unit and indicating that the container is of the first category; and a setting unit that sets a container whose title includes the identification information as the top tier container, the identification information indicating that the container is of the first category. | 12-16-2010 |
20100318910 | WEB PAGE SEARCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A web page searching method for searching web page with audio information includes assigning an identifiable label for each of created web pages; obtaining the label of the web page with audio information in response to a search operation; and indicating the web page to a user corresponding to the obtained label. | 12-16-2010 |
20100318911 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED GENERATION OF AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL INTERFACES - A system for automating generation of an audio/video (AV) control interface includes a computing device having a processor to enable a user, with a user interface of the computing device, to configure the AV system. The processor may enable the user to draw output zones to create a representation of a geographical layout of a venue in which the AV system is located. The processor may enable the user to place transmitting and receiving AV devices within the output zones that substantially represent physical locations thereof within the venue. The processor may enable the user to logically associate receiving AV device channels of receiving AV devices within an output zone. The processor assigns parameters of the associated AV devices to a control interface for user control thereof. To do so, the processor identifies controllable parameters associated with the AV devices associated with the output zone. The processor assigns a data storage structure associated with each respective controllable parameter to the control interface. The processor launches the control interface in an application window having integrated therewith the controllable parameters and a menu selection of a source AV signal. | 12-16-2010 |
20100318912 | RECORD CARRIER, APPARATUS AND METHOD - A record carrier ( | 12-16-2010 |
20100325542 | RICH ENTITY FOR CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENTS - Described herein is an in-text advertising display that presents web advertisements contextually related to retrieved web content about text on a web page. The text of a web page is analyzed to determine whether terms or phrases are associated with particular contextual definitions called entities. Portions of text associated with an entity are emphasized to the user. Detection of a user trigger event initiates retrieval of additional web content about the emphasized text and the retrieved additional content is displayed in a display window, within a pop-up advertisement, or within a quickbar window. An adjacent seamless window displaying web advertisements related to the additional web content is also presented to the user. | 12-23-2010 |
20100325543 | Media Player Architecture and Methods - A media player for playing files of different formats on demand using a plurality of renderer components appropriate for the different formats for a network-connected computer system or electronic device having a visual display includes a media player shell having a viewable stage area displayed on the visual display for playing media and for displaying any controls for controlling playing of media. The shell determines file formats of files to be played by the media player and downloads renderer components capable of playing the file formats. Each renderer component is downloaded by the shell on demand and displayed on the stage area, where it is used to play the file. When more than one file is to be played by the player, the shell determines this fact first downloads a document chooser to be displayed in the stage area for selecting files for playing. | 12-23-2010 |
20100325544 | Multimedia Content Viewing Confirmation - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for confirming that a viewer viewed multimedia content on a client device. The client device receives the multimedia content from a server and plays the multimedia content on a display screen of the client device. A random challenge is presented to the viewer by overlaying the random challenge on the multimedia content. The random challenge is one or more of random in content, presented at random times during and/or after play of the multimedia content, and presented at random physical locations on the multimedia content. A response for the presented random challenge is invoked from the viewer. The viewer's response confirms that the multimedia content has been viewed by the viewer. A response report is generated based on the viewer's response. The viewer is credited with an item of value, if the response report confirms the multimedia content was viewed by the viewer. | 12-23-2010 |
20100325545 | Replacing first sourced media with second sourced media based on first sourced media quality - Replacing first sourced media with second sourced media based on first sourced media quality. A media processing device is operative to monitor the quality of first media and selectively to substitute second media in its place (in full or in part) based on a change in the quality of the first media. For example, in the context of first media received via broadcast (e.g., radio, satellite, streaming over the Internet, etc.), when a quality of the first media degrades, second media is substituted there for. The second media may be retrieved from a media storage device, or alternatively, it may be provided via another broadcast that has an acceptable quality level. The measure of quality of media may be characterized in accordance with any one or more parameters (e.g., change in signal to noise ratio (SNR), a discontinuity/gap, jitter, latency, etc.). | 12-23-2010 |
20100332981 | Providing Media Settings Discovery in a Media Processing Application - Some embodiments provide a method for automatically identifying settings of a media file. The method initially receives the identification of a piece of media content. Media content includes sound and image data that can be stored as a media file. It then performs an automated process for discovering the media settings of the media file. Examples of settings that are automatically identified in some embodiments include video codec type, audio codec type, frame height and frame width, video bit rate, video frame rate, audio channels, etc. The method then stores the media settings that are discovered from the media file. The stored media settings are used subsequently in some embodiments to generate a media file. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332982 | MODULAR ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH MOVABLE COMPONENTS - A system for playing audio content, visual content, or audio-visual content includes a base panel that incorporates loudspeakers, amplifiers, a display/control surface, charging circuitry for any objects placed upon the display surface, and capacitive sensors to display and control the user interface. Also included are one or more portable units having housings in the shape of aesthetically-pleasing structures. These portable units include data storage components (such as hard disk drives, optical drives, flash memories, etc.) for storing the content to be played, and incorporate electronics within but have no visible controls. As the portable units are placed at any location on the display surface, a GUI automatically appears under and around the units, indicating content, controls, etc. Commands can be entered on the GUI for controlling the transfer of the content from or to the portable units and for controlling the playing of the content by the base panel. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332983 | REMOTE HOST-BASED MEDIA PRESENTATION - An electronic device includes a first communication interface operable to receive a decoded digital data set from an apparatus remote from the electronic device, and a first circuit coupled to the first communication interface and operable to enable an output device to provide an output representing the data set. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A REMOTE USER INTERFACE FOR AN APPLICATION EXECUTING ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method for providing a remote user interface for an application, such as a video game, executing on a computing device. The system includes a computing device configured to execute a software application and at least one remote user interface (UI) communicatively coupled to the computing device via a data communication network. The remote UI includes at least one hardware device such as a video, audio or user input/output (I/O) device. The computing device is further configured to emulate the hardware device locally and to redirect function calls generated by the software application for the emulated local hardware device to the remote UI for processing by the hardware device. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332985 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR A DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE INPUT AND OUTPUT NODES - A graphical user interface (GUI) is described. The GUI includes first GUI elements that provide a visual representation of the nodes of an audio/video device. In response to user input, a signal is caused to be routed between nodes by manipulating circuitry within the audio/video device. Second GUI elements provide a visual representation of the signals being routed within the electronic device between pairs of first GUI elements (e.g., between nodes). As a result, the user can readily understand which nodes are connected to each other. Thus, for example, a user can easily visualize which source node is providing input to a target node and, by selecting the appropriate GUI elements, can just as easily switch from one source to another or from one target to another. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004826 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and multimedia contents controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a contents list configured according to a selection made by a user is generated and by which the generated contents list is operable as a broadcast organization list of a user customized channel. The present invention includes being provided with relevant information on the multimedia contents, enabling at least one multimedia content to be selected using the provided relevant information, generating a contents list including the selected at least one multimedia content, receiving a random one of the at least one multimedia content included in the generated contents list at a specific timing point, and performing at least one of a playback operation and a storage operation of the received multimedia content. | 01-06-2011 |
20110010625 | Method for Manually Optimizing Jitter, Delay and Synch Levels in Audio-Video Transmission - A communication device and method provide selective control of a level of buffering of at least one data stream. The communication device includes a jitter buffer ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110016393 | RESERVING MEMORY TO HANDLE MEMORY ALLOCATION ERRORS - A computer implemented method for reserving memory to handle memory allocation errors is disclosed. The method can include reserving, by a processor, a first and second reserve memory in a memory storage device in response to initiating a graphical user interface for managing a project. Thereafter, the method can provide for releasing, by the processor, the first reserve memory in response to receiving a first memory allocation error. A warning message regarding the memory allocation error can be displayed. Furthermore, upon receiving a second memory allocation error, a second reserve memory can be released. Subsequently, upon termination of the graphical user interface, the project is saved. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016394 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SELECTION, CHARACTERIZATION AND AUTOMATED SEQUENCING OF MEDIA CONTENT - In a computer system having at least one output device, a set of media programs is accessed. A playlist first portion including a first plurality of the media programs of the set is created. The programs of the first portion are arranged with respect to one another according to a respective first characteristic value of each of the programs of the first portion. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016395 | Media System with Integrated Clip Views - Systems and methods for presenting audio data involve obtaining audio data that includes audio clips, and presenting the audio data for a first audio clip in a user interface having an audio play element configured to play audio from the audio data, a clip selection element configured to receive selections of the audio clips, and a timeline element configured to present both chronological and durational information for the first audio clip or the audio segment on a defined time scale. Techniques involve adjusting the defined time scale in the timeline element based on durational information of a selected second audio clip, and presenting the adjusted defined time scale corresponding to the durational information of the second audio clip in the timeline element. Animation is used in the timeline element for presenting the adjusted defined time scale corresponding to the durational information of the second audio clip in the timeline element. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016396 | CONTENT MEDIA REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND CONTENT MEDIA - Disclosed that a content media playback apparatus enables creation of viewing histories serving many uses even for complex content like a BD-Java-ready Blu-ray disc and so forth in which playback of moving images and so forth is controlled by a program. Viewing history generating section ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110022958 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, which displays at least one graphic user interface (hereinafter abbreviated GUI) on a standby picture. The present invention includes a display unit configured to display a plurality of graphic user interfaces and a controller, when a state of a specific one of a plurality of the graphic user interfaces is changed, the controller controlling at least one of a display type, a applied visual effect, a play content and an arranged position of at least one of the rest of the graphic user interfaces except the specific graphic user interface to be changed to correspond to the changed state, wherein the arranged position indicates a position of the corresponding graphic user interface displayed on the display unit. | 01-27-2011 |
20110029871 | Interactive Computerized Communication Apparatus and Method - An interactive computerized apparatus includes first and second interfaces and a server in communication on a computer network. The server has at least a first database storing data relating to a first user at the first interface and a second database storing data relating to a second user at the second interface, the first user having access to the second database and the second user having access to the first database. A video and audio interaction system is housed on the server and has programmable code for interaction between the first user at first interface and the second user at the second interface. The interaction includes the first user accessing the second database, the second user accessing the first database, facilitating communication between the first and second users by contemporaneously exchanging video signals and audio signals. The first and second users communicate contemporaneously via the video and audio interaction system. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029872 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA APPLICATION OF DISK MEDIA PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A method for providing a data application of a disk media playback apparatus is disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, a time necessary for loading and executing a data application and a limit in a size of the application are minimized and a personalized data application is provided based on a disk media playback apparatus identification or a user identification information. | 02-03-2011 |
20110035667 | Instant Import of Media Files - A request to import a media file is received, and a first piece of meta information associated with the media file is read. A user may then edit a representation of the media file while at least one background task is performed to complete the import of the media file. After performing the at least one background task, enhanced editing functionality is provided. | 02-10-2011 |
20110035668 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL REMOTE CONTROL OF STREAMED MEDIA - Systems and methods are described for providing remote control of separate media sources over a network using, for example, pop-up windows graphically depicting remote control devices within corresponding tabbed windows of a web browser. A browser plug-in or add-on application provides a graphical depiction of a remote control device associated with each media source and receives a command from the viewer via interaction with the graphical depiction of the remote control device. The command is transmitted across the network to the placeshifting device to modify a media stream provided by the desired media source. | 02-10-2011 |
20110035669 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SEEKING WITHIN A MEDIA STREAM USING SCENE DETECTION - A system uses generated scene transition frames to allow fast seeking within a media stream. A set of scene transition frames associated with the media stream are generated, then transmitted along with the media stream from a remotely located media source over a network. A subset of the scene transition frames are displayed, allowing a desired scene transition frame to be selected from a subset of the scene transition frames based on user input. The media source can then be displayed (e.g., played) starting from a frame corresponding to the desired scene transition frame. | 02-10-2011 |
20110035670 | AUDIO PLAYBACK METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for audio playback in an embedded electronic device includes an audio file list with a plurality of audio files displayed on, a playlist created in a storage module by selection of at least one audio file from the audio file list. An audio file is played in the playlist by a playback module. An operating state of the active audio file is fed back to the storage module. The operating state is acquired and displayed by a user interface. | 02-10-2011 |
20110041059 | Interactive Multimedia Content Playback System - A computer implemented method and system is provided for controlling playback of multimedia content in real time. An interactive media application is provided to a first user and a second user. The first user defines multiple controls for the multimedia content and parameters associated with the defined controls using the interactive media application. The interactive media application renders a graphical representation of the defined controls with the multimedia content on an interface on the second user's computing device. The interactive media application acquires one or more control inputs from the second user. The control inputs provide a selection of values for the defined parameters associated with the defined controls. The interactive media application executes the defined controls based on the selected values for modifying one or more variables of the multimedia content. The interactive media application renders the multimedia content in accordance with the modified variables to the second user. | 02-17-2011 |
20110041060 | Video/Music User Interface - A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more processors, memory from which the processor may fetch instructions according to a clock operating at a frequency, a display device, and one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to open a media file, play content of the media file, render graphically on the display device the played content of the media file, pause the played content of the media file, and render graphically on the display device options available during the pause. | 02-17-2011 |
20110055701 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLAYING INTERNET RADIO - An electronic device is capable of communicating with internet radio stations via a network, and includes a configuration module, an API module, a downloading module, and a GUI module. The configuration module is capable of setting search conditions for searching the internet radio stations in the network. The API module is capable of sending a download command according to the search condition to the download module of the electronic device if the search conditions are selected. The download module is capable of downloading a list of the internet radio stations, and downloading contents of one internet radio station if the one internet radio station is selected in the list. The GUI module is capable of displaying the list and playing the contents. | 03-03-2011 |
20110060990 | Method and System for Storytelling - A method and system for a story telling connecting a static media and an electronic media in order to tell a story and to improve the storytelling process for the reader/user. The method and system allow for portions of the original story to be skipped, and allow for the electronic media having portions of the story, clues, games, puzzles, and/or codes, such that a reader/user needs to access the electronic media to understand the original story, thus connecting the static media with the electronic media. | 03-10-2011 |
20110066940 | Music/video messaging system and method - A system and method for creating custom music/video messages to facilitate and/or improve social interaction. The music/video messages may include at least portions of music, video, pictures, slideshows, and/or text. Custom music/video messages may be created by a user in communication with a music/video provider and a music/video messaging system. The music/video messaging system and/or a distribution network send the music/video messages to one or more intended recipient(s). The custom music/video messages are representative of feelings or emotions to be communicated by the user to the one or more recipient(s). | 03-17-2011 |
20110066941 | AUDIO SERVICE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Techniques for providing a graphical user interface for an audio channel include receiving data that indicates multiple audio contents for audio presentation at a first node. A graphical user interface is formed, which displays a time sequence of the plurality of audio contents for presentation, and which associates with each audio content one or more selectable operations on the audio content. Presentation of the graphical user interface is caused at a second node. In response to causing presentation of the graphical user interface, data is received that indicates an associated operation on audio content based on input from the second node. | 03-17-2011 |
20110066942 | Multifunction Multimedia Device - A method for interpreting messages, user-defined alert conditions, voice commands and performing an action in response is described. A method for annotating media content is described. A method for presenting additional content associated with media content identified based on a fingerprint is described. A method for identifying that an advertisement portion of media content is being played based on a fingerprint derived from the media content is described. A method of one media device recording particular media content automatically in response to another media device recording the particular media content is described. A method of concurrently playing media content on multiple devices is described. A method of publishing information associated with recording of media content is described. A method of deriving fingerprints by media devices that meet an idleness criteria is described. A method of loading, modifying, and displaying a high definition frame from a frame buffer is described. A method of recording or playing media content identified based on fingerprints is described. | 03-17-2011 |
20110066943 | Jukebox with customizable avatar - A digital downloading jukebox system including a mechanism for delivering custom services to a recognized user is provided. For example, information specific to a recognized user may be stored and optionally may include a recognized user avatar representative of the recognized user. The user avatar may be an image, video, and/or animation, which may be displayed on and/or played through the jukebox. The user avatar may be associated with transactions associated with the user. For example, an avatar may be displayed when a playlist of the recognized user is played, when a message is sent, etc. In other examples, the avatar may introduce instances of media by playing an audio and/or video message, and the avatar may sing, dance, etc. while an instance of media is playing. | 03-17-2011 |
20110072347 | ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH REMOTE CONTROL - A method of using a media device operable in first and second modes, the first mode including operation as a system for accessing a media source co-house with or directly connected to the media device. The source is configured to stream media files or media streams for output by the media device. The second mode comprises operating the media device as a remote controller system for controlling over a network a media source remote from the media device. | 03-24-2011 |
20110078571 | PROVIDING VISUAL RESPONSES TO MUSICALLY SYNCHRONIZED TOUCH INPUT - Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for providing visual responses to musically synchronized touch input are presented. A moving object may be displayed on a touch-sensitive display. Subsequently, a first display characteristic of the moving object may be changed synchronously with a beat of an audio track being played. Thereafter, in response to receiving user input corresponding to a tap on the moving object that is synchronized with the beat, the moving object may be altered in a first manner. In response to receiving user input corresponding to a tap on the moving object that is not synchronized with the beat, the moving object may be altered in a second manner different from the first manner. Optionally, a second display characteristic of the moving object may be changed to signal a user of the approaching beat prior to changing the first display characteristic of the moving object. | 03-31-2011 |
20110083074 | Graphical User Interface for Content Management - A Graphical User Interface (GUI) allows a user to control multiple media streams at the same time. A user can display and configure multiple regions of the GUI to display information about, and control broadcast properties of, multiple media streams being broadcast at the same time. Multiple display regions of the same type can be displayed at the same time. The GUI is also highly customizable, allowing a user to configure multiple different display regions, each displaying information and controls useful for performing functions related to the type of display region. The information displayed in each region can be selected from a single media stream, or from different media streams. | 04-07-2011 |
20110087964 | METHOD FOR INDICATING A VOLUME OF AN AUDIO SINK OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method includes rendering data for display on a display screen of a portable electronic device and rendering an overlay for display on the display screen, the overlay being superimposed over the data and including a volume indicator and an audio sink indicator. | 04-14-2011 |
20110107214 | TECHNIQUE FOR SYNCHRONIZING AUDIO AND SLIDES IN A PRESENTATION - Audio files can be synchronized with a plurality of individual slides, so that a single audio file may be played across multiple individual slides. A user interface is provided which provides a slide timeline and an audio timeline of the entire audio sequence with markers located adjacent the slide timeline indicating particular slides. The user may slide the markers along the slide timeline. The location of the marker is an indication to transition to the indicated slide. As the audio timeline is positioned adjacently and the audio can be played while the slide markers are adjusted, individual slides can be readily synchronized along an audio sequence with little effort. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA ASSET CLIPS ON A MEDIA EQUIPMENT DEVICE - Systems and methods for simulating dialog between a user and a media equipment device are provided. Videos of a user selected actor may be retrieved. An opener video of the selected actor may be displayed and based on a verbal response received from the user, a clip of a media asset associated with the selected actor may be retrieved. User reactions to the displayed clip may be monitored and subsequent videos of the actor and clips may be provided based on the user reactions. Clips of a media asset that matches preferences of the user may be retrieved. A clip associated with a mid level rank may be displayed. When the user reacts positively to the clip a clip associated with a low class level rank may be retrieved next otherwise a high class level rank clip may be retrieved next. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107216 | GESTURE-BASED USER INTERFACE - A gesture-based user interface system that includes a media-capturing device, a processor, and a display device. The media-capturing device captures media associated with a user and his/her surrounding environment. Using the captured media, the processor recognizes gestures the user uses to interact with display virtual objects displayed on the display device, without the user touching the display. A mirror image of the user and the surrounding environment is displayed in 3D on the display device with the display virtual objects in a virtual environment. The interaction between the image of the user and the display virtual objects is also displayed, in addition to an indication of the interaction such as a visual and/or an audio feedback. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107217 | Interactive Storybook System and Method - An interactive storybook system and method are provided that allow a user with or without the assistance of an operator to make a storybook their own by replacing markers with their own selection from a listing of provisional words and provisional images. The computer-based interactive storybook application may be used by teachers, parents, therapists, and other adults for teaching or therapy applications which assist children in learning and growing. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107218 | PROVIDING ACCESS TO PARTS OF CONTENTS FOR NETWORK DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is to a method of providing a part of content over network in which a user accesses a content provider server over a network, and selects and downloads only a part of content or receives information for accessing the part of content, or generates access information for the part of content and stores the access information in the content provider server, thereby enabling to easily access the part of content when accessing later. In the method, a user may access a plurality of parts configuring content instead of a content unit. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107219 | SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING SERVICE THEREOF - A service providing apparatus and method are provided. The service providing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives content metadata and a controller that determines a related service based on the received content metadata and a user metadata, and provides a determined related service. | 05-05-2011 |
20110113330 | METHOD FOR SETTING UP A LIST OF AUDIO FILES - A method for setting up a list of audio files to be played back by a mobile device when traveling along a route, and a mobile device utilizing the method for setting up the list of audio files are described. | 05-12-2011 |
20110113331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC VISUAL PRESENTATION OF DIGITAL AUDIO CONTENT - There is provided a system and method that allows a user to visually manage and work with large numbers of digital audio tiles. Each audio file will preferably be analyzed by the instant invention, with the analysis results being used to position an icon representative of that file within an on-screen 2D- or 3D-display. Methods will be provided that allow user to preview and use individual audio items that are displayed on-screen. Selection of an on-screen icon will be used to initiate playback of the associated audio file, insert that file into a playlist, incorporate that file into a multimedia work, etc. | 05-12-2011 |
20110113332 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL ON A NETWORK - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to present an overlay that is combined with a presentation of media content, collect one or more user-generated remarks from each of a plurality of computing devices where the one or more user-generated remarks are temporally associated with media content presented at the plurality of computing devices according to the overlay, monitor one or more user-generated comments from each of the plurality of computing devices, and selectively filter the one or more user-generated comments from each of the plurality of computing devices. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-12-2011 |
20110113333 | CREATION AND DELIVERY OF RINGTONES OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method on a server for providing a ringtone based on a video can be provided. The method can include providing a graphical user interface to a user over a communications network and receiving, via the graphical user interface, identifying information for a video file on a third party server. The method can further include sending to the third party server a request for the video file, wherein the request is based on the identifying information and receiving the video file from the third party server. The method can further include streaming the video file to the user via the graphical user interface and receiving, via the graphical user interface, segment data identifying a segment of the video file. The method can further include generating a ringtone from the video file based on the segment data and transmitting the ringtone to the user. | 05-12-2011 |
20110113334 | EXPERIENCE STREAMS FOR RICH INTERACTIVE NARRATIVES - “Experience Streams” (ESs) are used by a “rich interactive narrative” (RIN) data model as basic building blocks that are combined in a variety of ways to enable or construct a large number of RIN scenarios for presenting interactive narratives to the user. In general various ES types contain all the information required to define and populate a particular RIN, as well as the information (in the form of a series of navigable states) that charts an animated and interactive course through each RIN. In other words, combinations of various ES provide a scripted path through a RIN environment, as well as various UI controls and/or toolbars that enable user interaction with the interactive narrative provided by each RIN. Example ESs include, but are not limited, content browser experience streams, zoomable media experience streams, relationship graph experience streams, player-controls/toolbar experience streams, etc. | 05-12-2011 |
20110119583 | Module-Based Process for Importing Media Files - Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for manipulating media using software executing on a computer system, e.g., by presenting a user interface for the media manipulation software application, the user interface including an import tool configured to facilitate importation of one or more items of media content into the media manipulation software application, the import tool having a plurality of modules, each module representing a different aspect of an importation process; receiving input specifying a subset of the plurality of modules, each module in the specified subset to be displayed to the user and to be used in a subsequent importation process; displaying to the user the modules from the specified subset while hiding the remaining modules from the user; and importing one or more items of media content using the displayed modules. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119584 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVELY DISPLAYING USER IMAGES - In accordance with the present invention, an interactive user display application is provided. The application displays and refreshes images that are intended to represent users or members of a social network or other web-based service. Using these images, the interactive user display application allows a user of the application to interact with other users or their profiles while viewing their images or while interacting with or consuming media. | 05-19-2011 |
20110126102 | PAUSE-BASED ADVERTISING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - An exemplary method includes monitoring an interaction of a user with a media content access subsystem, receiving a command input by the user to pause a media content instance being presented by the media content access subsystem, and dynamically selecting at least one advertisement in accordance with the monitored interaction for presentation to the user by the media content access subsystem while the media content instance is paused. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 05-26-2011 |
20110126103 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A "KARAOKE COLLAGE" - The present invention provides a computerized method and system for creating a karaoke collage performance. The invention allows a user to allocate segments of a selected song to various singers separated by distance, and to automatically combine all recordings performed of these segments to form a single karaoke performance termed a “karaoke collage”. | 05-26-2011 |
20110131492 | Audio-visual multimedia transmitting/editing device - An audio-visual multimedia transmitting/editing device is internally provided with a control circuit, which includes a CPU, a system control unit, a multimedia processing unit, a standard system I/O unit, a human interface, a memory controller, a network transmission unit and a register bus controller; and supports an audio/video editing and online transmitting application program. When the audio-visual multimedia transmitting/editing device is connected to an Internet-connectable computer or mobile phone having the above application program installed thereon, the register bus controller and the application program mutually identify one another's identification code. When the identification codes match each other, the application program is automatically initialized to grab desired audio/video files stored in the memory controller for playing or editing; or uploading the edited audio/video files for sharing with other users over the Internet or emails; or downloading flash video from the Internet for storing on the memory controller. | 06-02-2011 |
20110131493 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTING ALTERNATE VERSIONS OF CONTENT - A method, system and computer program for distributing alternate versions of content is provided. The method enables one or more users to create an alternate version of content. The content provider creates a plurality of different versions of content. Each of the different versions is divided into segments. The segments correspond to segments of the alternate version. The one or more users can create the alternate version of the content by selecting, for each of the segments of the alternate version, one of the segments from one of the different versions. | 06-02-2011 |
20110131494 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided. An item selection device selects, through a selection manipulation unit, an item from a plurality of items which are displayed in the form of a list and arranged in an arrangement direction. A manipulation detection unit detects a state of a selection manipulation of the selection manipulation unit. A display area enlargement unit enlarges a display area of the selected item in the arrangement direction when the manipulation detection unit detects that the selection manipulation of the selection manipulation unit is stopped. | 06-02-2011 |
20110131495 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF ASSETS STORED ON A PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE - A user interfaces can deliver enhanced information regarding media assets stored on a portable media device. A graphical user interface for database browsing and navigation can include a list of values of a metadata item and a graphical representation of the distribution of media assets across the values on the list, such as a pie chart where the size of different wedges reflects the fraction of media assets having a particular value. As a user browses a list, the graphical representation can be modified to emphasize the correspondence between different graphical elements and different entries on the list. | 06-02-2011 |
20110138280 | PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT - A management system for managing a media in a vehicle is disclosed. The management system includes a storage device for storing at least one playlist therein, a vehicle system in data communication with the storage device, wherein the vehicle system transmits a media output to a user, and a user interface in data communication with at least one of the vehicle system and the storage device, the user interface including an add button for associating the media output to the at least one playlist and a delete button for disassociating the media output from the at least one playlist. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138281 | CONTENT SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A content service system including a content metadata analyzer module, a widget information acquisition module, a widget administration module, and a widget engine module is provided. The content metadata analyzer module receives a first metadata corresponding to a multimedia content, and generates a widget request or a service metadata according to the first metadata. The widget information acquisition module acquires a widget information of a first widget according to the widget request or the service metadata. The widget administration module installs and executes the first widget according to the widget information, wherein the first widget plays an extended content corresponding to the multimedia content. A content service method and a computer-readable recording medium corresponding to the content service method are also provided. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138282 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING STATIC IMAGES WITH DYNAMIC MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS - A system and method for synchronizing static images with dynamic multimedia contents to produce synchronized presentations uses a synchronization user interface with a dynamic multimedia presentation area and a static image thumbnail area that allows a user to synchronize a static image with a dynamic multimedia content with a single user input on a thumbnail of a static image displayed in the static image thumbnail area as the dynamic multimedia content is played in the dynamic multimedia presentation area. | 06-09-2011 |
20110145708 | AUTOMATED AUDIO OR VIDEO SUBSET NETWORK LOAD REDUCTION - A multimedia data stream including an audio data stream and a video data stream is received from a server at a computing device. An audio output signal for the audio data stream and a video output signal for the video data stream are generated. A user interface action that blocks output of one of the audio data stream and the video data stream is detected via the computing device. A multimedia traffic reduction request is sent to the server instructing the server to stop transmission of a portion of the multimedia data stream associated with the blocked output of one of the audio data stream and the video data stream. | 06-16-2011 |
20110154199 | Method of Playing An Enriched Audio File - A computer implemented method to playback an enriched audio file that includes advancing a file that includes a timeline of events synchronized to an audio file. The timeline of events includes a first event scheduled to be performed before a second event. The audio file is played. An override mode is entered such that the performance of the timeline of events is not synchronized to the audio file. The second event is performed before the first event while the audio file is played and the override mode is exited such that the timeline of events is synchronized to the audio file. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154200 | Enhancing Media Content with Content-Aware Resources - Methods, systems, and computer program products for making enhanced media content available to a viewer of a media device may include receiving data packets via a packet-switched network, the received data packets including (i) media content for presentation to a user, (ii) location data specifying a resource that is complementary to the media content, and (iii) state data relating to a state of the complementary resource; determining, based at least in part on the received state data, whether the state of the complementary resource is to be changed; and based on a result of the determination, selectively performing operations including using the received location data to communicate with, and retrieve complementary content from, the complementary resource; and presenting the complementary content to the user in synchronization with the media content. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154201 | Video Reproducing Apparatus and Video Reproducing Method - In one embodiment, a video reproducing apparatus includes: a module that acquires a distance image including distance information between a user and a distance sensor; a module that calculates a distance-based center of the user based on the distance image; a module that calculates a user instruction coordinate based on a relationship between the distance information and the distance-based center; a module that sets a reference plane based on the distance-based center, and calculates a distance between the distance sensor and the reference plane; a module that acquires, from the distance image, an image of the user that is located between the distance sensor and the reference plane, and generates a user instruction image based on the acquired image; a module that generates an operation subject image; and a module that combines the user instruction image with the operation subject image. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING FOR THE CONTROL OF A MUSIC PLAYER TO A DEVICE DRIVER - A system and method of providing for the control of a music player to a device driver. One embodiment of the system comprises an electronic music player that is connected to a plurality of music renderers via device drivers via a music renderer controller. The music renderer controller comprises a device integration application program interface for providing a standard interface for communicating with each of the device drivers. Each of the device drivers manage a selected music renderer. The device drivers can display a graphical interface for displaying notifications, customized controls, links to websites, or any other type of information desired by the manufacturer of the device driver. The device drivers can also customize the interfaces of the music render to rename textual elements that are displayed by the device driver. Furthermore, the device drivers can command the music player to suspend and resume playback of music items during selected periods. | 06-23-2011 |
20110161813 | DATA MEASUREMENT AND FEEDBACK MECHANISM USING AN APPLICATION FRAMEWORK - Techniques and apparatuses are provided for conditioning media content based on user input. In one implementation, a barker screen is displayed on an output interface of the user device when a request to switch media channels is received. The barker screen may include a request for user input and at least partially block the output interface. As such, the content of the new channel may be at least partially unavailable until user input is received. Furthermore, techniques and apparatuses are provided for transmitting a request for user input to the user device switched to a unidirectional broadcast channel. Information contained in responses generated based on user inputs is then used to adjust media content. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161814 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONTENTS THEREOF - A display apparatus and a method of controlling contents thereof, the display apparatus including: a communication unit which is connected to a first external device; a content input unit which receives second source-type multimedia content from a second external device; and a controller which controls the communication unit to search first source-type multimedia content stored in the first external device and to transmit to the first external device a control signal for requesting the searched first source-type multimedia content to be received by the communication unit, and which generates unified index information for unified navigation of the first and the second source-type multimedia contents received from the first and second external device. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161815 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a rendering module configured to receive a content item from a digital media server connected to a network and to display an image of the received content item on a display screen, a transmission module configured to transmit a service description to a digital media control point connected to the network in response to a request from the digital media control point, the service description describing an action indicating that a playlist can be displayed on the display screen, and a display module configured to display, when a playlist document which describes one or more titles of one or more content items and a playback order of the one or more content items is received from the digital media control point, the one or more titles of the one or more content items based on the playback order on the display screen. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161816 | MANAGEMENT OF RECORDED DATA FOR ONLINE SIMULATIONS - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to online simulations. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing recorded data for an online simulation can be provided. The method can include determining that a first experience of a user of the online simulation shall be recorded. The method can further include generating a recording of the first experience and associating metadata with the recording. The method can further include reading metadata of a second experience of the user of the online simulation and determining that the metadata of the second experience matches the metadata of the first experience. The method can further include notifying the user that the recording is associated with the second experience. | 06-30-2011 |
20110167344 | Media delivery system based on media assets stored in different devices connectable through a communication means - A media delivery system is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of devices connectable through a communication network and/or a connector. Media assets may be stored in different devices. Metadata of all the media assets may be stored in each device and is updated whenever it is necessary. A user interface representing media assets available to the user from all connected device at the moment of usages is displayed to the user through an input device. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167345 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE MEDIA DOWNLOAD AND PLAYBACK - A computing device is capable of playing embedded media inline in a network application. A playable validation procedure is performed for the embedded media objects, which have a media source remote from the computing device, to determine whether those embedded media objects are playable on the computing device. The playable validation procedure continues for each embedded media object regardless if one of those objects is selected and is playing inline in the network application. A preview frame loading procedure is also performed on the embedded media objects when it would not substantially affect the playback of a currently playing embedded media object. The preview frame loading procedure loads one or more frames to act as preview frames for the embedded media object. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167346 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A MULTI-MEDIA OUTPUT FOR PRESENTATION TO AND INTERACTION WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE - A method and system for creating a multi-media output for presentation to and interaction with a live audience. The method comprises the steps of playing a substantially continuous multi-media clip using a multi-media unit for substantially real-time display on a display unit; receiving, during the substantially real-time display of the multi-media clip, multi-media content from one or more persons in the live audience via one or more multi-media devices, wherein said multi-media devices are remotely coupled to the multi-media unit; providing a user interface of the multi-media unit for accessing and manipulating said received multi-media content; and incorporating at least a portion of said received multi-media content into the substantially continuous multi-media clip using the multi-media unit. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING SECTION OF A MULTIMEDIA FILE IN MOBILE DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for setting a section of a multimedia file in a mobile device are provided. The apparatus may allow a user to select a section of multimedia file in an intuitive and simple manner. After selecting a multimedia file, the mobile device activates a section selection function of the multimedia file and displays a section selection mark for setting a section. The mobile device then selects the section of the multimedia file by moving the section selection mark along a progress bar indicating a total play time of the selected multimedia file. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167348 | PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT FOR CONFIGURING A SYSTEM OF AUDIO/VIDEO COMPONENTS - In one embodiment, a component library stores representations of audio/video components, the representations of audio/video components corresponding to physical audio/video components that are available for inclusion in a system. A configuration workspace is provided into which a selected plurality of representations of audio/video components from the component library are placed to indicate their inclusion in the system. A drawing tool may be used to draw connections between particular ones of the selected plurality of audio/video components in the configuration workspace. Further, a configuration compiler may determine one or more realized services that the system is capable of providing based on the selected plurality of audio/video components and the drawn connections between particular ones of the selected plurality of audio/video components, and may display to the user indications of the one or more realized services that the system is capable of providing. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167349 | ANNOTATION FEATURE FOR PRODUCTION PARTS IN A MEDIA PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A system providing a user interface to annotate different items in a media production system such as in a digital non-linear post production system. Parts of the production, such as clips, frames and layers, that have an associated annotation are provided with a visual annotation marker. The annotation marker can use shape, color or animation to convey source, urgency, status or other information. Annotations can be text, freehand drawing, audio, or other. Annotations can be automatically generated. Annotations can be compiled into records, searched and transferred. A state of an application program can be stored and transferred to a remote system. The remote system attempts to recreate the original state of the application program. If the remote system is unable to do so, an image of the state of the application program is obtained, instead. Assignment of control to various functions of an application program is achieved by associating a function (i.e., modifying a parameter) with a user control at a remote location. | 07-07-2011 |
20110173536 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING ON-SITE STAIN REMOVAL - A interactive system for removing stains is provided. The system includes a software program loaded onto an all-in-one touch sensitive display. The program displays step-by-step stain removal instructions and educational information about the stains, fabrics, methods and tools used in the stain removal process. The program can be advanced by the touch of the finger to the screen or the by selecting the auto-play option. The stain removal process is aided by incorporating color labeled bottles of stain removal agents which match color coded text and images displayed in the instructional menus. The user experience is further enhanced by the use of photos and animations depicting fabrics and stains for identification and animations detailing the stain removal process. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173537 | INTEGRATED DATA PROCESSING AND TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - A system and method are provided herein to support text and data entry for computer applications and the collection, processing, storage, and display of associated text, audio, image, video, and related data. | 07-14-2011 |
20110191676 | Cross-Browser Interactivity Recording, Playback, and Editing - Multi-browser interactivity testing records user interactions with a recorder browser for subsequent playback in one or more player browsers. User input to the recorder browser directed at a Document Object Model element is intercepted, and the input and element are noted in an interaction record. After reading the interaction record in a player browser, a corresponding element is located, using attribute values or other mechanisms. The user input is applied to the located player element(s) by simulated system level events, and the results are displayed. Player browser playback can be synchronized with screenshots or video clips of the recorder browser. The interaction recording can also be edited. Layout which depends on interactive behaviors such as login or accordion controls, and other aspects of interactivity, can be tested without manually repeating the input for each browser, and despite differences in the layout engines. | 08-04-2011 |
20110191677 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING PLAY OF MEDIA STREAMS - Methods and systems are described for controlling play of media streams. In one aspect, a media control user interface including selectable representations identifying a plurality of operating media players is presented. The operating media players are configured for accessing a presentation device. A user selection identifying a selected portion of the plurality of operating media players is received. And, an indication is provided allowing a media player in the selected portion access to the presentation device. | 08-04-2011 |
20110191678 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a main body casing; a display casing connected to the main body casing so as to be rotatable between a closed position at which an upper face of the main body casing is covered, and an opened position at which the upper face of the main body casing is opened; an illuminance sensor configured to detect an ambient illuminance around the main body casing; at least one button provided at the upper face of the main body casing; a user interface configured to allow the user to enter a function setting in which the ambient illuminance and a function allocated to the button are associated; and a controller configured to output, when the button is operated, a code for executing a function, based on (1) the ambient illuminance and (2) the function setting. | 08-04-2011 |
20110191679 | System and Method for Online Media Preview - An embodiment of a system and method for online media preview extracts a plurality of preview frames from a media file. The preview frames are saved in a layered data structure. In addition, the preview frames may be scaled to a lower resolution so that the preview file formed by the preview frames is reduced in size. After receiving a preview request, a delivery scheduling scheme delivers the preview frames at selected time points to minimize startup delay and playback jitter. | 08-04-2011 |
20110191680 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE USING ACOUSTIC SIGNAL, AND DEVICE INCLUDING USER INTERFACE - A user interface using an acoustic signal is provided. A device with the user interface includes a sensor to acquire a surface acoustic signal generated outside of the device, and at least one processor. The processor classifies patterns of the surface acoustic signal by analyzing features of the surface acoustic signal, and identifies a user's input signal corresponding to the surface acoustic signal based on the pattern of the surface acoustic signal. | 08-04-2011 |
20110191681 | Systems and Methods for Human Intelligence Personal Assistance - A human intelligence personal assistance system and method is disclosed. A user interacts with an audio and video image of a person. Inputs from the user request performance of one or more tasks including passive requests activated by mere motion detection. Thus the user may actively request tasks such as email review or passively trigger tasks such as sales assistance. Depending upon the complexity of the task, either a human operator or a computer may assist the user. The audio and video image communicates with the user in synchronization with downloaded results. | 08-04-2011 |
20110191682 | Communicator program manger - A method and apparatus for managing a plurality of communicator programs each having a corresponding interface, the method comprising receiving a sequence of selections of one of the plurality of communicator programs; sequentially presenting one of a plurality of communicator interfaces, each corresponding to one of the communicator programs; and sequentially presenting information corresponding to each of the plurality of communicator programs the apparatus being configured to perform the method. | 08-04-2011 |
20110197129 | MEDIA FILE ACCESS CONTROL METHOD FOR DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADDING MY FAVORITES FOLDER - A media file access control method for a digital media player includes a) receiving a mode selection instruction; b) determining whether the mode selection instruction corresponds to a lite mode or a computer file mode; and c) if the mode selection instruction corresponds to the lite mode, performing steps of loading a plurality of multimedia files according to content of a pre-established favorites list recording respective names and storage locations of the multimedia files, and displaying thumbnails of the multimedia files in a first region of a screen of a display element. The thumbnails of the multimedia files are capable of being selected such that the multimedia files can be played directly and instantly. | 08-11-2011 |
20110202840 | REUSABLE MEDIA SOURCES FOR ONLINE BROADCAST DATA - A broadcaster-specific service module is provided for applications hosted by a processing device. The broadcaster-specific service module and the applications communicate through a common service bus. The broadcaster-specific service module receives items from an online broadcaster via a network, with each item associated with a media file or stream available from the online broadcaster. The broadcaster-specific service module generates a catalog containing a tree of the items, and sends the catalog to a target application via the service bus to display the catalog for user selection. The broadcaster-specific service module formats data of the catalog can be understood by all of the applications attached to the service bus. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202841 | COMPUTER-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Computer-based methods for managing a project are disclosed. The computer-based method may include displaying a plurality of images in a first portion of a computer screen, each image of the plurality of images being representative of at least one of a service and a good; detecting movement of at least one image of the plurality of images from the first portion to a second portion of the computer screen spaced from the first portion; soliciting one or more vendors for proposals to provide at least one of a service and a good represented by the at least one image moved to the second portion; displaying the proposals received from the solicited vendors on the computer screen; and detecting approval of one or more of the displayed proposals. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CREATING CUSTOM MEDIA PLAYER INTERFACE FOR SPEECH GENERATION DEVICE - Systems and methods of providing electronic features for creating a customized media player interface for an electronic device include providing a graphical user interface design area having a plurality of display elements. Electronic input signals then may define for association with selected display elements one or more electronic actions relative to the initiation and control of media files accessible by the electronic device (e.g., playing, pausing, stopping, adjusting play speed, adjusting volume, adjusting current file position, toggling modes such as repeat or shuffle, and/or establishing, viewing and/or clearing a playlist.) Additional electronic input signals may define for association with selected display elements labels such as action identification labels or media status labels. A graphical user interface is then initiated on an electronic display associated with an electronic device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises media player features corresponding to the plurality of display elements and associated electronic actions and/or labels. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202843 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DELAYING PRESENTATION OF AN UPDATE TO A USER INTERFACE - Methods and systems are described for delaying presentation of an update to a user interface. In one aspect, first update information is received for sending to a display device to update a previously updated, existing visual component. A specified visibility condition is detected as not being met. In response to detecting the visibility condition is not met, the sending of the first update information is deferred. The visibility condition is detected as met. In response to detecting the visibility condition is met, the sending of the first update information to update the visual component is performed. | 08-18-2011 |
20110209061 | METHOD FOR PLAYING BACK AUDIO FILES WITH AN AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A method for playing back audio files with an audio reproduction device and an audio reproduction device are described. | 08-25-2011 |
20110209062 | USER PREFERENCE BASED COLLECTING OF MUSIC CONTENT - A method of operating an entertainment system includes computer-implemented steps including determining an audio/video preference profile of the user. An item of audio/video content that fits the profile but that is not available to the system is identified. The identified item is wirelessly received from a source of audio/video content. The source is external to the entertainment system. The received item is stored in memory within the system. The stored item is retrieved from memory. The retrieved item is played back to a human user of the system. | 08-25-2011 |
20110209063 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER NOTIFICATION - An electronic device includes an input for connecting to a portable media player, a user interface for providing notification of connection of the portable media player, and a processor for setting the media source to the input in response to selection of a portable media player indication displayed on the user interface. A method of providing notification may include detecting connection of a portable media player and displaying a notification menu. A method for setting the media source to the input may include detecting connection of a portable media player and setting the media source to the input if an auto-source option is enabled. | 08-25-2011 |
20110219305 | COORDINATED MEDIA CONTROL SYSTEM - A coordinated media control system includes a node manager, a device control system, and a device. The node manager is operatively connected to a first node. The device control system is operatively connected to the node manager. The device is operatively connected to the device control system. The node manager is configured to establish and coordinate media streams for transmitting media from the device to a second node or for receiving media to the device from the second node. | 09-08-2011 |
20110219306 | TERMINAL PROVIDED WITH NETWORKING MODULE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING DATA USING THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving data includes receiving, via a communication unit of a terminal, at least one of displayable data and soundable data from an external device, wherein the external device includes at least one of a touch-sensitive unit, a first displaying unit and a first speaker, wherein the communication unit connects to the Internet and includes at least one of a cabled communication unit and a wireless communication unit, and wherein the displayable data is displayed on the first displaying unit of the external device, and the soundable data is outputted through the first speaker of the external device, and outputting signals associated with the received at least one of displayable data and soundable data to a connectable output unit, wherein the connectable output unit includes at least one of a second speaker and a second displaying unit. | 09-08-2011 |
20110225495 | Service Cloud Console - Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for processing a call via a user interface in a web browser. An incoming call directed to a client machine may be identified. The call may comprise a communication from an individual associated with an account. Object record information associated with the account may be stored in a communicably accessible database. A user interface component may be opened, responsive to the incoming call, at the client machine for display in the user interface in the web browser. The opened user interface component may display object record information associated with the account. Edited object record information comprising a modification to the object record information associated with the opened user interface component may be received at the client machine. The edited object record information may be displayed in the opened user interface component. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225496 | SUGGESTED PLAYLIST - Disclosed herein are method and systems for creating suggested playlists for users. In some embodiments, such playlists may be automatically created for users where the suggested playlists are created for a user based on one or more selection criteria or preferences of the user, including local and/or remote pieces of media. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225497 | DISPLAY CONTROL PROCESSING APPARTUS, DISPLAY CONTROL PROCESSING METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROCESSING PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a display control processing apparatus including: display control means configured to display pieces of metadata for a predetermined group of music each serving as a favorite with a user on a metadata display portion for displaying the pieces of metadata in a format allowing the user to specify a desired piece of the metadata; specification means configured to specify a piece of the metadata displayed on the metadata display portion by the display control means; determination means configured to select a music with its metadata corresponding to metadata specified by the specification means from the pieces of metadata displayed by the display control means on the metadata display portion as metadata for the predetermined group of music and to determine the selected music as music to be recommended to the user; and reproduction means configured to reproduce music determined by the determination means. | 09-15-2011 |
20110231760 | MENU TRAILS FOR A PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER - A software and/or hardware facility for generating menu trails for a portable media player. A menu trail is a visual cue to a user, repeated on each menu item in the media player navigation interface, that highlights a path for the user to follow to a content item stored on or accessible by the media player, or to a capability of the media player. Menu trails may highlight new content and capabilities, or may highlight existing content or capabilities. A user using the media player may easily follow the visual cues through the player's menus in order to navigate to the content item or capability. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231761 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING A LINEAR HYPERMEDIA RESOURCE PROGRAM - A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more remote information nodes. A common remote information node is in communication with a subscriber station and the remote information nodes in the distributed network. The common remote information node contains at least one linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-selected media elements from one or more hypermedia resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media element in the linear program having only one forward link to the next media element. The method includes the steps of downloading and displaying a media element in the linear program and responding to user commands to download and display the next media element in the linear program. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231762 | PLAY LIST GENERATING APPARATUS, PLAYLIST GENERATING METHOD, PLAYLIST GENERATING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A playlist generation apparatus extracts given content items from a content group, generates a playlist, and includes an application information acquiring unit that acquires information related to an application running on an information processing terminal possessed by a user viewing/listening to the content items; a setting unit that receives setup-input for setting a priority level, for each application running on the information processing terminal; and a generating unit that based on the set priority levels and the information related to an application running, extracts from the content group, the content items to constitute the playlist and generates the playlist. | 09-22-2011 |
20110246882 | VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT TIMELINE - Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to the presentation of an entertainment consumption history via a timeline. For example, one embodiment comprises receiving entertainment consumption history comprising one or more entertainment content identifiers each identifying one or more entertainment content items sent to a selected user. The entertainment consumption history also comprises, for each entertainment content identifier, information related to a time at which the one or more entertainment content items identified by the entertainment content identifier were sent to the selected user. The embodiment further comprises sending to a display device a graphical depiction of the entertainment consumption history data as a timeline with each entertainment content identifier being illustrated along a direction of a time axis at a location representative of the time at which the one or more entertainment content items represented by the entertainment content identifier were sent to the selected user. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246883 | OPPORTUNISTIC FRAME CACHING - Enhanced, efficient source frame decoding for user previewing is implemented by decoding and caching source frames of an input file that a user is interested in. Source frames for a user preview session are identified and decoded first to enhance user satisfaction with more timely preview segments for review. Additional source frames continue to be decoded on the fly to opportunistically enhance the current preview segment and to be prepared for additional preview segments and/or output file generation. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246884 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION - A method for controlling a multi-media presentation is provided. The method includes displaying an event structure related to an event on a graphical user interface, getting a plurality of event items associated with the event, and displaying the plurality of event items associated with the event structure on the graphical user interface. Responsive to an event trigger, the event is started. The method further includes receiving a selection of a first event item from the plurality of event items, performing a first action related to the first event item, and sending an output of the first action to a display device. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246885 | REAL-TIME OR NEAR REAL-TIME STREAMING - A user interface (UI) for controlling buffered content of a streaming presentation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the UI includes a time line which represents a length in time of a streaming content that has been buffered at a receiver, such as a client device which retrieves the streaming content by sending one or more URLs, in a playlist file, to a transmitter; an indicator on the time line shows a current playback position within the buffered content at the receiver. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246886 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SOUND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - There is provided a control apparatus and method for controlling a sound reproduction apparatus. The control apparatus and method enables control of at least one parameter of audio reproduction depending on contact with a touch sensitive panel. The parameters which may be controlled include, for example, volume, bass, treble, equalizer settings and the like. The functions of the sound reproduction apparatus which may be controlled include, for example, radio channel selection, track selection, album selection and the like. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246887 | Infotainment System - An infotainment system includes a display device, a freely accessible data transfer interface for a user of the infotainment system, a computing unit, a first memory and a user interface with an input unit and a graphical operating interface. The infotainment system is adapted to store predefined user configuration data in the first memory. The user configuration data is representative for a graphical display of the graphical operating interface by the control unit. The infotainment system is also adapted to interpret the predefined user configuration data such that the graphical operating interface represented by the user configuration data can be displayed using the display device and/or such that the manual operation of the user interface represented by the user configuration data can be predefined using the input unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246888 | Interactive Electronic Book Device - An electronic book device is disclosed having: a housing supporting a touch-sensitive display screen; a memory disposed within the housing, the memory including an electronic book application; and a processor disposed within the housing, the processor in electronic communication with the memory and with the touch-sensitive display screen; wherein the electronic book application functions to produce and virtually display the book page in the touch-sensitive display screen, the book page including an interactive region therein, the electronic book application responding to a touch in the interactive region by causing the storing of an audio file in or the retrieving of an audio file from the memory. | 10-06-2011 |
20110252322 | DOWNLOADABLE APPLICATION FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE MUSIC MIXING SOFTWARE ON A CELL PHONE OR THE LIKE - A method and system for selecting portions of different songs and mixing the same to create a re-mix which can be played back or used as a ring tone, or sent to another person. A cell phone may be used for mixing the preselected song portions and playing back the re-mixed song portions. | 10-13-2011 |
20110252323 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a communication unit which performs communication with a management server; and a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit performs processing for displaying a content list having a data entry compatible with a copy unit included in recorded data of the first medium on a display unit on the basis of the received information from the management server, and the data processing unit displays a data entry in which the data form of each copy unit is identifiable in accordance with selection information included in the received information from the management server. | 10-13-2011 |
20110258545 | Service for Sharing User Created Comments that Overlay and are Synchronized with Video - In one embodiment, a method for allowing an end user to create a comment stream synchronized to a content stream is provided. The method receives a selection of the content stream that contains video and/or audio that the end user is authorized to view. A computing device adds the comment stream composed of one or more comments that are synchronized with a timeline of the content stream without modifying the content stream. The comment stream and the content stream are stored separately. Playback of comment stream to the content stream is then synchronized. | 10-20-2011 |
20110265003 | PUSHING A USER INTERFACE TO A REMOTE DEVICE - A graphical user interface (“GUI”) for a third-party application can be presented on accessory device that has user input and display devices. The GUI can be defined and managed by a portable media device. The portable media device can define one or more GUI image types for the third-party application. The accessory can choose one of the pre-defined GUI image types and receive a remote GUI image that conforms to the selected GUI image type from the portable media device. Alternatively, the accessory can specify the layout and contents of the GUI image that it needs, and the portable media device can generate and send a GUI image according to the accessory's specification. | 10-27-2011 |
20110271186 | Visual audio mixing system and method thereof - A visual audio mixing system which includes an audio input engine configured to input one or more audio files each associated with a channel. A shape engine is responsive to the audio input engine and is configured to create a unique visual image of a definable shape and/or color for each of the one or more of audio files. A visual display engine is responsive to the shape engine and is configured to display each visual image. A shape select engine is responsive to the visual display engine and is configured to provide selection of one or more visual images. The system includes a two-dimensional workspace. A coordinate engine is responsive to the shape select engine and is configured to instantiate selected visual images in the two-dimensional workspace. A mix engine is responsive to coordinate engine and is configured to mix the visual images instantiated in the two-dimensional workspace such that user provided movement of one or more of the visual images in one direction represents volume and user provided movement in another direction represents pan to provide a visual and audio representation of each audio file and its associated channel. | 11-03-2011 |
20110271187 | Musical Composition System - The invention herein concerns a system for permitting those with little or no musical training the ability to compose unique musical compositions from a variety of prerecorded loops. The loops can include sounds, musical phrases and the like and exist in various groupings designed to be compatible with one another in terms of key, beats per minute and musical style, such as, rock, blues or country. Where a loop is of a different grouping it can be easily and automatically modified in terms of pitch and tempo to be compatible with loops of another grouping. | 11-03-2011 |
20110271188 | Recording Medium and Playback Device - To provide user-friendly information recording and playback, embodiments of the invention provide a recording medium having recorded therein audiovisual information; content identification information for identifying the audiovisual information; and locator information. In one embodiment, a playback device comprises a recording medium control module configured to read content identification information from a recording medium for identifying content of audiovisual information and locator information relating to the audiovisual information in the recording medium. The locator information relates to the audiovisual information for locating a provider of service information. A network control module is configured to connect with the provider of service information based on the locator information. | 11-03-2011 |
20110271189 | System and Method for Providing Broadcast Listener Participation - A method of allowing listeners to participate in broadcast programming is provided, the method generally comprising one or more of providing a library of media elements accessible by a plurality of listeners; receiving from each of at least two of the listeners a playlist of media elements, wherein at least one of the media elements in each playlist is from the library of media elements; editing the playlists using broadcast scheduling software; providing the edited playlists to the plurality of listeners for playback, and for feedback regarding the playlists; and receiving feedback from at least one of the listeners regarding the playlists. A system and apparatus are similarly provided. | 11-03-2011 |
20110283190 | ELECTRONIC PERSONAL INTERACTIVE DEVICE - An interface device and method of use, comprising audio and image inputs; a processor for determining topics of interest, and receiving information of interest to the user from a remote resource; an audiovisual output for presenting an anthropomorphic object conveying the received information, having a selectively defined and adaptively alterable mood; an external communication device adapted to remotely communicate at least a voice conversation with a human user of the personal interface device. Also provided is a system and method adapted to receive logic for, synthesize, and engage in conversation dependent on received conversational logic and a personality. | 11-17-2011 |
20110283191 | Sound Output Setting Apparatus, Method, and Computer-Executable Program - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for an information processing apparatus capable of allowing a user to select appropriate processing beforehand when an application program outputs sound in a state in which an audio device is silenced. The apparatus in one embodiment includes a silencing module for silencing audio information output from an audio device, a detection module for detecting a sound playback request from an application program while silencing is set, a display module for displaying a select screen for allowing a user to select processing when the sound playback request from the application program is detected by the detection module, and a processing module for executing the processing selected by the user on the select screen. | 11-17-2011 |
20110289410 | ISOLATION AND MODIFICATION OF AUDIO STREAMS OF A MIXED SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device comprises a wireless communication interface, a processing system, and a user interface. The wireless communication interface is configured to wirelessly receive a mixed media signal comprising a plurality of audio streams originating from different source devices. The processing system is configured to isolate the audio streams and generate graphical representations of each one of the audio streams. The user interface is configured to display the graphical representations of each one of the audio streams and receive audio stream modification instructions from a user. The processing system is configured to process the audio stream modification instructions to generate at least one modified audio stream based on the audio stream modification instructions. The user interface is configured to display a graphical representation of the modified audio stream and audibly output a modified mixed media signal comprising the modified audio stream. | 11-24-2011 |
20110296305 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatus are provided for matching media files stored in a media player device to media files stored in a computing device. In one embodiment, a method includes scanning a media player device for one or more media files, detecting an identifier associated with each media file stored on the media player device, wherein identifiers are generated by a media management application, and checking if detected identifiers associated with media files stored in the media player device correspond to identifiers associated with media files stored in the computing device. The method may also include determining one or more graphical indicators for a user interface of the media management application based on said checking. According to another embodiment, a user interface may be provided for a media management application by a computing device. | 12-01-2011 |
20110302493 | VISUAL SHUFFLING OF MEDIA ICONS - An apparatus and method for shuffling a media file in a playlist. A first playlist order of a plurality of media files is created for displaying a plurality of icons corresponding to one of the plurality of media files. The plurality icons are arranged according to the first playlist order on the display. Upon receiving a request for a second playlist order a second playlist order is created. While displaying the plurality of icons in the first playlist order, movement of at least two icons on the display is shown between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position corresponds to the first playlist order and the second position corresponds to the second playlist order. | 12-08-2011 |
20110307781 | SEAMLESS PLAYBACK OF COMPOSITE MEDIA - A streaming composition system is described herein that provides easy workflow and playback capabilities for content producers to create composite media assets from existing and on-going media content and for streaming clients to seamlessly playback composite multimedia streams provided from different sources. These assets provide broadcasters an option to quickly turn around highlights for an on-going event. The streaming composition system allows a producer to identify clips within existing media assets and compose the clips into a new unified streaming presentation. For producers that already have smooth streaming media assets, the system leverages these assets to provide seamless playback across clip boundaries including advanced playback support for advertisement insertion, fast forward, rewind, and so on. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307782 | SMOOTH PLAYING OF VIDEO - A computer-implemented method, including detecting an event associated with an image displayed on a display device within a software application, loading a media player into the software application behind the image, where the media player is configured to play a media file associated with the image, and causing a representation of a frame of the media file to be displayed within the media player instead of the image. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307783 | System and method enabling visual filtering of content - There is presented a system and method enabling visual filtering of content. The system comprises a server, a content database storing content units and accessible through the server, and a filtering and display application. The filtering and display application is configured to enable visual filtering of the content units by filtering a plurality of graphical representations corresponding to a plurality of content units stored by the system, to extract a first plurality of graphical representations for displaying to a user, displaying the first plurality of graphical representations as active graphical representations selectable by the user in a first featured display, and dynamically filtering the first plurality of graphical representations and replacing the first featured display with another featured display of a first subset of active graphical representations selectable by the user according to an input received from the user. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307784 | AV APPARATUS - A scrollable list of AV contents to be displayed in an AV apparatus which outputs AV contents is provided. If the scrolling on an artwork list stops, the album attribute text of albums included in an artwork list is read from a portable music player. After that, the artworks of the albums are read from the portable music player from the album having its artwork at the center of the artwork list in the increasing order of the distances of display positions of the artworks to the artwork at the center. If the scrolling on the artwork list starts, the album attribute text of albums is read from the portable music player from the album having its artwork at the center of the artwork list in ascending order of the album numbers. | 12-15-2011 |
20110314377 | AUTOMATIC HIERARCHICAL CATEGORIZATION OF MUSIC BY METADATA - A method, performed by software executing on the processor of a portable music playback device, that automatically files tracks according to hierarchical structure of categories to organize tracks in a logical order. A user interface is utilized to change the hierarchy, view track names, and select tracks for playback or other operations. The user interface uses an overlapping hierarchy of categories. A song title can be accessed in multiple different ways by starting with different categories. A preferred embodiment of the invention uses the top-level categories “Albums”, “Artists”, “Genres” (or styles), and “Play Lists”. Within the Albums category are names of different albums of songs stored in the device. Within each album are the album tracks, or songs, associated with that album. Navigation is performed by presenting a sequence of display screens for each level of the hierarchy. | 12-22-2011 |
20110314378 | Content Purchases and Rights Storage and Entitlements - Storing asset ID and entitlement data of purchased and rented media from various sources in a media contents account and allowing access to the stored asset ID and entitlement data from various devices is provided. A user may access a media contents account via a network-connected device to view his/her purchased and rented media. The network-connected device may be a device that has been registered with the account. A user may select a title of purchased or rented media to stream or download. Upon verification of entitlement rights, the media may be streamed or downloaded to the user. | 12-22-2011 |
20110320944 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR GENERATING AN INTEGRATED USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating an integrated user interface. A method may include obtaining, in a client apparatus, first user interface information generated by a client application residing on the client apparatus. The method may further include obtaining, in the client apparatus, second user interface information generated by a server application residing on a remote server apparatus. The method may additionally include combining the first and second user interface information to generate an integrated application user interface. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTUITIVE NAVIGATION OF A MEDIA PROGRAM - A jog control for navigating a media program having a plurality of frames and a method for using the navigation control is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the control comprises a radial control at one of a plurality of user-selectable radial distances from a center of the jog control, the radial distance indicative of a jog control scale factor, wherein selection of the radial control selects and fixes the jog control scale factor until the control area is unselected, and wherein rotation of the selected radial control about a center of the jog control commands navigation through the plurality of media program frames at a rate determined by the selected jog control scale factor and an angular rate of the selected radial control about the center of the jog control. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320946 | PAY-PER-PLAY AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEM WITH TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE - An audiovisual reproduction system triggered by payment from a user is developed around a microprocessor device. The system includes memory containing, in compressed digital form, audio and visual information , and a display and digital audio reproduction unit, for creating a multimedia environment. The display includes a video monitor and an interactive user interface which reacts to external events and translates the external events for a multitasking operating system as events activating, via a graphical module of a library of integrated tools and services, a display of windows or frames providing control of physical operating parameters of the audiovisual reproduction system. The external events includes at least a down-event where the user contacts a representation displayed on the touch screen, selecting a parameter to modify, and an up-event where the use breaks contact with the screen, which triggers modification of the selected parameter, saving the parameter in the memory. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320947 | METHOD OF GENERATING A GUIDANCE ROUTE TO A TARGET MENU AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of guiding a menu, including storing route information generated based on hierarchical relationships of menus according to a tree structure, and displaying menu items using an on screen display and displaying a location and a function of a menu a user would like to find through a simulated menu using route information. | 12-29-2011 |
20120011441 | VISUALLY ENCODING NODES REPRESENTING STAGES IN A MULTI-STAGE VIDEO COMPOSITING OPERATION - Some embodiments of the invention provide a user interface of editing video through a multi-stage editing process. The user interface selects a particular stage in the editing process. A particular editing operation is performed on a set of video images during the particular stage. After the selection of the particular stage, the user interface uses a background rendering process to render the result of the particular editing operation on the particular set of video images. The background rendering process is a process that the user interface performs separately from the multi-stage video editing process, so that a user may continue editing the video sequence while the rendering occurs. Some embodiments provide a preview of the rendering process in a preview window. Some of these embodiments update the preview in real time. In some embodiments, the rendering occurs to a temporary location and then stores to a persistent storage. In some of these embodiments, an entry for the stored render's location is logged in a list of entries that allows the stored render to be catalogued and retrieved from the persistent storage. The temporary location and the persistent storage can be part of a non-volatile memory such as a hard drive. | 01-12-2012 |
20120017149 | VIDEO WHISPER SESSIONS DURING ONLINE COLLABORATIVE COMPUTING SESSIONS - In one embodiment, a plurality of attendee devices may participate in an online collaborative computing session to receive video and audio content for the online collaborative computing session. A particular attendee device may then either initiate or receive a communicated signal between a “whisperer” and “whisperee” that indicates a desire of the whisperer to establish a video whisper session with the whisperee. In response, the video whisper session may be established between the whisperer and whisperee devices, such as through a mutual subscription by the whisperer and whisperee to a video channel and audio channel of each other corresponding device. In this manner, users of the whisperer and whisperee devices may see and hear each other via the video whisper session, and attendee devices other than the whisperer and whisperee are prevented from playing audio from the video whisper session between the whisperer and whisperee. | 01-19-2012 |
20120017150 | CREATING AND DISSEMINATING OF USER GENERATED MEDIA OVER A NETWORK - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for creating and disseminating of audio and video content generated by a user over a network. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a request to create audio content over a network is received. In another aspect of the present disclosure a request to create multimedia content comprising audio and video content over a network is received. One embodiment includes presenting the user with a plurality of compositions, receiving a request from the user to add a specific composition, presenting a lyric using text submitted by the user, recording an audio recording generated by the user, wherein the specific composition is playing during the recording of the audio recording, and providing editing capability to the specific composition, the song lyric and audio recording. | 01-19-2012 |
20120023403 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC GENERATION OF INDIVIDUALIZED PLAYLISTS ACCORDING TO USER SELECTION OF MUSICAL FEATURES - There is provided herein a system and method for efficient generation and management of similarity playlists. The instant invention allows users to initiate and shape the playlist generation process to automatically provide playlists that are based on the musical features of the files stored in the database and that contain musically similar items. Furthermore, the instant invention allows the user to select and weight the musical criteria that are used to form the playlist, thereby adapting it accordingly. In the preferred embodiment, the user will initiate the playlist generation process by selecting a music item. Based on the musical features of that music item a similarity playlist will be automatically constructed. As part of a parametrization step the user will review the playlist and shape it by potentially indicating a preference or dislike for each musical feature and using that indication the playlist generation process will then be re-initiated. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023404 | INDIVIDUALIZED TAB AUDIO CONTROLS - According to one general aspect, a method may include detecting an audio signal configured to be played from a local loudspeaker. The method may also include determining which of one or more applications is included with the audio signal, wherein the determined application includes one or more tabs. The method may include determining which tab of the one or more tabs of the determined application is included with the audio signal. The method may comprise providing a graphical user interface (GUI) included with a handle of the determined tab, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to facilitate the manipulation of the audio signal by a user. The method may include manipulating the audio signal, based upon a command generated by the graphical user interface in response to a user interaction. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023405 | DYNAMIC CONTROL OF SONG FREQUENCY IN A PLAYLIST PROVIDED THROUGH A MUSIC SERVICE - A method includes inputting a seed data through a media interface associated with a music service on a music device. The seed data is a driver of creation of a playlist associated with the music service. The method also includes dynamically controlling a frequency of songs associated with the seed data in the playlist through a user interface of the media interface. The frequency of songs is a number of primary songs and a number of secondary songs in the playlist. | 01-26-2012 |
20120042245 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SORTING MEDIA ITEMS IN A PLAYLIST ON A MEDIA DEVICE - A computer-implemented method and system are provided for sorting media items in a playlist on a media device that are ranked by score. One embodiment includes changing a user preference associated with a sort criteria selected by the user, wherein each of the media items includes a profile score that is calculated based on user preferences, and a replay score that affects replay of the corresponding media item; recalculating the profile score and the replay score of each of the media items; sorting the media items by the replay scores; and sorting the media items by the sort criteria indicated by a user. | 02-16-2012 |
20120042246 | CONTENT GESTURES - Content gestures are described. In implementations, one or more controls are output to control output of content and for display in a user interface by a computing device. An input is recognized, by the computing device, which was detected using a camera as a gesture to interact with a particular one of the controls to control the output of the content. | 02-16-2012 |
20120042247 | USER-SELECTED MEDIA CONTENT BLOCKING - Presented herein is a method of blocking user-selected media content, such as, for example, audio and/or video content. In the method, at least one media content stream is presented to a user, wherein the at least one media content stream includes multiple showings of an identifiable contiguous segment of media content. One example of such a segment may be a commercial or advertisement. While presenting a current showing of the segment of media content to the user, a command is received from a user to block the segment of media content from presentation to the user. In response to receiving the command, information identifying the segment of media content is generated. The at least one media content stream is analyzed using the information to detect subsequent showings of the segment of media content. Presentation of at least one of the subsequent showings of the segment of media content is prevented when detected in the at least one media content stream. | 02-16-2012 |
20120042248 | GRADUAL VISUAL FADING OF SUBSEQUENT SONGS TO REPRESENT A STREAMING PLAYLIST - In one embodiment, a system includes a database module to store a seed data and a collection of songs. A music server is configured to generate a playlist based on a preference of a user to hear one of a plurality of songs that are known to the user and a plurality of songs that are unknown to the user. The system also includes a music device, comprising a user interface and a client module. The user device is configured to input a seed data and allow a user to control the playlist. The client module is configured to manage a dynamic change in the playlist and apply a visual effect change to the playlist. Communication between the music server and the music device is enabled through a network. | 02-16-2012 |
20120042249 | AUDIO SIGNAL OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD - An audio signal output apparatus is provided. The audio signal output apparatus includes an audio receiver, an audio processor, an audio output unit, and a controller. The audio receiver receives an audio data which is transmitted from outside and has a plurality of combined sounds. The audio processor signal-processes the audio data with the combined sounds to enable output. The audio output unit outputs the signal-processed audio data. The controller performs control to discretely set output levels of the respective sounds in the audio data and output the audio data with combined sounds by applying the discretely set output levels. | 02-16-2012 |
20120047435 | SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LIVE SOUND SYSTEM - A computing system automates the configuration and management of a live sound system that includes a processor and memory for building in a GUI of a display a representation of the live sound system for a venue. The system loads a venue template that includes loudspeaker arrays and related properties including a setup configuration of the loudspeaker arrays and tuning data for constituent loudspeakers that are operable to provide an audio coverage pattern for the venue. The system overlays on top of the representation of the loudspeaker arrays a wiring circuit representation indicating interconnections of the loudspeakers that define bandpass inputs for each array. The system generates a plurality of amplifiers in the representation to drive the arrays, and associates amplifier channels of the amplifiers with the bandpass inputs. The amplifier channels include representations of output channels of DSPs coupled with respective amplifier channels. The system loads tuning data into respective representation of the DSP and/or amplifiers based on configurations of the associated loudspeakers to complete virtual configuration. The representations of the devices and connections may be matched with physical devices of the live sound system and the tuning data sent down to the physical DSPs and/or amplifiers for their configuration. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047436 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR META-TAGGING MEDIA CONTENT AND DISTRIBUTION - A unique application within Video that allows for user generated Meta-tagging to be delivered in real time to individual clips is provided. This meta-tag creates its own tail based upon the user generated words population, which is searchable via a “spider network” that runs invisible behind the web pages of the site. These same “tagged” words are broadcast over various delivery networks including but not limited to live feeds from SMS, MMS, News Feeds within Community Web Sites, Video Sharing Web Sites, Widget applications any other forms of electronic communication that will be dropped in real time to identified users and friends of users. | 02-23-2012 |
20120060092 | Dynamic Iconic Setting Indicator - A media type currently associated with a multiple media player device is determined by the multiple media player device. A current setting status associated with each of a set of adjustable options associated with the determined media type is determined A set of option icons that each represents one of the set of adjustable options is identified. Each identified option icon is paired with the associated current setting status of each adjustable option. A menuing input is detected. An overlay user interface menu, including only one option icon and the associated current setting status pair, is displayed over full-screen content on a display. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 03-08-2012 |
20120060093 | MULTIMEDIA FILE PLAYING METHOD AND MULTIMEDIA PLAYER - The present invention relates to a multimedia file playing back method for playing audio and video contents for more effective language learning, and to a multimedia player. More particularly, the present invention relates to a multimedia file playing back method and a multimedia player, wherein file(s) to be played back are multimedia file(s) such as MP3, WMV or AVI file(s), said method comprising: a file loading ( | 03-08-2012 |
20120066592 | VISUAL AUDIO LINKS FOR DIGITAL AUDIO CONTENT - Methods and systems for providing visual audio links for digital audio content include playing the digital audio content on an electronic device that has a display; displaying on the display visual audio links associated with terms of relevance from the digital audio content as the terms of relevance are played during playing of the digital audio content, wherein each of the visual audio links is a reference to additional content associated with the corresponding term of relevance; in response to receiving a user's selection of one of the visual audio links, presenting the additional content associated with the corresponding term of relevance, wherein the user is granted a license to the additional content; and when presentation of the additional content completes, playing the digital audio content at a point where the corresponding term of relevance was mentioned, such that the user is granted rewind rights based on the terms of relevance. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066593 | PIVOT COMMAND FOR PLAYLIST - Managing playlists, comprising: displaying a current playlist and one or more playlists that intersect the current playlist at a current media item; selecting one of the following: (1) when a pivot command to pivot from the current playlist to a pivoted playlist is received, first moving to a next media item of the pivoted playlist, and displaying the pivoted playlist and one or more playlists that intersect the pivoted playlist at the next media item of the pivoted playlist; (2) otherwise when no pivot command is received, second moving to a next media item of the current playlist, and displaying the current playlist and one or more playlists that intersect the current playlist at the next media item of the current playlist. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066594 | Secondary Audio Content by Users - A method comprising displaying the list of content on a display and receiving a selection for a first content including a first video content and a first audio content. The method may include displaying a menu of a plurality of additional audio content on the display, wherein displaying the menu of the plurality of additional audio content includes displaying a rating of each of the plurality of additional audio content based on ratings provided by users of each of the plurality of additional audio content. The method may also include receiving a selection of one of the plurality of additional audio content and playing the first content while simultaneously playing the selected one of the plurality of additional audio content. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066595 | MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT - A multimedia apparatus and a method for providing content by generating at least one flag on a screen; designating categories with respect to the at least one flag; and if one of the at least one flags is moved to a particular content displayed on the screen, setting the particular content to the category corresponding to the one flag. Therefore, content is classified and managed according to categories by using a flag, and thus a user further intuitively manages and accesses content. | 03-15-2012 |
20120072841 | Browser-Based Song Creation - A client presents a set of user interfaces within a web browser application operating on the client. The user interfaces enable a user of the client to create and distribute songs. When the user is creating a song, the client generates instrumental data and/or vocals data in response to input received from the user via the user interfaces. The instrumental data represents an instrumental part of a song. The vocals data represents a vocals part of the song. The vocals data is generated using a microphone controlled by the user via the user interfaces. The client generates an audio file using the instrumental data and the vocals data. The audio file comprises a digital audio recording of the song. | 03-22-2012 |
20120079380 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING INTERACTIVE FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Methods and systems for managing interactive features associated with multimedia content are disclosed. One method includes applying a container to multimedia content using one or more computing systems, the container defining an interface through which metadata external to the multimedia content is linked with one or more portions of the multimedia content. The method further includes receiving a request for the multimedia content from a content consumer. The method also includes associating a set of metadata describing one or more interactive features with the multimedia content, the set of metadata linked to at least a portion of the multimedia content via the container and selected from a database including metadata defining interactive features capable of being associated with the multimedia content. The method also includes, upon receiving a request for playback of the multimedia content, providing the multimedia content and the one or more interactive features to the content consumer. | 03-29-2012 |
20120079381 | MEDIA EDITING APPLICATION FOR AUDITIONING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA CLIPS - Some embodiments provide a program that creates a composite media presentation from several media clips. The program creates an audition set for a particular location in a composite display area for placing media clips to specify a description of the composite media presentation. The program adds to the audition set several different types of media clips that are candidates for placement in the composite display area at the particular location. The program iteratively selects a different media clip in the audition set as the only committed media clip in the audition set to include in the composite media presentation. | 03-29-2012 |
20120079382 | AUDITIONING TOOLS FOR A MEDIA EDITING APPLICATION - Some embodiments provide a media editing application. The application places several committed media clips in a composite display area to specify a description of a composite presentation. In response to receiving a request to create a new version for a first media clip placed at a particular location in the composite display area, the application creates an audition set at the particular location in the composite display area. The application creates a second media clip from the first media clip. The application adds the first and second media clips to the audition set. At least one of the first and second media clips is a candidate media clip that is insertable at the location in the composite display area but is not a media clip that has been committed for inclusion in the description of the composite presentation. | 03-29-2012 |
20120079383 | SERVER INDEPENDENT DEPLOYMENT OF PLUG-INS - Disclosed are methods and systems for deploying one or more plug-ins. The method and systems involve receiving a request for generating a graphical user interface at a client computing device, the request includes a configuration for flash content of the graphical user interface, identifying a one or more plug-ins associated with the request and at least one extension of the identified one or more plug-ins, the one or more plug-ins having been deployed at a plurality of content servers across plurality of platform types and stored in a plug-in repository, retrieving the identified one or more plug-ins based on the extension of the identified one or more plug-ins and generating the requested graphical user interface based on the retrieved one or more plug-ins. | 03-29-2012 |
20120079384 | LYRIC SYNCHING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a storage unit, an audio playback unit, a display unit, and a timer. The storage unit stores audio files and lyrics associated with the audio files. The audio playback unit plays the audio files. The display unit shows the lyrics and is a touch-enabled display. The method includes directing the audio playback unit to play an audio file back, implementing the timer, directing the display unit to show the lyric content, determining the lyric content displayed corresponding to the contact position and determining a time tag before the determined lyric content according to the recorded time; and updating the time tag with the determined time tag before the determined lyric content with the determined time tag when the lyric content is not displayed synchronously with the current audio file. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084650 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device includes an information processing unit that determines whether or not a button indicated by an operation is a button which is not expected to be directly indicated, based on button related information which is formed by correlating information related to each button displayed on a screen with each button and is recorded on a necessary recording medium, and operation input information from an operation unit where an operation for directly indicating a display region of each button can be performed, in relation to the button displayed in a predetermined display region on the screen based on the button related information recorded on the recording medium, and does not execute a command correlated with the button related information of the indicated button if the indicated button is the button which is not expected to be directly indicated as a result of the determination. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084651 | Automatic Derivation Of Analogous Touch Gestures From A User-Defined Gesture - Embodiments enable a mobile device to execute an action analogous to a user-defined action in response to receipt of a gesture analogous to a user-defined gesture. In an embodiment, a user input is received that defines a first touch gesture to initiate a first action on an application of the mobile device. A second touch gesture is received on a touch screen of the mobile device. The second touch gesture is similar, but not identical, to the first touch gesture, and has a different orientation, size or position from the first touch gesture. In response to receipt of the second touch gesture, a second action is determined on the application of the mobile device according to a difference between the first and second touch gestures in orientation, size or position on the screen of the mobile device. Finally, the second action is initiated. | 04-05-2012 |
20120089910 | ADVANCED PLAYBACK QUEUE MANAGEMENT - Methods, systems, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable-media are described for creating and/or maintaining a playback queue of media content. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method of providing playback of media content includes receiving a request from a mobile communications device associated with a user to browse a media archive. A user selection of a category and a request to initiate management of a playback queue are received. A media listing is generated responsive to the received request. A user selection of one or more items of media content from the generated media listing is received. One or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content are presented. A user selection of one of the presented one or more playback queue options is received. The user selected items of media content are manipulated to update the playback queue responsive to the received user selected playback queue option. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089911 | Bookmarking System - A bookmarking system is described for allowing users to bookmark audio and video content for sharing with other users. The system allows the bookmark to be generated with minimal user involvement, making the process as easy to use as the bookmarking of websites on a computer device. A disambiguation server is provided to disambiguate the content to be book-marked. The disambiguation server uses information from various sources to provide a number of candidates for selection by the user. Historical data and the bookmarks of other users can also be used to aid the disambiguation process. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089912 | PRESTREAMS - There are disclosed apparatus and processes for playing a prestream. A client computer running a browser has loaded a webpage including instructions for playing a designated stream in a media player. To enable the prestream, prestream control code is included in the webpage such that when a stream initiation action takes place the prestream control code is processed and causes the prestream to be played before the media player plays the stream. | 04-12-2012 |
20120096353 | USER-SPECIFIC FEATURES FOR AN UPGRADEABLE MEDIA KERNEL AND ENGINE - An audio/video (A/V) system includes an audio/video (A/V) component configured to generate audio or video data. The A/V system includes one or more processing devices, and one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to implement one or more audio or video processing applications for the A/V system. Each of the applications can include a processing module and data for a graphical user interface (GUI) for presentation on the A/V system. The applications can be configured to adjust a performance or a setting of the A/V equipment. The A/V system includes an audio or video processing engine configured to interact with the processing modules for the applications, where the audio or video processing engine is configured to share processing resources among two or more of the processing modules. | 04-19-2012 |
20120110452 | SOFTWARE APPLICATION OUTPUT VOLUME CONTROL - Apparatus comprises means for independently controlling the output volume levels of a plurality of software applications associated with the apparatus; means responsive to a user command to change a master volume level for changing the volume levels of each of the software applications in the same sense; and when one of the plurality of software applications is at a maximum volume level, means responsive to a user command to increase the master volume level for increasing the volume levels of each of the other software applications which are not at the maximum level. | 05-03-2012 |
20120110453 | Display of Image Search Results - Techniques involving display of image search results are described. In one or more implementations, an image search result is displayed having a plurality of images. Responsive to selection of a particular one of the images, a filmstrip is displayed having a contiguous series of representations of at least a portion of the plurality of images, at least one of which is of the particular image, the particular image is displayed as disposed proximal to metadata associated with the image, and at least a portion of a webpage from which the particular image was obtained is displayed. | 05-03-2012 |
20120110454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR MEDIA CONTENTS IN USER EQUIPMENT - Apparatus and method for providing a user interface for media contents in a user equipment. In order to provide the user interface, the background screen of the user interface may be formed from at least one image. Each image of the at least one image may represent a respective one of the retrieved media contents. The user interface having the background screen formed from the at least one image may be displayed. A desired image may be selected from the at least one image of the displayed user interface, and a desired media content corresponding to the selected desired image may be played. | 05-03-2012 |
20120117471 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING DEVICES FOR INTUITIVE BROWSING - A media device includes a communication interface communicatively coupling the media device to one or more other media devices and a display, and a controller associated with the communication interface. The controller is adapted to access one or more templates comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI). The controller further identifies one or more other media devices from which media content may be streamed and one or more media content streams available from each of the one or more media devices and determine, based upon the template and the one or more media content streams, at least one of the media content streams to display. The controller then acquires and outputs the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the layout. | 05-10-2012 |
20120124473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MUSIC USING MUSIC VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE - A music playing system using a music visualization technique includes: a music information extraction unit for extracting one or more pieces of music information regarding basic characteristics, meta-characteristics and emotional characteristics of music, the music including music being played at present, music selected for playing, and music selected for visualization; and a display control unit that provides a user interface window for visualizing the extracted music information and controls the user interface window, wherein the user interface window includes a visualization configuration panel having a setup function for selecting the music information to be extracted. | 05-17-2012 |
20120131458 | Flick to Send or Display Content - In an embodiment, a flick motion is detected on a touch screen interface of a first device. In response to detecting the flick motion: data associated with the flick motion is identified and transmitted to a second device. The data may be automatically displayed in response to detecting the flick motion. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131459 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH A PLURALITY OF MEDIA FILES - Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for facilitating interaction with a plurality of media files. In this regard, a method may be provided that includes causing the display of an image of a respective function and a plurality of images of respective media files. The display of the images may be such that at least one image is displayed in the foreground and at least one image is displayed in the background. The method may also receive a selection of the image of the respective function. In response to the selection of the image of the respective function, the respective function is performed with respect to at least one of the media files. For example, the respective function may include a shuffle function such that the plurality of media files are caused to be played in a random order. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131460 | Playlist Creation - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for: defining a graph of interconnected nodes, each node representing a content item; presenting the graph to a user; receiving a first user input defining a first route through one or more nodes via the interconnections, the route beginning at a first initial node and ending at a first terminal node; and determining a playlist comprising the content item associated with each node in the first route, ordered according to its node's position in the first route. | 05-24-2012 |
20120144302 | MEDIA PLATFORM INTEGRATION SYSTEM - A media system comprising an encoder, a storage device, a user interface, and a publishing portal. The encoder is adapted to generate one or more digital files from media comprising at least one of a video source and an audio source. The storage device is adapted to store the one or more digital files. The user interface is adapted to enable a user to select at least a portion of the one or more digital files and create metadata. The publishing portal is adapted to associate the metadata with the at least a portion of the one or more digital files, enable the delivery of the at least a portion of the one or more digital files across one or more network types to one or more device types, implement a publishing schedule for the at least a portion of the one or more digital files, and provide advertising. | 06-07-2012 |
20120151341 | Interactive Screen Saver Method and Apparatus - An apparatus and computer-implemented method are described for an interactive screen saver. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: initiating a screen saver on a data processing device; detecting keyboard input and/or mouse input on the data processing device while the screen saver is running; determining whether the screen saver is a keyboard interactive and/or a mouse interactive screen saver; if the interactive screen saver is keyboard interactive and/or mouse interactive, then performing interactive operations within the interactive screen saver in response to user input entered from the keyboard and/or mouse, respectively without quitting the screen saver; and if the interactive screen saver is not keyboard and/or mouse interactive, then quitting the interactive screen saver in response to detecting the keyboard input and/or mouse input. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151342 | USER INTERFACE FOR PRIORITIZING MEDIA CONTENT - Methods and apparatus are provided for presenting a user interface by a device. In one embodiment a method includes detecting a user selection associated with a media title of a user interface displayed by the device, determining rankings of one or more association categories for the media title, wherein rankings are determined based on scoring of a plurality of association categories relative to characteristics of the media title, and displaying a graphical element associated with the media title based on the user selection. The method may further include displaying one or more graphical elements for a plurality of association categories based on the scoring, wherein the one or more graphical elements are displayed based on rank of the association categories relative to the media title. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151343 | DEEP TAGS CLASSIFICATION FOR DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYBACK - In an embodiment of the invention, a method for deep tag media playback is provided. The method includes activating a user interface control for a media player executing in memory of a computer and correlating the user interface control to a classification of content type for digital media. A starting frame of digital media loaded for playback in the media player is determined for the correlated classification and the digital media is indexed to the starting frame in the media player. Finally, playback of the digital media is directed in the media player beginning with the starting frame. Optionally, a proximity event can be detected for the user interface control. In response, a thumbnail image is generated based on the starting frame and the thumbnail image is displayed in proximity to the user interface control. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151344 | DYNAMIC POINT REFERENCING OF AN AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCE FOR AN ACCURATE AND PRECISE SELECTION AND CONTROLLED CYCLING OF PORTIONS OF THE PERFORMANCE - The systems and methods taught herein are generally directed to a dynamic point referencing of an audiovisual performance for an accurate and precise selection and controlled cycling of portions of the performance. The dynamic point referencing can be used by a learning artist, for example, in analyzing or performing a portion of the work through an accurate and precise digital audio/video instructional method having the controlled cycling feature. Such systems and methods will be appreciated, for example, by musicians, dancers, and other enthusiasts of the performing arts. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151345 | RECOGNITION LOOKUPS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF MEDIA PLAYBACK WITH COMMENT CREATION AND DELIVERY - Methods, systems, and devices are described for associating comments with playback of media content. At an input device, an insertion point for a comment during the playback of the media content is received from a user, and a sample is obtained of a portion of the playback of the media content. A time code associated with the selected insertion point is identified based on the sample. The comment is received from the user and associated with the time code of the selected insertion point. At an output device, a synchronization request is received from a user, and a sample of a portion of the playback of the media content is obtained. A time code for a current point in the playback is identified based on the sample, and a comment associated with the current point in the playback is identified and displayed to the user based on the time code. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151346 | PARALLEL ECHO VERSION OF MEDIA CONTENT FOR COMMENT CREATION AND DELIVERY - Methods, systems, and devices are described for associating comments with playback of media content. At an input device, a parallel echo version of media content being played on a second device is provided, and a selection is received of a portion of the parallel echo version of the media content. A comment associated with the selected portion of the parallel echo version of the media content is received, and the received comment is associated with a portion of the media content associated with the selected portion of the parallel echo version. At an output device, a parallel echo version of media content being played on a second device is provided, a current point in the parallel echo version of the media content is determined, and an indicator of a comment associated with a point in the media content corresponding to the current point in the parallel echo version is displayed. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151347 | ASSOCIATION OF COMMENTS WITH SCREEN LOCATIONS DURING MEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK - Methods, systems, and devices are described for associating comments with playback of media content. In these methods, systems, and devices, a selection of a screen location during the playback of the media content may be received from a user at an input device. A comment associated with the media content may also be received. The comment may be associated with the selected screen location at the input device. A data store may store the association of the selected screen location with the comment. A playback device may receive the comment and the associated screen location from a data store, monitor the playback of the media content to identify a point during the playback of the media content that is associated with the comment, and display an indication that the comment is associated with the screen location at the point during the playback that is associated with the comment. | 06-14-2012 |
20120159326 | RICH INTERACTIVE SAGA CREATION - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for creating a saga from signal-rich digital memories. User-related content, such as media elements and/or other signals, are captured and used to generate a digital memory graph, comprising the captured user-related content and associated metadata. An interactive saga of digital media elements is created using the digital memory graph by combining at least a portion of a plurality of digital media elements, from the captured user-related content, based on one or more user interactions. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159327 | REAL-TIME INTERACTION WITH ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT - A system allows users to interact with traditionally one-way entertainment content. The system is aware of the interaction and will behave appropriately using event data associated with the entertainment content. The event data includes information for a plurality of events. Information for an event includes references to software instructions and audio/visual content items used by the software instructions. When an event occurs, the software instructions are invoked. This system may be enabled over both recorded content and live content, as well as interpreted and compiled applications. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159328 | HANDLEBAR AUDIO CONTROLS - A vehicle audio system having handlebar mounted controls that permit an operator to control the audio system utilizing finger controls mounted on the handlebars. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159329 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING ANCHORS FOR MEDIA CONTENT - Disclosed is a method and system for providing intuitive and efficient representations of positions of interest to a user within encoded media. Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a heatmap representation that indicates the interestingness of content at different locations within the media. These locations of interest are presented to a user to allow quick jumps to the interesting parts of the content. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159330 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RESPONSE OF USER INTERFACE - A method and an apparatus for providing a user interface in response to a user's motion. The response providing apparatus captures the user in an image frame and stores data corresponding to a predefined user gesture. The response providing apparatus provides the user interface in response to the user's motion using the data with respect to the identified user. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166947 | ONLINE REAL-TIME SESSION CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC DEVICE - An online real-time session is conducted between at least two electronic music devices each equipped with an interface and a touch panel display for displaying a plurality of performance operators. The same displayed content is shared in real time between electronic music devices by mutually transmitting operation information representing a user's operation on a performance operator, so that the operational state of the performance operator of one electronic music device is reflected in the counterpart electronic music device. A setting operator is used to select a desired music section corresponding to one layer or a combination of layers subjected to simultaneous music performance. The electronic music device generates sound in response to a short press given to a performance operator, whilst the electronic music device sets a tone-generation point to a performance operator pertaining to a long press. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING A MEDIA ARCHIVE FROM CONTENT ON A RECORDING MEDIUM - A media player for creating a media archive may include a media reader to read media content from a recording medium inserted into the media reader. The media player may also include an archival component to store the media content in a storage medium. In one embodiment, the media player includes a playback component to play back the media content from the storage medium concurrently with the storage of the media content by the archival component. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166949 | CREATION OF A MARKED MEDIA MODULE - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the presentation and marking of media modules. In different aspects, the systems and methods may allow a user to present and consume a media module, particularly a media module containing data that is typically presented in a serial manner such as audio, visual, or video media, and to create a marked media module for quickly and easily returning to a marked point of interest in the media module at a later time or on a different device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120173975 | CONTROL RING INTERFACE FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS - A method is provided that includes displaying a user interface on a display device. The user interface includes a first ring and a first menu. The first ring has an axis and is user-scrollable about the axis to selectively bring portions of the first menu into and out of sight. An item from the first menu is selected. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173976 | CONTROL PANEL AND RING INTERFACE WITH A SETTINGS JOURNAL FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS - In a system including a display and a selection device, a method of providing and selecting a history of user settings on the display is disclosed. The method includes providing a user interface on the display. The user interface includes a panel that has a list of system settings made by a user during a session. The items in the list are selectively enabled or disabled by user input. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173977 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GRID NAVIGATION - An apparatus and method for efficient display of, and navigation through, a large database by displaying and selecting objects, e.g., graphic elements, in a grid associated with the content of the database are provided. The method includes providing a first subset of graphic elements from a database of graphic elements, the first subset of graphic elements arranged in a grid pattern, adjusting a position of one of the graphic elements in the first subset on the display in response to a user input indicating movement of the one graphic element in a horizontal and vertical direction, and providing a second subset of graphic elements from the database of graphic elements, the second subset of graphic elements including the one graphic element in the first subset at the point central on the display. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173978 | Location-Aware Fitness Monitoring Methods, Systems, and Program Products, and Applications Thereof - Location-aware fitness monitoring program products, systems, and methods, and applications thereof, are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for providing information about an athletic activity includes the steps of displaying to a user via a computer performance parameter information regarding an individual's performance during the athletic activity as a function of time, and displaying to the user via the computer the title of a music track that was played for the individual by a portable fitness monitoring device during the athletic activity, wherein the display of the title of the music track occurs in response to the user specifying via the computer a particular point in time during the athletic activity. | 07-05-2012 |
20120179966 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING HYBRID ELECTRONIC DATA FORMS INCLUDING LINKED MULTIMEDIA FILES - An exemplary system includes a GUI accessed system that can be accessed to generate and produce hybrid electronic data forms that link line items generated on an estimate, bill, or work report to any number of multi-media files. | 07-12-2012 |
20120185769 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLABLE SOUND REGIONS IN A MEDIA ROOM - Systems and methods are operable to present audio content of a received media content stream in a plurality of user controllable spot focused sound regions. An exemplary embodiment receives an audio content stream comprising at least a first audio channel and a second audio channel; multiplies the first audio channel into a plurality of first audio channels, multiplies the second audio channel into a plurality of second audio channels; communicates a first one of the multiplied plurality of first audio channels and a first one of the multiplied plurality of second audio channels to a first audio sound region controller; and communicates a second one of the multiplied plurality of first audio channels and a second one of the multiplied plurality of second audio channels to a second audio sound region controller. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185770 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PLAYLIST, REMOTE CONTROLLER APPLYING THE SAME, AND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - A method for providing a playlist, a remote controller applying the same, and a multimedia system are provided. The method for providing a playlist includes displaying a plurality of content lists of a plurality of kinds of contents in which contents of a same kind are arranged together, the plurality of content lists being displayed on a first area of a screen, if at least two different kinds of contents are selected from the plurality of content lists in a selecting, collecting the selected contents of the at least two different kinds of contents, and generating and displaying a playlist including play information regarding the collected contents of the at least two different kinds of contents. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185771 | MEDIA PLAYBACK QUEUING FOR PLAYBACK MANAGEMENT - Management or coordination of playback of digital media assets by an electronic device (e.g., a computing device), that supports media playback is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the electronic device can be controlled such that a user is able to schedule playback of distinct digital media assets. | 07-19-2012 |
20120192070 | INTERACTIVE SOUND SYSTEM - An interactive sound system is provided. The interactive sound system includes a plurality of sound channels arranged in a hierarchy, a representation of real space, a visual arrangement of the plurality of sound channels over the representation of real space, a user interface for simultaneous management of more than one sound channel in parallel, and a processing module. The processing module is configured to apply a user-attributed behavior to a sound channel over a hierarchically transmitted behavior, automatically assign a behavior to a sound channel following the activation of an automatic trigger, accept a manual assignment of a behavior to a sound channel following the activation of a human-operated trigger, and override a sound channel with an alarm behavior. | 07-26-2012 |
20120192071 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING OPERATIONS AMONG A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY CLOCKED DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICES - A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices having independent clocking arrangements. A task distribution device is to distribute tasks to a synchrony group comprising a plurality of devices to perform tasks distributed by the task distribution device in synchrony. The task distribution device distributes each task to synchrony group members over a network. Each task is associated with a time stamp that indicates a time, relative to a clock maintained by the task distribution device, at which synchrony group members are to execute the task. Each synchrony group member periodically obtains from the task distribution device an indication of current time indicated by its clock, determines a time differential between the task distribution device's clock and its respective clock and determines there from a time at which, according to its respective clock, the time stamp indicates that it is to execute the task. | 07-26-2012 |
20120198334 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE SHARING IN A COLLABORATIVE WORK SPACE - The present invention contemplates a variety of improved methods and systems for image sharing within a collaborative work space. One embodiment provides sophisticated GUI as a backdrop supporting a collaborative work space where a plurality of participants can interact with and view a presentation of a set of images, optionally with an audio background. The plurality of participants each engages with a local device having a local instantiation of the collaborative work space. In one embodiment, the local instantiation of the collaborative work space is a display block, and the GUI provides display stacks which include image content. A participant selecting and dragging the image content into the display block initiates the presentation of the set of images, which may be a slide show displayed on all active display instantiations of the collaborative works space. | 08-02-2012 |
20120198335 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC REALTIME CLOUD COMPUTING PROCESSING FOR LIVE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - An apparatus and a method for automatic real-time cloud computing processing of live multimedia content are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a portable electronic device can transmit live event multimedia data to a web/cloud computing storage service in real time, wherein the web/cloud computing storage service segmentizes incoming streams of the live event multimedia data into multiple media files during an ongoing transmission of the live event multimedia data. In one embodiment of the invention, the size of each segmented media file depends on a current network traffic condition and/or a bandwidth availability. By automatically segmentizing the streams of encoded multimedia data into individually-viewable segments for the web or cloud-computing storage service, a user can start viewing the currently-uploading multimedia data faster than a conventional single stream upload which requires a longer waiting time. | 08-02-2012 |
20120198336 | Grid-Like Guided User Interface for Video Selection and Display - A UI including a “Guide,” presenting a list of videos, having data fields relating to each entry, possibly including multiple data values for a single data field. When focusing on a single entry, the focused-upon entry is expanded and emphasized. The focused-upon entry is highlighted and centered, while other entries have lesser highlighting and centering. When a data field is selected, the focused-upon data field is emphasized (by highlighting, repositioning, or resizing), while other entries have lesser emphasis. Display changes might appear after a brief delay, or in response to further user command. When entries are sorted on selected data fields, entries with multiple data values for those fields are replicated, and the sorting letter is highlighted. The user can move individually down the list of entries, or skip to the next section with a different data value for a selected field. | 08-02-2012 |
20120204106 | SUBSTITUTING TOUCH GESTURES FOR GUI OR HARDWARE KEYS TO CONTROL AUDIO VIDEO PLAY - A user can toggle between GUI input and touch screen input with the GUI hidden using touch gestures correlated to respective hidden GUI elements and, thus, to respective commands for a TV and/or disk player sending AV data thereto. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204107 | Methods and Systems of Content Mobilization, Mobile Search, and Video Editing through a Web Interface - This invention relates to computer implemented methods and systems for content mobilization, and in particular, methods and systems for mobilization of video, music, photos and other media, including processes for application in mobile search, mobile messaging, mobile editing of media, and combinations thereof. Upon a user of a mobile device selecting a web content item corresponding to a media file, the media file is dynamically transcoded based on the mobile device to receive the media and sent to the mobile device. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204108 | METHOD, SYSTEM, DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING MUSIC FILES - A computer system, including a display and a user-interface, for manipulating a plurality of music albums and songs with a method for organizing a plurality of music albums and songs, the method comprising displaying at a first position on the display a music album element axis adapted to illustrate a plurality of music album elements, selecting a music album element from the displayed music album element axis, retrieving song elements associated with the selected music album element; and displaying at a second position the retrieved song elements along a song element axis, the song element axis being adapted to be displayed in a direction adapted to intersect the first position when the album element axis is displayed, wherein the selected music album element remains visible along with its associated song elements. A user graphical interface providing same and a system thereof are also provided. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING CONTENT TO USERS ON A NETWORK - A system and method for targeting content to users of a device or network of user-operated devices. In an embodiment, profile information is determined about a user's media consumption activities. One or more inputs are received from an external source to specify what content to target to the user. One or more content items are selected to target to the user based on the profile information and the one or more inputs. The selection of content items is performed without communicating the profile information outside of the user's device or network of user-operated devices. | 08-09-2012 |
20120210216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE TRICK PLAY DURING STREAMING PLAYBACK - Systems and methods are described for providing trick play functions such as fast forward, rewind or slow motion during playback of streaming media content. Multiple sets of streamlets or other media files that represent the same media stream are encoded differently from each other (e.g., at different frame rates and/or frame directions), and each set of files is simultaneously maintained at a server. Files encoded at a first format are made available to the client device during regular playback, and files encoded at a different frame rate and/or a different direction of encoding are made available to support trick play. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210217 | Media-Editing Application with Multiple Resolution Modes - For a media-editing application, some embodiments provide a method for creating a media presentation that combines several media clips. During an editing process to define a particular media project, the method receives a first set of edits to the particular media project while the media-editing application is in a first resolution mode that uses content stored at a first resolution to generate the particular media project. The method receives a selection of a user interface tool to modify the resolution mode. The method switches to a second resolution mode that uses content stored at a second resolution to generate the particular media project without interrupting the editing process. After switching to the second resolution mode, the method receives a second set of edits to the same particular media project during the same editing process to define the particular media project. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210218 | KEYWORD LIST VIEW - Some embodiments provide a list view that displays a list of media clips and, for each media clip, displays each tag associated with the media clip. The list view includes a list area for displaying the list of media clips and tags. In some embodiments, the list view includes a preview section for displaying a representation of a clip selected from the list view's list area. The list view, in some embodiments, displays information related to each tag such as a starting point of the tag's range, an ending point of the tag's range, and a duration of the range. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210219 | KEYWORDS AND DYNAMIC FOLDER STRUCTURES - Some embodiments of the invention provide a keyword association tool for organizing media content. Each keyword can be associated with an entire clip or a portion of the clip. For each specified keyword, the keyword association tool creates a collection (e.g., bin, folder, etc.) in a dynamic collection structure. In some embodiments, a keyword collection is dynamically added to the collection structure each time a new keyword is associated with a media clip. To associate a clip with a keyword, a user can drag and drop a clip onto a keyword collection that corresponds to the keyword. The same technique can be used to associate multiple clips with the keyword by simultaneously dragging and dropping the clips onto the keyword collection. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210220 | TIMELINE SEARCH AND INDEX - Some embodiments provide a timeline search tool for searching and navigating a timeline. The timeline search tool includes a search field that allows a user to search for clips. In some embodiments, each clip in the list of clips is selectable such that a selection of the clip causes the timeline to navigate to the position of the clip in the timeline. In some embodiments, the timeline search tool allows a user to search for clips based on keywords or markers. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210221 | Media-Editing Application with Live Dragging and Live Editing Capabilities - Some embodiments of the invention provide a media-editing application for creating and editing a media presentation that displays the results of edits as the edits are made to the media presentation. The media-editing application displays the movement of media clips of the media presentation as the media clips are being moved within the media-editing application to change the media presentation. Also, the media editing application in some embodiments can dynamically display the results of edits in a preview display area. That is, the media editing application has a preview generator that can generate previews of the media presentation on the fly as media clips are being dragged into and within the timeline. This allows the user of the media-editing application to see and hear the results of the operation while performing them. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210222 | Media-Editing Application with Novel Editing Tools - Some embodiments provide a media-editing application with novel editing tools. The media editing application provides an in-line precision editor that can be opened in the composite display area. In some embodiments, a selection of an edge between two clips expands a composite lane into two lanes, a first lane and a second lane. The first lane is then used to perform edits to the left side of the selected edge, while the second lane is used to perform edits to the right side of the selected edge. In some embodiments, the first lane shows the additional media content available for the clip on the left side of the edge to include. The second lane shows the additional media content available for the clip on the right side of the edge to include. The additional media content is in the source media file, of which a clip represents a portion. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210223 | Audio Panning with Multi-Channel Surround Sound Decoding - A panner is provided that incorporates a surround sound decoder. The panner takes as input the desired panning effect that a user requests, separates sounds using surround sound decoding, and places the separated sounds in the desired places in an output sound field. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ADD AN ASSET AS A FAVORITE FOR CONVENIENT ACCESS OR SHARING ON A SECOND DISPLAY - Systems and methods for creating and employing software to handle the playback of media, especially video, in browsers that, in addition to or instead of playing the media in the browser, may use second display protocols to instruct a separate display device to play the media. In one implementation, the software may be in the form of a web or other application. The application or server infrastructure maintains a list of favorite content items and is configured to filter the list to include only those content items, or services with such content items, available for play back on a selected content playback device. In this way, favorite content items and services are made accessible using any second display registered with the user account. Such lists of favorites may be shared with other second displays. | 08-16-2012 |
20120216117 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATING A HIERARCHICAL MENU BASED USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus are provided for a user interface to allow for navigating a hierarchical menu. In one embodiment a method includes displaying a user interface including one or more menu elements, wherein each menu element is associated with a row of content titles that may be displayed by the user interface and detecting an input command associated with a menu element. The method may further include updating the display of the user interface based on the input command, wherein presentation of a row of content titles associated with the menu element is updated to allow for navigation within the row, and wherein content titles presented by the user interface for the menu element are a subset of content titles that may be accessed based on the menu element. The method may allow for bypassing one or more levels of the hierarchical menu. | 08-23-2012 |
20120216118 | Methods and Apparatus for Media Navigation - In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of playing a media includes receiving a first media stream of the media and displaying the first media stream in a first window of a media player. The first media stream includes navigable parts configured to be selected for higher resolution streaming. A request to stream a selected navigable part of the first media stream is sent. A second media stream with the selected navigable part is received and displayed. The resolution of the selected navigable part in the second media stream is higher than the resolution of the selected navigable part in the first media stream. | 08-23-2012 |
20120216119 | INTELLIGENT DIGITAL AUDIOVISUAL REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - Payment-based audiovisual playback system characterized by comprising a microprocessor unit, primarily including storage means for storing inter alia in digital form the visual and sound information to be used, and associated, through a number of interfaces, with display means for sound playback which provide a multimedia environment. The unit is controlled by a multitask operating system including a library of integrated tools and services in the storage means. The system is also associated, through an interface, with a telecommunications modem and is connectable to an audiovisual information distribution network by a telecommunications modem and telecommunications links, the telecommunications functions also being managed by the multitask operating system. | 08-23-2012 |
20120216120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A MULTIMEDIA ITEM WITH A PLURALITY OF MODALITIES - A method and apparatus for rendering a multimedia item with a plurality of modalities is provided. Parameter settings are determined for a plurality of modalities according to a user input request (step | 08-23-2012 |
20120221950 | GESTURE MANIPULATION METHOD AND MULTIMEDIA PLAYER APPARATUS - A gesture manipulation method and a multimedia player apparatus is disclosed in this disclosure. The gesture manipulation method is suitable for a multimedia player apparatus with touch input function. The gesture manipulation method includes steps of: detecting a gesture input while the multimedia player apparatus is playing a video file or a video stream; and, when the gesture input includes a specific amount of finger contacts and the finger contacts relatively move in a specific pattern, executing a corresponding function on the multimedia player apparatus. Accordingly, the user interface of the multimedia player apparatus adopting some intuitive gestures can be easy to understand. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221951 | DISCOVERY PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The DISCOVERY PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DP”) transform content seed selections and recommendations via DP components such as discovery and social influence into events and discovery of other contents for users and revenue for right-holders. In one embodiment, the DP may include various discovery user interfaces including stage light and molecular interfaces to enhance content discovery. In one embodiment, the DP comprises an entry point representation surrounded by a plurality of discovery supportive heuristic representations, wherein the entry point representation is configured to receive a first universally resolvable content item selected from one of the plurality of discovery supportive heuristic representations. Further, the interface is configured to identify, for each of the plurality of discovery supportive heuristic representations, a universally resolvable content item related to the content item in the entry point representation, wherein each of the plurality of discovery supportive heuristic representations is configured to display the corresponding identified universally resolvable content item. | 08-30-2012 |
20120226980 | RENDERING A WEB PAGE COMPRISING PLUG-IN CONTENT - A method and system are described of rendering a web page comprising plug-in content at one or more locations in the web page. Not all plug-in content of the web page is automatically played. Instead, the user is enabled to select the plug-in content at a location for playing ( | 09-06-2012 |
20120240044 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUMMONING USER INTERFACE OBJECTS - Provided is a system and method for summoning user interface object(s) of a display to a gesture position of a user of that display. In a pressure sensitive display embodiment, a user maintains a convenient touch position to the display, performs a summon gesture, and user interface object(s) are automatically moved to the user's touch position as requested. A summon gesture can be static or dynamic. Static gestures are predefined and each is recognized for performing a particular type of summon command. A dynamic gesture is determined at the time of gesture specification, for example a handwriting gesture specifying any of a variety of user interface object search criteria. When a summon gesture is recognized, a user interface object, or point or interest thereof, automatically transitions to a desired position where the gesture was recognized. Configurations, or the gesture itself, govern how the object(s) transition to the user's position. An object's display location and orientation prior to recognizing the summon gesture is referred to as an original position, and an object's display location and orientation after being summoned is referred to as a summoned position. Objects can transition by disappearing from an original position and reappearing at the summoned position, visually moving across the user interface in a line at a configured speed from the original position to the summoned position, animating a trail from the original position to the summoned position, scaling the object size as it arrives to the summoned position, reorienting (e.g. panning) the object as it arrives to the summoned position, navigating the object to a point of interest (or preferred view) for arrival to the summoned position, or a variety of other methods. Optionally, summoning a plurality of objects can produce an informative list at the summoned position for being used in turn to summon objects individually. Also, a magnetic mode can be activated for virtually magnetizing objects of interest to a user's position, for example as the user touches various places on a touch sensitive display. A user's data processing system configurations can be stored into a cloud system for convenient access and use at a plurality of different data processing system user interfaces (e.g. in different geographic locations). | 09-20-2012 |
20120240045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO CONTENT MANAGEMENT - Audio files representing files intended primarily for viewing (e.g., by sighted users) are created and organized into hierarchies that mimic those of the original files as instantiated at original websites incorporating such files. Thus, visually impaired users are provided access to and navigation of the audio files in a way that mimics the original website. | 09-20-2012 |
20120240046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LISTENING TO AUDIO CONTENT - A method including selecting a presentation content group, displaying content identifiers corresponding to the presentation content group, selecting a content identifier, and instantly presenting a substantially live presentation content from a media provider corresponding to the selected content identifier to a user. | 09-20-2012 |
20120240047 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A reproduction device including a reproduction unit configured to reproduce content data including at least one of audio, video, and text for which attribute data is assigned for each of a different plurality of attributes; a display unit; and a control unit configured to make the display unit display a playback screen containing at least one attribute data among the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data when reproducing the content data and, when one attribute data among the attribute data composing the playback screen is selected, switch the display content of the content from the playback screen to the list relating to the selected attribute data. | 09-20-2012 |
20120254750 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CHANGING THEMES OF A MEDIA DEVICE - Systems and methods for automatically altering a user interface. An exemplary method receives at a media device a request to display a user interface associated with the received user interface information, receives current date information, accesses display style information based on the current date information and generates the requested user interface based on the accessed display style information. The accessed display style information is retrieved from memory associated with the media device or is received from a source system over a communication network. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254751 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SOUND SOURCE - A sound source is processed in a touch screen electronic device. A representation of the sound source in a touch screen area is displayed. The sound source is reproduced via a first player among a predetermined number of players in the electronic device. A multi-touch operation in the touch screen area is detected, and in response, reproduction of the sound source is repeated via a second, allocated player, while the sound source is still being reproduced via the first player. The repeated reproduction via the second player can result in the generation of a natural, enhanced sound effect. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254752 | LOCAL TIMELINE EDITING FOR ONLINE CONTENT EDITING - Local timeline editing for online content editing is disclosed. Various systems and methods described herein provide for online content editing, wherein user-created content is created or modified at an online content editor server in accordance with a timeline (associated with the user-created content) that is modified at a remote content editor client and subsequently received by the online content editor server. In a specific implementation, the creation and modification operations performed on the user-created content are performed at the online content editor server in accordance with the timeline received from the remote content editor client. The timeline can comprise information defining content within the user-created content, and define a temporal property of the content within the user-created content. The remote content editor client can be a thin client instance utilizing limited resources during operation and requiring very limited network bandwidth when transferred to the client. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254753 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR COMBINING AND PUBLISHING NETWORK-BASED AUDIO PROGRAMMING - An audio combining system including a storage database, one or more audio sources and a computing device coupled together via a network. The computing device comprises a processor and an application executed by the processor configured to import audio data comprising a plurality of audio files and metadata describing the audio files from the one or more audio sources, associate the audio files into a plurality of groups based on one or more characteristics of the audio files, transmit the audio data to a storage database and storing the audio data on the storage database and present the plurality of groups to a user for selection, wherein upon selection the audio files comprising the selected group are played in a set order to the user. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254754 | DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA ALBUM - A virtual or digital multimedia album. The digital album may include a collection of related media to provide virtually, what a traditional band album provides, and more. The digital album may include a set of digital audio files that replicate or substantially resemble the set of tracks found on a traditional album. Additional media, such as videos, lyric text, other text, images, and user-imported content may all be included in the digital album. The content initially provided with the digital album may be exclusively oriented to a single artist or music group. In this way, the digital album can create a much greater immersion into the themed music than a mere collection of digital audio files can provide. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254755 | Systems and Methods to Select Media Content - Systems and methods to select media content are provided. A particular method includes selecting one of a plurality of media mixes based on a location of a user. The method also includes dynamically selecting a plurality of media content items based on media settings of the selected media mix. The media settings specify proportions of a first set and a second set of media content items. The first set is selected based on a first property including at least one of a tempo, a beat, a rhythm, a type of instrument, a duration, an artist, a title, a genre, an album, a release date, and a type of media. The second set is selected based on a second property including a storage location. The method further includes generating an output including a media content item of the plurality of media content items. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254756 | TASKBAR MEDIA PLAYER - A system and method for controlling media through a user interface integrated within a taskbar is described. This system and method enable a user to control media while a user interface of another application remains in perspective. Further, this system includes a taskbar media player, which can play media and enable a user to control the play of that media from within a taskbar. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254757 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus having an input configured to receive a first operation and a second operation input by a user, a playback unit configured to obtain predetermined data and play back the data based on the operation input by the user from the input; and a display control unit configured to control, in correspondence with a virtual hierarchical structure for classifying the predetermined data, a display of a display screen indicating each hierarchy level, and for controlling a display of a predetermined mark in the display screen. The display control unit also controls the display of the predetermined mark corresponding to the predetermined data which is played back by the playback unit in a manner different from other non-selected marks while the predetermined mark is being selected. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254758 | Media Asset Pivot Navigation - Media asset pivot navigation is described. In embodiments, collections of media assets can be determined, where each of the collections correspond to a navigation axis that is traversable in a user interface to locate media assets for selection. Visual representations are determined that each represent a collection of media assets, and the visual representations are displayable in the user interface. The visual representations that represent the collections of media assets can be non-textual visual representations that are most likely discernible to a user as representing the collections of the media assets. A navigation input relative to a collection of media assets can be received, and responsive to receiving the navigation input, a visual representation that represents the collection of media assets is changed based on user interactions with the media assets in the collection of media assets. | 10-04-2012 |
20120260166 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING AND MODIFYING GRAPHICAL SCHEDULES - A graphical user interface enables a user to create and modify graphical schedules for a wide variety of devices that may be controlled by a programmable multimedia controller. A graphical schedule graphically depicts a relationship between time and at least one user-selected condition to be satisfied or at least one user-selected action to be taken. The user may create or modify graphical schedules using familiar techniques such as taps and swipes, drag and drop and the like. | 10-11-2012 |
20120260167 | USER INTERFACE FOR AUDIO VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE SUCH AS TV - A graphical user interface (GUI), for an audio video display device (AVDD) such as a TV includes an expanded information panel containing information pertaining to a viewer-selected subject and juxtaposed with the expanded panel, plural subject panels associated with subject matter related to the subject in the expanded panel. A viewer scroll command causes the subject panels to translate across the AVDD but the expanded panel is pinned in place and thus does not scroll. Selection of a subject panel causes new information related to the subject panel to appear in the expanded panel and new subject panels are presented showing information of a different subject genre than the original subject panels. | 10-11-2012 |
20120260168 | USER INTERFACE FOR AUDIO VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE SUCH AS TV - A graphical user interface (GUI) for an audio video display device (AVDD) such as a TV includes content panels which can be selected for searching for additional information related to the content underlying the content panels. A history of previous searches is maintained in memory “stacked” notionally to the left or right of the current display so that a viewer can easily review previous search results using a simple scroll command. | 10-11-2012 |
20120260169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING, CONTROLLING AND/OR RENDERING MEDIA IN A NETWORK - A system and a method manage, control and/or render media in a network. The system utilizes a media management application that manages, controls and/or renders digital media files in the network. A user browses, searches, manages and/or consumes content from multiple storage devices and servers in the network. The user may view a visual representation of active media connections between the available servers and/or the available rendering devices connected to the network. | 10-11-2012 |
20120260170 | AUTOMATED AUDIO OR VIDEO SUBSET NETWORK LOAD REDUCTION - A multimedia data stream including an audio data stream and a video data stream is received from a server at a computing device. An audio output signal for the audio data stream and a video output signal for the video data stream are generated. A user interface action that blocks output of one of the audio data stream and the video data stream is detected via the computing device. A multimedia traffic reduction request is sent to the server instructing the server to stop transmission of a portion of the multimedia data stream associated with the blocked output of one of the audio data stream and the video data stream. | 10-11-2012 |
20120266066 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDING SUBJECT-DEPENDENT FEEDBACK - A digital image display device for displaying a collection of digital media assets, comprising: a display screen; a network connection; a user interface for receiving input from a user of the digital image display device; and a program memory. The program memory stores executable instructions for receiving a set of digital media assets and associated metadata using the network connection; displaying a digital media asset on the display screen; identifying a subject depicted in the displayed digital media asset; determining a particular set of feedback message choices responsive to the determined subject; displaying the particular set of feedback message choices on the display screen; receiving input via the user interface to select a particular feedback message choice; and using the network connection to provide the selected feedback message. | 10-18-2012 |
20120266067 | TRANSLATING USER INTERFACE SOUNDS INTO 3D AUDIO SPACE - Translating user interface sounds into 3D audio comprises: receiving an audio request call from a process relating to a user interface event; converting the audio request call into a position in 3D audio space representative of the process from which the call has been received; and playing a corresponding sound in a surround sound system in the position in 3D audio space. Each open application in a graphical user interface may be provided with a sound space, in the 3D audio space, from which any event sounds are played. | 10-18-2012 |
20120272147 | PLAY CONTROL OF CONTENT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A system for presenting and controlling content on a display device includes a network, a server system coupled to the network and comprising one or more servers, a display device coupled to the network and having a display, and a personal computing device operable to transmit a first message according to a specified format over the network to the server system. The server system stores an association between the personal computing device and the display device. The first message identifies user-selected content and a media player to play the content. The server system is operable, in response to receiving the first message from the personal computing device, to provide to the display device a second message identifying the user-selected content and the media player to play the content. In response to receiving the second message, the display device is operable to obtain a first media player needed to play the content, to load the media player and to present the content on the display. | 10-25-2012 |
20120272148 | PLAY CONTROL OF CONTENT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A system for presenting and controlling content on a display device includes a network, a server system coupled to the network and comprising one or more servers, a display device coupled to the network and having a display, and a personal computing device operable to transmit a first message according to a specified format over the network to the server system. The server system stores an association between the personal computing device and the display device. The first message identifies user-selected content and a media player to play the content. The server system is operable, in response to receiving the first message from the personal computing device, to provide to the display device a second message identifying the user-selected content and the media player to play the content. In response to receiving the second message, the display device is operable to obtain a first media player needed to play the content, to load the media player and to present the content on the display. | 10-25-2012 |
20120272149 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING STREAMING OF MEDIA DATA - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of controlling streaming media data using a streaming control device includes accessing, via the streaming control device, a plurality of media data stored in a media server, displaying, via a touchscreen of the streaming control device, a first object including the plurality of media data, receiving a first command selecting a particular media data among the plurality of media data from the first object, searching for media playback devices to reproduce the particular media data based on a position of the streaming control device, displaying, via the touchscreen, a third object for representing the searched media playback devices, receiving a second command selecting a particular media playback device among the searched media playback devices from the third object, and controlling the particular media playback device to reproduce the particular media data. | 10-25-2012 |
20120272150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING VIDEO PLAYBACK AND NOTATION RECORDING - A system and method for associating notations with multimedia elements is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of displaying a multimedia element on a display of a computer device, receiving a notation element from a user of the computer device, determining, by a processor, at the time of receiving the notation element, a related portion of the multimedia element, and storing, on a storage medium, the notation element in association with a reference to the related portion of the multimedia event. | 10-25-2012 |
20120278714 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AUDIO FILES - A system and method for creating one or more audio files. One or more original files are converted into the one or more audio files. A hierarchy associated with the one or more original files is assigned to the one or more audio files. An indication is given that the one or more audio files are associated with the one or more original files. The one or more audio files are communicated through an audio interface in response to a request to access the one or more audio files. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278715 | USER PREFERENCE BASED COLLECTING OF MUSIC CONTENT - A method of operating an entertainment system includes computer-implemented steps including determining an audio/video preference profile of the user. An item of audio/video content that fits the profile but that is not available to the system is identified. The identified item is wirelessly received from a source of audio/video content. The source is external to the entertainment system. The received item is stored in memory within the system. The stored item is retrieved from memory. The retrieved item is played back to a human user of the system. | 11-01-2012 |
20120284619 | Apparatus - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform providing a visual representation of at least one audio parameter associated with at least one audio signal, detecting via an interface an interaction with the visual representation of the audio parameter, and processing the at least one audio signal associated with the audio parameter dependent on the interaction. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284620 | METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WHICH ARRANGES ICONS DYNAMICALLY - A graphical user interface for a media player application is described. A method is provided comprising: determining a screen orientation of the GUI in accordance with a device orientation; rendering a first user interface screen in a portrait screen orientation comprising an album list when the screen orientation is a portrait screen orientation; rendering a second user interface screen in a landscape screen orientation comprising an array of album art images arranged in rows and columns when the screen orientation is a landscape screen orientation; and displaying the rendered first or second user interface screen on the display. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING A LINEAR HYPERMEDIA RESOURCE PROGRAM - A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more remote information nodes. A common remote information node is in communication with a subscriber station and the remote information nodes in the distributed network. The common remote information node contains at least one linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-selected media elements from one or more hypermedia resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media element in the linear program having only one forward link to the next media element. The method includes the steps of downloading and displaying a media element in the linear program and responding to user commands to download and display the next media element in the linear program. | 11-08-2012 |
20120290931 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FOR MEDIA ELEMENTS - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided, comprising: detecting an image associated with a set of media elements, selecting a sub-portion of the image, and associating the sub-portion of the image with a media element of the set of media elements. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290932 | SONG FLOW METHODOLOGY IN RANDOM PLAYBACK - An electronic device can play back media items using a random playback mode. To ensure that related media items are played back in a proper order (e.g., live music is played back in concert order), the electronic device can define metadata or other data coupling related media items in a predefined or preset sequence. For example, related media items can include metadata tags identifying the previous and next media items to play back in the sequence. As another example, the electronic device can store a listing of media items of a sequence and the order in which to play them back. When the electronic device reaches a media item that is part of a preset sequence during random playback, the electronic device can identify at least the subsequent media items in the sequence, and insert the subsequent media items in the playback queue. | 11-15-2012 |
20120297300 | IMAGING PRODUCT SELECTION SYSTEM - A display system for a collage of digital multimedia elements. A display is used to display the collage and a pointing device selects one of the collage elements for activating a multimedia presentation of the selected element. | 11-22-2012 |
20120297301 | IMAGING PRODUCT SELECTION METHOD - A method for displaying a collage of digital images on a display, receiving a selection for one of the digital images to be presented on a separate area of the display together with any associated multimedia, wherein one of the digital images has a portion overlapped by another digital image. | 11-22-2012 |
20120297302 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - Media content is provided using thumbnail-based images and respective archives linked thereto. In accordance with one or more embodiments, access is provided to interactive single-page and multi-page thumbnail images, with each thumbnail image being linked to at least one of a plurality of media-content units in respective sets of the media-content units (e.g., to pages within respective articles each having one or more pages, with each page having predefined text and image data in a set layout). Archive data is identified and communicated for each media content unit, responsive to user input data indicating a selection of one of the thumbnail images, and based on availability of the archive data locally at a user device. | 11-22-2012 |
20120297303 | PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS PERTAINING TO DIGITAL PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION - Improved methods, systems, graphical user interfaces and computer program code for presenting representations or information concerning digital products are disclosed. The representations of digital products can serve to promote certain digital products at an online digital product distribution site. Information concerning a particular digital product can be rapidly accessible from a displayed page at an online digital product distribution site referencing a plurality of different digital products. According to one aspect, digital product information can be presented in an overlay window that can be initiated by a user and present relevant information concerning a digital product. Advantageously, digital product information can be quickly presented to a user without having to navigate to a new page of an online distribution site. | 11-22-2012 |
20120304062 | REFERENCING CONTENT VIA TEXT CAPTIONS - Improved techniques involve copying text occupying, within a browser application, a selected portion of a transcript associated with the content and, in response to the copying, augmenting the copied text with a direct link to the particular video frame from which particular spoken text begins within the video content. The particular spoken text begins within a particular text caption which corresponds to a timestamp, and the beginning of the copied text occupies the particular text caption. The augmenting of the copied text occurs before the copied text is placed within a buffer in memory reserved for copied data. The contents of the buffer then include the copied text and the direct link to the particular video frame. | 11-29-2012 |
20120304063 | Systems and Methods for Improving Object Detection - Various systems and methods for adaptively modifying a user interface are described. One embodiment is a method performed in a multimedia playback system for adaptively modifying a user interface. The method comprises receiving, by the multimedia playback system, multimedia content and displaying the multimedia content. The method further comprises generating, by a user interface generator, one or more controls displayed in conjunction with the multimedia content, identifying, by an object detector, a target object in a field of view of a video capture device coupled to the multimedia playback system, and predicting, by a selection predictor, a next selection of one of the one or more controls based on a path defined by the target object. The method further comprises displaying, by the user interface generator, a virtual pointer representing the target object in a vicinity of the predicted next selection of the one or more controls. | 11-29-2012 |
20120304064 | Software Method to Create a Music Playlist and a Video Playlist from Upcoming Concerts - The present invention is a software application that is capable of producing a music playlist or a video playlist according to upcoming concerts and a plurality of narrowing criteria. The software application can be accessed through a web browser. A concert database is searched to find all related concerts according to inputted concert narrowing criteria. A music playlist is generated by retrieving all artist tracks within a music database matching a plurality of music narrowing criteria. A video playlist is generated by retrieving all artist videos within a video database matching a plurality of video narrowing criteria. Music playing software and video playing software are provided to play the music playlist and the video playlist. The music playlist and the video playlist can continuously update according to updating criteria. Comedy and other non-music related acts at a concert can also be implemented into the music playlist and the video playlist. | 11-29-2012 |
20120311440 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAROUSEL CONTEXT SWITCHING - In a method and system for navigating content, a plurality of content filter panels are provided in a user interface of an application for browsing and viewing media content. The content filter panels each contain at least one selectable filter for filtering media content items. A direction of movement of a navigation indicator within an active content filter panel is determined, with the navigation indicator being controlled by a user. Based on a determination of a movement direction of the navigation indicator in a first axis, the active content filter panel is switched from a first content filter panel to a second content filter panel. Based on a determination of a movement direction of the navigation indicator in a second axis, the media content items are filtered according to a selectable filter of the active content filter panel selected by the navigation indicator. At least one of the filtered media content items is caused to be displayed in the user interface. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER BROWSING OF CONTENT - In a system and method for navigating content, a user interface panel is generated in a user interface for an application for browsing and viewing media content. The user interface panel includes a first sub-panel and a second sub-panel. The first sub-panel includes a plurality of filter categories, while the second sub-panel includes filter options for a selected filter category. In response to a selection of at least one filter category and at least one filter option for each of the selected filter categories, a set of media content items satisfying the at least one filter option for each of the selected filter categories is caused to be displayed in the user interface. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311442 | USER INTERFACES AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER INTERFACES - Various user interface systems and methods are disclosed. A primary software application has one or more primary user interfaces that include a data output region. Some primary user interfaces may also have primary input regions. A control application has one or more control interfaces in which control regions are provided. A user may use the input controls using a preferred input modality such as touch input. A primary user interface and a corresponding control interface are displayed in registration on a display screen of a computing system such that the data output region of the primary user interface and the control region of the control interface a simultaneously visible to a user. A software or hardware component within or coupled to the computing system may be controlled using the control interface. Data relating to the component is displayed in the output region. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311443 | DISPLAYING MENU OPTIONS FOR MEDIA ITEMS - A graphical user interface is presented on a display of a system showing a list of media item descriptions. The system can receive a first input from a user selecting a media item description from the displayed list. Responsive to receiving the first input, the system can display a menu on the user interface. The menu can include one or more icons selectable by the user. Each icon indicates an action that can be performed on a media item associated with the selected media item description. The system can receive a second input from the user selecting an icon from the one or more icons included in the menu. Responsive to receiving the second input, the system can perform the action associated with the selected icon on the selected media item. The system performs the action on the selected media item without disrupting the currently playing media item. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311444 | PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA PLAYBACK USING GESTURES - A collection of media tiles associated with a currently playing playlist can be displayed for a user on the screen of an electronic device. Browsing through the media tiles can require a user to perform one or more quick view gestures, including swiping, dragging, or walking. As long as a user continues to perform quick view gestures, the currently playing media file may continue to play. While the user continues to perform quick view gestures, the device can be considered to be in a quick view gesture mode in which the currently playing media file is not disrupted. A user may discontinue using quick view gestures (and thereby, quick view gesture mode) upon reaching a particular media tile. After a predetermined length of time, the media file associated with that media tile can automatically begin to play. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311445 | ENHANCED MEDIA RECORDINGS AND PLAYBACK - Enhanced features are provided by enhanced feature data stored with an enhanced media file in a conventional media container format. The enhanced feature data is not recognized by a conventional playback application, which produces the conventional playback experience of the media file for a user who lacks a suitably configured enhanced media file application. The enhanced feature data is recognized by a suitably configured enhanced media file application, which processes the enhanced feature data and responds to user inputs to support the enhanced user features and interaction in conjunction with playback of the enhanced media file. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311446 | CONTENT RECORDING DEVICE, CONTENT RECORDING METHOD, CONTENT RECORDING PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND CONTENT RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - A content recording device includes: an input/output unit | 12-06-2012 |
20120317482 | MEDIA CONTENT DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Access is provided for different types of media content provided by disparate publishers, and in formats corresponding to operating characteristics of respective user devices. As consistent with one or more example embodiments herein, media content access is filtered for users requesting access via different user devices, based upon characteristics of the device to which the access is provided, user subscription data and publisher-specific criteria. A user-specific storefront interface is generated for each of a multitude of users, based upon the filtering. Each storefront interface indicates media content that can be displayed at the device to which access is requested, and identifies media content to which the user does and does not have subscription access. The user-specific storefront interfaces are presented at respective user devices, and media content is delivered to each device in response to selections made via the user-specific storefront interfaces. | 12-13-2012 |
20120317483 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED INTERACTIVE CONTENT SHARING IN VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for interactively sharing and annotating visual information over a communication network between at least a first and a second endpoint are disclosed. The system includes a display coupled to the first endpoint and a user interaction device coupled to the first endpoint and associated with the display, wherein the first endpoint is configured to: receive visual information from, and transmit visual information to, at least the second endpoint over the communication network; show visual information received from at least the second endpoint on the display; obtain a copy of the visual information shown on the display when instructed by the user interaction device; add an annotation, if any, as indicated by the user interaction device; and transmit the annotated copy to the second endpoint. | 12-13-2012 |
20120317484 | Multimode Input Field for a Head-Mounted Display - Exemplary methods and systems relate to a multimode input field for a head-mountable display (HMD). An exemplary multimode input field is operable to display content based on a number of modalities of input data, which may be received from a number of different input sources. Further, the input sources and/or content for the multimode input field may be selected based on implicit information in input data from the input sources, explicit instructions, and/or context information. | 12-13-2012 |
20120324353 | System and Method for Building and Managing User Experience for Computer Software Interfaces - Several computerized tools, methodologies and data structures, according to embodiments of the present invention, are disclosed for collecting data for UX research and development directed to a product, process, and system and for developing personas and scenarios from the data for designing and for measuring the effectiveness of the product, process, and/or systems for use by the personas or real people. The tools, methodologies and data structures may be used individually or in sets. | 12-20-2012 |
20120331384 | DETERMINING AN OPTION BASED ON A REACTION TO VISUAL MEDIA CONTENT - Implementations disclosed herein relate to determining an option based on a reaction to visual media content. In one implementation, a processor determines a user's degree of preference for visual media content and selects an option based on the determined degree of preference. The processor may provide the determined degree of preference. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331385 | ASYNCHRONISTIC PLATFORM FOR REAL TIME COLLABORATION AND CONNECTION - A method of authoring a multimedia presentation includes: receiving a command, over a network connection, to add a first media object having a first start time to the presentation, the first media object being stored in a data store; storing a first start time and an identifier of the first media object in a presentation description of the multimedia presentation, the presentation description being stored in a database; receiving a command, over the network connection, to add a second media object having a second start time to the presentation, the second media object being stored in the data store; and storing a second start time and an identifier of the second media object in the presentation description. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331386 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS DATA - A music recommendation system receives a user selection of desired music, retrieves analysis data associated with the selected music, and generates a playlist of songs based on the analysis data. The analysis data is generated based on a processing of one or more audio signals associated with the selected music. The analysis data may downloaded from a central server. If the analysis data is not available from the central server, it is generated locally at a user end, and uploaded to the central server. A plurality of user-selectable shuffling mechanisms are provided to allow the order of the songs to be shuffled according to the selected shuffling mechanism. The end user device may also receive recommendation of new music from different providers based on the analysis data of music for which the recommendation is to be based. | 12-27-2012 |
20130007617 | Media Player Navigation - A method and apparatus of media player navigation is provided. A media selection context for each of a plurality of media items selected for playback by the media player is stored. A selection context display input is received by the media player and the selection context of the currently playing media item is determined and displayed in the media player. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007618 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIXED-MEDIA CONTENT GUIDANCE - Systems and methods for mixed-media content guidance are provided. One or more interactive tools are provided for searching and/or filtering media content (e.g., music content, movie content, etc.). In some embodiments, these interactive tools may include a two-dimensional selection region, where the two-dimensional selection region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions and defines an intersection between a first criterion and a second criterion. In response to receiving a user selection of a sub-region from the two-dimensional selection region, a subset of a plurality of media identifiers may be determined. At least a portion of the subset of media identifiers may be selected for presentation to the user. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007619 | CHAPTER CREATING DEVICE, CHAPTER CREATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A chapter creating device creates chapter data which indicates a reproduction point of content including at least one of screen image and sound and includes time information indicating a reproduction start position and a header indicating the outline of the content at the reproduction point. The chapter creating device includes: a live data receiving unit that receives live data including character string data which is input to a terminal; a chapter candidate selecting unit that displays the live data received by the live data receiving unit on a display unit so as to prompt a user to select the displayed live data using an input unit; and a chapter creating unit that creates the chapter data including the character string data of the selected live data as the header and the data registration date and time of the selected live data as the time information. | 01-03-2013 |
20130014013 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a page switching unit for switching a display screen from a first Web page screen displayed on a display unit to a second Web page screen, and a switching information notification unit for notifying a page switching information on a notification screen before the second Web page screen is displayed while switching between the pages by the page switching unit, the page switching information is based on information included in at least the second Web page of the first and second Web pages, and the notification screen is a different screen from the first Web page. | 01-10-2013 |
20130014014 | USER INTERFACE WITH AVAILABLE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FROM MULTIPLE MULTIMEDIA WEBSITES - Automatically and repeatedly crawling multiple multimedia websites to identify and collect information about the multimedia content that is available for delivery over the Internet to a client device for playback on a media player operating on the client device. In one embodiment, the method normalizes the collected information by converting the different formats of the collected information into a common format and converting the different nomenclatures of the collected information into a common nomenclature. The method updates an index with the normalized information, and sends a data feed to the client device to populate the user interface on the client device with the normalized information of the index. The user interface allows the user to navigate and select the multimedia content that is available for delivery over the Internet for playback on the media player. | 01-10-2013 |
20130014015 | User Interfaces for Controlling and Manipulating Groupings in a Multi-Zone Media System - In general, user interfaces for controlling a plurality of multimedia players in groups are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user interface is provided to allow a user to group some of the players according to a theme or scene, where each of the players is located in a zone. When the scene is activated, the players in the scene react in a synchronized manner. For example, the players in the scene are all caused to play a multimedia source or music in a playlist, wherein the multimedia source may be located anywhere on a network. The user interface is further configured to illustrate graphically a size of a group, the larger the group appears relatively, the more plays there are in the group. | 01-10-2013 |
20130024771 | Systems and Methods for Providing and Managing Virtual Music Cards with Music Streaming Capability - Access to a virtual music card associated with a song and having a plurality of virtual sides, wherein at least one virtual side comprises an option for streaming the song, is provided to a user device. A selection of the option to stream the song is received from the user device, and an audio file of the song is streamed to the user device, in response to the selection of the option. The virtual music card may comprise a first virtual side showing an image of an artist associated with the song, and a second virtual side comprising an option to stream the song. The virtual music card may also comprise a third side showing an attribute associated with the artist, and a fourth side showing a graphic design. | 01-24-2013 |
20130031477 | MODE NOTIFICATIONS - In general, a method performed on one or more computing systems includes receiving an indication that a control that affects an application has been activated, identifying, by the one or more computing systems in response to the indication, one or more active modes of the application that are not influenced by the control, and providing, on a display in response to identifying the one or more active modes, a graphical representation of the one or more active modes. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031478 | VIRTUALIZED HOSTING AND DISPLAYING OF CONTENT USING A SWAPPABLE MEDIA PLAYER - A system for presenting content includes a display device storing a virtual client. A display host is operable to execute multiple instances of a browser each of which operates as a swappable media player that is operable to retrieve and load any of a plurality of different media players needed to play specified content. The display host is operable to perform operations including receiving from a switchboard server system a message indicating that a specified media player is to be used to play particular content using a first instance of a swappable media player, retrieving and loading the specified media player from a content provider using the first instance of the swappable media player, playing the particular content in a first session using the specified media player, and causing a presentation of the content to be mirrored onto the virtual client residing on the display device. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031479 | Web-based video navigation, editing and augmenting apparatus, system and method - A web-based system providing a service for on demand editing, navigation, and augmenting of audiovisual files comprising a pinner/navigator which automatically creates a .CXU file of an audiovisual project file uploaded to the service, the .CXU file capturing incidence time offsets for textual objects in the file, the pinner/navigator comprising an editor providing a graphical user interface enabling users to edit the audiovisual project file by modifying textual objects, pinning beginning and ending boundaries for textual objects of interest, and navigating the file by selecting textual objects, the pinner/navigator automatically outputting an edited project file per user edits; a service API wrapper providing an interface for accessing one or more recognition services which automatically generate semantic metadata comprising recognized objects for the uploaded audiovisual file, a semantics calculator operating on the recognized objects using a semantic calculus, a semantics editor, and an audiovisual file encoder/decoder. | 01-31-2013 |
20130036353 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying Multimedia Information Synchronized with User Activity - A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for displaying multimedia information synchronized with user activity includes a multimedia processing unit. The multimedia processing unit receives requests for multimedia information from a user and synchronizes the display of a multimedia presentation to a user based on user activities which are observed using one or more sensors. The multimedia processing unit acquires multimedia information from various sources via a network and segments the multimedia information based on content and additional information determined to be related to particular multimedia information acquired. The multimedia processing unit generates multimedia presentations using multimedia segments obtained from different sources. Multimedia segments are selected for a particular multimedia presentation based on a rating associated with the multimedia information from which the segment was derived. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036354 | MUSIC INTERFACE - The music selection system allows a game terminal to use the logic processing and information of a remote computer server to provide fast relevant search results based on user keyed information. The search is carried out in parallel using different databases to provide possible results which are then combined and reduced by the server. This arrangement provides fast accurate results and advantageously uses search techniques well known to users. This familiarity in combination with the specialized databases provides relevant music search results with relatively few keystroke entries. | 02-07-2013 |
20130042176 | METHODS SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING SOUND FILES OF A VEHICLE - A system for managing sound files of a vehicle is provided. The system includes one or more computer readable media. The one or more computer readable media includes an information manager that stores purchase information to a datastore; and an audio file manager that receives selection information and that transmits an audio file to the vehicle based on the selection and the purchase information. | 02-14-2013 |
20130042177 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCORPORATING A CONTROL CONNECTED MEDIA FRAME - Various embodiments are described for managing media content using a communications device. One embodiment is a method that comprises providing, by the communications device, a user interface for a user to access the media content. The method further comprises receiving a user input from the user via the user interface, searching a media content database for media content corresponding to the user input, and updating the user interface according to the media content corresponding to the user input and displaying in a specified order. | 02-14-2013 |
20130042178 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A list of moving image data is displayed using preset representative images. When a predetermined person is selected in response to a user operation and a frame containing the predetermined person exists in moving image data, the list is displayed using a representative image generated from the frame containing the predetermined person, in place of the preset representative image. | 02-14-2013 |
20130047083 | BACKUP MODULE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a backup module operative for a content item delivery system. The backup module is configured to: identify a series of user invoked interruptions, each user invoked interruption comprising a transition between the display of a first content item and the display of a second content item prior to completion of said first content item; store interruption records each including a locator to a said first content item subject to a corresponding said user invoked interruption; and initiate display of a said first content item based on a said interruption record corresponding to the said first content item responsive to a backup signal. | 02-21-2013 |
20130047084 | Management of Local and Remote Media Items - A method at a client device includes displaying media library information corresponding to a set of media items. The media items include one or more local media items, the one or more local media items including media items stored at the client device, and one or more remote media items, the one or more remote media items including media items stored at a remote system and not at the client device. The method also includes displaying, concurrently with displaying the media library information, affordances identifying the remote media items; detecting user interaction with an affordance identifying a respective remote media item; and in response to detecting the user interaction, initiating a process for downloading a copy of the respective remote media item to the client device for storage at the client device. | 02-21-2013 |
20130047085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS - Systems and processes that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a client program having a graphical user interface to a media device accessible via an interactive television network. Temporal actions of users are collected, while presenting a media program of the client program. A symbolic overlay of the client program is generated including a linear presentation of the timeline corresponding to temporal progression of presentation of the media program, and an iconic symbol corresponding to the temporal action that superimposes the symbolic overlay onto the media content. The iconic symbol enables association of comments with the media content. The comments are presented by at least one symbol situated relative to the linear presentation of the timeline corresponding to the temporal progression of the media. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 02-21-2013 |
20130055081 | EFFICIENT IMAGE MANAGEMENT FOR MEDIA MANAGER - A device may access a single interface image file that includes interface images and generate a media manager interface using the interface images of the interface image file. The device may present the media manager interface for display and detect interface activity corresponding to the interface images presented for display as part of the media manager interface. The device may replace the interface images used to generate the media manager interface with one or more other interface images of the image file, based on the interface activity, to generate a modified media manager interface, and present the modified media manager interface for display. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055082 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating and Previewing Content Items - A portable electronic device displays concurrently a first predefined scrollable area and a second predefined scrollable area distinct from the first predefined scrollable area. The first predefined scrollable area includes a plurality of graphical objects and is configured to scroll in a first direction. Each of the plurality of graphical objects represents a respective set of content items. The second predefined scrollable area includes a list of content items and is configured to scroll in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The device detects a gesture that corresponds to selection of a first graphical object of the plurality of graphical objects in the first predefined scrollable area; and, in response to detecting the gesture, plays respective portions of one or more content items in the set of content items that correspond to the selected first graphical object. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055083 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating and Previewing Content Items - A portable electronic device displays concurrently a first predefined scrollable area and a second predefined scrollable area distinct from the first predefined scrollable area. The first predefined scrollable area includes a plurality of graphical objects and is configured to scroll in a first direction. Each of the plurality of graphical objects represents a respective set of content items. The second predefined scrollable area includes a list of content items and is configured to scroll in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The device detects a gesture that corresponds to selection of a first graphical object of the plurality of graphical objects in the first predefined scrollable area; and, in response to detecting the gesture, plays respective portions of one or more content items in the set of content items that correspond to the selected first graphical object. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055084 | HIERARCHICAL AND REDUCED INDEX STRUCTURES FOR MULTIMEDIA FILES - Playback and distribution systems and methods for multimedia files are provided. The multimedia files are encoded with indexes associated with the content data of the multimedia files. Through the use of the indexes, playback of the content is enhanced without significantly increasing the file size of the multimedia file. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055085 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROVIDING MEDIUM - The invention enables users to virtually attach information to situations in the real world, and also enables users to quickly and easily find out desired information. An IR sensor receives an IR signal transmitted from an IR beacon, and supplies the received signal to a sub-notebook PC. A CCD video camera takes in a visual ID from an object, and supplies the inputted visual ID to the sub-notebook PC. A user inputs, through a microphone, a voice to be attached to situations in the real world. The sub-notebook PC transmits position data, object data and voice data, which have been supplied to it, to a server through a communication unit. The transmitted data is received by the server via a wireless LAN. The server stores the received voice data in a database in correspondence to the position data and the object data. | 02-28-2013 |
20130061143 | Optimized Volume Adjustment - A method for adjusting the sound volume of media clips using volume adjuster lines is provided. The volume adjuster lines are individually set for each clip based on the intrinsic, or absolute, volume values of the clip. In some embodiments, the volume adjuster lines are set for each clip based on the peak value or a calculated loudness equivalent of the clip. A user can move the volume adjuster line to set the absolute sound level of a clip. The volume adjuster lines can be hidden in some embodiments. In these embodiments, dragging on any portion of a clip is treated as dragging on the volume adjuster line. Some embodiments provide a deformable volume adjuster line, or curve. In these embodiments, a single audio clip can have several different volume adjuster lines for different sections of the clip where the volume adjuster line for each section is individually adjustable. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061144 | Reference Waveforms - A method for displaying reference waveforms to facilitate visual identification of different points such as maximum points and minimum points of an audio clip is provided. The reference waveform includes points that correspond to points on the original audio waveform, except that some or all points on the reference waveform are accentuated to easily identify the positions of the corresponding points on the audio waveform. The reference waveforms are especially useful when an audio waveform (or at least a portion of the clip) has low volume which makes the visual identification of the maximums and minimums of the waveform difficult. Displaying the reference waveform which accentuates the peaks and valleys of the original waveform facilitates the identification of these maximums and minimums. | 03-07-2013 |
20130067328 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TO FACILITATE MANAGING MEDIA OPERATIONS - A system can comprise a memory for storing machine readable instructions and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the machine readable instructions. The machine readable instructions can comprise an automation client to facilitate managing media operations. The automation client can comprise a graphical user interface (GUI) generator to provide a GUI. The GUI can concurrently provide a plurality of modes of operation for a plurality of playlists in a graphical framework. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067329 | IMPLICIT MEDIA SELECTION - In one embodiment, a media device | 03-14-2013 |
20130067330 | INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - An infotainment system for delivering media content to passengers of a multi-passenger vehicle, preferably a train, includes a plurality of personal computing devices having sufficient memory to accommodate a desired media volume. Media content files are stored on multiple supply servers and downloaded and stored directly on the personal computing devices via an at least one server located on board the vehicle. By storing the content on the personal computing devices themselves, vehicle passengers may view individually-selected media files according to the passenger's own preferences and timetable, without need for streaming from a central server. External servers located in close proximity to the vehicle, and in communication with the at least one on board server aid in facilitating and turnover of media files on the passenger devices and enhancing the overall efficiency of the system. | 03-14-2013 |
20130073958 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING INFORMATION PROJECTED FROM A PORTABLE DEVICE TO AN INTERFACE DEVICE - A method and system modifies a user interface (UI) of a portable device in communication with an interface device, where the UI is projected by a human-machine interface of the interface device to a user. The UI is modified by the portable device prior to being output to the interface device based on customized style information provided by the interface device. The interface device may be a vehicle interface device such as a head unit or infotainment system, and the portable device may be a smart phone, media player, or other computing device capable of displaying graphical information. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073959 | EDITING OPERATIONS FACILITATED BY METADATA - Some embodiments provide a media editing application that uses metadata or metadata tags associated with media content to facilitate editing operations. In some embodiments, the editing operations are performed on the media content at various different stages of the editing process in order to create a composite presentation. In creating the composite presentation, one or more effects are associated with a metadata tag. Once the effects are associated, the media editing application applies the effects to different pieces of media content tagged with the metadata tag in order to create the composite presentation. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073960 | AUDIO METERS AND PARAMETER CONTROLS - Some embodiments provide a media editing application that displays the audio level of a set of one or more clips that has been mixed with other clips. To indicate the audio level of the set of clips that has been mixed with other clips, the media editing application of some embodiments routes a combined audio signal of the set of clips over a meter bus in order to determine the audio level of the combined audio signal. Alternatively, the media editing application of some embodiments extracts metering information from each clip in a set of clips prior to mixing the clips. The metering information is then used to estimate the audio level of one or more clips in the composite presentation. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073961 | Media Editing Application for Assigning Roles to Media Content - Some embodiments of the invention provide a media editing application for assigning roles to media content. In some embodiments, the media editing application assigns one or more roles to each piece of content in order to categorize each piece of content that it imports. In categorizing audio content, the media editing application may use industry standard terms such as “Dialogue”, “Effects”, and “Music”. The media editing application of some embodiments extends the categorization to other types of content such as video content, textual content (e.g., annotations, sub-titles), image content, etc. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073962 | MODIFYING ROLES ASSIGNED TO MEDIA CONTENT - In some embodiments, the media editing application provides tools to assigns one or more roles to each piece of content in order to categorize each piece of content. The media editing application of some embodiments allows its user to categorize media clips using predefined roles or custom roles. In some embodiments, the custom roles include sub-roles of existing roles. When a clip is assigned a sub-role, the media editing application allows the clip to be searched or identified based on the sub-role as well as the sub-role's parent role. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073963 | ROLE-FACILITATED EDITING OPERATIONS - Some embodiments of the invention provides a media editing application that includes tools to perform a variety of different editing operations based on roles assigned to media content. In some embodiments, the media editing application includes focus-editing tools to emphasize or de-emphasize different sets of clips based on the assigned roles. In some embodiments, the media editing application allows one or more sets of clips to be disabled or enabled during playback based on the assigned roles. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073964 | OUTPUTTING MEDIA PRESENTATIONS USING ROLES ASSIGNED TO CONTENT - Some embodiments of the invention provides a media editing application for exporting a composite presentation based on roles assigned to media content. In some embodiments, the media editing application provides an export tool for selecting one or more roles for different output files. With this tool, a multi-file output can be specified such that all “Dialogue” clips are combined and output to a first audio file, all “Music” clips are combined and output to a second audio file, etc. In some embodiments, the media editing application extends the stem export feature to include other types of content (e.g., video, sub-titles, closed caption, etc.). | 03-21-2013 |
20130080894 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD INCORPORATING SUCH DEVICE - The invention provides for a method and related system of displaying to a user at a user display device content delivered wirelessly from a remote server, and of displaying to the user content from a mobile radio communications device, the method comprising the steps of routing the content from the remote server to the user display device via the mobile radio communications device, and delivering content from the mobile radio communications device to the user display device for display thereon, and in this manner a user device such as a mobile phone can have the subject of its display delivered to a remote display device for display in combination with, for example, a PC application running as a remote server, and further wherein the user interface devices associated with the display device can be employed to interact with the remote server and the mobile radio communications device. | 03-28-2013 |
20130086474 | MEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND PRESENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Exemplary media content management and presentation systems and methods are described herein. An exemplary method includes a media content presentation system linking together multiple media content instances, playing back or managing a playlist that includes the linked media content instances, and processing the linked media content instances as a block of linked media content instances within the playing back or managing of the playlist. Another exemplary method includes a media content presentation system playing back a media content instance for experiencing by a user, presenting a playback user interface in conjunction with the playing back of the media content instance, and providing, within the playback user interface, one or more media management tools configured for use by the user to manage the media content instance during the playing back of the media content instance. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed. | 04-04-2013 |
20130091428 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICE - A user interface apparatus, and an associated method, for a device having media playback functionality. A screen display generator generates a screen display for display at a display screen. The screen display includes a disc-shaped, or other elliptical-patterned, display icon at which album-track titles are listed. Input commands are entered at the display screen. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091429 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR COGNITIVELY TRANSLATING MEDIA TO FACILITATE UNDERSTANDING - An apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates user understanding of the audio component of media that is played back at a device having media player functionality. Responsive to detection of user selection, a portion of the audio component of the media is converted into textual, or other, form to provide a converted-form representation of the audio component portion. The representation is displayed to the user. The representation is further translatable into a second language, and the translated, representation is displayed to the user. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091430 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR TONE MAPPING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE VIDEO - A tone mapping graphical user interface is provided that allows a video engineer to process a video using a set of tools for changing high dynamic range data into lower dynamic range data. | 04-11-2013 |
20130097501 | Information Search and Method and System - The present invention relates to methods and systems for interacting with and querying information using user interfaces of mobile or hand-held devices with, preferably, touch-sensitive displays. The method comprises receiving electronic media content from a plurality of media sources and displaying the electronic media content in accordance with pre-determined criteria, providing a process for selecting one or more portions of the displayed electronic media content, wherein the process includes defining boundaries and position of a selection area, such that the displayed electronic media content overlapping the selection area is included in selected content; and wherein information associated with the selected content is operable for creating a request for information. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097502 | Editing and Saving Key-Indexed Geometries in Media Editing Applications - Some embodiment provide media editing applications that include libraries that (i) provide presets (i.e., predefined operations and/or predefined attribute values) for modifying key indices and interpolation between the key indices, and/or (ii) provide storage for storing presets defined by a user of the media editing application. Some embodiments display the presets as thumbnails, thumbnails with text descriptions, and/or text-defined operations. In addition, some embodiments provide user-interface tools that allow the user of the media editing application to augment the preset libraries by storing a selected part of one key-indexed geometry or parts of multiple different geometries as a user-defined preset. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097503 | Method and Device for Composing a Menu - Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097504 | Method and Device for Composing a Menu - Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an to attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING OPERATIONS AMONG A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY CLOCKED DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICES - An audio processing device comprising: a network interface configured to receive audio information from a network; a user interface module that includes a display configured to display a plurality of audio information sources available via the network; a control module configured to receive control input from the user interface module indicating a selection of one of the plurality of audio information sources; an audio information channelization device connected to the network interface configured (i) to receive a list of audio tracks to be played, (ii) to request the audio information from the selected one of the plurality of audio information sources according to the list, and (iii) to transmit the audio information in packet form via the network interface to two or more audio playback devices. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING OPERATIONS AMONG A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY CLOCKED DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICES - An audio processing device comprising: a network interface to receive audio information from a packet network; a user interface module having a display of a list of audio tracks to be played; a control module to receive input from the user interface module indicating that a currently playing track is to be skipped and to advance playback to a next track in the list; an audio information channelization device connected to the network interface configured to (i) receive the list, (ii) request the audio information from an audio information source according to the list, (iii) transmit the audio information in packet form via the network interface to two or more audio playback devices, and (iv) cease transmission of packets associated with a currently playing track and begin transmission of packets associated with the next track in the list to the two or more audio playback devices. | 04-18-2013 |
20130104042 | Anchor Override for a Media-Editing Application with an Anchored Timeline - Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine readable medium that stores a media-editing application which when executed by at least one processing unit provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for creating a composite media presentation from several media clips. The GUI includes a composite display area for placing media clips to specify the composite media presentation. The composite display area includes (1) a primary lane for placing a primary sequence of media clips and (2) several secondary lanes for placing media clips that are anchored to media clips in the primary lane. The GUI includes an editing tool that includes a first mode for performing an edit operation to a particular media clip and a set of media clips anchored to the particular media clip and a second mode for performing the edit operation to the particular media clip without performing the edit operation to the set of media clips anchored to the particular media clip. | 04-25-2013 |
20130104043 | HANDHELD DEVICES AS VISUAL INDICATORS - A computing device is configured with a multifunctional backlit display. The backlighting can be operated in at least a first mode and a second mode. In a first mode, the backlighting provides luminance to the display so that images on the display can be easily seen. In a second mode, the backlighting provides visual stimulus for relaying information to a user or a user's surroundings. | 04-25-2013 |
20130111345 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS | 05-02-2013 |
20130111346 | DUAL FUNCTION SCROLL WHEEL INPUT | 05-02-2013 |
20130111347 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE FOR PLAYBACK DEMONSTRATION AT A POINT OF SALE DISPLAY | 05-02-2013 |
20130117670 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING RECORDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION - A system and method that allows recording and playback of audio in association with an electronic publication such as an electronic book. Many applications that are used to view electronic publications are based on technologies that do not have audio capabilities that allow a user to record audio in connection with the electronic publication. The system and method of the present invention overcomes this deficiency by using the audio capabilities that are native in the operating system running on the electronic device used to display the electronic publication. A socket is established between the user interface application and the operating system. Audio commands are transmitted from the user interface application to the operating system via the socket. The audio commands are executed by the operating system using native operating system commands. A message regarding the execution of the audio commands by operating system are sent to the user interface application via the socket. | 05-09-2013 |
20130124990 | Timeline management - Timeline management is described, including selecting a segment of a timeline, activating a control, and replacing the segment of the timeline with a visual indicator used to identify the segment of the timeline. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124991 | AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICE - An exemplary audio playback method is applied on an audio playback device. The audio playback device includes a touch screen and a storage unit. The storage unit stores audio files. The method includes controlling the touch screen to display a playlist and a scroll bar comprising a scroll block for operating. The method then associates the position of the scroll block in the scroll bar with the audio files. Next, the method detects whether the scroll block is operated. Lastly, the method determines the position of the scroll block in the scroll bar when the scroll block is dragged, and selects one audio file at least according to the determined position of the scroll block in the scroll bar. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124992 | Tool for Navigating a Composite Presentation - A computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating media presentations is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has (1) a composite display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation and (2) a navigation tool including several selectable navigation markers associated with several navigable locations in the composite presentation. The selection of a navigation marker causes the composite display area to present the navigable location in the composite presentation that is associated with the selected navigation marker. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124993 | VIRTUAL PHONOGRAPH - A processor-implemented method to control a playback of recorded sound is provided. The method includes displaying on a pressure-sensitive display screen a processor-generated image of a vinyl record and playing, by use of a processor in communication with a processor storage, a sound encoded in the processor storage, to produce a playback of the encoded sound. The method also includes animating the processor-generated image of the vinyl record, to produce an animation of the vinyl record rotating in synchronicity with the playback. The method further includes detecting touch on the animation, the touch including at least one first touch and at least two second touches and controlling the playback and the animation in response to the detected touch. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124994 | METHOD FOR CONTENT PRESENTATION DURING TRICK MODE OPERATIONS - It is provided a method for content presentation during trick mode operations, wherein a first content file is associated with a plurality of content items and each content item corresponds to a content segment of the first content file, the method comprises the steps of receiving an instruction for a chosen trick mode operation when a content segment of the first content file is played; and performing the chosen trick mode operation on the content segment of the first content file and meanwhile playing at least one content item among the plurality of content items, wherein, the at least one content item corresponds to the content segment of the first content file and the chosen trick mode operation. | 05-16-2013 |
20130132835 | Interaction Between 3D Animation and Corresponding Script - Interaction between a 3D animation and a corresponding script includes: displaying a user interface that includes at least a 3D animation area and a script area, the 3D animation area including (i) a 3D view area for creating and playing a 3D animation and (ii) a timeline area for visualizing actions by one or more 3D animation characters, the script area comprising one or more objects representing lines from a script having one or more script characters; receiving a first user input corresponding to a user selecting at least one of the objects from the script area for assignment to a location in the timeline area; generating a timeline object at the location in response to the first user input, the timeline object corresponding to the selected object; and associating audio data with the generated timeline object, the audio data corresponding to a line represented by the selected object. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132836 | Methods and Systems for Presenting Media Content Generated by Attendees of a Live Event - An exemplary method includes a media content presentation system receiving a plurality of timestamped and geotagged media content instances generated during a live event by a plurality of attendees of the live event, detecting input provided by a user specifying a time period associated with the live event and input provided by the user specifying a viewing area within a venue associated with the live event, identifying one or more media content instances that have a timestamp included within the specified time period and a geotagged location within the specified viewing area, and presenting the identified one or more media content instances to the user within a graphical user interface in a manner that is temporally synchronized with an event timeline associated with the live event. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132837 | ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A method of administering a virtual dance floor for an entertainment device is provided. The virtual dance floor is part of an online virtual environment hosting multiple users each using a respective entertainment device. Each user is represented by an avatar. For each entertainment device, the method includes receiving, from an administrator of the online virtual environment, an indicator of music currently played on the virtual dance floor; initiating playback of the music from a locally stored copy in response to placement of the avatar of the respective user; detecting breakpoints in the currently played music; receiving from the administrator a music event signal; and in response to receiving the music event signal, selecting the next detected breakpoint in the currently played music and substituting that music at the selected breakpoint with a piece of music of a predetermined length that is substantially shorter than the currently played music. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132838 | VIRTUAL PHONOGRAPH - A processor-implemented method to control a playback of recorded sound is provided. The method includes displaying on a pressure-sensitive display screen a processor-generated image of a vinyl record and playing, by use of a processor in communication with a processor storage, a sound encoded in the processor storage, to produce a playback of the encoded sound. The method also includes animating the processor-generated image of the vinyl record, to produce an animation of the vinyl record rotating in synchronicity with the playback. The method further includes detecting touch on the animation, the touch including at least one first touch and at least two second touches and controlling the playback and the animation in response to the detected touch. The controlling of the playback and the animation includes generating one or more cue points by designating a portion of the sound encoded in the processor storage. | 05-23-2013 |
20130139057 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO REMIXING - A software application for use on a portable communications device, such as a cellphone, personal digital assistant, personal computer, or other device capable of receiving user inputs and providing audio playback, allows users to select a track and add samples and effects to create a personal audio remix. The user may then share their creation with other users and friends via, for example, e-mail, social networking or specialized community sites for users of the application. Effects may be further generated using an internal accelerometer of the device. Samples and effects are stored with respect to the timing of the selected master track. | 05-30-2013 |
20130139058 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire display information relevant to displaying a list of content items recorded to a recording medium, and a recording unit configured to collectively record the display information in a single file. | 05-30-2013 |
20130139059 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a recording section recording data continuously acquired via a sensor; and a controlling section controlling a playback of record data recorded by the recording section, wherein, in response to a user input, the controlling section performs control such that the record data is played from a timing predated with reference to a timing of the user input. | 05-30-2013 |
20130145265 | Bookmark with Audio Playback - A bookmark device with audio playback which includes a housing, speaker, processor, memory and a user interface. The user interface allows play back of audio content stored in memory. Playback options include playing the audio content from the beginning of the audio recording in memory, pausing the audio content, playing the audio content from where the audio was last paused and repeating audio corresponding to content of a last page played. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145266 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING INTERACTIVE STACKS OF IMAGES CORRESPONDING TO DIGITAL ASSETS - Improved techniques, user interfaces and systems for presenting, accessing and using digital assets are disclosed. The digital assets can be stored in a media library and the techniques, user interfaces and systems can facilitate efficient and visual access to the digital assets. One aspect of certain embodiments pertains to presentation on a display device of a plurality of stacks of images. Another aspect of certain embodiments pertains to presentation on a display device of a plurality of lists of images. The images in the stacks of images or lists of images can represent a set of digital assets, such as a set of digital media assets. The set of digital assets associated with a stack or list can be identified by operation of the electronic device in accordance with certain criteria. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151965 | MEDIA EDITING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH LINKED STORYBOARD AND TIMELINE - A time-based media composition application simultaneously displays both a storyboard and a timeline representation of a media composition in a graphical user interface. The correspondence between a given storyboard element and its one or more corresponding timeline elements is shown by means of a graphical indication within the GUI, such as by displaying a spotlight from the given storyboard element to the corresponding timeline element. The user is able to scroll the displayed portions of each of the storyboard and the timeline forward or backward in time independently, while maintaining the graphical indication of correspondence between a selected storyboard element and timeline element pair. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151966 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDIA PLAYBACK - A graphical user interface made up of icons representing individual files and collectively forming the shape of a spiral is described along with methods of using and creating the graphical user interface. The spiral interface is useful to display detailed information about many of the items in a list and facilitates manipulation of list order and selection of the active file in the list. The interface further permits the use of a representative icon associated with the list as a whole. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151967 | SCROLL BAR WITH VIDEO REGION IN A MEDIA SYSTEM - An electronic device associated with a remote wand controlling the operations of the electronic device is provided. The wand may include a motion detection component operative to provide an output reflecting the motion of the wand to the electronic device, such that the movements of a cursor displayed by the electronic device may be related to the output of the motion detection component. The wand may also include an input mechanism operative to receive user inputs. Using the input mechanism, the wand may detect a user's inputs and direct the electronic device to zoom or scroll displayed objects. The electronic device may display a screen saver by which the user may select particular media items for playback while remaining in the screen saver mode. In some embodiments, the electronic device may display video with a scroll bar that includes a preview window of the video. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151968 | MEDIA SYSTEM HAVING PREEMPTIVE DIGITAL AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO EXTRACTION FUNCTION - A media system includes a primary storage device capable of storing a first plurality of audio files, and a secondary storage device capable of reading a second plurality of audio files from a removable storage medium. A media player plays the first plurality of audio files. A recorder records a third plurality of audio files from the removable storage medium to the primary storage device. The recorder preemptively records a predetermined portion of at least two audio files of the third plurality of audio files from the removable storage medium to the primary storage device before recording all portions of the at least two audio files. In response to a selection event and when all portions of the first audio file have not been recorded, the media player directs the recorder to record the first audio file and suspend a recording of other audio files. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159852 | Systems and Methods for Adjusting Audio Attributes of Clip-Based Audio Content - Systems and methods are disclosed to adjust the loudness or another audio attribute for one or more audio clips. Intra-track audio levels can automatically be equalized, for example, to achieve a homogeneous audio level for all clips within an audio track. Information about such audio adjustments may be identified and stored as information without destructively altering the underlying clip content. For example, keyframes may define changes to a fader that will be applied at different points along a track's timeline to achieve the audio adjustments when the track is played. An audio editing application can provide a feature for automatically determining appropriate keyframes, allow manual editing of keyframes, and use keyframes to display control curves that represent graphically the time-based adjustments made to track-specific faders, play test audio output, and output combined audio, among other things. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159853 | MANAGING PLAYBACK OF SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION - A computing device may provide an interface that enables a user to playback audio content including supplemental information. The supplemental information may correspond, for example, to endnotes, footnotes, glossaries, appendices, commentary from an author, editor, or other party, or to additional supplemental information. During playback of the audio content, a user may indicate that an item of supplemental information associated with a current playback position of the audio content should be played. In some embodiments, this indication may be in response to an indication to the user that supplemental information is available. The device may then playback the supplemental information associated with the current playback position. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159854 | User Interface For A Device For Playback Of Multimedia Files - The present invention relates to a user interface for a multimedia device having means for navigating within a plurality of multimedia files and/or means for changing a playback order. According to the invention, the user interface includes means for changing the sorting order and/or playback order of the plurality of multimedia files, whereby upon changing the sorting order and/or playback order of the multimedia files the currently selected multimedia file is kept and the new sorting order and/or playback order is determined by at least one property of the currently selected multimedia file, wherein the means for changing the sorting order and/or the playback order include a button for changing the order by running through a predefined sequence of properties of the currently selected multimedia file. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159855 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a main unit operable by remote control using a remote controller, wherein the main unit includes a display section having a display screen, a main unit operation section performing input operation, and a main unit control section which performs both control operation corresponding to the operation of the main unit operation section and control operation corresponding to the operation of the remote controller, and the main unit control section displays a first guide screen for guiding the operation of the main unit operation section on the display screen as a first guide operation when detecting that the main unit operation section has been operated, and displays a second guide screen for guiding the operation of the remote controller on the display screen as a second guide operation when detecting that the remote controller has been operated. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159856 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUGMENTING A DIGITAL ON-SCREEN GRAPHIC - In an embodiment, a digital on-screen graphic may be identified within a multimedia stream for an electronic display. An augmentation overlay may be determined based on the digital on-screen graphic. The augmentation overlay may be presented on the electronic display to at least partially surround the digital on-screen graphic. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159857 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A MEDIA RENDERING UNIT - An electronic device is connected to media aggregating node, which publishes media items from external network media providers, and arranged to select a media rendering unit, comprised in local network environment, by a pointing action and further to select a media item. The electronic device sends information regarding user selected media rendering units and media items to the media aggregating node, which in turns forwards the information to the local network, via a gateway, such that user selected media is rendered on the user selected media rendering unit. | 06-20-2013 |
20130167026 | Audio fade control - Systems, methods, and computer program products for editing audio data are provided. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving digital audio data and displaying a visual representation of the audio data. The method also includes receiving a single graphical user input gesture defining a fade curve, the fade curve specifying a fade length and a fade shape of a fade effect. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167027 | MANAGING MEDIA PLAYER SOUND OUTPUT - A method includes initiating media player instances for producing output by execution on an electronic device. Each of the media player instances is implemented using a modular framework on the electronic device configured to have each of multiple types of media player runtimes implemented therein and to host modules that configure any of the types of media player runtimes for respective device types. The method includes determining, using a sound module of the modular framework, which of the media player instances should be used for audio output by the electronic device. The method includes generating the audio output using the electronic device, the audio output produced by at least one of the media player instances as determined. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167028 | RESTRICTING MEDIA CONTENT RENDERING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for restricting media content rendering. In one aspect, a method includes loading different media content elements, rendering the different media content elements in a graphical user interface, and restricting rendering of at least one of the different media content elements based on presence of media content of a predefined type. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167029 | Playlist Configuration and Preview - In some implementations, a user can play a music track from a dynamically generated playlist. The user can provide input indicating that the user likes or dislikes the music track and the playlist can be adjusted based on the user input. In some implementations, information can be presented to the user so that the user can preview changes to the playlist before the changes are made to the playlist. In some implementations, a user can adjust playlist criteria (configuration) by adjusting specific music characteristics. In some implementations, a user can adjust playlist criteria by manipulating a list of representative music tracks. In some implementations, a user can compare the user's playlist to playlists of other users. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167030 | Visual Representation of Audio Data - Systems, methods, and computer program products for displaying audio data are provided. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving audio data and displaying a composite image representing the audio data. The composite image combines a first representation and a distinct second representation of the audio data. Each representation is visible in the composite image and the representations appear in the composite image as if laid one over the other. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167031 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROVIDER SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ADAPTED TO CHANGE IN RESOLUTION - Moving image data is delivered from an image provider server. A hierarchical data generation device decodes the moving image data and generates data for the moving image representing each frame in a plurality of resolutions, by reducing frames included in the moving image in a single or multiple stages. A decoder reads only data for a layer in the hierarchical data for each frame, the layer being determined by a resolution requested for display, and decodes the read data. This produces a series of frames representing frames in a requested resolution. A display device displays the frames so that the moving image is displayed in the requested resolution. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167032 | MULTI-MEDIA CENTER FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS - Various “media-components” are provided in a “multi-media center.” In modular architecture, a module-controller communicates with media-modules provided for various media-components. A media-module can include or obtain data pertaining to a particular media-component, identify media-player(s), and access information related to their media. However, the media-modules are isolated from each other, and the module-controller effectively controls output generated in response to user input. A user interface library is provided for the media-modules. Media-modules can obtain a template or other tools from the library and construct their user interface (e.g., menus). Media-modules can also identify a media-player that can be initiated in response to user input. Subsequently, the media-controller forwards user input to the media-player. | 06-27-2013 |
20130174035 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPRESENTING A CONTENT DEPENDENCY LIST - Systems and methods for providing an enhanced viewing experience for a user of an interactive media guidance application are provided. In some aspects, an interactive media guidance application implemented on control circuitry receives a selection of a media asset from a user. The control circuitry analyzes the media asset to determine a context for a portion of the media asset. The control circuitry identifies content related to the portion of the media asset based on the context. The identified content is different from the media asset and is displayed in response to the user selection of the media asset. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174036 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a method for controlling thereof are provided. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus includes displaying an icon and a pointer to perform a motion task mode when a motion start command is input, moving the pointer in accordance with a first user motion, and executing a function corresponding to the icon when a second user motion is input while the pointer is placed on the icon. Accordingly, the user controls the electronic apparatus using the user motion more conveniently and intuitively. | 07-04-2013 |
20130179782 | Apparatus And Method For Embedding Links - In one embodiment, the apparatus for embedding links includes a reproducing unit configured to receive a data stream and display at least one object of the data stream on a display screen of a device. The apparatus further includes a processing unit configured to activate a link associated with a displayed object based on linking information. The linking information includes activation information and destination information. The activation information indicates a period of time when the link is activated. The destination information includes at least one of address information that points to additional information on a remote server and launch information that specifies an application to be launched on the device. The processing unit is configured to display the additional information on the display screen or launch the application upon user selection of the activated link. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179783 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GESTURE BASED NAVIGATION THROUGH RELATED CONTENT ON A MOBILE USER DEVICE - Systems and methods for efficiently navigating through related content based on a profile associated with a user are provided. A media asset being displayed on a second user equipment device is identified, with the first user equipment device. A visual indication of the media asset is generated for display on the first user equipment device. A search for a plurality of content that is related to the displayed media asset is performed. A first gesture is received with the first user equipment device while the media asset is being displayed. Navigation is performed between the plurality of content based on the received gesture. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179784 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes: a memory configured to store a plurality of sound sources; an output unit comprising an audio output module; and a controller configured to control the output of sound sources comprising at least another one of the plurality of sound sources, based on a specific event acquired when at least one of the plurality of sound sources is output to the audio output module or on standby for output. Accordingly, the output of a plurality of sound sources can be easily controlled. | 07-11-2013 |
20130185636 | ADVANCED TOUCH CONTROL OF A MEDIA PLAYER APPLICATION VIA FINGER ANGLE USING A HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) TOUCH USER INTERFACE - A method for controlling a media player executing on a computing device is disclosed. A user interface touch sensor is configured to be responsive to at least one angle of contact with at least one finger. A change in an angle of the finger with respect to the surface of the touch sensor is measured by the touch sensor to produce measured data. Real-time calculations on the measured data are performed to produce a measured-angle value. The measured-angle value is used to control the value of at least one user interface parameter of the media player. At least one aspect of the media player changes in response to the angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touch sensor. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185637 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Program - An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an external apparatus includes a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function, a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section, an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function, an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section, and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function. | 07-18-2013 |
20130191743 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VOLUME - Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for controlling the volume of an audio track. This method represents the volume of an audio track with a graph. This graph is defined along two axes, with one axis representing time and the other representing the volume level. A user can adjust the graph at different instances in time in order to change the volume level in the audio track at these instances. Different embodiments use different types of graphs to represent volume. For instance, some embodiments use a deformable line bar. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191744 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND PRESENTING MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS - A multimedia presentation generation system for generating and presenting multimedia presentations using multimedia assets utilizes an administrative module, a building module, and a presentation module. A visual builder portion of the builder module facilitates the creation of configuration data structures usable by a presentation player mechanism. An administration application interoperates with the visual builder to allow for control of assets, libraries and relationships utilized by the visual builder is defined within the configuration data structures. In one embodiment, the administration application enables an administrator user to add/remove/edit individual users configuration data structures. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191745 | INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING SUPPLEMENTAL DYNAMIC TIMELINE CONTENT - An interface for displaying supplemental dynamic timeline content, such as in connection with the playback of a movie title or content work is described. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191746 | TIMELINE CONTROL METHOD FOR FAST RETURNING TO START TIME OF AN EVENT LOG - A timeline control method for fast returning to start time of an event log which is executed in a monitoring system with at least a timeline in a monitoring window; the monitoring window is able to display a return point at a timeline when a start marker for an event log is not observed at the timeline which is dragged by a user. Moreover, the present disclosure also realizes effects such as the start marker quickly recovered at the timeline in the monitoring window, images for an event log played in the monitoring window, and the start time for the event log observed quickly when the return point is clicked. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191747 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT INTERFACE IN IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus performs a method for searching a playback timing of multimedia content in an image display device. The method for searching the playback timing includes playing multimedia content, and displaying at least two image navigation bars during the multimedia content playing. The at least two image navigation bars include different searching magnifications. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191748 | GUIDE BASED CONTENT SERVICES - Systems are described for a guide of audio, video, multimedia transmission, receiving and playback with advertising and bi-directional fulfillment of goods and services over the Internet. A method of streaming content distribution includes creating data on streaming content; creating data on network locations of streaming content; creating data on access characteristics; locating a source of streaming content with a with a streaming content guide; and starting playback of streaming content from the source of streaming content. A streaming content distribution system includes a streaming content guide through which a user locates a source of streaming content and starts playback of streaming content; data on streaming content; data on network locations of streaming content; and data on access characteristics. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A PLAYLIST BY METADATA - Techniques for managing a playlist in a multimedia system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, the playlist is structured to be able to include as many items as desired. To facilitate the manageability of such playlist, the playlist is built with a plurality of items. Each of the items is associated with metadata that includes information related to, for example, artist, album, genre, composer, and track number. The metadata for each item may be parsed, updated or logically operated upon to facilitate the management of the playlist. In another embodiment, each of the items is either a single item or a group item. A single item contains metadata of a corresponding source. A group item contains metadata of accessing other constituent items, which again may be single items or group items. As a result, the playlist can accommodate as many items as desired in a limited memory space without compromising the manageability of the playlist. Each of the items can be removed from, added to, or moved around in the playlist without concerning that an item may further include many items therein. | 07-25-2013 |
20130198629 | TECHNIQUES FOR MAKING A MEDIA STREAM THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF AN ONLINE MEETING - Techniques for managing video streams in an online conference event are described. An apparatus may comprise a media content manager component and a media selection component. The media content manager component is operative on a logic device to generate a composite media stream from a plurality of media streams received from a multimedia conference server for a multimedia conference event. The media selection component is operative on the logic device to select a primary media stream from the plurality of media streams based on selection by the participant. The apparatus may also comprise a visual media generator component which is operative to receive the selected primary media stream and map the selected primary media stream to a primary display frame on the display device. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198630 | ASSISTED HEARING DEVICE - An audio processing device including multiple input receivers to receive input signals from multiple sources and a user interface that facilitates selection of audio source and associated parameters, amplification and processing of the chosen source or sources and an audio output, operably coupled to wired or wireless earphone, headset, or headphone to the end user. The enhanced user interface provided by a smartphone, or tablet device or other interface the user can choose one or more audio sources to be heard and enhanced with additional content or audio sources from a network or other secondary signal source. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198631 | Spring Motions During Object Animation - Particular embodiments display an object at a first position on a screen of an electronic device; and in response to a user selecting the object with one or more fingers and moving the fingers around the screen, display an animated sequence depicting the object moving around the screen tracking movements of the user's fingers, movements of the object in the first animated sequence simulating a visual effect of the object being tethered to the user's fingers by one or more springs. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A PLAYLIST BASED ON USER POPULARITY OF SONGS THEREIN THROUGH A MUSIC SERVICE - A method includes inputting a seed data via a music interface associated with a music service on a music device through a user thereof. The seed data is a driver of creation of a playlist associated with the music service. The method also includes determining popularity of songs related to the seed data on a music server based on a usage history of the user with respect to the seed data. The music server is configured to generate the playlist. Further, the method includes providing a capability to the user to control a ratio of popular songs in the playlist related to the seed data on the music interface through another interface therefor. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198633 | LOCATION-BASED MUSIC TAGGING AND SHARING THROUGH A MUSIC SERVICE - A method includes providing, through a music server communicatively coupled to a music device, a capability to a user of the music device to tag a song. The method also includes associating, through the music server, a location of the music device with the song based on the tagging. Further, the method includes solely providing, through the music server, access to the tagged song to the user and/or another user when the corresponding music device of the user and/or another music device associated with the another user is within the location. | 08-01-2013 |
20130205208 | User Interface Control for Media Editing Application - Some embodiments provide a method that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) on a first device for controlling application of color corrections to a media item by a media editing application on a second device. The method provides a display area that includes several different locations. Each location in the display area corresponds to a set of values. The method provides several user interface (UI) items that are each for (1) moving in the display area and (2) specifying a set of values for a color correction operation that the media editing application applies to the media item. The set of values for the color correction operation specified by each UI item is the set of values is associated with the location at which the UI item is positioned in the display area. | 08-08-2013 |
20130205209 | Content Identification, Personal Domain, Copyright Notification, Metadata and E-Commerce - Piracy of digital content is currently a large problem. Copyright notification and sales of metadata can help counteract the problem. The novel solution shows different methods to identify content, provide metadata, and manage content and metadata within a personal domain. | 08-08-2013 |
20130205210 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and controlling method thereof. The mobile terminal is controllable in response to a pinch-in/out touch gesture. The present invention includes activating a 1 | 08-08-2013 |
20130212476 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DATA CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and data control method are provided. The electronic device includes a connector which is connected to an external storage medium storing media data therein; an identification unit which identifies a storage identifier (ID) of the external storage medium connected to the connector; and a controller which performs a media function corresponding to the media data stored in the external storage medium whose storage ID is identified by the identification unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130219273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SINGLE AND INTERNET RADIO ITEMS IN A PLAY QUEUE - Techniques for managing a playlist in a multimedia system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, the playlist is structured to be able to include as many items as desired. To facilitate the manageability of such playlist, the playlist is built with a plurality of items. Each of the items is associated with metadata that includes information related to, for example, artist, album, genre, composer, and track number. The metadata for each item may be parsed, updated or logically operated upon to facilitate the management of the playlist. In another embodiment, each of the items is either a single item or a group item. A single item contains metadata of a corresponding source. A group item contains metadata of accessing other constituent items, which again may be single items or group items. As a result, the playlist can accommodate as many items as desired in a limited memory space without compromising the manageability of the playlist. Each of the items can be removed from, added to, or moved around in the playlist without concerning that an item may further include many items therein. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219274 | System And Method For Identifying Music Content In A P2P Real Time Recommendation Network - A method for media recommendations is provided, including storing, on a peer device, a pre-existing list of media presentations including a plurality of pre-existing media presentations. A plurality of media recommendations are received from a plurality of recommending peer devices in response to a media presentation being played. Each of the plurality of media recommendations comprises an identifier that identifies a recommended media presentation. Each recommended media presentation is automatically added to the list of media presentations in a position determined based user preferences to form an updated list of media presentations. Based on the position of each of the media presentations, a media presentation is selected to play on the peer device from the updated list of media presentations. The selected media presentation is then played on the peer device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219275 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE SERVICE IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for providing a User Interface (UI) service in a multimedia system are provided. The method includes receiving, from a UI server, a widget composed of a main part for handling display and a sub part for handling input; displaying information output from the main part of the widget; transmitting the sub part of the widget to a UI client device; receiving, from the UI client device, data input in the sub part of the widget; and controlling the main part of the widget according to the input data. | 08-22-2013 |
20130227413 | Method and Apparatus for Providing a Contextual User Interface on a Device - A computer-implemented method, at an electronic device having a display and means for receiving user input, said method comprises: displaying on the display a menu; and where a selected first item is associated with a second item, said menu is displayed with one of the first and the second item as a menu option and a number of menu functions associated with the other of the first and second item, and when input is received to select the one of the first and second item in the menu, the menu is displayed with a number of menu functions associated with the one of the first and the second item and at least one of: the other of the first and second item; and another item, associated with the first item, as a menu option. | 08-29-2013 |
20130232412 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MEDIA EVENT SUGGESTIONS - Various methods are described for providing media event suggestions based at least in part on a co-occurrence model. One example method may comprise receiving a selection of at least one media event to include in a media composition. Additionally, the method may comprise determining at least one suggested media event based at least in part on the at least one media events. The method may further comprise causing display of the at least one suggested media event. Similar and related methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are also provided. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMO FUNCTION COOPERATING WITH AUDIO RECORDING FUNCTION - A system and a method that executes a memo function cooperating with an audio recording function are provided. The method includes executing a memo including memo data synchronized with audio data, wherein the memo data is configured to a plurality of objects, and each object is synchronized to a index point of the audio data, and outputting a screen corresponding to the execution of the memo, wherein the screen displays a progress bar for displaying a playback state of the audio data to first area and displays the memo data to a second area. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232414 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDIA PLAYBACK - A graphical user interface made up of icons representing individual files and collectively forming the shape of a “v” is described along with methods of using and creating the graphical user interface. The v-shaped interface is useful to display detailed information about many of the items in a list and facilitates manipulation of list order and selection of the active file in the list. The interface further permits the use of a representative icon associated with the list as a whole. Manipulation of the representative icon can cause modification or replacement of the entire playlist represented by the icon. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING OPERATIONS AMONG A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY CLOCKED DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICES - In a network comprising a first zone player, wherein the first zone player is a member of a first synchrony group, a method comprising: playing, at the first zone player, audio information associated with the first synchrony group; receiving, at the first zone player, control information from a user interface module, wherein the control information directs the first zone player to disengage from the first synchrony group and to join a second synchrony group; disengaging, by the first zone player based on the received control information, the first zone player from the first synchrony group; joining, by the first zone player based on the received control information, the first zone player to the second synchrony group; and playing, by the first zone player, audio information associated with the second synchrony group. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING OPERATIONS AMONG A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY CLOCKED DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICES - A tangible computer-readable memory having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a zone player to: receive control information from any one of a plurality of user interface modules; based on the received control information enter into a synchrony group with a second zone player; and transmit status information to the plurality of user interface modules, wherein the status information provides an indication of an operational status of the synchrony group. | 09-05-2013 |
20130238992 | Method and Device for Content Control Based on Data Link Context - In embodiments of content control based on data link context, a portable electronic device ( | 09-12-2013 |
20130238993 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADDING CONTENT USING A MEDIA PLAYER - It is an object of the subject matter to disclose a method performed on a media player, comprising: a. receiving a command from a user of the media player to add a content layer to a media file played on the media player; b. providing an interface to the user, said interface enables the user to add the content layer to the media file; transmitting the content layer to a server that stores the media file, such that the media file is configured to be displayed with the content layer. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238994 | ELECTRONIC INFORMATION HIERARCHY - Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for providing and displaying a hierarchy of selectable data items. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238995 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADDING CONTENT USING A MEDIA PLAYER - It is an object of the subject matter to disclose a comprising placing an activation icon on an internet web page, the activation icon is configured for creating a link content layer in a media file played on a media player of a computerized device; receiving a command to attach the link content layer to the media file; transmitting the link content layer to a server that stores the media file, associating the link content layer to the media file; such that the media file is configured to be displayed with the content layer associated to the internet web page. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238996 | CONTROLLING SOUND OF A WEB BROWSER - A method for controlling audio sessions associated with a web browser and an audio endpoint device is implemented at a computer having memory and one or more processors. The computer system provides a unified audio session channel between the web browser and the audio endpoint device, the unified audio session channel including information of an audio session manager for the audio endpoint device and a set of audio sessions that are active on the audio endpoint device. Upon receiving a user instruction for controlling audio outputs of the web browser, the computer system selects one or more audio sessions between the web browser and the audio endpoint device among the set of audio sessions that are active on the audio endpoint device. The computer system then updates the audio sessions between the web browser and the audio endpoint device according to the user instruction. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238997 | STORAGE AND REPORDUCTION APPARATUS - A portable hand-held apparatus includes a semiconductor memory, a reproduction block, a display, a control block, a housing, and an operation block configured to supply a signal to the control block depending on user manual inputs. The operation block includes a circuit at a surface of the housing configured to detect a first user manual gesture in a first direction approximately parallel to the housing surface, a second user manual gesture in a direction opposite to the first direction and also approximately parallel to the housing surface, and a third user manual gesture in a direction that is perpendicular to the housing surface. The first and second gestures are used to select a particular one of the one or more pieces of sound data, and reproduction of a particular piece of sound data occurs in response to the third gesture. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238998 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Readable Storage Media for Providing Virtual Media Environments - Virtual media environments are provided. A first set of media components is received and modified to create a first virtual media instance. The first virtual media instance is provided to a user via at least one media output device. Media parameters corresponding to the user are updated based on the first virtual media instance. A second set of media components is also received. The second set is modified based on the updated media parameters to create a second virtual media instance. | 09-12-2013 |
20130246916 | Context-Based User Music Menu Systems and Methods - Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide content to a playback network are disclosed. An example method includes displaying an indicator of multimedia content to a user via a graphical user interface. The example method includes enabling a multiselect state to allow the user to select multiple items from a browseable list of indicators associated with multimedia content. The example method includes providing a context-sensitive menu including a plurality of options associated with playback of selected items based on enablement of the multiselect state. The example method includes applying an option to each of the selected items based on user selection. The example method includes passing information regarding the multimedia content to a playback system including one or more multimedia playback devices in response to user selection of the option. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246917 | Virtual Representation of a Media Product - A method of providing access to media content and a virtual representation of physical packaging associated with said media content. The method includes providing, on a display of a computing device, a virtual representation of a physical media package, said virtual representation comprising at least one dynamically-rendered three-dimensional object. The method also includes providing, on the computing device, navigational controls to enable a user to dynamically manipulate said virtual representation and providing, on the computing device, media controls to enable said user to select said media content associated with said physical media package. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246918 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD FOR USE WITH VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD PROGRAM FOR USE WITH VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS THEREIN - A vehicle-mounted apparatus is disclosed which includes a displaying unit for providing information to a user, an inputting unit for inputting operations carried out by the user, and a controlling unit for controlling a display of the displaying unit based on the operations input through the inputting unit. The inputting unit has at least a touch-sensitive panel attached to a display screen of the displaying unit. The controlling unit causes the displaying unit to display a menu screen based on the operations input through the inputting unit. The controlling unit also causes the displaying unit to switch the displays based on menus selected on the menu screen. Furthermore, the controlling unit causes the displaying unit to switch, as when a specific menu is selected on the menu screen, the displays in response to a fingertip gesture made by the user for detection on the touch-sensitive panel. | 09-19-2013 |
20130254661 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO MEDIA CONTENT - Various embodiments for providing access to media content are described. One embodiment is a method implemented in a computing device that comprises generating a user interface on a touchscreen display of the computing device, the user interface comprising a plurality of selection components for surfacing elements, each element corresponding to a media file, the plurality of selection components being further utilized to sort the elements corresponding to media files. The method further comprises retrieving, by the computing device, a user input from a user via the user interface, wherein the user input comprises manipulation of at least one of the selection components. Based on the user input, elements corresponding to media files are displayed. A selection of at least one of the displayed elements is retrieved, and a media file is retrieved according to the selection. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254662 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods for providing access to media content are provided. A representative method includes: generating a user interface on a touchscreen display, the user interface comprising first selection components for surfacing first elements and second selection components for surfacing second elements such that the first selection components are utilized to sort the first elements and the second selection components are utilized to sort the second elements, each of the elements corresponding to a media file; and arranging the second selection components, with at least a portion of the first selection components and the second selection components being positioned in an overlying relationship such that a first location on the user interface corresponds to each of a first media file associated with the first selection components and a second media file associated with the second selection components. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254663 | Systems, Methods, Apparatus, and Articles of Manufacture to Provide Guest Access - An example method includes displaying a playback queue for a media playback system to a first and second controller via a first user interface associated with the first controller and a second user interface associated with the second controller, the first controller granted a first access to the system and the second controller granted a second access to the system, the first controller displaying a subset of information available to the second controller. The example method includes displaying a plurality of controls for the system via the second user interface of the second controller, the controls associated with the second access. The example method includes displaying a subset of the controls via the first user interface, the subset including at least one control available via the second controller and associated with the first access. The example method includes facilitating control via the first user interface according to the first access. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254664 | REMOTE USER INTERFACE FOR MEDIA PLAYER - A portable media player communicates with a host computer for enabling a user of the player to manage media distribution using the control software of the host computer. The host computer can send a GUI that is displayed on the otherwise “dumb” player, and the user can view the GUI and press a single button to command the control software to download a media title to the player. The host computer can periodically poll the player to determine its status. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262997 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying Information on a Secondary Screen - A method of coordinating a primary display device and a secondary display device includes transmitting a representation of a content selection to a client device. A selection of the content selection is detected by the client device. An augmented view of the content selection is transmitted to a secondary display device in response to the selection of the content selection. A response from the secondary display device is detected based on the augmented view of the content selection. The augmented view of the content selection is updated based upon the response. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262998 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display control device includes a chapter point generating unit configured to generate chapter point data, which sections content configured of a plurality of still images into a plurality of chapters; and a display control unit configured to display a representative image representing each scene of the chapter, in a chapter display region provided for each chapter, based on the chapter point data, and display, of the plurality of still images configuring the content, an image group instructed based on a still image selected by a predetermined user operation, along with a playing position of the still images making up the image group in total playing time of the content. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262999 | AUDIO FILE EDIT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A file edit method and apparatus that allows editing and utilizing various audio files stored in the mobile terminal in an intuitive manner are provided. An audio file edit method for a mobile terminal includes executing an audio file edit application in response to a touch event detected on a touch screen, selecting at least one audio file to be edited by means of the audio file edit application in response to a touch event detected on the touch screen, displaying an oscillation graph representing the at least one audio file within an oscillation window, selecting a part of the oscillation graph in response to a touch event detected on the touch screen, and displaying the selected part of the oscillation graph within an edit window. | 10-03-2013 |
20130268856 | Distributed Realization of Digital Content - Techniques are disclosed that can obtain a description of intended digital content data in a producer computer, create a task graph of the intended digital content data, send the task graph to a consumer computer over a bus, execute the task graph locally in the consumer computer to realize an approximation of the intended digital content data, and render the approximation of the intended digital content data on a local display or other appropriate output device. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268857 | MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PROVIDING DEVICE, MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, AND RELEVANT COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A multimedia providing device includes a communication device, an access link generating device, a play control device, and an information display control device. The communication device receives a multimedia content, a multimedia information, a display time code, and an identification number of a recipient. The access link generating device generates the access link of the multimedia content and transmits it to the recipient. The play control device receives a play instruction corresponding to the multimedia content and configures the multimedia content to be transmitted to a multimedia content display device. The information display control device configures a multimedia information providing device to transmit the multimedia information to a portable information display device according to the display time code and the identification number of the recipient. Therefore, the portable information display device displays the multimedia information when the multimedia content display device displays a predetermined image frame of the multimedia content. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK ASSOCIATED WITH E-BOOK IN MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method that provides various types of feedback associated with an e-book in a mobile device with an e-book reader function are provided. The method includes displaying a page of an e-book on a touch screen of the mobile device, detecting a touch on the page, detecting a movement of the touch, beginning a page turning operation in response to the movement of the touch, and providing audio feedback based on a history corresponding to the page, according to the page turning operation. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268859 | CONTEXTUAL WEB PAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for controlling a media generation system where a media event may be selected via a stateless software module, the system receiving a media event protocol file corresponding to the selected media event. The media generation system generates the media event based on the received media event protocol file. | 10-10-2013 |
20130275871 | Systems and Methods for Browsing a Mobile Device with an In-Vehicle User Interface - Systems and methods for browsing a mobile device are provided. Some embodiments may include determining a location of each of a plurality of media files on the mobile device. The plurality of media files may be organized according to a predetermined configuration and may include at least two identical media files at different locations in the predetermined configuration. Similarly, some embodiments may include receiving a request for a requested media file of the plurality of media files at the vehicle computing device and determining which of the at least two identical media files is more accessible. Still some embodiments may include navigating the mobile device to one of the at least two identical media files that is more accessible and play the requested media file through a vehicle audio system. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275872 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A USER INTERFACE - A method for displaying a user interface on an electronic device is described. The method includes presenting a user interface. The user interface includes a coordinate system. The coordinate system corresponds to physical coordinates based on sensor data. The method also includes providing a sector selection feature that allows selection of at least one sector of the coordinate system. The method further includes providing a sector editing feature that allows editing the at least one sector. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275873 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A USER INTERFACE - A method for displaying a user interface on an electronic device is described. The method includes presenting a user interface. The user interface includes a coordinate system. The coordinate system corresponds to physical coordinates based on sensor data. The method also includes displaying at least a target audio signal and an interfering audio signal on the user interface. | 10-17-2013 |
20130283160 | INTEGRATED CALL CAPTURE FOR STREAMING AUDIO - Systems and techniques for capturing audio and delivering the audio in digital streaming media formats are disclosed. Several aspects of the systems and techniques operate in a cloud computing environment where computational power is allocated, utilized, and paid for entirely on demand. The systems and techniques enable a call to be made directly from a virtual machine out to a Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) via a common Session Interface Protocol (SIP) to PSTN Breakout service, and the audio to be delivered onward to one or more Content Delivery Network (CDN). An audio call capture interface is also provided to initiate and manage the digital streaming media formats. | 10-24-2013 |
20130283161 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE ZONES OF A MULTI-ZONE MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus to manage zones of a multi-zone media playback system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a user interface; a controller to configure one or more zone groups each associated with one or more media playback devices; a detector to monitor the user interface for a drag of an icon representative of a first one of the zone groups on the user interface from a first position to a second position; and a configuration implementer to change a configuration of the one or more zone groups in response to a detected drag of the icon. | 10-24-2013 |
20130290843 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED MEDIA STREAMS - An approach is provided for mixing at least one additional element on top of a media stream. A mix media platform determines at least a first media item for rendering in a first application. The mix media platform next determines one or more interactions with at least one connecting user interface element to associate a first representation of the first media item with a second representation of one or more media sources of a second application. The mix media platform then causes, at least in part, a mixing of the first media item and at least a portion of one or more second media items associated with the one or more media sources to cause, at least in part, a generation of a mix item. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290844 | GUI FOR AUDIO VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE (AVDD) WITH PERVASIVE APPEARANCE BUT CHANGED BEHAVIOR DEPENDING ON COMMAND INPUT MODE - A graphical user interface (GUI) on an audio video display device (AVDD) can be operated in at least first and second input modes. When the first input mode is active the GUI has a first behavior and/or appearance whereas when the second input mode is active the GUI has a second behavior and/or appearance. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290845 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING VIDEO EDIT INFORMATION - The present invention relates to permitting a user to transmit information concerning a segment of an audio/video program without transmitting the audio/video program. Specifically, the present invention generates a start time of a video edit and a stop time of a video edit in response to a user input, and transmits this information to a recipient along with data identifying the video asset, such that the recipient may apply this information to a copy of the video asset. In addition, this information may be sent to a third party for generating usage statistics, altering access parameters to said video asset, or generating purchase offers for said video asset. | 10-31-2013 |
20130298020 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING INTERACTIVE MEDIA CONTENT REQUESTS USING MULTIPLE MEDIA MANAGERS - A media selection and playback system includes a master media manager controller disposed in communication with at least one location media server which is disposed communication with at least one audio-visual playback device. At least one or a plurality of virtual mobile media manager controllers are disposed in data communication with the master controller and are coupled to one or more location media server s, each of which communicates with one or more audio-visual devices. A user request is routed through the media manager controllers and the location media server s to determine which one can handle the user request to forward the media selected in the user request to the selected one of the audio-visual devices specified in the user request. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298021 | METHOD OF EXPANSIVELY SEARCHING MULTIMEDIA AND MULTIMEDIA EXECUTING APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method and an apparatus are disclosed for moving an execution point of a multimedia file through an expansive search of a multimedia file being executed by the multimedia executing apparatus. When the multimedia executing apparatus enters into an expansive search mode during a display of a progress bar having an execution point for execution of a multimedia file on a screen according to the execution of the multimedia file, an enlarged progress bar representing an enlarged section of the progress bar including the execution point is displayed on the screen. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298022 | Integrated Media User Interface - An integrated media user interface is described. In an implementation, a user interface is output that includes a plurality of representations of media, each of the media rendered by the mobile device through execution of a respective one of a plurality of applications. Responsive to selection of at least one of the representations, a corresponding application is located to render the media represented by the at least one said representation. The media represented by the selected representation is rendered through execution of the located application. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298023 | INTERACTIVE WEB COLLABORATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A topic room is provided in which one or more individuals or other entities may collaborate on topics of mutual interest. Multiple individuals or participants may use the topic room to communicate in real or non-real time and may work together to create, browse, modify, comment on, and perform any other suitable action on content. A chat room within the topic room receives, records, and transmits the communications and all activity in the topic room to all participants as messages. Client processes at a participant's user equipment may listen to the messages and take particular actions. For example, one participant can follow another participant as that participant browses through material by using the messages received from that participant. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298024 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are an information display device and a method for the same, which can unlock a touch screen quickly and effectively when the touch screen is in a locking state. The information display device comprises a display module including a touch screen; a controller displaying a lock image in the display module when the touch screen is in a locking state, and displaying a first icon indicating the locking state of the touch screen on the lock image, a first region for releasing the locking state of the touch screen on the lock image, and a second region indicating a second icon linked to an application program on the lock image. | 11-07-2013 |
20130305152 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUBWOOFER CALIBRATION - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for subwoofer calibration. An example method includes determining a crossover frequency of a playback system, and the playback system includes the subwoofer and a playback device. The example method includes the subwoofer and the playback device configured to output a multimedia content in synchronization. The example method also includes outputting from the subwoofer and the playback device a series of tones near the crossover frequency. The example method also includes prompting a user to select a tone set from the series of tones, and includes automatically adjusting a phase of the subwoofer in relation to the playback device based on the user selection. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305153 | INTERACTIVE STORYBOOK SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive storybook system and method are provided that allow users with or without the assistance of an operator to make a storybook their own by replacing markers with provisional words and provisional images of their own choosing. The computer-based interactive storybook application may be used by teachers, parents, therapists, and other adults to help them achieve educational and therapeutic advancement. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305154 | Method and System for Controlling a Scheduling Order - A scheduling order can be designated for the delivery and playback of media content (e.g., music, news, other audio, advertising, etc) with respect to particular slots within the scheduling order. The broadcast day is divided into blocks of time that include multiple time slots. One of those time slots, a transition slot, is adjacent to another block of time. The transition slot can be scheduled using a different algorithm than the one used for scheduling the other slots in the same block. At least the transition slot can be scheduled to satisfy both horizontal and vertical adjacency requirements. The remaining slots can be scheduled by selecting a next available media item from one or more categories of media items associated with the block being scheduled. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305155 | AUDIO CONTROL DEVICE USING MULTI-SCREEN AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an audio control device using a multi-screen. The audio control device has a touch screen on which a bass axis and a treble axis for the sound of audio equipment are displayed in a multidimensional fashion, and on which a point selected by a user for audio control is inputted. An audio control section collectively calculates a bass value and a treble value corresponding to the point selected for audio control. A control section controls a speaker based on a result calculated by the audio control section. | 11-14-2013 |
20130311884 | AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE - Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling an AV device, comprising a web browser receiving a structured document to contain a script from the AV device, and providing the same to a user, and a first program module including a function called by the script and transmitting information on a device control command to the AV device through a protocol previously defined by use of the function, wherein the AV device comprises a web server module transmitting the structured document and a second program module receiving the device control command information from the first program module through the protocol and controlling the AV device in response to the command information. | 11-21-2013 |
20130318440 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MULTIMEDIA FILES, DIGITAL MEDIA CONTROLLER, AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MULTIMEDIA FILES - A method for managing multimedia files adapted for a multimedia system architecture including a digital media controller, a digital media server and digital media renderers. The digital media server stores a plurality of multimedia files. The method including: displaying a server list on a touchscreen of the digital media controller to list the digital media servers in the multimedia system architecture, and to list the multimedia files stored in at least one of the digital media servers. A first input action is sensed via the touchscreen to select one of the multimedia files in the server list. The first input action is analyzed to play the selected multimedia file directly by the digital media renderer that is already connected with the digital media server storing the selected multimedia file, or by another digital media renderer, according to different first input actions. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318441 | JUKEBOX WITH CUSTOMIZABLE AVATAR - A digital downloading jukebox system including a mechanism for delivering custom services to a recognized user is provided. For example, information specific to a recognized user may be stored and optionally may include a recognized user avatar representative of the recognized user. The user avatar may be an image, video, and/or animation, which may be displayed on and/or played through the jukebox. The user avatar may be associated with transactions associated with the user. For example, an avatar may be displayed when a playlist of the recognized user is played, when a message is sent, etc. In other examples, the avatar may introduce instances of media by playing an audio and/or video message, and the avatar may sing, dance, etc. while an instance of media is playing. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318442 | AUDIO GEAR COMPARISON SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method that allow users to directly compare audio gear, for example microphones and other items in the audio recording chain (e.g. preamplifiers, cables, amplifiers, etc.), against the same instance of recorded material and equidistant from the source material. The system and method allow a user to make the comparison against “bed music” tracks giving the user a representation of how the compared items of audio gear will perform in the end product or music mix. By providing the user the ability to make an “apples-to-apples” comparison between audio gear, users are able to determine the audio gear that best meets their needs before making a purchase. | 11-28-2013 |
20130326350 | Methods and Systems for Facilitating User Refinement of a Media Content Listing - An exemplary method includes a media content delivery system 1) presenting, within a media content listing interface, a graphical depiction of a slider disposed in between a first pole representative of a first media content characteristic and a second pole representative of a second media content characteristic, 2) determining, based on a position of the slider in between the first and second poles, a first weighted value for the first media content characteristic and a second weighted value for the second media content characteristic, 3) selecting, based on the first and second weighted values, a subset of media content instances from a plurality of media content instances available for access by way of an access device for inclusion in a media content listing, and 4) presenting display elements representative of the subset of media content instances within the media content listing interface. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 12-05-2013 |
20130332829 | DYNAMIC 2D AND 3D GESTURAL INTERFACES FOR AUDIO VIDEO PLAYERS CAPABLE OF UNINTERRUPTED CONTINUITY OF FRUITION OF AUDIO VIDEO FEEDS - A method of manipulating a audio video visualization in a multi dimensional virtual environment implemented in a computer system having a display unit for displaying the virtual environment and a gesture driven interface, said method manipulating the visualization in response to predetermined user gestures and movements identified by the gesture driven interface. | 12-12-2013 |
20130339852 | STREAM-BASED MEDIA MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for stream-based media management. A device may be configured to receive information streams including displayable content and to at least display the displayable content. For example, a stream manager in the device may be configured to control how the displayable content is displayed on a display in the device based on activity detected in the information streams. The activity may be defined by user preferences as trigger activities. For example, upon detecting a trigger activity in an information stream, the stream manager may cause the displayable content to be displayed or hidden, may cause the manner in which the displayable content is displayed (e.g., size, shape, order, etc.) to be altered, or may cause a visible or audible alert to be generated. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339853 | Systems and Method to Facilitate Media Search Based on Acoustic Attributes - Graphical user interfaces for searching music based on acoustic similarity. A system includes a database storing a catalog of music and one or more processors to provide a first webpage to configure a web browser to show a user interface in a window for music searching. The user interface includes: an upload interface to upload a music track identified by a user; and a segment selection tool configured to show a waveform of the uploaded music track and to receive input identifying a segment of the uploaded music track. After the determination of relative similarity between the segment of the uploaded music track and tracks in the catalog based on an analysis of acoustic attributes of the segment of the uploaded music track, the system presents tracks from the catalog in an order of the relative similarity for display in a result panel of the user interface. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339854 | Method and Device for Composing a Menu - Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected. | 12-19-2013 |
20130346858 | Remote Control of Audio Application and Associated Sub-Windows - A method includes receiving a first input for controlling a first control in a first window for an audio application running on a main computing device being remotely controlled by a remote computing device. The method routes the first input to the audio application as a control message to have the application perform the first input. The application controls the first control based on the first input to control a first characteristic of an audio recording. A second input is received for controlling a second control in a sub-window for the audio application. The sub-window is concurrently displayed on the main computing device with the first window and includes a second set of controls and the second input is a movement of the second control on the remote computing device. The method causes the movement to be applied to the second control in the sub-window via a mouse event. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346859 | Systems, Methods, Apparatus, and Articles of Manufacture to Provide a Crowd-Sourced Playlist with Guest Access - Systems and methods are provided to offer a restricted playback mode playlist mode to allow one or more participating users to access a host's media playback system and interact with a reduced subset of functions in that system. An example method includes providing, via a local media playback system, a restricted playback mode open to a plurality of participating users, the restricted playback mode providing a subset of playback functions from the local media playback system to the participating users, the subset including addition of content to a playlist for playback via the local media playback system. The example method includes facilitating addition of content to the playlist by at least one participating user. The example method includes facilitating playback of content from the playlist in the restricted playback mode. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346860 | MEDIA COMPLIATION SYSTEM - A media compilation system is disclosed. A user interface enables creating or receiving of a profile comprising a time-ordered sequence of blocks, each block having associated timing and audio attribute parameters. A music piece is assigned to each block of the profile in dependence on the timing and audio attributes of the block and timing and audio metadata of the music pieces. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346861 | Method and Device for Composing a Menu - Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346862 | TEMPORAL AND GEOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION AND NAVIGATION OF LINKED CULTURAL, ARTISTIC, AND HISTORIC CONTENT - Collections of music and other items, related by time, location, genre, and artist, are registered in a data model to provide a foundation for their curatorship, discovery, and procurement. A series of choices, where a choice is a combination of time, place, genre, and artist, represents a map through the history and culture of music. Both expert and regular individual curators define the maps. Animated murals depicting a fundamental combination of time, place, genre, and artist provide a user interface for the navigation of music, its history, and culture. Integration with hand held GPS enabled devices provides users with knowledge of music events and history relative to their present location. | 12-26-2013 |
20140006945 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN INTELLIGENT AUTOMATIC MUSIC JAM SESSION | 01-02-2014 |
20140006946 | NETWORK MEDIA DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140006947 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-CONTEXT MEDIA CONTROL AND PLAYBACK | 01-02-2014 |
20140006948 | METHOD AND MOBILE PHONE FOR CAPTURING AUDIO FILE OR VIDEO FILE | 01-02-2014 |
20140006949 | ENHANCED USER INTERFACE TO TRANSFER MEDIA CONTENT | 01-02-2014 |
20140013224 | AUDIO SYSTEM AND AUDIO SYSTEM LIBRARY MANAGEMENT METHOD - An audio system is provided, the audio system comprising one or more user devices connected to a network having at least one audio amplifier and associated loudspeakers. The one or more user devices may comprise memory holding a plurality of libraries of audio items in digital form, each library being associated with a particular user. The one or more user devices may also comprise means for compiling a database of information relating to the audio items in each library. The database of each library may be available to any user, and selection of an item from a database causes the item to be played from the library in which the audio data is held. | 01-09-2014 |
20140013225 | DIGITAL MEDIA CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DIGITAL MEDIA SYSTEM - A method for controlling a digital media system suitable for a digital media controller connecting to the digital media system. The method includes restarting a control mechanism to let the digital media controller enter into a digital media system. In the control mechanism, a previous digital media environment status is checked to see whether a plurality of digital media renderer information and a plurality of digital media server information recorded in the previous digital media environment status respectively correspond to the digital media renderers and the digital media servers under an available status. A digital media renderer icon corresponding to the digital media renderer information under the available status is shown as being under a renderer available status, and a digital media server icon corresponding to the digital media server information under the available status is shown as being under a server available status. | 01-09-2014 |
20140013226 | PAY-PER-PLAY AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEM WITH TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE - An audiovisual reproduction system triggered by payment from a user is developed around a microprocessor device. The system includes memory containing, in compressed digital form, audio and visual information, and a display and digital audio reproduction unit, for creating a multimedia environment. The display includes a video monitor and an interactive user interface which reacts to external events and translates the external events for a multitasking operating system as events activating, via a graphical module of a library of integrated tools and services, a display of windows or frames providing control of physical operating parameters of the audiovisual reproduction system. The external events includes at least a down-event where the user contacts a representation displayed on the touch screen, selecting a parameter to modify, and an up-event where the use breaks contact with the screen, which triggers modification of the selected parameter, saving the parameter in the memory. | 01-09-2014 |
20140013227 | INTERACTIVE ACCESS TO MEDIA OR OTHER CONTENT RELATED TO CURRENT PROGRAM - A method for providing content related to a multimedia program on a display device, including: monitoring a currently viewed multimedia program by a user on a display device; retrieving content related to the currently viewed multimedia program from a content source based on information obtained from said currently viewed multimedia program; and displaying at least a portion of the content on a flexible user interface on the display device upon request by the user; in which the user is able to adjust a size and position of the flexible user interface on the display device. | 01-09-2014 |
20140019860 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MULTIMODAL USER INTERFACE TRACK - An approach is provided for providing a multimodal user interface track. A multimodal generation platform determining one or more user interface elements for interacting with at least one media segment. The multimodal generation platform further causes, at least in part, an inclusion of the one or more user interface elements as at least one track of the at least one media segment. Accordingly, when the at least one track is processed during a presentation of the at least one media segment by at least one device, the at least one track causes, at least in part, an enablement of the one or more user interface elements. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019861 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR NAVIGATING AUDIBLE CONTENT - A graphical user interface for a selecting audio content by decade and/or year along a timeline is disclosed. The interface facilitates easy and fast audio selection by decade or year. The graphical user interface can be accessed through a website or application that can be downloaded onto a computing apparatus. | 01-16-2014 |
20140026046 | Portable Media Device with Audio Prompt Menu - Once an audio prompt has been stored on the portable media device, the audio prompt menu is played. Subsequently, an input from a user of the portable media device is then received in response to the audio prompt menu. A command is subsequently transmitted to a remote computer. The command requests the remote computer to perform an action based on the user's input The portable media device includes a portable media device housing containing a processor, a power source, a user interface device, communications circuitry, at least one input/output (i/o) port, and a memory. The memory includes an operating system, a media database, communication procedures for communicating with a remote computer, and instructions for performing the above described method. | 01-23-2014 |
20140026047 | ENHANCED UPNP AV MEDIA RENDERER - A system for providing various overlay information one UPnP AV media renderers. According to the present invention, indications of messages and/or other information received by a UPnP mobile telephone or other UPnP control point can be directly transmitted to a renderer and exhibited in different manners. The present invention also permits the UPnP control point to transmit an event subscription to the renderer for subsequent use. The renderer permits accept or reject the receipt of various information at the particular time. | 01-23-2014 |
20140026048 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SYNCHRONIZING INTERACTIVE CONTENT WITH MULTIMEDIA - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed for synchronizing interactive content with multimedia. A media module is configured to display a multimedia element in a media player capable of multimedia playback. A content module is configured to display one or more interactive content elements associated with the multimedia element. A synchronization module is configured to synchronize the presentation of the one or more interactive content elements with playback of the multimedia element. An input detection module is configured to detect user input in response to a user interacting with the one or more interactive content elements. | 01-23-2014 |
20140026049 | Techniques and Systems for Supporting Podcasting - Improved podcasts and techniques that facilitate their use are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can subscribe to podcasts and then automatically monitor the podcasts for updates to be downloaded. In the event that user interest in a podcast becomes inadequate, downloading of further updates can be restricted. According to another aspect, a podcast can be subscribed to through use of a portable subscription file. According to still another aspect, podcast feeds can be enhanced to include segment elements and other metadata. | 01-23-2014 |
20140033034 | APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING BRUSHING HABITS - An interactive toothbrush is provided. The toothbrush may include memory including a set of instructions and at least one processor. The set of instructions, with the at least one processor, may be configured to cause the toothbrush to display a list of option to a user via a display panel when a switch to power on the apparatus is pressed. The set of instructions, with the at least one processor, may further be configured to cause the toothbrush to perform an action when a selection from the list of options is received from a user via the display panel. In some embodiments, the set of instructions, with the at least one processor, may further be configured to cause the toothbrush to detect the brushing habits of the user and transmit the brushing habits to another device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140033035 | USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTING MEDIA INFORMATION - A user interface and methods for using a user interface for controlling processing of time-based media files. In one exemplary method, a graphical representation of a time line for a time-based media is displayed along with a graphical representation of a current time along the graphical representation of the time line. A start graphical indicator and a stop graphical indicator is also displayed along the graphical representation of the time line. A portion of the time-based media may be selected for presentation by dragging or positioning at least one of the start graphical indicator and the stop graphical indicator along the graphical representation of the time line. In another aspect of the invention, an exemplary method allows for the adaptive control of a portion of the interface which indicates time relating to a time-based media. An input speed is determined where this input is to change the portion and the rate at which the change to this portion occurs is dependent upon the input speed. Other aspects of the present invention relating to the interface for controlling the processing of time-based media files are also described. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040737 | COLLABORATIVE MEDIA EDITING SYSTEM - A media editing system includes one or more machines that are configured to support cloud-based collaborative editing of media by one or more client devices. A machine within the media editing system may be configured to receive a render request for generation of a media frame, determine whether a client device is to generate the media frame, and initiate generation of the media frame. Moreover, a machine within the media editing system may facilitate resolution of conflicts between edits to a particular piece of media. Furthermore, a machine within the media editing system may facilitate provision of convenient access to media from a particular client device to one or more additional client devices. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040738 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processor includes: a playback position holder configured to hold a content playback position at which a user starts inputting a comment on content that is being played back; and a comment information holder configured to hold the comment input by the user in association with the content playback position held by the playback position holder. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040739 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CLIENT DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, LIST GENERATION METHOD, LIST ACQUISITION METHOD, LIST PROVIDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a plurality of specifying devices used to respectively specify a plurality of types of parameter values representing music features; a music extraction portion that extracts, from a first database in which a plurality of pieces of music and the parameter values are associated with each other, pieces of music that match the parameter values specified using the specifying devices; and a list generation portion that generates a list of the pieces of music extracted by the music extraction portion. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040740 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of easily classifying contents as a processing target in reproduction and the like. For example, a screen is displayed by arranging a (thumbnail of a) cover art as a symbol image serving as a symbol representing a content such as a song on a 2-dimensional plane, and a carpet area which is a band-shaped area having a width extending, for example, in an x-direction as a direction perpendicular to a predetermined axis of the 2-dimensional plane is displayed. The content whose symbol image is included in the carpet area is regarded as a processing target in a predetermined process. The present technology may be applied to, for example, a case where a song to be registered in a playlist is classified from contents such as songs. | 02-06-2014 |
20140047335 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AND UPDATING LIVE-STREAMING ONLINE CONTENT IN AN INTERACTIVE WEB PLATFORM - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing live-streaming online content, including video segments married with related online information in a single online platform. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that includes generating, using at least one processor, a series of videos having a sequential order to display in a web browser and publishing the videos in the web browser. The method further includes determining online data that relates to each video in the series and displaying the related data in the web browser. Further, the method includes playing the videos in the web browser in a sequential order and updating the data that relates to a video while the video is playing in real-time. The related data may include user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047336 | Removable modular universal telematics services engine for an audio-visual control unit - Modular auxiliary processor circuitry, capable of performing telematics services, including wireless communications, diagnostic assessment and reporting, location based services, and internetworking, couples with a vehicle head unit through an auxiliary processing module interface. When so coupled, the auxiliary processing module circuitry can perform tasks, services, functions, and aspect that a lower-capability processor of the head unit cannot perform as quickly or as efficiently, if at all. When the auxiliary processor module is coupled and active, its display output can couple to a display device either permanently fixed in the vehicle, or portable and mobile with respect to the vehicle, through conductors or a wireless link. When the auxiliary processor circuitry's output couples to the display device software running on the head unit, or the auxiliary processor module, may decouple the head unit from the display device unless a user interface requests its services, such as tuning an AM/FM radio circuit. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047337 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING AUDIO FILES - A system and method for organizing one or more audio files. One or more original files are converted into the one or more audio files. The one or more original files are associated with the one or more audio files. The one or more audio files are accessed in response to a request to access the one or more audio files. The one or more audio files are communicated through an audio interface in response to a request to access the one or more audio files. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047338 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LISTENING TO AUDIO CONTENT - A method including selecting a presentation content group, displaying content identifiers corresponding to the presentation content group, selecting a content identifier, and instantly presenting a substantially live presentation content from a media provider corresponding to the selected content identifier to a user. | 02-13-2014 |
20140059429 | WEB INTEGRATED INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE - A communication service is provided by audibly interacting with a user in a communication in accordance with an audible menu used for audible interaction. A networked web-integrated interaction system determines, during the communication and based on an audible interaction with the user, to provide the user with a visual menu used for visual interaction. The visual menu at least partially matches the audible menu used for audible interaction. The user is provided with the visual menu during the communication upon determining, based on the audible interaction with the user in the communication, to provide the user with the visual menu. An interaction with the user during the communication after the visual menu is provided is a visual interaction in accordance with the visual menu used for visual interaction. | 02-27-2014 |
20140059430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MOOD GRADIENT - Systems and methods for generating and playing a sequence of media objects based on a mood gradient are also disclosed. A mood gradient is a sequence of items, in which each item is media object haying known characteristics or a representative set of characteristics of a media object, that is created or used by a user for a specific purpose. Given a mood gradient, one or more new media objects are selected for each item in the mood gradient based on the characteristics associated with that item. In this way, a sequence of new media objects is created but the sequence exhibits a similar variation in media object characteristics. The mood gradient may be presented to a user or created via a display illustrating a three-dimensional space in which each dimension corresponds to a different characteristic. The mood gradient may be represented as a path through the three-dimensional space and icons representing media objects are located within the three-dimensional space based on their characteristics. | 02-27-2014 |
20140059431 | Turnersphere - Systems and methods for presenting information identifying a media item associated with a geographic area are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user device comprises a media player adapted to interact with a media item. The user device comprises a communication interface adapted to provide media item information identifying the media item, and to provide location information identifying a geographic location associated with the user device at which the media item was interacted with. The user device comprises a location determination component adapted to receive an identification of a geographic area. The communication interface is further adapted to receive information that identifies a second media item, wherein location information associated with the second media item is associated with the identified geographic area. The user device further comprises a user interface adapted to present, via the user device, the information that identifies the second media item. | 02-27-2014 |
20140068432 | ENABLING AUDIENCE INTERACTION WITH A BROADCAST MEDIA PROGRAM - The present application is directed towards systems and methods for providing audience interaction with a broadcast media program. A producer, utilizing an intuitive interface provided by a computing device can request audience input by providing polls or questions, which may be transmitted to a plurality of remote computing devices of the audience. An audience member may record a brief audio or video file, of up to a predetermined length, in response to a question via an application executed by their remote computing device. The application may transmit the recorded file to the computing device of the producer, who may review the recorded file and delete it, post it to a website, or download it for playback on air. Accordingly, the resulting system provides the ease, efficiency, and safety of asynchronous communication systems, while allowing audience members to hear their own comments and own voices on air. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068433 | RATING MEDIA FRAGMENTS AND USE OF RATED MEDIA FRAGMENTS - An apparatus and method for granularly rating media are disclosed herein. The method includes receiving an identification of a first fragment of the media from the media as a whole from a use. The method additionally includes receiving a rating of the first fragment of the media from the user. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068434 | ADJUSTING AUDIO VOLUME OF MULTIMEDIA WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN MULTIPLE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A multiple media module receives data indicating a status of a tab of a graphical user interface (GUI) presented on a user device. The multiple media module determines, based on the data indicating the status of the tab, whether the tab is active, the tab comprising a streaming media player. If the tab of the web browser is not active, the multiple media module mutes an audio component of a streaming media file playing in the streaming media player. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068435 | AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE, AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An audio processing device includes: a display control unit, configured to control display of a plurality of audio gears, which are gears movable within a screen, each audio gear corresponding to predetermined audio data; and a playback control unit configured to control synchronized playback of a plurality of audio data; wherein, in the event that a plurality of the audio gears are directly or indirectly meshed, the display control unit rotates the plurality of audio gears, and the playback control unit performs synchronized playback of the plurality of audio data corresponding to the plurality of audio gears. | 03-06-2014 |
20140075306 | Music search and retrieval system - An on-board music search, retrieval and downloadable system has a plurality of musical works, each correlated with a music search code or identifier. The search code or identifier comprises a plurality of information including title, artist, era of song, genre, history of song, and song associations. Any one of the search codes or identifiers identified in an executed search retrieves the musical works associated therewith. The system provides an on-board database in communication with a remote database for searching a plurality of musical works correlated with a music search code or identifier, including a plurality of information such as title, artist, era of song, genre, history of song, and song associations. Any one of the search codes or identifiers identified in an executed search retrieves the musical works. The on-board music system provides easy song retrieval, enabling a driver to search and play songs without being distracted while driving. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075307 | PROVIDING CONTENT ITEM MANIPULATION ACTIONS ON AN UPLOAD WEB PAGE OF THE CONTENT ITEM - A system and method to provide content item manipulation actions for a content item on an upload web page is presented. The method can include initializing an upload process for a content item to be uploaded to a server. The method can also include prior to completion of an upload data transfer of the upload process, providing, on a user interface (UI) comprising an upload progress indicator of the upload process, an option to add the content item to at least one playlist. Furthermore, the method can include subsequent to completion of the upload data transfer and completion of a processing operation of the content item, providing, on the UI comprising the upload progress indicator, an option to edit the content item and/or an option to share the content item. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075308 | INTELLIGENT MEDIA QUEUE - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for intelligently managing a playlist of digital media provide an intelligent dynamic queue that is configured to manage the playback of digital media. The queue can transition between passive playback mode, active playback mode, and mixed playback mode. The queue can handle the playback of the songs in the queue according to the playback mode and/or a queue status field that is associated with each song in the queue. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075309 | CONSIDERING USER NEEDS WHEN PRESENTING CONTEXT-SENSITIVE INFORMATION - Methods and systems of summarizing media content may provide for receiving a request for a presentation of media content to a user, and determining a media consumption context associated with the user and the media content, wherein the media consumption context includes an amount of time between media consumption sessions. Additionally, a level of detail for a summary of the media content may be determined based on the media consumption context. In one example, the media consumption context further includes one or more of an amount of media consumed in a most recent media consumption session, an information retention capacity of the user, a complexity of the media content, a granularity input from the user, and a user preference setting. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075310 | Method and Apparatus For creating user-defined media program excerpts - The present disclosure involves a method of managing media playback. The method includes: playing a media program via an electronic device; receiving, during the playing of the media program, a first input that defines a beginning of a user-defined excerpt of the media program; receiving, during the playing of the media program, and after the beginning of the user-defined excerpt of the media program has been defined, a second input that defines an end of the user-defined excerpt of the media program; associating the user-defined excerpt of the media program with an account of a user; and thereafter displaying an availability of the user-defined excerpt of the media program. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075311 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO VOLUME ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and method for facilitating a user's interaction with an electronic device to control selected audio output volumes of the device. The described methods and apparatus facilitate operation of the electronic device with a volume limit for audio content output from one or more ports of the device that is less than the maximum output volume available from the device. A first user input to increase the volume of an audio signal at one or more ports will increase the volume only to an initial volume limit that is less than the maximum output volume available. A visual, non-textual indicator of the availability of additional volume levels will be displayed to a user; and subsequent receipt of a second input to increase the volume of the audio signal will cause an increase in volume beyond the initial volume limit. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075312 | CONSIDERING USER NEEDS WHEN PRESENTING CONTEXT-SENSITIVE INFORMATION - Methods and systems of summarizing media content may provide for receiving a request for a presentation of media content to a user, and determining a media consumption context associated with the user and the media content, wherein the media consumption context includes an amount of time between media consumption sessions. Additionally, a level of detail for a summary of the media content may be determined based on the media consumption context. In one example, the media consumption context further includes one or more of an amount of media consumed in a most recent media consumption session, an information retention capacity of the user, a complexity of the media content, a granularity input from the user, and a user preference setting. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075313 | Integrated Content Recommendation - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods for providing integrated content recommendations in a graphical user-interface GUI). Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure employ a recommendation request from a client running a GUI for content recommendations formatted to fit within the GUI. An external component determines the recommendations, formats the recommendations to match a layout/look and feel of the GUI and the formatted recommendations are presented in the GUI as an integrated component of the GUI. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075314 | CONTENT COMPILATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for enabling easy generation, editing, and access to digital content compilations, such as playlists, etc. Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure employ one or more graphical user-interfaces that provide a playlist toolbar (e.g., a sidebar) after determining a user wishes to access a digital content compilation. Further, predictions may be made to determine potential activities associated with these compilations based upon previous actions performed by the user. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075315 | MEDIA REPRODUCTION CONTROL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - The invention relates to a method and arrangement for rescaling a time line ( | 03-13-2014 |
20140082493 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PERCEPTIBLE PROPERTIES OF MEDIA CONTENT - A method and apparatus for measuring perceptible properties of media content. The method comprises displaying media content comprising a plurality of perceptible properties; receiving a selection of an perceptible property from the plurality of perceptible properties; receiving at least one comment related to the selected perceptible property in the plurality of perceptible properties; and calculating a measurement of an overall quality of the media content based on the received at least one comment. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082494 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING E-MAIL MESSAGES TO A USER - A method and a software product for use in a communications network for sorting and displaying together characterizing images of a plurality of messages, wherein the plurality of messages comprises e-mail messages and/or messages that are based on information retrieved from one or more e-mail messages, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first plurality of e-mail messages addressed to a specific user; analyzing content of the first plurality of e-mail messages and generating a characterizing image for each of a second plurality from among the first plurality of messages, wherein the characterizing images will be displayed to the specific user together with the characterizing images of other messages belonging to the second plurality of messages; displaying the characterizing images generated in a plurality of cells arranged in a displaying grid, wherein each of the characterizing images is displayed at a separate cell of the displaying grid. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082495 | MEDIA SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR PROVIDING OR ACCESSING MULTIPLE LIVE PERFORMANCES SIMULTANEOUSLY - A system provides to second users on a communication network, electronic media content for at least one ongoing, live performance being performed for a first user. The system provides the second user with a menu having a plurality of selectable menu items, each corresponding to an ongoing live media performance. The system receives selection information from the second user, corresponding to one or more of the menu items. The system provides the second user with displayable content for displaying, through a single browser frame, one or more of the ongoing live media performance to which the selected one or more of the menu items corresponds. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082496 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VOLUME - An apparatus and method for controlling volume in a terminal adjust the volume of applications in the terminal without adjusting a main volume of the terminal. The apparatus and method display the relative volume of applications and allow a user to adjust each application's volume. If a user adjusts the volume of an application to be greater than a main volume of the terminal, the application's volume may be set to the main volume of the terminal. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROWSING AND ACCESSING LIVE MEDIA CONTENT - A system and method for providing a user interface for live media content is described. A top portion of the user interface is populated with media content categories. A selection of a media content category from the media content categories is received. A bottom portion of the user interface is populated with at least one panel relating to the selection of media content category. A timeline comprising a progress indicator corresponding to a progress of a live media content associated with the at least one panel is generated in the user interface. | 03-20-2014 |
20140089795 | GENERATING A USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus provide the ability to generate a graphical user interface. Two user interface groups are defined that both contain two or more user interface (UI) components that are used to perform operations in an image processing application. The two groups are displayed (in panels having panel dimensions) on a first display device having a first aspect ratio. Each UI component has a corresponding size that it is displayed in and spacing between the UI components has a defined spacing size. The two groups are displayed on a second display device having a second different aspect ratio. The second aspect ratio is such that both panels cannot be completely displayed in the panel dimensions. First UI components are displayed in a first panel while the second panel is displayed with a portion obscured by the first panel. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089796 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR AUTHORING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - An electronic apparatus, a method for authorizing multimedia content thereof, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing therein a program to execute the method are provided. The method for generating multimedia content of the electronic apparatus includes displaying a page screen of electronic book content comprising text and video, receiving a user command to generate a multimedia object in synchronization with the video, and displaying a multimedia object generating window which is movable and size-adjustable within the page screen, and generating the multimedia object in synchronization with the video in response to the user command through the multimedia object generating window and storing the multimedia object in synchronization with the video. As a result, the user is able to author electronic book content comprising interactive multimedia therein. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089797 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EVENT DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION - A computer system and method for generating event distribution information using an audio file and controlling events corresponding to the user inputs based on the event distribution information. The computer-implemented method includes: extracting a predefined number of event-triggering times from event distribution information, wherein the event distribution information is associated with an audio file currently played on the computer and the event-triggering times are arranged in a sequential order; determining a current play time for the audio file; and controlling event locations corresponding to user inputs on the display of the computer based on a comparison of the current play time and the extracted event-triggering times. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089798 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CROWD SOURCED TAGGING OF MULTIMEDIA - The invention relates to deploying a synchronization index and associated multimedia, for manipulations to the synchronization index, for navigation between the synchronization index and associated multimedia, and for synchronous playback of the multimedia and associated text, using a computing device. The system may use multimedia with a synchronized text transcription, or a synchronization index, on a computing device for viewing and manipulating the multimedia, using the synchronized text transcription. The computing device may be used to navigate the multimedia, annotate the text transcription, achieve synchronous play of the multimedia, and communicate to another computer manipulations performed on the text or multimedia. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089799 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONTROL FOR MULTIMEDIA SEEKING - The invention relates to multimedia seek sequence using a synchronization index and a mobile computing device. A mobile computing device displays text from a synchronization index. The synchronization index comprises respective times within multimedia corresponding to a word or range of words. A user may perform a gesture performed on a portion of screen of the mobile computing device corresponding to a word, or a range of words, from the synchronization index. The mobile computing device performs a timecode lookup, using the synchronization index, and in response to the gesture performed to select a word or range of words, the timecode lookup functions to associate a time within multimedia to the selected word or range of words. Multimedia is then delivered beginning at that time, or the user is provided instructions for the delivery of multimedia, to a receiving device. The multimedia delivered corresponds to the word or range of words selected by the gesture of the user. | 03-27-2014 |
20140095996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PROGRESSION OF MULTMEDIA ASSETS ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method is provided for content presentation. In one or more implementations, at least one processor is operatively coupled to processor readable storage media. Further, at least one database provided with the processor readable storage media includes multimedia content. A first segment of the multimedia content is provided for presentation. At least a second segment and a third segment of the multimedia content are associated with the first segment of the multimedia content. User input is detected while the first segment of the multimedia is being presented, and the input is determined to be associated with the second segment of the multimedia content. The first segment ends, and the second segment is provided. Moreover, additional user input is detected while the second segment of the multimedia is being presented, and which is determined to be associated with the third segment of the multimedia content. The second segment is ended and the third segment of the multimedia content is provided for presentation. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095997 | Audio System Optimization Interface - An audio system interface is provided, as well as a method of using same, in which a visual representation of the vehicle's passenger cabin is displayed on the vehicle's touch-screen. When a user's touch registers on the visual representation of the passenger compartment, the system matches the touch with one of a plurality of pre-defined acoustic sweet spots within the passenger compartment, and then adjusts the left-right speaker balance controller and the front-rear speaker fade controller to the specific left-right speaker balance setting and the specific front-rear speaker fader setting defined by the selected acoustic sweet spot. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095998 | ADVANCED PLAYLIST CREATION - Media players and associated methods are described that may allow a user to initiate playback of content or other media assets based on information associated with content. A media player may receive information associated with content from a user selection of a song, movie, photo, or the like. Based on the information, the media player may procure other additional content to be added to a playlist. The media player may automatically add to a playlist or modify a playlist with content that matches a user's preferences for artists, albums, genres, or the like. The user may interact with the media player to determine what content is added and how a playlist should be mixed. The user may specify how much of any content procured by the media player should be present in the playlist without the need to specify each individual item that constitutes a playlist. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095999 | SEARCH AND PARENTAL CONTROL FEATURES FOR DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES - A computing device displays a sentence template that includes fixed text and one or more menu boxes. The computing device displays particular menu items associated with the menu boxes in the menu boxes in response to receiving user input to select the particular menu items. The fixed text and the particular menu items form a complete sentence in a human language. Subsequently, the computing device displays graphical elements that identify media assets that satisfy criteria indicated by the complete sentence. A user may then play back one or more of the identified media assets. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096000 | FILE EXECUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE - A file execution method and system for a portable device for expediting an execution of files is provided. A method for executing an audio file including at least one track associated with a cover image includes displaying a first cover image associated with a track that is playing and displaying a first track list on the first cover image in response to a first key input signal, the first track list listing tracks associated with the first cover image. The portable device implemented with the file execution method and system of the present invention enables a track list to be displayed together with a cover image shared by a set of tracks listed on the track list, thereby expediting execution of files. | 04-03-2014 |
20140101547 | System And Method To Communicate Targeted Information - A method for targeted advertising is disclosed. The method includes accessing at least one piece of demographic information associated with a user of a portable device, selecting an advertisement to be delivered to the user based at least in part on the demographic information, and initiating communication of a version of the advertisement configured for presentation at the portable device. | 04-10-2014 |
20140108928 | Multi-gesture Media Recording System - A computer implemented method and system for recording media data such as audio data in one or more communication modes based on gestures on a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic device is provided. A gesture based media recording application (GBMRA) provided on the electronic device defines multiple interface regions on the GUI. The GBMRA detects a gesture on an interface region and performs a first action associated with recording of the media data in a communication mode. The GBMRA detects another gesture on the same interface region or another interface region and performs a second action. The first action and the second action include at least one of triggering recording of the media data, switching from one communication mode to another for recording the media data, canceling recording of the media data, generating and displaying multiple options for performing an operation associated with the recorded media data, etc. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108929 | SYSTEMS, METHODS,AND USER INTERFACES FOR PREVIEWING MEDIA CONTENT - An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first input; and determining whether a change to the first input is detected within a first time period after detecting the first input. In accordance with a determination that a change to the first input is detected within the first time period after detecting the first input, first media content is added to a playlist. In accordance with a determination that a change to the first input is not detected within the first time period after detecting the first input, the first media content is caused to be presented. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108930 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - A three-dimensional graphical user interface system comprises a media component configured to produce a signal comprising media content (e.g., a movie or television show being viewed by a user) and a three-dimensional graphical user interface (e.g., an interactive program guide). A display device communicatively coupled to the media component is configured to simultaneously display the three-dimensional graphical user interface and a media content image corresponding to the media content. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108931 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THE SEGMENTATION OF MEDIA - A computer implemented method for the collection and segmentation of media, the method comprising selecting a media search source via a user interface; providing a form-based interface that allow the entry of inputs to form a media search query; submitting the media search query to the media search source; receiving a media search result for viewing on the user interface based on the media search query, the media search result comprising media items; and displaying the media search result in a collection depository on the user interface; and dividing at least one of the media items into a plurality of relatively smaller segments, wherein the method is performed by one or more processors adapted to execute instructions stored on one or more memory components of the computer, is described herein. | 04-17-2014 |
20140115460 | Importing Media Content - Among other things, a method includes displaying, in a user interface of a media authoring application, an interface enabling a user of the media authoring application to import media content from any media source supported by the media authoring application, wherein at least one of the media sources is a media capture device and at least one of the media sources is a portion of a file system of a storage device, the interface including a pane displaying a list of media sources currently available to the media authoring application, a pane displaying a list of media content files available at a selected media source, and a pane displaying at least a portion of a selected media content file. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A PLAYLIST IN A MUSIC SERVICE - Systems and methods are provided for implementing and managing a music service. According to certain aspects, the systems and methods present an interface to a user that indicates an additional user of the music service and allows the user to select certain properties or attributes associated with a desired playlist. The systems and methods identify a music profile of the additional user and detect an input selection to generate the playlist. In aspects, the systems and methods identify songs based on the music profile of the additional user and optionally a music profile of the user, as well as the properties or attributes selected by the user, and provides the playlist to the user that includes the identified songs. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115462 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING A PLAYLIST WITHIN A MUSIC SERVICE - Systems and methods are provided for distributing a playlist of a user. The systems and methods receive an indication from the user of a song to add to the playlist and adds the song to the playlist. In aspects, the systems and methods analyze the playlist to determine whether an attribute of the playlist meets a specified parameter. In some cases, the specified parameter can be met if a musical attribute of the song is similar to a music profile of one of the users, or if an amount of songs on the playlist meets or exceeds a specified threshold. The systems and methods can enable the user to distribute the playlist either publicly or to a specified set of users if the specified parameter of the playlist is met. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115463 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPILING MUSIC PLAYLISTS BASED ON VARIOUS PARAMETERS - Systems and methods are provided for generating playlists within a music service executing on an electronic device. According to certain aspects, the systems and methods identify various parameters based on a setting or condition of the electronic device. The systems and methods determine one or more songs based on the various parameters and add the one or more songs to a playlist that is displayed on an interface of the electronic device. According to embodiments, the systems and methods enable the user to initiate playback of the playlist via the interface. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115464 | ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH ENTERTAINMENT MANAGER MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of an entertainment system includes: identifying an entertainment input type for classifying an entertainment activity; detecting an entertainment break period based on the entertainment input type; determining a task priority for temporally overlapping a schedule task with the entertainment break period; calculating an adjusted entertainment schedule based on the task priority for engaging in the entertainment activity and the schedule task; and generating a task-suggestion based on the adjusted entertainment schedule for displaying on a device. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115465 | VISUAL PLAYLIST - A device may receive information that identifies a first attribute and a second attribute associated with media files, and the first and second attributes may specify a manner in which the media files are to be represented on a user interface. The device may present, on the user interface and based on the first attribute and the second attribute, a representation of the media files on a grid. A first dimension of the grid may be associated with the first attribute, and a second dimension on the grid may be associated with the second attribute. The device may receive a selection of a portion of the grid corresponding to a set of media files, and may create a playlist, based on receiving the selection, that includes the set of media files. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115466 | Dynamic User Interface Customization - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for dynamic user interface customization. A set of functions for a user interface is stored, each function comprising a function that can be added to the user interface. A first set of data is transmitted to a remote device that causes the user interface to be displayed on the remote device with a predetermined set of functions from the set of functions. Interaction data is received indicative of a user's interactions with the user interface. A second set of data is transmitted to the remote device that causes the user interface to dynamically add a new function from the set of functions to the user interface based on the interaction data, wherein the new function is displayed as a selectable item in the user interface that the user can select to use a function associated with the new function. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115467 | CREATING MULTIPLE RECOMMENDED STATIONS BASED ON PURCHASE HISTORY - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing enhanced user interfaces and functionalities for internet radio applications are presented. In some embodiments, a computer system may determine, based on purchase history associated with a user account, one or more content seeds for at least two internet radio stations. The computer system then may select one or more songs to be provided via the at least two internet radio stations based on the one or more content seeds. Subsequently, the computer system may provide the at least two internet radio stations to one or more user devices linked to the user account. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115468 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MIXING AUDIO USING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ORGANIZATION - A system and method incorporating a touch screen that permits the mixing of audio tracks or data using spatial and temporal organization. By organizing audio tracks as images in 2D or 3D space (augmented reality), many tracks can be visualized at the same time and perceived by a user in a visually accurate way. By animating the images based on such characteristics as volume and aural position, images can move out of the way and only relevant audio tracks will be displayed. | 04-24-2014 |
20140123004 | STATION CREATION - Systems and methods for creating stations by adding new media streams are provided. A system and method can include a graphical interface having a group of graphical elements associated with remotely stored media streams, and an initiation object for adding new media streams. Input corresponding to a selection of the initiation object to display new stream options can be received. Input corresponding to a selection of a new stream option can be received. A selection indication of an added new media stream can be provided. Adding a new media stream can include displaying a graphical animation that adds a graphical element associated with the new media stream to the group of graphical elements on the graphical interface. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123005 | USER INTERFACE FOR STREAMING MEDIA STATIONS WITH VIRTUAL PLAYBACK - User interfaces for a streaming media system can replicate aspects of broadcast media systems. Icons representing streaming media stations region can be arranged in a scrollable array, and a visual indicator presented to identify the current station's icon. Some or all of the station icons can be “dynamic” icons that virtually play tracks by updating artwork and/or progress indicators even when a different station is current. Information about previously played tracks can be presented in a history region adjacent to a region presenting information about a current track, and an animated transition can move the current track's information to the history region when the current track finishes playing. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123006 | USER INTERFACE FOR STREAMING MEDIA STATIONS WITH FLEXIBLE STATION CREATION - User interfaces provide options for customizing a streaming media application to incorporate a personalized stations list defined by a user. For example, a user can create stations based on categories (e.g., genres or other characteristics), specific artists, and/or specific tracks. The user can select categories, artists, or tracks to be used for defining a station via a number of options, such as by searching or browsing a radio service's library of tracks; by selecting a currently playing or previously played track; and/or by selecting a track from a user's personal media library. Stations that a user has defined can be further customized based on user feedback, and stations on the user's personal stations list can be edited, deleted, and/or rearranged as the user sees fit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123007 | Providing Sender-Selected Sound Items to Conversation Participants - Functionality is described for allowing a first user to select a sound item. The first user can use a first device to send this sound item to a second device operated by a second user. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the sound item selected by the first user can be presented by the second device to the second user. The first device and the second device may correspond to two devices in an Instant Messaging (IM) system. According to another illustrative aspect, functionality is described that allows the first user to select the new sound item from a source sound item by adjusting the position and/or size (e.g., width) of a graphical selection unit that is presented over a graphical depiction of the source sound item. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123008 | PERSONAL AUDIO ASSISTANT DEVICE AND METHOD - A personal audio assistant includes comprising a first microphone for capturing audio, a logic circuit coupled to the first microphone for analyzing the captured audio, a communication module coupled to the logic circuit, and a user interaction element. The interaction element is configured to control at least one function or operation among invoking an operation of an electronic device communicatively coupled to the personal audio assistant via the communication module, invoking access to information on a network, invoking delivery of audio content, invoking delivery of text to speech, invoking speech to text processing of email, invoking delivery of text to speech of stock market information, invoking execution of a commercial transaction, invoking delivery of calendaring information, invoking delivery of medication reminders, or invoking access to location information using a GPS system. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123009 | PERSONAL AUDIO ASSISTANT DEVICE AND METHOD - A personal audio assistant includes a first microphone for capturing audio, a logic circuit coupled to the first microphone, a communication module coupled to the logic circuit, a memory storage unit communicatively coupled to the logic circuit, and a user interaction element. The interaction element is configured to perform at least one among accessing selection of audio content via an audio input received at the first microphone or determining a user preference of audio content by tracking genre of content selected, artist of content selected, and at least one among the day of the week or time of day. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123010 | PERSONAL AUDIO ASSISTANT DEVICE AND METHOD - A personal audio assistant includes a first microphone for capturing audio, a communication module communicatively coupled to the first microphone and for accessing information from a network, a memory storage unit communicatively coupled to the first microphone, and a voice controlled interface coupled to the microphone. The voice controlled interface is configured to access the network in response to detection of at least one or more voice commands from the captured audio and present results in response to accessing the network to a speaker via a text-to-speech synthesizer. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129935 | Method and Apparatus for Developing and Playing Natural User Interface Applications - An apparatus method and computer program product for developing and executing NUI applications. The apparatus for developing the NUI application comprising a development platform comprising a design manager for indicating a NUI object and a graphic object, wherein the graphic object is designed to track movements of the NUI object, based on movements of an object captured by a NUI device and associated with the NUI object when the application is executed; an interactive manager for managing interactive actions between the NUI object and the graphic object; and a NUI manager for defining a NUI device to be supported by a computing platform executing the application, wherein the application is developed graphically. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129936 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING INVESTIGATION RESULTS - A computer-based investigative analysis system is disclosed in which a user can share results of an investigation with other users in a way that allows the sharing user to visualize how the results will be shared before they are shared. The results are shared in the form of a visual graph having nodes, edges, and other presentation elements. The nodes represent data objects that are the subject of the investigation and the edges represent connections between the data objects. The graph is shared in the form of an automatically generated redacted graph omitting nodes, edges, and presentation elements for which the other users do not have permission to view. Before sharing the graph, the sharing user is presented with a visualization of the automatically generated redacted graph providing the user an opportunity to confirm that sharing the redacted graph will not constitute an unauthorized information leakage. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129937 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANIPULATING CHARACTERISTICS OF AUDIO OBJECTS BY USING DIRECTIONAL GESTURES - An apparatus for enabling manipulation of one or more audio objects may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including detecting at least one audio object and operating a pointer in a selected direction by a user. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to detect a gesture of the pointer in response to the operating of the pointer in the selected direction. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to control at least one characteristic of the detected audio object in response to the detected gesture of the pointer or an indication of a selection of the at least one characteristic. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129938 | AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING MEDIA DISPLAY IN A PERSONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - A personal display system with which a user may adjust the configuration of displayed media is provided. The personal display system may include an electronic device operative to provide media to a personal display device operative to display the media. Using one or more optical and digital components, the personal display device may adjust displayed media to overlay features of a theater, thus giving the user the impression of being in the theater. In some embodiments, the personal display device may receive a user selection of a seat in the theater, and may adjust the media display accordingly. In some embodiments, the personal display device may detect the user's movements using one or more sensors and may adjust the displayed image based on the user's movements. For example, the device may detect a user's head movement and cause the portion of media displayed to reflect the head movement. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129939 | CUSTOMIZED CONTENT DELIVERY - Systems and methods are provided for creating a sample of electronic content for transmission to others. For example, a user may select a portion of an electronic content file to be transmitted as an excerpt file to another user. In some instances, transmission may be prohibited based on various criteria. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING FOR THE CONTROL OF A MUSIC PLAYER TO A DEVICE DRIVER - A system and method of providing for the control of a music player to a device driver. One embodiment of the system comprises an electronic music player that is connected to a plurality of music renderers via device drivers via a music renderer controller. The music renderer controller comprises a device integration application program interface for providing a standard interface for communicating with each of the device drivers. Each of the device drivers manage a selected music renderer. The device drivers can display a graphical interface for displaying notifications, customized controls, links to websites, or any other type of information desired by the manufacturer of the device driver. The device drivers can also customize the interfaces of the music render to rename textual elements that are displayed by the device driver. Furthermore, the device drivers can command the music player to suspend and resume playback of music items during selected periods. | 05-08-2014 |
20140136976 | Sound Alignment User Interface - Sound alignment user interface techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a user interface is output having a first representation of sound data generated from a first sound signal and a second representation of sound data generated from a second sound signal. One or more inputs are received, via interaction with the user interface, that indicate that a first point in time in the first representation corresponds to a second point in time in the second representation. Aligned sound data is generated from the sound data from the first and second sound signals based at least in part on correspondence of the first point in time in the sound data generated from the first sound signal to the second point in time in the sound data generated from the second sound signal. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136977 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal for classifying contents and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to display a plurality of contents; a touch sensor configured to sense a touch input applied to the display unit; and a controller configured to classify at least one of a plurality of contents selected on the basis of a touch input applied to the display unit into a particular category, and display an object indicating the category of the selected contents in a region adjacent to the selected contents. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136978 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING AN OUTPUT DEVICE BETWEEN MULTIMEDIA DEVICES TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE DATA - A method and system for sharing an output device between multimedia devices to transmit and receive data, is provided. The method includes operations of automatically discovering one or more second multimedia devices, when a first multimedia device is positioned within communication range of the one or more second multimedia devices that transmit a low power signal; and transmitting data of the first multimedia device to the one or more second multimedia devices, when the one or more second multimedia devices are discovered. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136979 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING THE PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus capable of exchanging information with another apparatus. The apparatus includes: a unit for carrying out a communication with the other apparatus; a unit for acquiring information on a state of a communication with the other apparatus carried out by the communication unit; and a unit for determining image information for a user owning the other apparatus based on the information acquired by the communication-state information acquisition unit and determining an array including the image information. The apparatus further includes: a unit for generating a display image including the image information based on the array; and a unit for displaying the display image. | 05-15-2014 |
20140143668 | DISPLAY METHOD OF OSD SYSTEM - A display method of an OSD system is provided. The method is used on the display. The OSD system of the display includes various built-in patterns to perform an input operation on the display directly. The OSD system selects and/or displays a pattern on the display, the display of the pattern is performed by the OSD system individually without using the computer or other device. When the computer executes a program, the display displays the frame of the program. The OSD system of the display receives an input operation to select a built-in pattern of the OSD system, the pattern overlaps the frame of the program, and the display displays the pattern and the frame of the program on the display simultaneously. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143669 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING A MEDIA FILE OF INTEREST - A method for retrieving a media file from a media rendering device with an initial set of media files stored in the device. Each media file has attributed feature values stored in the device and is associated to a graphical element displayed on a display. The position of each graphical element on the display depends on a multitude of the feature values of the associated media file. | 05-22-2014 |
20140149860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING A TAPESTRY INTERFACE - A system and methods are provided for presenting a tapestry interface including graphical elements for a plurality of asset. In one embodiment, a method includes scoring assets for display in the tapestry interface, wherein the tapestry interface provides a presentation for a plurality of assets having relevance based sizing, arrangement of the assets based at least in part on a grid pattern, and determining presentation characteristics of assets for display of the tapestry interface by a device based on the scoring, the presentation characteristics including presentation size and arrangement of assets on the grid pattern for each asset. The method may also include presenting the tapestry interface on the device, wherein at least a portion of the tapestry interface is displayed based on the presentation characteristics determined for each asset and arrangement of assets on the grid pattern. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149861 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING MUSIC LYRICS AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present disclosure the proposes a method of displaying and seeking lyrics and an portable handheld electronic device using the same. The method includes the steps of selecting an audio recording and displaying a progress indicator of the audio recording. After receiving a touch signal on the progress indicator, the device would locate the segment of lyrics of the audio recording which is based on the location of the signal on the progress indicator. Next a pop up window on the touch screen would emerge from the progress indicator and be displayed, and the lyrics would be displayed within the frame of the pop up window. The lyrics could be one line or two lines only. The audio recording and/or the lyrics could be played from the beginning of the line corresponding to the location of the touch signal on the progress indicator. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149862 | MEDIA REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A media reproducing apparatus may include a main body; a touch wheel button unit disposed in a region of the main body; and a control unit configured to perform a first function in response to receiving a first drag operation in a circumferential direction while a first start point disposed in the touch wheel button unit is touched, and perform a second function in response to receiving a second drag operation in the circumferential direction while a second start point, which is different from the first start point, is touched. The media reproducing apparatus may also include the region of the main body configured as a touch panel. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149863 | INTERACTIVE GROUP CONTENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In an exemplary system, a content hub subsystem is selectively and communicatively coupled to a plurality of access devices. At least a subset of the access devices is associated with a predefined group of users. The content hub subsystem is configured to receive data representative of content from at least one of the access devices associated with the predefined group of users, map the content to the predefined group of users, and provide data representative of the content to the access devices associated with the predefined group of users. Each of the access devices associated with the predefined group of users is configured to generate at least one interactive graphical object representative of the content, and generate and present a graphical user interface including the interactive graphical object. | 05-29-2014 |
20140157123 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A PERSONAL CHANNEL ON A MULTIMEDIA DEVICE - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for a personal channel on a multimedia device. The method includes scheduling a time period for providing media content from a device to generate a personal channel. The method also includes selecting the personal channel at a time approximate to the scheduled time period. Additionally, the method includes providing the media content during the scheduled time period. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157124 | Systems and Methods of Facilitating Browsing of Media Programs Distributed By Way of a Plurality of Different Media Distribution Models - Exemplary systems and methods may provide a user interface configured to provide a user with access to a plurality of browse contexts associated with a plurality of distribution models by way of which media programs are distributed through a media service, provide one or more user interface tools for use by the user to select which of the browse contexts is presented in the user interface and values of a refinement setting to be applied to refine the content of the browse contexts, track the values of the refinement setting individually for each of the browse contexts, and use the tracked values of the refinement setting to refine the content of the browse contexts presented in the user interface. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157125 | PORTABLE APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF TOUCH SCREENS AND METHOD OF OUTPUTTING SOUND THEREOF - A method of outputting a includes detecting a touch on a shortcut icon of a plurality of shortcut icons displayed on a touch screen, executing an application corresponding to the shortcut icon in response to the touch, detecting an angle between a first housing including a first touch screen and a second housing including a second touch screen by using a sensor, and determining an output mode based on the angle and a property of the application, and outputting a sound through a plurality of speakers according to the output mode. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157126 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - An information input apparatus including a user interface that detects a first input operation and a processor that assigns information to each of a plurality of directions from a position centered at the first input operation detected by the user interface. The user interface detects a second input operation corresponding to one of the plurality of directions, and the processor selects information assigned to the one of the plurality of directions as an input. | 06-05-2014 |
20140164921 | Methods and Systems of Augmented Reality on Mobile Devices - This invention relates to computer implemented methods and systems for augmented reality on mobile devices, and in particular, methods and systems for mobilization of video, music, photos and other media as augmented reality. Upon a user's selection of a map marker or other object corresponding to a place in a 2-D or 3-D view, a video or other media item is dynamically encoded for the user's specific device and carrier and played on the user's phone or mobile device or sent to another phone or mobile device. The 2-D or 3-D view may be viewed from within a browser or a separate application. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164922 | INTERACTION ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Interaction-based ecosystems are presented. Interaction analysis engine analyze media content to derive a set of media features. The engine can then identify one or more interaction objects (e.g., transactions, searches, game play, etc.) based on the set of media features. Relevant interaction objects can then be instantiated as persistent available or active points of interaction readily accessed by a consumer. The consumer need only capture a digital representation of the content via a user device, a smart phone for example. A second set of media features can be derived from the digital representation and the second set of media features can then be used to find the instantiated interactions. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164923 | Intelligent Adaptive Content Canvas - Various embodiments provide an intelligent adaptive content canvas that can enable users to access content, such as photos and videos, and consume the content in an adaptive environment that tailors the user experience in accordance with various parameters. The user experience is personalized to the user and is adaptively predictive in a manner that attempts to surface content that the user would likely wish to consume. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164924 | Self Service Portal and Methods for Using Same - Embodiments of the present disclosure automatically generate customized media player code segments for integration with the websites of an online provider of goods and services to stream various forms of non-downloadable media (such as audio and video) to visitors of the provider's website. Embodiments of the present disclosure further allow online providers to obtain information relating to usage and performance of the media player. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164925 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING MENU BUTTONS - Optical storage media often contain data structures for a menu suitable for selection of a title, a chapter, a parameter or others. Such menus usually comprise a number of buttons to be displayed, with each button having a state. Possible states of buttons are; e.g., “unselected”, “selected” or “activated”. According to the invention, the menu may contain buttons that can be selected through the keys on the remote control, but that don't have any images or text associated. This allows creating “invisible buttons” that automatically execute commands upon selection. Further, a sound or sound sequence; e.g., melody or click, may be associated to a buttons state, and may be played back when the button enters this state. Such menu data may be stored; e.g., on a Blu-ray disc. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164926 | SEAMLESS PLAYBACK OF COMPOSITE MEDIA - A streaming composition system is described herein that provides easy workflow and playback capabilities for content producers to create composite media assets from existing and on-going media content and for streaming clients to seamlessly playback composite multimedia streams provided from different sources. These assets provide broadcasters an option to quickly turn around highlights for an on-going event. The streaming composition system allows a producer to identify clips within existing media assets and compose the clips into a new unified streaming presentation. For producers that already have smooth streaming media assets, the system leverages these assets to provide seamless playback across clip boundaries including advanced playback support for advertisement insertion, fast forward, rewind, and so on. | 06-12-2014 |
20140173430 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING AND DISCOVERY - A method for sharing media within a chat room system, including: in response to receipt of a sharing selection from a user at a device, rerouting an audio output from a default audio output of the device to a virtual audio output, capturing a primary audio stream generated by an application executed on the device with the virtual audio output, sending the primary audio stream to an external server for distribution to secondary user devices, receiving a secondary audio stream from the external server and concurrently playing the primary audio stream and secondary audio stream at an audio output of the device. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173431 | INFORMATION SYSTEM - A system and method for displaying an electronic program schedule guide is provided. The system has areas for displaying program schedule information. In addition, the system also has areas that may be used for advertising programs, products or services. In another embodiment, the system has areas for displaying messages to the user. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173432 | System and Method for Synchronizing Operations Among a Plurality of Independently Clocked Digital Data Processing Devices - A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices having independent clocking arrangements. A task distribution device is to distribute tasks to a synchrony group comprising a plurality of devices to perform tasks distributed by the task distribution device in synchrony. The task distribution device distributes each task to synchrony group members over a network. Each task is associated with a time stamp that indicates a time, relative to a clock maintained by the task distribution device, at which synchrony group members are to execute the task. Each synchrony group member periodically obtains from the task distribution device an indication of current time indicated by its clock, determines a time differential between the task distribution device's clock and its respective clock and determines there from a time at which, according to its respective clock, the time stamp indicates that it is to execute the task. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173433 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SOUNDS AND IMAGES THROUGH THREE-DIMENSIONAL MATRIX CIRCUIT - The preset invention relates to a system for controlling sounds and images through three-dimensional matrix circuit, which outputs voice and sound signals outputted from a sound generator and amplified by a plurality of amplifiers through a plurality of speakers. The system includes a matrix circuit and a controller. The matrix circuit is configured in a three-dimensional type such that the amplifiers and the speakers to which the voice and sound signals outputted from the sound generator are delivered are connected to each other, changing and adding input/output according to a user's selection. The controller controls various kinds of operations of the speakers and the amplifiers by allowing a user to control the matrix circuit by a multicast method so as to select amplifiers or a combination thereof to be used for broadcasting using a keyboard or a mouse. | 06-19-2014 |
20140181653 | CONTENT PRESENTATION WITH ENHANCED USER EXPERIENCE - Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with content consumption are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a decoder, a user interface engine, and a presentation engine. The decoder may be configured to receive and decode a streaming of the content. The user interface engine may be configured to receive user commands. The presentation engine may be configured to present the content as the content is decoded from the stream, in response to received user commands. Further, the decoder, the user interface engine, the presentation engine, and/or combination/sub-combination thereof, may be arranged to adapt the presentation to enhance user experience during response to a first of the user commands, where the adaption is in addition to a nominal response to the first user command. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181654 | Playback Queue Control via a Playlist on a Mobile Device - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181655 | Moving a Playback Queue to a New Zone - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181656 | Playlist Modification - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181657 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND AUDIO CONTROLLING METHOD FOR PORTABLE DEVICE - A portable device communicating with an electronic device to receive audio dedicated to one display which is one of a number of simultaneous displays on the electronic device comprises a communicating module, a selection module, and an audio outputting module. The electronic device provides a number of displays in different parts of a screen, each with an associated audio, and transmits one associated audio to the portable device. The communicating module allows the portable device to communicate with the electronic device. The selection module selects one display as the preferred display according to an operation of user and controls the electronic device to transmit the audio associated with the preferred display to portable device. The audio outputting module outputs the associated audio of the selected display on the portable device. An audio controlling method applied to the portable device is also provided. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181658 | Controlling and Displaying Zones in a Multi-Zone System - A multimedia controller for controlling and displaying zones in a multi-zone system is provided. In one example the controller is configured to provide a user interface for a plurality of zones, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones includes at least one player in a local area network. The controller is also configured to accept via the user interface, an input to display a list of the zones in the local area network, and to identify, for each zone of the plurality of zones, a state associated with each zone of the plurality of zones. The controller is also configured to display the list of the zones, wherein the list of the zones identifies each zone of the plurality of zones, and wherein the list of zones is ordered at least according to the state associated with each respective zone of the plurality of zones. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181659 | Accessing Last-Browsed Information in a Media Playback System - Embodiments are discussed for providing an indication of information previously accessed, or “browsed,” by a user on a control device of a media playback system, irrespective of a prior graphical display on the control device. The embodiments may involve causing a graphical display to provide a visual indication of a selectable region, receiving selection data that indicates a selection of the selectable region, irrespective of a prior graphical display and in response to receiving the selection data, identifying browse data that was most-recently accessed by the control device, where the browse data includes an indication of one or more playable media items, and causing the graphical display to provide a visual indication of the one or more playable media items indicated by the identified browse data. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181660 | DIGITAL MEDIA ALBUM CREATOR - A computerized method is provided that includes (a) receiving from the user a selection of one of a plurality of templates for the digital media album; (b) receiving from the user a subset of media album components; (c) in response to a user input, compiling an interim multimedia album using the selected template, the subset of media album components, and default data for each media album component not included in the subset of media album components, and thereafter displaying to the user the interim multimedia album; (d) receiving from the user additions to the subset of the media album components, and repeating step (c) with the subset including said additions; (e) receiving from the user further additions to the subset of the media album components until all of said media album components are received; and (f) compiling the created multimedia album using the selected template and said media album components. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181661 | USER INTERFACE TO ENABLE USERS TO SCROLL THROUGH A LARGE LIST OF ITEMS - Techniques pertaining to efficient scrolling are disclosed. One of the features of the efficient scrolling is the enablement of a search right at an appropriate item in a large list of items, thus avoiding going through the long list and wandering back and forth around a desired item. According to one embodiment, an indexing display is used. The indexing display includes a list of indexes, each corresponding to a group of items that sharing one or more common characteristics (e.g., a character or a kind). The indexing display is allowed first to be scrolled for a desired index. Once the desired index is confirmed, searching for a desired item in the large list starts at an item indexed by the desired index. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181662 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTI-LANGUAGE MENUS - A method for generating multi-language menus comprises grouping language-dependent menu resource files on a storage medium, and selecting only those menu resource files from a group that are labeled with an indication that matches the preferred menu language of the respective player. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181663 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTI-LANGUAGE MENUS - A method for generating multi-language menus comprises grouping language-dependent menu resource files on a storage medium, and selecting only those menu resource files from a group that are labeled with an indication that matches the preferred menu language of the respective player. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181664 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPOSING A MENU - Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181665 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPOSING A MENU - Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181666 | DIGITAL MEDIA EDITING - A computer-implemented method involving an object-based editing environment for defining a digital video as a linear arrangement of discrete media objects, each digital media object electronically stored as a digital file. The method includes displaying a graphical representation of a first digital media object within the editing environment; displaying one or more user interface icons associated with the digital media object; displaying a first menu in response to receiving a first user input; receiving second user input associated with the first menu and identifying a second digital media object; displaying a graphical representation of the second digital media object within the editing environment; and generating a digital video comprising the first digital media object and the second digital media object. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181667 | Metadata Assisted Trick Mode Intervention Method And System - A method and apparatus are described including accepting metadata, identifying segments of multimedia content that are for viewing, storing the identified segments of multimedia content, detecting trick mode playback initiation, determining if a starting point of the trick mode playback is prior to a next identified segment, determining a play-out time for the metadata if the first determination is positive, determining a corresponding time to start play-out of the metadata, playing back the metadata starting immediately if the first determination is negative or at the determined corresponding time, displaying a dialog box with a query, accepting input from a user in response to the query, playing back of one of the stored identified segments of multimedia content responsive to the accepted input at a normal mode speed and reverting to trick mode playback upon completion of the playing back of the one of the stored identified segment of multimedia content. | 06-26-2014 |
20140189510 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AUDIO INFORMATION - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the review of audio files, such as in conjunction with the selection of one or more audio files. In the context of a method, one or more audio characteristics are determined for each of one or more audio files. The method may also include causing a visual representation of the one or more audio files to be presented for selection. The method may also include providing for at least one visual element representative of at least one of the one or more audio characteristics of the respective audio files to be displayed based on the determined one or more audio characteristics with the presentation of the visual representation of the one or more audio files. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189511 | Web site program directs control of a media player - Computer software allowing enhanced control of the playout of audio/video works on a computer system. In various embodiments, the software allows key events from dedicated audio/video keys, whether part of a full sized keyboard or on a hand held remote, to control the actions of an audio/video playout program without requiring the user to direct the key event focus of the operating system to the audio/video playout program. Also, the invention distinguishes between key presses from a local, full sized keyboard and key presses from a remote keyboard so that the audio/video playout program can enlarge its screen display when a key event is received from the remote keyboard. In one embodiment, the invention constantly instructs the operating system to move the focus to the audio/video playout program. In another embodiment, if the focus is received by any of various windows in a display, software associated with the window forwards to the audio/video playout program any key events received from audio/video keys. In a third embodiment, audio/video key event data is routed to the audio/video playout program by a method that does not use the key event features of the operating system, such as by using a key board wedge server program to serve key events to audio/video client programs. In a fourth embodiment, the operating system is modified so that it has two separate focuses, one for a text keyboard and a second focus for audio/video keys. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189512 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PLAYLIST FROM A MOOD GRADIENT - Systems and methods for generating and playing a sequence of media objects based on a mood gradient are also disclosed. A mood gradient is a sequence of items, in which each item is media object having known characteristics or a representative set of characteristics of a media object, that is created or used by a user for a specific purpose. Given a mood gradient, one or more new media objects are selected for each item in the mood gradient based on the characteristics associated with that item. In this way, a sequence of new media objects is created but the sequence exhibits a similar variation in media object characteristics. The mood gradient may be presented to a user or created via a display illustrating a three-dimensional space in which each dimension corresponds to a different characteristic. The mood gradient may be represented as a path through the three-dimensional space and icons representing media objects are located within the three-dimensional space based on their characteristics. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189513 | MEDIA DATA SHARING BETWEEN MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICES - A wireless media player and a related system and methodology are disclosed. One aspect of the wireless media player system pertains to a virtual connector system, apparatus, and method for the automatic establishment of wireless connectivity with other electronic devices. In one embodiment, the media player device employs the use of integrated Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to exchange communication settings, media capability, and other parameters with an external device that also has integrated RFID technology. The automatic exchange of settings and other information via a proximity-based RFID data exchange allows a media player to quickly establish a secure communication link with another device via a commonly supported wireless protocol such as Ultra Wideband (UWB) or Bluetooth. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a method of using the captured media capability of the connecting device to customize certain menu options and software parameters in the media player. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195909 | Media Playback Queuing for Playback Management - Management or coordination of playback of digital media assets by an electronic device (e.g., a computing device), that supports media playback is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the electronic device can be controlled such that a user is able to schedule playback of distinct digital media assets. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195910 | MEDIA CONTENT CATALOGS - In a method in a computer system for displaying on a display device a personal catalog of media content, a plurality of media content listings is received from a plurality of network enabled media devices. The plurality of network enabled media devices has common ownership with the computer system, which comprises a network enabled media device. The plurality of media content listings and a media content listing of the computer system are used to compile a personal catalog of media content. The personal catalog of media content is displayed on the display device. | 07-10-2014 |
20140201630 | Sound Decomposition Techniques and User Interfaces - Sound decomposition techniques and user interfaces are described. In one or more implementations, one or more inputs are received via interaction with a representation of sound data in a user interface, the one or more inputs indicating a portion and corresponding intensity of the sound data. The sound data is decomposed according to at least one respective source based at least in part on the selected portion and indicated intensity to guide a learning process used in the decomposing. Other implementations are also contemplated, such as implementations that do not involve an indication of intensity, implementations involving concurrent display of sound data as being associated with respective sources, and so on. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTIONING MEDIA - A method for collaboratively captioning streamed media, the method including: rendering a visual representation of the audio at a first device, receiving segment parameters for a first media segment from the first device, rendering the visual representation of the audio at a second device, the second device different from the first device, and receiving a caption for the first media segment from the second device. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201632 | CONTENT PLAYER - The present invention provides a content player allowing a user to select content to view using a viewing history of content viewed by another user. The content player performs a content playing process in response to a user instruction. The content player acquires viewing history information about content viewed by a related user related to the user with a content player different from the content player. The content player presents, to the user, the acquired viewing history information. The content player performs, if the user selects the presented viewing history information, a playing process of content indicated by the selected viewing history information. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201633 | PROGRESS ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention discloses a progress adjustment method and an electronic device, the progress adjustment method is applied to an electronic device including a display unit on which data contents corresponding to first data are output in a chronological order, the method comprising displaying a progress bar corresponding to the first data on the display unit, and unit progress of the progress bar being a first unit progress; when obtaining a first input operation, controlling switching of the data contents of the first data with the first unit progress according to the first input operation; obtaining a second sliding operation; and generating a first sub progress bar based on a current progress unit that includes a progress identifier on the progress bar according to the second sliding operation; unit progress of the first sub progress bar being a second unit progress. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A COLOR PALETTE BASED ON AUDIO CONTENT - A computer-implemented system and method of determining a color palette to be associated with an audio selection is presented. The system and method includes receiving an audio selection, sending data associated with the audio selection to a music information server and receiving information about the audio selection, sending the information to a color palette server that selects one or more color palettes based on the information, receiving the color palettes from the color palette server, associating one of the color palettes with the audio selection, and sending the associated color palette and audio selection to one or more third parties using a mode of social media. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201635 | Media Playback System Controller Having Multiple Graphical Interfaces - Embodiments are described herein that provide a media playback system controller with multiple graphical interfaces. In one aspect, a method is provided that involves (a) causing a graphical display to provide a first graphical interface including at least (i) a first input region and (ii) a first representation of a media item, (b) receiving a first input data indicating a selection within the first input region, (c) based on the received first input data, causing the graphical display to provide a second graphical interface including at least (i) an active region, (ii) an inactive region, and (iii) a second representation of the media item, (d) receiving a second input data indicating a selection within the active region, and (e) based on the received second input data, causing the graphical display to provide one or more media playback controls. | 07-17-2014 |
20140208205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND POSTING MEDIA LISTS FOR PURPOSES OF SUBSEQUENT PLAYBACK - A method and apparatus for creating and posting media is provided. For example, the invention allows a user to quickly create, signal process, encode, and transfer media files to a server for storage, posting, distribution, and retrieval. Thus, media such as audio, video, display, photo, spreadsheet, Web Clips, and HTML pages can be combined into a media file for uploading to a server and accessed from listings posted at web sites. In accordance with embodiments, a user downloads and installs a plug-in at the user's client computer. The user then registers and logs onto the server to perform various tasks. For example, the user can create a combined audio and photo media file at the client computer, in accordance with server based control parameters received from the system server. The plug-in then allows the user to perform digital signal processing and encoding of the media file at the client computer. After the file is encoded, it may be uploaded to a server for storage, posting, distribution, and retrieval. A file management system provides copies and listings of the file to other servers and web sites as permitted. Thus, other user having access to the database or web site lists via other client computers may select the file for retrieval. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, an information management system provides file and file list rankings based upon selection or click through of files and file listings. | 07-24-2014 |
20140208206 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT - A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving a selection from a media device corresponding to a first media content, generating a play list at a server where the play list includes second media content that is associated with the first media content by at least one of genre, artist and being published in temporal proximity, and providing play list content comprising at least a portion of the first and second media content to the media device, where at least one of the generation of the play list and the providing of the play list content is based on metadata pointers associated with the first and second media content. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 07-24-2014 |
20140215332 | VIRTUAL MICROPHONE SELECTION CORRESPONDING TO A SET OF AUDIO SOURCE DEVICES - A method performed by a processing system includes providing, to an audio service, a virtual microphone-selection corresponding to at least one of a set of audio source devices determined to be in proximity to the processing system and receiving, from the audio service, an output audio stream that is formed from one of a set of source audio streams received from the set of audio source devices and corresponds to the virtual microphone selection. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215333 | Bookmarking segment of offline content and associating bookmarks with online content - The Embodiments provides a method for bookmarking and dynamically associating bookmarks of offline content with online content. The method includes receiving request from a user to bookmark segments of online/offline content and generating bookmarks for the segments of the content. Further, the method includes associating the bookmarks for the segments of the content bookmarked by the user and playing the segments of the content using the bookmarks. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215334 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-CONTEXT MEDIA CONTROL AND PLAYBACK - An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first input; and determining whether a change to the first input is detected within a first time period after detecting the first input. In accordance with a determination that a change to the first input is detected within the first time period after detecting the first input, first media content is added to a playlist. In accordance with a determination that a change to the first input is not detected within the first time period after detecting the first input, the first media content is caused to be presented. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215335 | ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH SOURCELESS SELECTION OF NETWORKED AND NON-NETWORKED MEDIA CONTENT - A content selection interface for a media system including at least a first network interface for finding and accessing media content remote from said media system and at least one content source integral or electrically connected to said media system. The media system interface may have a single media content selector actuable by a user and means responsive to the media content selector for selecting plural media content items from among the network and local media content sources, the media content selector presenting to the user plural media content items represented as successive positions in a linearly arrayed sequence without the user having to manifest an explicit change between network and non-network sources from position to position. | 07-31-2014 |
20140223302 | ADDING MEDIA TO A LOCKER - A method for uploading content to a server may include associating an identifier and a trigger with a digital audio item uploaded to the server for inclusion into a digital multimedia store managed by the server. The identifier may identify the digital audio item from a plurality of other audio items available at the digital multimedia store. If the trigger is active, a first user interface may be displayed in the digital multimedia store. The first user interface may be associated with the uploaded digital audio item and may provide code for executing an embedding functionality. Upon execution, the embedding functionality may allow for automatic inclusion of the digital audio item into an individual media profile of a user. The media profile may be managed by the server and may be associated with the digital multimedia store. | 08-07-2014 |
20140223303 | CONTENT CACHING SERVICES IN SATELLITE AND SATELLITE/IP CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS CONTENT CACHING - Systems and methods are presented to facilitate caching of programming from broadcast and/or content streaming services to a user device for local playback. In addition, metadata can be provided to guide the user in selecting, caching, or playing the cachable content. In some exemplary embodiments, a receiver or other user device can automatically select the programming to be cached based on a user's historical topic interest and listening history. In some exemplary embodiments, the metadata can also include DRM information that can limit the ability of a user to playback the content, so as to comply, if necessary, with operative legal requirements related to usage of the content. | 08-07-2014 |
20140223304 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DATA CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and data control method are provided. The electronic device includes a connector which is connected to an external storage medium storing media data therein; an identification unit which identifies a storage identifier (ID) of the external storage medium connected to the connector; and a controller which performs a media function corresponding to the media data stored in the external storage medium whose storage ID is identified by the identification unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20140237361 | DYNAMIC INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE - Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for generating composite mediasets from mediasets, each comprising media items, associated with a plurality of users. In some embodiments, individual and/or group recommendations are provided for creating a group playlist by aggregating user taste data for a plurality of users in a group. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided which allow for sharing and playing of a group playlist by users in a group, each of which has a media playback device. In still other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for dynamically building a composite playlist that may be updated as users enter and/or leave the group. One example of an interactive entertainment application also is described for use at a venue to entertain live guests with music selections that are dynamically influenced by the guests' individual tastes. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237362 | System And Method To Communicate Targeted Information - A method for targeted advertising is disclosed. The method includes accessing at least one piece of demographic information associated with a user of a portable device, selecting an advertisement to be delivered to the user based at least in part on the demographic information, and initiating communication of a version of the advertisement configured for presentation at the portable device. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237363 | MULTI-TAKE COMPOSITING OF DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS - Methods, graphical user interfaces, computer apparatus and computer readable medium for producing media content are disclosed. For example, a user of a computing device can utilize the methods, graphical user interfaces, computer apparatus, and computer readable medium to edit the media content. In one embodiment, the media content pertains to media tracks, such as audio or video tracks. The media content can be a plurality of individual media tracks that can be segmented and the resulting segments from different media tracks can be combined into a composite media track. | 08-21-2014 |
20140245143 | MOBILE EXPERT DESKTOP - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for handling an interaction via an end user device. The end user device receives context data related to the interaction over a data channel, and displays the context data and a list of media channels available for handling the interaction. A user selection of one of the media channels in the list is received. The interaction is received over the selected media channel. Embodiments of the present invention are also directed to a system and method for handling an interaction via an end user device. An agent is identified as being logged-in, and in response, each of a plurality of media channels associated with the user is monitored for determining presence of the agent on each of the plurality of media channels. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245144 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA ASSET INFORMATION FOR A GIVEN CELL USING ADJACENT CELLS - Systems and methods for presenting information for a given cell using adjacent cells are provided. A plurality of media asset cells arranged in a grid are generated for presentation according to a time dimension of first and second transmission times of corresponding media assets. A user selection of a first media asset cell is received. The first media asset cell corresponds to a first media asset scheduled for transmission during the first transmission time. A second media asset cell that corresponds to a second media asset scheduled for transmission during the first transmission time is identified. The second media asset cell includes information corresponding to the second media asset and is adjacent to the first media asset cell. A portion of the information in the second media asset cell is replaced with information corresponding to the first media asset without obstructing information corresponding to the second transmission time. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245145 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING CONTENTS - A method and apparatus for playing contents are disclosed. The method may include: receiving an encoded content, where the content contains position information for each scene; decoding the encoded content; extracting a scene in which position information is changed, from among the scenes of the decoded content; creating a thumbnail for the extracted scene; and outputting at least one of the thumbnail and the content. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245146 | Audio-Visual Navigation and Communication - Communicating information through a user platform by representing, on a user platform visual display, spatial publishing objects as entities static locations within a three-dimensional spatial publishing object space. Each spatial publishing object associated with information, and each presenting a subset of the associated information. Establishing a user presence at a location within the spatial publishing object space. The user presence, in conjunction with a user point-of-view, being navigable by the user in at least a two-dimensional sub-space of the spatial publishing object space. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245147 | Active Playlist Having Dynamic Media Item Groups - Systems and methods are provided for creation and management of an active playlist having dynamic media item groups. In general, a number of media items to be used for the active playlist are first identified and classified into one or more media item groups based on a primary criterion and, optionally, one or more secondary criteria to provide an underlying pool of media items for the active playlist. The active playlist is then populated with media items from the underlying pool of media items. More specifically, the active playlist is divided into media item groups corresponding to those in the underlying pool of media items. Each media item group in the active playlist is populated with a predefined number of the media items in the corresponding media item group in the underlying pool of media items. Thereafter, the media items in the media item groups of the active playlist are dynamically updated based on user interactions. | 08-28-2014 |
20140250379 | TERMINAL PROVIDED WITH NETWORKING MODULE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING DATA USING THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving data includes receiving, via a communication unit of a terminal, at least one of displayable data and soundable data from an external device, wherein the external device includes at least one of a touch-sensitive unit, a first displaying unit and a first speaker, wherein the communication unit connects to the Internet and includes at least one of a cabled communication unit and a wireless communication unit, and wherein the displayable data is displayed on the first displaying unit of the external device, and the soundable data is outputted through the first speaker of the external device, and outputting signals associated with the received at least one of displayable data and soundable data to a connectable output unit, wherein the connectable output unit includes at least one of a second speaker and a second displaying unit. | 09-04-2014 |
20140250380 | VARIABLE I/O INTERFACE FOR PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE - The present invention can include electronic devices having variable input/output interfaces that can allow a user to interact with the devices with greater efficiency and in a more ergonomic manner. An electronic device of the present invention can display icons associated with user-programmable parameters of a media file. By interacting with the icons, a user can change the user-programmable parameters during playback of the media file. Changes to the user-programmable parameters can affect playback of the remainder of the media file. An electronic device of the present invention also can automatically re-orient images shown on a display and re-configure user input components based on the orientation of the electronic device. | 09-04-2014 |
20140250381 | CONTENT LEVEL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An exemplary system includes a media content processing subsystem configured to provide a first interactive graphical user interface to a display for presentation to a user in response to a transmission of an input command, provide an end interactive graphical user interface to the display for presentation to the user in response to a repeat transmission of the input command, and perform an action corresponding to a selected entry within the end interactive graphical user interface in response to another repeat transmission of the input command. The first interactive graphical user interface corresponds to a first content level within a navigation thread and the end interactive graphical user interface corresponds to an end content level within the navigation thread. | 09-04-2014 |
20140258858 | CONTENT CUSTOMIZATION - A content customization service is disclosed. A user computing device and/or a content customization server may customize a narration associated with an item of content at the request of a listener or a rights-holder. One or more user interfaces may be provided to facilitate these requests. Some examples of customization include specifying settings for the language, accent, mood, or speaker of the narration. Other examples of customization include specifying settings for the bass, treble, pitch, pace, or contrast of the narration. The content customization service may select a computing device to perform the customization. For example, the user computing device may modify the narration by itself, or the user computing device may transmit a request for modified narration to the content customization server, which may then transmit modified narration to the user computing device. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258859 | Method and System for Real-Time Audio Broadcast - The exemplary embodiments relate to methods and systems for a real-time localized audio broadcast to attendants at live entertainment events. One embodiment relates to a method comprising receiving location data indicating a location of a device, determining a frequency based on the location data, wherein the frequency is assigned based on a venue location and an audio channel is broadcast on the frequency at the venue location, displaying a software button on a user interface of the device, wherein the software button corresponds corresponding to the audio channel, receiving a user selection of the software button via the user interface, and tuning a RF tuner contained within the device to the frequency to receive the audio channel. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THREE-TOUCH STROKE MOTION - A system for providing tactile/audible feedback to three-touch stroke motion. The system includes a multi-touch device operable to produce an event signal by detecting any touch-motion event by one or more user-controlled objects. The touch-motion event includes a three-touch stroke motion characterized by substantially simultaneous three-point touch followed by a stroke motion along the multi-touch device before lifting the user-controlled objects. The system further includes a controller configured to process the event signal and generate a drive signal for an event dispatcher. Additionally, the system includes an event handler being coupled to the event dispatcher to subscribe the drive signal. The event handler is configured to select a graphic object that is enabled with the drive signal specifically associated with the three-touch stroke motion applied to said graphic object on the touch device to provide either a tactile response or an audible response or both. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258861 | CONTENT PRESENTATION WITH SECONDARY CONTENT SKIP - Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with content consumption are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a decoder, a user interface engine, and a presentation engine. The decoder may be configured to receive and decode a streaming of the content. The stream of content may include a number of interleaved segments of primary content and secondary content, e.g., advertisements. The secondary content may have at least one associated policy that governs response to a skip secondary content command. The user interface engine may be configured to receive user commands. The presentation engine may be configured to present the content, in response to received user commands, in accordance with the at least one associated policy. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258862 | CONTENT PRESENTATION WITH ENHANCED CLOSED CAPTION AND/OR SKIP BACK - Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with content consumption are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a decoder, a user interface engine, and a presentation engine. The decoder may be configured to receive and decode a streaming of the content. The user interface engine may be configured to receive user commands. The presentation engine may be configured to present the content as the content is decoded from the stream, in response to received user commands. Further, the decoder, the user interface engine, the presentation engine, and/or combination/sub-combination thereof, may be arranged to adapt the presentation to enhance user experience during response to a skip back command, where the adaption is in addition to a nominal response to the skip back command, e.g., display of closed captions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258863 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BROWSING STREAMING CONTENT FROM THE VIEWER'S VIDEO LIBRARY - Systems and methods are described for presenting on-demand media assets on user equipment. In some aspects, the systems and methods described determine whether an on-demand asset is accessible to a user and whether it matches a user profile associated with the user. Control circuitry receives, without displaying, the on-demand media asset starting from a first playback position at the user equipment without receiving user input to view the on-demand media asset upon determining that the on-demand media asset matches the user profile. The control circuitry receives a user input, at the user equipment, to view the on-demand media asset at the user equipment. When the user input is received, the control circuitry determines a second playback position, after the first playback position, of the on-demand media asset. Control circuitry causes the on-demand media asset to be presented on the user equipment starting from the determined second playback position. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258864 | AUDIO DRIVER USER INTERFACE - A method for an audio driver user interface comprising: capturing at least two audio signals ( | 09-11-2014 |
20140281970 | Methods and apparatus for modifying audio information - A system receives audio information comprising at least one audio portion associated with an audio type, and provides a capability to modify the audio type. The system renders an amount of modification to the audio type, and renders the audio information resulting from the amount of modification to the audio type. The system provides a graphical user interface with which to render the audio information, and allows a user to modify the audio information, via the graphical user interface, by adjusting the audio type. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281971 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING OBJECTIVE SPECIFIC PLAYLISTS - Methods and systems as described herein for a media guidance application capable of generating media playlists geared to particular purposes. Specifically, the media guidance application described herein can customize a media playlist based on a travel itinerary and a determined objective for a current trip as well as update the media playlist upon detecting a change in the travel itinerary or determined objective. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281972 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING A SHAPED PLAYLIST - Methods and systems are described for generating media playlists, or selecting a media asset, according to a “shape” selected by a user. Specifically, a user may “shape” the playlist by designating specific sub-categories of media assets that should be presented at selected times in the playlist. The media application then interpolates the sub-categories for a media asset between the selected times such that adjacent media assets have smooth categorical transitions (e.g., feature incremental changes in the range of sub-categories). | 09-18-2014 |
20140281973 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECTIFYING THE LENGTHS OF MEDIA PLAYLISTS BASED ON TIME CRITERIA - Methods and systems are described for generating and updating media playlists in response to playback alteration operations performed by a user. For example, a media guidance application may generate a media playlist accessible during a set time period (e.g., from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM), which has a one hour play length. If a playback alteration operation (e.g., a pause or fast-forward operation) occurs during the playback of the media playlist, the media guidance application updates (e.g., by adding or removing content) the media playlist such that the media playlist has a play length that concludes by the end of the set time period (e.g., 8:00 PM). | 09-18-2014 |
20140281974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUDIO INFORMATION DISPLAY ON VIDEO PLAYBACK TIMELINE - Systems and methods of displaying a visual representation of audio information on a timeline associated with a data stream file are provided. Some methods can include receiving audio information, determining at least one property of the audio information, and determining a visual representation for the audio information, wherein the visual representation for the audio information corresponds to the property of the audio information. Some methods can include displaying a timeline associated with a data stream file, and displaying a visual representation of audio information in the data stream file on respective segments of the timeline, wherein the visual representation corresponds to at least one property of the audio information. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281975 | SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE SELECTION AND PRESENTATION OF CONTEXT-BASED MEDIA IN COMMUNICATIONS - A system and method for adaptive selection of context-based media for use in communication includes a user communication device configured to receive and process data captured by one or more sensors and determine contextual characteristics of a user environment based on the captured data. The user communication device is configured to identify media associated with the contextual characteristics of the user environment. In particular, the identified media may correspond to a contextual characteristic specifically assigned to the media and may also include content related to the contextual characteristics of the user environment. The user communication device is further configured to display the identified media via a display of the user communication device and include the identified media in a communication to be transmitted by the user communication device if the identified media is selected for inclusion in the communication. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281976 | ADJUSTING CONTENT PLAYBACK TO CORRELATE WITH TRAVEL TIME - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for adjusting time duration of a content playlist corresponding to travel time. A computer receives a command to initiate a content playlist, wherein the content playlist includes a first of one or more content items. The computer receives travel information, wherein the travel information includes at least a destination and a method of travel. The computer determines an initial travel time. The computer determines an adjusted content playlist that corresponds to the initial travel time by utilizing the determined initial travel time. The computer sends a signal to present the adjusted content playlist. In another embodiment, a content item includes metadata comprising chapters corresponding to sections of the content item and playlists of chapters of the content item of various time durations. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281977 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING CONTENT CONSUMPTION AND SHARING THROUGH GEOGRAPHIC AND INCENTIVE BASED VIRTUAL NETWORKS - Consumption and sharing of content, including music, is facilitated by an apparatus and a network configured to collect location information related to users of the network and the content. Users are provided with the capability to create playlists of content portions which may be graphically displayed atop a map. Location, playing and sharing information is used to evaluate the content portions, users and playlists. Content may be selected for playing by a user based on the evaluation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281978 | System and Method of Personalizing Playlists Using Memory-Based Collaborative Filtering - Systems and methods are provided for personalizing new song suggestions for a user. A plurality of users provides thumbs up and thumbs down ratings for a pair of songs (song A and B). A first aggregate rating for song B is calculated based on ratings given to song A by all of the users that gave a like rating to song A. Similarly, a second aggregate rating is calculated for song B based on ratings given to song B by all users that gave a dislike rating to song A. Then a user that has not previously rated song B, supplies a rating for song A. A prediction is performed of how the user will rate song B based on the user's rating of song A. For example, the first aggregate rating for song B is used if the user rated song A positively. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281979 | MODULAR AUDIO CONTROL SURFACE - A user-configurable modular audio control surface comprises master modules for controlling global surface properties and channel modules for controlling one or more individual audio channels. The modules are disposed in a two-dimensional spatial arrangement such that any module can occupy a location within the control surface not occupied by another module. The modules are connected to each other and to external platforms hosting media applications and plug-ins via a network. Control surface users can interact with external applications via remote graphical user interfaces displayed on modules within the surface, and can automate multiple external applications using an automation system built into the surface. Automation line graphs and metadata for both internal and external applications are displayed over the corresponding waveform displays that can include audio ahead of a current playback location. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281980 | Methods and Apparatus to Identify a Type of Media Presented by a Media Player - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify a type of media presented by a media player application. An example method includes determining if a media application control is selectable when media is presented by the media player application; and determining whether the media presented includes a specified type of media in response to determining if the media application control is selectable. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281981 | ENABLING MUSIC LISTENER FEEDBACK - Embodiments generally relate to enabling music listener feedback. In one embodiment, a method includes converting an audio signal into a graphical representation, and causing the graphical representation to be displayed to a user. The method also includes enabling the user to provide listener feedback associated with one or more predetermined aspects of the audio signal, and causing the listener feedback to be displayed in the graphical representation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281982 | PRESENTING KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RELATED CONTENT FROM DIFFERENT MEDIUMS - System, method, and computer program product to present differences between a plurality of different media formats of a single media title, by presenting the media title in a first media format, of the plurality of different media formats, monitoring a progress of the presentation of the media title in the first format, identifying a first difference between the first media format and a second media format, of the plurality of different media formats of the media title, and providing an indication of the first difference based on the progress of the presentation of the media title in the first media format. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281983 | ANAGING AUDIO AT THE TAB LEVEL FOR USER NOTIFICATION AND CONTROL - According to one general aspect, a method may include executing, by a processor of a computing device, at least a portion of an application that includes a plurality of tabs, each tab associated with a respective document that is configured to be rendered for display by the application. The method may also include determining a particular tab of the plurality of tabs that is recording an audio and/or visual signal derived from an environment of the computing device. The method may further include providing a graphical indication, associated with the particular tab, that indicates to a user of the computing device that the particular tab is recording the audio and/or visual signal. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281984 | MODULAR AUDIO CONTROL SURFACE - A user-configurable modular audio control surface comprises master modules for controlling global surface properties and channel modules for controlling one or more individual audio channels. The modules are disposed in a two-dimensional spatial arrangement such that any module can occupy a location within the control surface not occupied by another module. The modules are connected to each other and to external platforms hosting media applications and plug-ins via a network. Control surface users can interact with external applications via remote graphical user interfaces displayed on modules within the surface, and can automate multiple external applications using an automation system built into the surface. Automation line graphs and metadata for both internal and external applications are displayed over the corresponding waveform displays that can include audio ahead of a current playback location. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281985 | Maximum Value Displayed Content Feature - Techniques for enhancing a user's viewing experience include providing new opportunities for viewing information or manipulating data during the viewing experience. The user may take an action that has an intended purpose of changing a mode of play of content displayed at the client device. An event prompted by the user action, such as a pause or rewind of the displayed content, may be an event that triggers at least one extended option associated with the displayed content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281986 | Systems and Methods for Viewing Instant Updates of an Audio Waveform with an Applied Effect - A method implemented in an audio editing device comprises retrieving, by the editing device, audio content and obtaining from a user via the user interface an effect to be applied to the audio content. The method further comprises determining a target number of samples based on the obtained effect, obtaining the target number of samples of the audio content, and identifying, within the obtained target number of samples, a maximum amplitude and a minimum amplitude. The method further comprises applying the effect to the obtained target number of samples and displaying on the user interface, a graphical representation of the obtained target number of samples with the applied effect, wherein the graphical representation depicts amplitude varying as a function of time, wherein displaying the graphical representation is performed prior to generating an audio output file with the effect applied to the audio content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281987 | PROVIDING A UNIVERSAL RESOURCE MANAGER TO ACCESS AND DISPLAY USER CUSTOMIZABLE CONTENT, TO SWITCH CONTENT ON DEMAND, AND TO OPTIMIZE THE USER ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to providing a single console to access and display or otherwise output user customizable content from a plurality of content sources. In particular, the present invention relates to channeling content from a variety of content sources to the television so as to provide a collection of all digital content that is important to the user and available on a single console, wherein the content may come from competing providers and is customizable by the user. Further, the system dynamically alerts and provides information to the user, wherein the alerts and information is customizable by the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281988 | Gesture-Based Wireless Media Streaming System - While a client device is playing a media program, the client device may be configured to detect a gesture with a gesture input interface of the client device. In response to detecting the gesture, the client device may identify, on the client device, a time point at which the client device stops playing the media program, and send a streaming request to a media streaming device to stream at least a portion of the media program to a second client device. The portion of the media program includes media content starting from the time point at which the client device stops playing the media program. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289622 | Systems and Methods for Programmatically Interacting with a Media Player - A media player can comprise a playlist parsing module configured to parse a playlist comprising a plurality of nested elements of a media presentation and select an element of the media presentation for generating output. The playlist can comprise a nested structure of objects representative of the elements of the media presentation, with at least one declared trait applicable to one or more elements. For example, the playlist may specify a composition of a plurality of visual, audio, or other elements for generating output or other behavior in parallel and/or in series over the course of the media presentation. The media player can comprise a playback component configured to utilize at least one selectively-enabled functional component of the media player to generate output based on evaluating the trait(s) exposed by the selected element. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289623 | Methods and Systems for Using Proxies to Noninvasively Alter Media Experiences - Embodiments include a computing system configured by a media player to access code defining a media presentation, identify a media element comprised in the media presentation, and determine a trait exposed by the media element. The code defining the media presentation may comprise a playlist declaring a plurality of elements or the code for the media player may include declaration of the media elements as instances of classes that each correspond to types of media elements. The computing system can be configured to generate media player behaviors based on the trait exposed by the media element. For example, media player logic can be invoked based on the exposed traits to pass events and commands to program components (e.g., class instances) corresponding to the media elements. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289624 | MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING BETWEEN MULTIMEDIA UNIT AND AUDIO HEAD UNIT - Provided are a multimedia system and a method of interfacing a multimedia unit and an audio head unit. The present invention relates to a method in which an audio front panel of a vehicle is detached from a center fascia of the vehicle to secure a free space, and then, in mounting a multimedia unit in the secured free space, the multimedia unit is operably connected to a pure audio head unit through only a wiring without a separate intermediate medium, such as a trip computer, for manipulating the pure audio head unit of the vehicle, and overcomes limitations of the mounting convenience and manipulability of the multimedia unit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289625 | SYSTEM TO GENERATE A MIXED MEDIA EXPERIENCE - Segments of plural media expressions of a narrative are defined and linked by metadata enabling substitution of a segment of one medium expression of the narrative for a segment of another medium expression the narrative when requested by a user. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289626 | CLOUD BASED AUDIO RECORDING SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a cloud based system for compiling a series of brief recordings made by a plurality of different users sequentially to form an aggregated audio presentation. The system stores a plurality of user audio files which corresponding to a single audio presentation such as a song, conversation or presentation. Each brief recording is assigned a unique identifier indicating the corresponding presentation and the user that recorded the brief recording before the brief recording is uploaded to a server for storage. The plurality of brief recordings can be aggregated at the server into a single audio presentation that can be streamed back to users. Alternatively, the plurality of brief recordings can remain separate, wherein the plurality of brief recordings can be transmitted piecemeal to users in the order indicated by the unique identifiers to simulate an aggregated audio presentation. | 09-25-2014 |
20140298169 | TRIP PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An exemplary method includes a computer-implemented trip playlist management system receiving data representative of a travel itinerary for a trip and generating, based on the data representative of the travel itinerary, a recommended trip playlist for the trip, the recommended trip playlist comprising a set of one or more media programs selected and arranged relative to a timeline for the trip. In certain examples, the computer-implemented trip playlist management system provides a trip playlist graphical user interface for display, the trip playlist graphical user interface comprising a visual representation of the recommended trip playlist. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298170 | MEDIA ELEMENT TRANSITION ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND APPLICATION - The present relates to a method, an electronic device and computer readable memory for incorporating a transition effect upon playing subsequent digital media elements. The method, device and computer readable memory concurrently manage a current and next media elements, and render the current and next media elements. The method, electronic device and computer readable memory further apply the transition effect to the current and next media elements; and play the current and next media elements with the applied transition effect. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298171 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE CURSOR CONTROL AND TOUCHPAD-BASED NAVIGATION - The invention provides, in some aspects, medical apparatus with software-based cursor control and graphical user interface hotspot selection. This can be used, by way of non-limiting example, as part of a graphical user interface by which doctors, nurses, patient care technicians, other health care providers, and/or patients can enter data into enter data and/or to control the apparatus and/or associated medical equipment. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298172 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING PLAYLIST THEREOF - A user interface method employed by an electronic device displays a folder playlist playable by an application, on a touch screen and detects a touch selecting one folder in the displayed folder playlist. A touch gesture is detected comprising a continuous movement of a touch and performs a sorting operation using a name representation of a storage path of a folder where the touch is detected, in response to the continuous movement of the detected touch gesture. | 10-02-2014 |
20140304597 | CONTENT-OBJECT SYNCHRONIZATION AND AUTHORING OF DYNAMIC METADATA - A method and system are provided which allow for the standardization of object-oriented metadata for units of supplemental data and the improved association of video assets with objects. By defining such a standard, metadata can be added that addresses the lack of creative control and flexibility for authors of supplemental content and interactive elements. The system provided generates objects and a separate object track which is associated with specific assets in the audio/video tracks of produced content. According to one embodiment, the system provided may be implemented to include a central object database. Each object record may include an object's unique identification, a description of the object, and additional production details. Objects may be defined in local and central databases prior to and even during production. By defining a standard for supplemental and interactive data as objects, common objects may be referenced more efficiently, and the objects themselves may be represented (e.g., in a video editor) graphically and organized with greater efficacy | 10-09-2014 |
20140304598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AND EDITING DIGITALLY SAMPLED AUDIO DATA - A method and system including segmenting digital samples related to input audio data into arc segments representing output audio data. The arc segments are arranged to form multiple arcs which are arranged to form a record image. A user-selected boundary of a track of the input audio data may be marked based on a command received from a user via an interaction with the record image. | 10-09-2014 |
20140304599 | Method and Electronic Device for Manipulating a First or a Second User Interface Object - A method and an electronic device for manipulating a first user interface object are provided. The electronic device is capable of detecting a first type of touch on a touch screen of the electronic device and a second type of touch on the touch screen. The electronic device detects a first touch of the first type at the first user interface object. The electronic device sets the first user interface object to a first state in response to the detection of the first touch. Next, the electronic device detects a second touch of the first type at a second user interface object. Then, the electronic device manipulates the first or second user interface object based on properties of the first and second user interface objects in response to the detection of the second touch. | 10-09-2014 |
20140304600 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTS - System and methods for providing and organizing information related to an object. Certain embodiments are directed to permitting a user to identify an object given certain observable characteristics about the object, but generally not all of the characteristics about the object. The identification may occur by comparing user-provided information with dynamically updated stored information. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310597 | Playback Queue Transfer in a Media Playback System - Embodiments are provided for using a user interface to transfer a playback queue from one playback zone to another within a network media system. The interface may provide a first zone representation of a playback zone, and a first queue representation of a first group of playable items in a particular relative position. The particular relative position of the first queue representation may indicate that the playback queue associated with the first playback zone includes the first group of playable items. The interface may receive an input indicating a movement of a second queue representation to the particular relative position. In response, the first queue representation may be removed from the particular relative position and the second queue representation may be provided in the particular relative position, indicating that the playback queue now comprises a second group of playable items represented by the second queue representation. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310598 | Multimedia Spiral Timeline - Audio, video, or data spiral timeline display allowing a user to visually analyze, make decisions or perform actions with regard to multiple events over time in a compact display area. Due to the spiral display of data, more data and at higher detail can be displayed in a compact area, which may be particularly useful for mobile computing displays. The spiral timeline interface can provide the ability to analyze, make decisions or perform actions with regard to large amounts of events or over a large amount of time while still maintaining a view of the far extremes of the timeline. | 10-16-2014 |
20140317505 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTS ON VIDEO WALL - In a method for presentation of documents on a video wall using an electronic device, a communication connection between the electronic device and the video wall is detected, a dual-screen output function is activated on the video wall, and the documents displayed on a display screen of the electronic device is displayed on the video wall, if the dual-screen output function is activated. The documents is displayed on a main interface and a sub-interface of the video wall, and a touch operation on the sub-interface is received, and executed on the electronic device. Execution results of the touch operation is synchronously displayed on the main interface of the video wall. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317506 | MULTIMEDIA EDITOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS BASED ON MULTIDIMENSIONAL CUES - According to certain implementations, systems and methods can access foundational content a user intends to enhance with an effect, the foundational content having an associated timeline that defines a temporal property with respect to the foundational content; apply the effect to the foundational content; and adapt application of the effect according to a multidimensional cue that is configured to trigger an action with respect to the effect, at a temporal position on the timeline when a condition with respect to the context of the foundational content is satisfied. | 10-23-2014 |
20140325353 | TECHNIQUES TO PRESENT A USER INTERFACE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED - Techniques to provide a user interface usable by anyone including the visually impaired are disclosed. Embodiments include dividing a display area of an electronic device into a workspace comprising a plurality of sections; associating each section with a different category; displaying a pane in a section including information for the associated category; receiving a touch gesture on a pane for a section; and outputting an audio signal comprising information of the pane. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325354 | ENABLING AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH A LIVE BROADCAST ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of providing an interactive content to a prospective user at a mobile device, the mobile device including a non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer executable program code and a processor for executing the computer executable program code is described. The method includes steps for initiating capture of an audio stream by shaking the mobile device; capturing the audio stream via a microphone in the mobile device; converting the captured audio stream into an audio fingerprint; sending the audio fingerprint to a server; receiving the interactive content from the server if there is a match between audio fingerprints stored on the server, and the audio fingerprint sent by the mobile device; and displaying the interactive content on the mobile device. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325355 | USER INTERFACE FOR AUDIO VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE SUCH AS TV - A graphical user interface (GUI) for an audio video display device (AVDD) such as a TV includes content panels which can be selected for searching for additional information related to the content underlying the content panels. A history of previous searches is maintained in memory “stacked” notionally to the left or right of the current display so that a viewer can easily review previous search results using a simple scroll command. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325356 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERACTIVE CONTROL OF RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA - A method for presenting content to a user through a content management device. The method includes receiving at a content management device content from a plurality of content providers. The content management device generates a supplemental programming data from the content providers. The content management device receives guide programming data from a content-independent programming data source. The content management device generates an interactive program guide in response to the supplemental programming data and the guide programming data, the interactive program guide presenting content available to the user. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325357 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR NAVIGATING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT - The field of the invention relates to methods, systems and computer program products for navigating digital media content, in particular for navigating digital media content using an interface abstracted from that digital media content instead of, or as a supplement to, traditional user interface controls. There is provided a method for presenting a user interface to an end user to facilitate the searching, browsing and/or navigation of digital media content, the method comprising the steps of: (a) analysing the digital media content to create “hooks” related to the digital media content, or retrieving “hooks” in the digital media content, and (b) replacing or augmenting a graphical or textual representation of the digital media content with the “hooks”. | 10-30-2014 |
20140331133 | Policies for Media Playback - Embodiments are described herein that help allow for applying policies during playback of media. In one aspect, a method is provided that involves a computing device of a media playback system (a) receiving a request to playback one or more media items that are from a playlist associated with a controller application, (b) applying to the one or more media items one or more playback policies that are associated with the controller application, where a given playback policy restricts at least one aspect of playback of at least one of the one or more media items, and (c) causing playback of the one or more media items in accordance with the one or more playback policies. | 11-06-2014 |
20140331134 | SYSTEM, A PROCESSOR APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR MODIFICATION OF CONTROL SIGNALS - A system, a processor apparatus and a method for modification of control signals. The apparatus can include a processor and a control portion. The processor can be coupled to the control portion. The processor can be configured to receive and process input signals in a manner so as to produce output signals. The processor can be associated with response characteristics. The control portion can be configured to produce control signals. The control signals can be communicated to the processor. The control portion can be configured to receive data signals. The control signals can be modified based on the data signals. Response characteristics associated with the processor can be varied based on the modifiable control signals and the processor can be further configured to process received input signals based on the variable response characteristics so as to produce the output signals. | 11-06-2014 |
20140337729 | MOBILE TERMINAL, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A touchscreen displays an edit region for writing a message to transmit to at least one counterpart and an attach region for displaying an attachment file attached to the message. While a multimedia file is displayed on the attach region by being set as the attachment file of the message, and if the multimedia file displayed on the attach region is touched and dragged to the edit region, the controller controls the multimedia file to be displayed in a manner of being inserted in the edit region. While the multimedia file is displayed in a manner of being inserted in the edit region, and if the multimedia file displayed on the edit region is touched and dragged to the attach region, the controller controls the multimedia file to be set as the attachment file of the message. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337730 | USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION - Context information associated with a selected portion of a media item is presented to a user via a user client. The user client receives a selection of a portion of the media item being presented to the user by the user client. The user client determines context information based on the selected portion of the media item, and generates a context presentation card using the determined context information. The user client presents a partial portion of the context presentation card containing a subset of the context information to the user. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337731 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT CHANNELS USING REFERENCES - An apparatus and method for creating channels dedicated to a particular type of content. The method includes acquiring seed content and using the seed content in the creation or updating of a content list. Additional content for the channel is acquired based on the common features of the content list. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337732 | MUSIC PLAYBACK CONTROL WITH GESTURE DETECTION USING PROXIMITY OR LIGHT SENSORS - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for music playback control with gesture detection using proximity or light sensors using, at least in part, output or measurement signals from one or more ambient environment sensors, such as, for example, a proximity sensor or ambient light sensor. | 11-13-2014 |
20140344685 | MEDIA CONTENT CONSUMPTION - A method, apparatus and computer program instructions are provided. The method comprises: providing credit that enables a user to skip playback of media content items; identifying that a user has provided input to skip from playing a first media content item to playing a second media content item; and determining, on the basis of at least one contextual characteristic associated with the input, a value by which to reduce the credit. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344686 | MEDIA CONTENT CONSUMPTION - A method, apparatus and computer program instructions are provided. The apparatus comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer program instructions configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause at least the following to be performed: causing display of a graphical item pictorially identifying media content and having an appearance that depends upon prior playback of the media content. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344687 | Techniques for Natural User Interface Input based on Context - Examples are disclosed for interpreting a natural user interface (UI) input event. In some examples, sensor information may be received during a command for an application. The command input may be interpreted as a natural UI input event. For some examples, context information related to the command input may cause a context to be associated with the natural UI input event. The context may then cause a change to how media content may be retrieved for the application. Other examples are described and claimed. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344688 | PROVIDING MEDIA TO A USER BASED ON A TRIGGERING EVENT - Methods and apparatus related to determining a triggering event of a user, selecting media relevant to the triggering event, and providing the selected media to the user. Some implementations are directed to methods and apparatus for determining a past event of the user that is indicative of past interaction of the user with one or more past entities and the triggering event may be determined to be associated with the past event. The media selected to provide to the user may contain media that includes the one or more past entities associated with the past event and the media may be provided to the user in response to the triggering event. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344689 | SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSAL REMOTE MEDIA CONTROL IN A MULTI-USER, MULTI-PLATFORM, MULTI-DEVICE ENVIRONMENT - A system enables universal remote media control across multiple platforms, devices, and users. A protocol allows a media controller (such as computer or mobile device) to have access to running activities (such as a television show playing on a media player). The protocol does not require installation of a specific platform application, or a specific user-login/pairing of the media controller with the media player. The system receives commands from a media controller device using a common interface, provides the commands to a remote media player, loads new media content into the media player, based on the commands, and receives state notifications from the media player. The commands and the state notifications include a namespace and a message payload represented as a two-element script array. Another user or device can control the media player using the common interface, for example provided by a browser application on the media controller device. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344690 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION AND FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and a device for displaying information and for operating an electronic device in a vehicle, wherein a plurality of list elements are displayed on a display surface with a touch-sensitive surface; a contact of a list element on the touch-sensitive surface with an actuating object or an approach of the actuating object to the list element is detected, whereupon the list element is activated, and after the activation of the list element, a first swiping movement of the actuating object on or in the vicinity of the touch-sensitive surface is detected, and with or after the detection of the first swiping movement of the actuating object, at least the list elements which are not activated are removed from the display surface and a multimedia additional element associated with the activated list element is inserted into the display surface. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344691 | Providing Media Settings Discovery in a Media Processing Application - Some embodiments provide a method for automatically identifying settings of a media file. The method initially receives the identification of a piece of media content. Media content includes sound and image data that can be stored as a media file. It then performs an automated process for discovering the media settings of the media file. Examples of settings that are automatically identified in some embodiments include video codec type, audio codec type, frame height and frame width, video bit rate, video frame rate, audio channels, etc. The method then stores the media settings that are discovered from the media file. The stored media settings are used subsequently in some embodiments to generate a media file. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344692 | Auto-Station Tuning - In various embodiments, a media player or portable media device can enable a user to navigate and discover content or other media assets. The media player may analyze broadcasts and other content streams to determine currently playing and forthcoming content. The media player may switch from one source of content to another to find content that matches user preferences or criteria. The media player may generate playlists based on the matching content, and switch between sources of the matching content automatically. In some embodiments, the media player may receive user input to browse content using a navigation stream. Content associated with stations within the navigation stream may be output. As if the user were tuning a radio dial, the media player may determine what content to played back for each station. The media player may procure content and generate playlists to represent each station focus on by the user. | 11-20-2014 |
20140359440 | SHUFFLE FUNCTIONALITY FOR A MEDIA PLAYER - A computer implemented method is disclosed for identifying a selection of a media category and identifying media content for the selected media category. The method also includes activating a shuffle option for the media category, applying a categorical unit to the media category, and playing the media content for the selected media category based on the applied categorical unit. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359441 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRESENTING AND MANIPULATING METADATA - Mechanisms are described for providing visual representations of metadata so as to allow for an easier, more intuitive, and more entertaining way for a user to manage metadata by allowing a user to execute operations relating to the metadata through interactions with the visual representations of that metadata. A user can further define visual objects and use such objects for searching media content items, such as by using a visual representation of metadata as a filter and displaying graphical depictions of associations between the visual representations of metadata and the associated media content item. Moreover, operations executed on the visual representations, such as copying, pasting, and modifying the visual representations, are translated to actions on the metadata itself and can be applied across different devices, as well as different media content items and groups of media content items. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359442 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING AUDIO PLAYBACK BETWEEN FOREGROUND AREA AND BACKGROUND AREA IN SCREEN IMAGE USING AUDIO/VIDEO PROGRAMS - The present invention is to provide a method applicable to an electronic device having two programs stored therein and a display including a foreground and a background for creating a three-dimensional visual effect in the display, wherein one program presents a first image in the foreground in a prominent state and plays a sound corresponding to the first image, and the other program presents a second image in the background in a state other than the prominent state. When the electronic device determines that the second image is clicked, the electronic device switches the second image from the background to the foreground, changes the second image to the prominent state, plays a sound corresponding to the second image, switches the first image from the foreground to the background, changes the first image to the state other than the prominent state, and stops playing the sound corresponding to the first image. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359443 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which transparency and output location of a video can be automatically adjusted. In performing multitasking for processing an additional task while playing a video, the present invention includes displaying a play window for outputting the video by overlaying the play window on a task window for processing the additional task, receiving a user input for scrolling the task window, and automatically adjusting at least one of a transparency of the play window and a display location of the play window while scrolling the task window in response to the user input. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359444 | STREAMING LIVE BROADCAST MEDIA - Technologies are generally described for a media service platform to stream broadcast media. A broadcaster may select media, such as audio and video recordings, to be included in a media broadcast. The media broadcast may be streamed to one or more subscribing users through one or more client devices over a network employing the media service platform. The subscribing users may be able to provide input and suggestions related to the streamed media through a broadcast page displayed on a user interface of the client devices. Additionally, the subscribing users may interact with each other and the broadcaster employing a real time discussion pane on the broadcast page. In some examples, the broadcaster may insert commentary and recordings concurrently with the streamed media broadcast. In other examples, the media broadcast may be saved and played again at a later time in part or in full. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359445 | Audio Management Method for a Multiple-Window Electronic Device - An audio management method and an implementation in an Android Operating System are provided for allowing an electronic device to manipulate audio control of a multiple-window system and for allowing a user to manipulate audio control of execution environments corresponding to each of the plurality of windows, such as switching to a mute mode, switching to a normal audio mode, raising volume, and/or decreasing volume, and various sound processing, etc. The multiple-window system can be implemented by a multiple-window system with a plurality of windows in a single electronic device, or can be implemented by a multiple-device system including an electronic device connecting with another remote device wherein the remote device is used as an extended window. The electronic device can maintain a plurality of execution environments, wherein each of the plurality of execution environments is corresponding to a window system. A user is allowed to manipulate audio tracks of the plurality of windows by monitoring all audio track messages generated and controlled by the plurality of execution environments. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359446 | PRIORITIZATION IN A CONTINUOUS VIDEO PLAYBACK EXPERIENCE - Methods, systems, and apparatus can provide ordered (e.g. ranked) lists of content items as a suggested list of items to watch. The ordered list can be based on feedback from other users. The content items can also be presented (e.g. in a continuous playback mode) to a passive user so that the user does not have to actively select a next item to watch. This passive mode can select a next item (e.g. from a list that is updated based on recent user feedback), and the item can be queued on a client device for playing to a user. Content items can also be provided from different independent servers. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365887 | INTERACTIVE PLATFORM GENERATING MULTIMEDIA FROM USER INPUT - Embodiments presented herein provide techniques for generating a collage of multimedia (e.g., visual and auditory media) based on data associated with a user. The collage may be used as an audio/visual messaging sharing vehicle. A platform engine receives user profile information and a selection of a performance mode from a client device. The platform engine generates a set of calls for user action prompts (e.g., questions or other requests for input) based on the selected performance mode and user information. The platform engine sends the set of prompts to the client device, and upon receiving responses to the prompts from the client device, the platform engine correlates the responses and the user profile information with media items in the media library. Based on the correlation, the platform engine generates the multimedia collage and sends the collage to the client device. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365888 | USER-CONTROLLED DISASSOCIATION AND REASSOCIATION OF AUDIO AND VISUAL CONTENT IN A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION - Presentation systems and methods are provided for the presentation of visual and audible content on an electronic device with a display screen. An array of images is displayed, moving sequentially through the array absent user interaction. Audio content associated with each image is presented as the associated image is selected for presentation. The presentation of visual content can be disassociated from the presentation of audio content by allowing a user to manually scroll through the array of images without disrupting the sequential playback of audio content. Selection of a user interface element causes the visual display of images to scroll back within the array until an image associated with currently-playing audio content returns to the display screen. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MEDIA CONTENT TOURS - A method and system are provided. The method and system are for providing media content tours. The method includes generating a list of media content for a media content tour. The list specifies a plurality of media contents. The method further includes assigning a playback order for the media contents specified in the list responsive to user preferences of a user. The method also includes providing, for playback on a display screen, the media contents specified in the list in the assigned playback order as the media content tour. | 12-18-2014 |
20140380159 | Intelligent Amplifier Activation - Embodiments are provided for intelligently activating an amplifier in a playback device based on proximity detection. The playback device may be in a quasi-idle state when the playback device is not rendering media content. The quasi-idle state of the playback device may involve an amplifier in the playback device being inactive, while some other components or modules of the playback devices remain active. The playback device may include a proximity sensor configured to detect movement relative to the playback device. If movement is detected indicating that a user input to cause the playback device to render media content is anticipated, the amplifier may be pre-emptively activated such that the playback device enters an active state from the quasi-idle state. In some cases, the playback device may send a message to one or more other playback devices to cause the other playback devices to enter an active state. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380160 | PATTERN BASED VIDEO FRAME NAVIGATION AID - Recommending and graphically displaying viewed video data sensitive to the viewing pattern of a user. Responsive to viewing a plurality of video frames of a video file, a navigation profile is captured to document the viewing pattern of the video frames. Specifically, attributes of the video frames are documented such as the frequency of plays of the video frames. Where multiple navigation profiles are captured, the navigation profiles are stored, aggregated, and represented graphically on a display. Additional video may be recommended based on the aggregated data. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380161 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a communication unit that is capable of communicating with a communication apparatus through a communication network, and a control unit configured to perform control to place, in a virtual space, a communication-apparatus image that represents the communication apparatus and content being executed by the communication apparatus, and to display the virtual space. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380162 | VARIABLE AUDIOVISUAL PLAYING METHOD - A variable audiovisual playing method is performed in a player. The method firstly provides a first information segment, a second information segment, to a n-th information segment. Each information segment has one or multiple different content clips. Secondly, the player sequentially plays the first information segment, the second information segment, to the n-th information segment. The content clip in each information segment for being played is randomly selected from the information segments or designated according to operation commands. The combination of the content clips for being played is different in each play. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012821 | PUBLISHING, BROWSING, RATING AND PURCHASING OF GROUPS OF MEDIA ITEMS - Improved techniques to create, browse, rate and/or purchase media asset groups are disclosed. Media assets groups can be created by various users and published to a digital assets manager. Thereafter, the media assets groups can be finalized and made available for on-line purchase. Once the media asset groups are made available for on-line purchase, users can browse, rate and/or purchase the media asset groups at an on-line media store. One example of a media asset group (group of media items) is known as a playlist, which can pertain to a group of audio tracks. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012822 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MEDIA ASSET RECOMMENDATIONS - The present disclosure is directed towards receiving media asset recommendations for one or more users according to user profile information. A user interface can be manipulated to selected user representations and have such representations placed in different zones (305, 310, 315, 320). Based on the representations selected, corresponding user profile data that corresponds to the selected user representations can be used to acquire media asset recommendations for the one or more users that were selected. The media asset recommendations can be displayed in a recommendation area (330) as pictures, video, and/or poster art, of the recommended media assets. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012823 | EDITING APPARATUS AND AN EDITING METHOD - Editing apparatus and an editing method for editing a plurality of files, which are recorded on a storage part and correspond to one shot. The editing method includes a determination step determining a generation order in time sequence of a plurality of files which correspond to one shot and include interframe coded data; and an integration step S12 of arranging the plurality of files in the generation order and integrating the arranged files. The editing method may further include a displaying step of displaying one clip corresponding to the integrated files, and editing step editing the clip. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012824 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to detect a selection of media content from a media content source, detect that the selected media content comprises a plurality of media content types, present a plurality of media content type options, each option corresponding to one of the plurality of media content types or combinations thereof, detect a selection from the plurality of media content type options, submit a request to a targeted communication device to accept or decline the selected media content according to the selected media content type option, retrieve one or more metadata pointers from the media content source for retrieving the selected media content responsive to receiving an acceptance from the targeted communication device, and store the one or more metadata pointers and the selected media content type option. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012825 | AUTOMATED UPLOAD OF CONTENT BASED ON CAPTURED EVENT - Systems and methods for automatically capturing, uploading, and publishing content are disclosed. An example method includes controlling, from a first computing device located at a first site, a second device located at the first site in accordance with a command issued by a user to a third computing device located at a second site; when the user is currently logged-on to a user interface associated with the third computing device, polling the third computing device for commands at a first frequency; and when the user is not currently logged-on to the user interface associated with the third computing device, polling the third computing device for commands at a second frequency less frequent than the first frequency. | 01-08-2015 |
20150019964 | NON-DISRUPTIVE INTERACTIVE INTERFACE DURING STREAMING - The present invention relates to a non-disruptive interactive interface accessible over the streaming of content on a computer, and more specifically to a service in which at the request of a Client computer, a host server sends back a code to create a divider that is generated by the Client's browser, which opens on the Client's media player an interactive interface capable of receiving input and exchanging information over the streaming in progress. The present invention further relates to a community network connecting a Client with a unified host system in which a host provides viewers with content and social networking, and provides content providers (including advertisers and sponsors) with a mode of distributing, advertising and sponsoring content as well as using social networking for analytics results. The unified host system may be accessed by viewers and content providers through the interactive interface. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019965 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Planning of a Future Media Consumption Session by a User of a Media Program Distribution Service - An exemplary method includes a media service provider system providing a browse view for display on a display screen associated with a user during a first media consumption session, detecting a selection by the user of a planning option, the selection of the planning option indicating that the user plans to consume at least one media program during a second media consumption session that is subsequent to the first media consumption session, presenting a user interface that allows the user to specify one or more parameters associated with the second media consumption session, detecting user input specifying the one or more parameters, identifying one or more media programs that are available for consumption by the user during the second media consumption session, and presenting listing information associated with the identified one or more media programs. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019966 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for outputting accompanying data received together with a message. The method can determine whether accompanying data is included in at least one received message and, when the accompanying data is included, display a notification message that includes notification information about the accompanying data and, when the notification information is chosen, directly output the accompanying data. | 01-15-2015 |
20150026572 | GESTURE-BASED CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Various techniques for gestured-based control of electronic devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting first and second inputs respectively to first and second locations of a detection zone of an input/output device when the electronic device is in a locked mode. The first location is different than the second location. The method also includes determining a gesture that corresponds to both the detected first and second inputs and interpreting the determined gesture as a control signal to a media player on the electronic device. The method further includes controlling the media player based on the interpreted control signal. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026573 | Media Editing and Playing System and Method Thereof - A Media Editing and Playing System includes an editing engine and a playing engine. The editing engine edits a VXPLO media and the playing engine plays the VXPLO media. The VXPLO media includes at least one interactive media elements. The editing engine edits the interactive relationships in between the interactive media elements, and generates a recorder to record the properties of the interactive media elements and the interactive relationships. The playing engine analyzes the recorder and plays the VXPLO media. | 01-22-2015 |
20150033123 | AUDIO-VISUAL INTERFACE FOR APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code is configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: associating at least one user interface visual display element and at least one user interface audio display element with a data representation; determining a user interface position for the data representation determining whether the user interface position for the data representation is within a visual display region; outputting the at least one visual display element when the user interface position is within the visual display region; and outputting the at least one audio display element with the user interface position wherein the outputting of at least one audio display element is generated based on the user interface position relative to the visual display region. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033124 | USER CUSTOMIZABLE VIEWS OF MULTIPLE INFORMATION SERVICES - A user configurable interface view can be generated for a media device or other information handling system that is independent of any interface views defined by media content providers. Generating the user configurable interface view includes identifying content data streams that are included in user interface views defined by the media content providers and then selecting a desired subset of the data content streams. The selected data content streams are then aggregated and the user configurable interface view is generated. The resulting user interface view will be independent of any interface views defined by the media content providers. | 01-29-2015 |
20150040007 | PUSHING A USER INTERFACE TO A REMOTE DEVICE - A graphical user interface (“GUI”) for a third-party application can be presented on accessory device that has user input and display devices. The GUI can be defined and managed by a portable media device. The portable media device can define one or more GUI image types for the third-party application. The accessory can choose one of the pre-defined GUI image types and receive a remote GUI image that conforms to the selected GUI image type from the portable media device. Alternatively, the accessory can specify the layout and contents of the GUI image that it needs, and the portable media device can generate and send a GUI image according to the accessory's specification. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046807 | Asynchronous Rich Media Messaging - An access device for a first user to access an online social network comprises a network interface, a display, a user input device, and logic. The logic is configured to display indications of a plurality of other users on the display, and receive, via the user input device, a selection of at least one of the other users. The logic is further configured to, in response to receiving the selection, display a recording menu on the display, the recording menu comprising a start button, and, in response to the first user activating the start button, record a first media file, and transmit the recorded first media file along with an identification of the selected at least one other user to a server of the online social network. Moreover, other access devices and a server are provided. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046808 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTILAYERED MUSIC PLAYBACK - Method and apparatus of a touchscreen device for playback of a multilayered media file are provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of triggers, each of the triggers is associated with a distinct layer of a plurality of layers of the multilayered media file. The method further includes receiving a touch gesture related to a touch on the touchscreen. The method further includes controlling playback of one or more layers of a plurality of layers of media associated with the multilayered media file based on the touch gesture. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046809 | ACTIVITY INDICATOR - In accordance with a first method embodiment, a media content is displayed on a display screen. Information corresponding to other users' interaction with the media content is accessed. An activity indicator is displayed on the display screen. The activity indicator reflects a magnitude of the other users' interaction with the media content. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046810 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display system includes a display device and an information terminal able to communicate with the display device, the information terminal including a storage unit storing selected content data, a generation unit generating playback control information based on a number of the selected content data, the playback control information being used for controlling playback of the selected content data and including information indicating a storage location of the selected content data, and a transmission unit transmitting the playback control information to the display device, the display device including a display control unit controlling the playback of the selected content data based on the playback control information by referring to the information indicating the storage location of the selected content data. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046811 | PLAYBACK SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PLAYBACK CONTROL METHOD - A playback system includes a display device and an information terminal adapted to communicate with the display device. The information terminal includes a processor and a recording medium storing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a process including displaying a first group of identification information items of content data stored in the information terminal in a first viewing area of a display screen, and displaying a second group of identification information items of the content data selected according to a selecting operation performed on the first group of identification information items displayed in the first viewing area in a second viewing area of the display screen at different times. The display device is adapted to play back the content data corresponding to the selected identification information items. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046812 | DYNAMIC RESIZABLE MEDIA ITEM PLAYER - A dynamic media player is disclosed. A method for providing the dynamic media player includes presenting a media player in a first portion of a user interface (UI) of a content sharing platform on a mobile device. The media player is to provide playback of a media item. The method further includes receiving, via a second portion of the UI, a user request to perform an activity that is independent of the viewing of the media item. The method further includes presenting content associated with the requested activity while continuing to provide playback of the media item in the media player of the first portion of the UI. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046813 | Digital Media Player Behavioral Parameter Modification - One embodiment of the present invention is a method for playing a portion of a media work which includes steps of: (a) playing the media work; (b) receiving input from a user; and (c) analyzing parameters to determine the portion of the media work to play; (d) altering at least a part of the portion; and (e) playing the portion. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046814 | PERFORMANCE METADATA FOR MEDIA - Systems and methods for generating and using performance metadata associated with a media piece (e.g., music or video) are provided. An electronic device can monitor a user's workout performance while playing a particular media piece. Workout performance may include the user's rate of motion and/or one or more physiological metrics of the user. Based on the user's workout performance, the electronic device can create new or modify existing performance metadata associated with the media piece. In some embodiments, the performance metadata based on a particular user's workout performance in response to a media piece may be combined with collective performance metadata based on the workout performances of multiple users in response to the media piece. The combined performance metadata may then be stored as new collective metadata Accordingly, the collective performance metadata can represent the average response to a media piece over multiple use. | 02-12-2015 |
20150052431 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMAGE-BASED SEARCH USING TOUCH CONTROLS - Techniques for image-based search using touch controls are described. An apparatus may comprise: a processor circuit; a gesture component operative on the processor circuit to receive gesture information from a touch-sensitive screen displaying an image and generate a selection area corresponding to the gesture information; a capture component operative on the processor circuit to extract an image portion of the image corresponding to the selection area; and a search component operative on the processor circuit to perform an image-based search using the extracted image portion. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052432 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - An electrical device includes an input device, an application recorder and a control unit. The input unit is configured to receive a first enabling signal at a first time and a second enabling signal at a second time, respectively. The application recorder is configured to record the plurality of applications which have been executed by the electrical device. At the first time, the first application is the latest-executed among the plurality of applications. The control unit obtains a first metadata of a first application from the application recorder and links a first memo data input by the user to the first metadata. At the second time, the second application is the latest-executed among the plurality of applications. The control unit obtains a second metadata of a second application and links a second memo data input by the user to the second application. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052433 | Method of Interacting With Large Display Device and Related Interaction System - A method of interacting with a large display device includes determining a file format of at least one file when the at least one file is opened; providing a plurality of functions on a plurality of buttons according to the file format, wherein each of the plurality of functions controls the at least one file; deploying the plurality of buttons on both sides of a main screen according to a layer layout, wherein each of the plurality of buttons includes a context or an icon corresponding to one of the plurality of functions; determining whether any of the plurality of buttons is triggered; and enabling a function of one of the plurality of buttons when the button is triggered. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052434 | Method and System for Managing and Distributing Digital Media - A system and method that integrates a plurality of media service systems offering different multimedia services such as media storage, syndication, delivery, and billing services. The system and method also provides automated file transcoding. In embodiment, a method of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of physical media files, organizing the plurality of physical media files so that different bit-rates and formats of a single source material are organized into a media database entity, receiving user specified delivery settings for the distribution of the physical media file, generating a release database entity storing the delivery settings of the physical media file, generating an address indicating the storage location of the release, and transmitting the address to a remote computing device. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052435 | MUSICAL SOUNDTRACK MATCHING - A host computing device includes a communication subsystem for communicatively coupling the host computing device to one or more user computing devices. The host computing device includes a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem containing instructions executable by the logic subsystem to send a musical soundtrack matching graphical user interface to the one or more user computing devices. The musical soundtrack matching graphical user interface comprises a plurality of user-selectable musical arc descriptor selectors configured to receive input of a user-selected musical arc descriptor selection, wherein each of the user-selectable musical arc descriptor selectors corresponds to a different one of a plurality of musical arc characteristics. The musical soundtrack graphical user interface further includes a results region displaying one or more musical tracks that embody the user-selected musical arc descriptor selection. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052436 | USER INTERFACE TO MEDIA FILES - A user interface generator is configured to access a media file that stores acoustic data representative of sounds. The user interface generator determines a mood category of the media file, based on a mood vector calculated from the acoustic data. The mood category characterizes the media file as being evocative of a mood described by the mood category. The user interface generator generates a user interface that depicts a grid or map (e.g., a “mood grid” or a “mood map”) of multiple zones. One of the zones may occupy a position in the grid or map that corresponds to the mood category. The user interface may then be presented by the user interface generator (e.g., to a user). In the presented user interface, the zone that corresponds to the mood category may be operable (e.g., by the user) to perform one or more actions pertinent to the mood category. | 02-19-2015 |
20150058726 | AUDIO MENU - An audio menu for allowing a user receive menu content at a merchant establishment audibly. The audio menu comprises a base housing having a speaker, a microphone, two volume control button, three playback control buttons, two language speed control buttons, two language selection buttons, and a base stand. The base housing also includes a controller, non-volatile memory, audio codecs, an analog to digital converter, a digital to analog converter, and a power source. A software component is stored on the memory and is used by the controller with electrical power supplied by the power supply to operate the interface components. The software component additionally provides for enhancing the user interface of the audio menu through the provision of voice recognition of the basic command provided for by each button on the base housing. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058727 | Zone Configuration Based on Playback Selections - An example method includes displaying zone names via a display interface. Each zone name represents a respective particular zone of a plurality of zones, and each zone contains at least one player configured for multimedia playback in that zone. The method includes displaying playback selections including a first playback selection that identifies first multimedia content for playback by the first zone and a second playback selection that identifies second multimedia content for playback by the second zone. The method includes receiving a command for a zone group to play one of the first playback selection or the second playback selection. The method includes transmitting a zone group configuration to one of the first zone and the second zone. The zone group configuration includes instructions to facilitate synchronized playback, between the first zone and the second zone, of the identified one of the first playback selection and the second playback selection. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058728 | AUDIO STREAM METADATA INTEGRATION AND INTERACTION - A media interaction system for audio stream metadata integration and interaction with a communications device, an interface for receiving live or delayed audio from a plurality of user devices, and a storage subsystem coupled to the communications device and configured to buffer at least a configurable amount of live audio received from a user device via the interface. Upon receipt of a request from a user, the buffer is screened for metadata comprising contact information and, where contact information is located, an interaction between the user and another party is initiated using the communications device and the contact information. | 02-26-2015 |
20150067505 | System And Methods For User Curated Media - Methods and systems for recommending online media content to other users includes receiving a selection of media content rendered on content page. The media content is identified by a user for sharing. A list of topics associated with the user is generated for presenting on a user interface. The topics are descriptive of the media content selected for sharing. Selection of one or more topics for the selected media content is received from the user. The received selections define the user's relevancy perspective for the selected media content. A recommendation for the selected media content is provided in content streams of users that follow the selected topics for users interactions with the selected media content. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067506 | METHOD OF SUBSTITUTING SONGS IN A PLAYLIST - A method for playing an original playlist and for substituting alternate versions of the songs during playback is disclosed. The user can set the extent to which the number and type of alternate versions are substituted into the original playlist. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067507 | PERSONALIZED AUDIO PRESENTATION OF TEXTUAL INFORMATION - Each of a plurality of stations has a respective sequence of tracks of Internet content of common subject matter and a respective play pointer indicating a location in the sequence of tracks. In response to a first input, the presentation mode of the station is configured in a continuous play mode in which the play pointer is progressed through the sequence of tracks queued to the station regardless of whether or not the station is presently selected for presentation. In response to a second input, the presentation mode is configured in a pause play mode in which the play pointer is progressed through the sequence of tracks queued to the station only while the station is selected for presentation to a user and otherwise pauses progression of the play pointer. The processor transmits tracks of the station and progresses the play pointer in accordance with the configured presentation mode. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067508 | POINT-TO-POINT CONTENT NAVIGATION USING AN AUXILIARY DEVICE - One embodiment provides a system comprising a content navigation application module including a user interface unit, a synchronization unit, and a content navigation control unit. The user interface unit generates first metadata information associated with a content frame of a first piece of content. The synchronization unit synchronizes the display of the first metadata information with the display of the content frame during content playback of said first piece of content. The first metadata information and the content frame are displayed on different devices. The content navigation control unit enables content navigation based on user interaction with the first metadata information when the first metadata information is displayed. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067509 | METHOD AND A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY RATING A MUSIC TRACK - A portable electronic device for automatically rating a music track comprised in a set of music tracks and a method therein are provided. The portable electronic device detects at least one user interaction during performance of the music track. Next, the portable electronic device adjusts a rating of the music track based on the detected at least one user interaction, thereby automatically rating the music track. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067510 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SELECTION CONTROL METHOD - A display system includes a display device and an information terminal adapted to communicate with the display device. The information terminal includes a processor and a storage part storing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a process including determining whether content data stored in the storage part is capable of being played back on the display device based on information associated with playback capability of the content data on the display device; displaying a list screen of identification information items of content data when the content data is determined as being capable of being played back on the display device; and transmitting, to the display device, content data corresponding to identification information items which are selected from the list screen displayed. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067511 | SOUND VISUALIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus are provided for audio data playback in an electronic device. Pieces of color information, included in an image that is matched to audio data, are acquired, when the audio data is requested. At least one of the pieces of color information is mapped to at least one sound level range of predetermined audible sound according to a percentage of a respective color in the image. A predetermined object pattern is displayed using the at least one of the pieces of color information mapped to the at least one sound level range of the audio data, when the audio data is played. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067512 | Analyzing Captured Sound and Seeking a Match Based on an Acoustic Fingerprint for Temporal and Geographic Presentation and Navigation of Linked Cultural, Artistic, and Historic Content - Collections of music and other items, related by time, location, genre, and artist, and that are registered in a data model to provide a foundation for their curatorship, discovery, and procurement are accessed by analyzing captured sound and seeking a match based on an acoustic fingerprint. As a result of said match, a map through the history and culture of music is created for display. The map is created in an embodiment by a series of choices, where a choice is a combination of any of time, place, genre, and artist. Both expert and regular individual curators can define the maps; or the maps can be defined algorithmically. Based upon said matches, one or more animated murals depicting a fundamental combination of any of time, place, genre, and artist are provided to a user via a user interface for the navigation of music, its history, and culture. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067513 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Facilitating User Interaction with Controls in a User Interface - An electronic device, with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface. The device displays, on the display, a first control for controlling a first operation. The device detects, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first input that corresponds to the first control; and in response to detecting the first input: in accordance with a determination that the first input meets first control-activation criteria but does not include a contact with a maximum intensity above a respective intensity threshold, the device performs the first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the first input includes a contact with an intensity above the respective intensity threshold, the device displays a second control for performing a second operation associated with the first operation. | 03-05-2015 |
20150074526 | INSERTING INFORMATION INTO PLAYING CONTENT - Example methods and systems for inserting information into playing content are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems may identify a break in content playing via a playback device, select an information segment representative of information received by the playback device to present during the identified break, and insert the information segment into the content playing via the playback device upon an occurrence of the identified break. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074527 | Remote Control Devices and Related Devices and Systems - A remote control device is provided for controlling an audio playback device. The remote control device includes an input region that is operable to select from a plurality of entities for providing audio content to the audio playback device, and a display for displaying information associated with the entities for providing audio content. The remote control device is configured to request image files from the audio playback device for display on the display. The image files correspond to the entities for providing audio content. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074528 | User Interfaces for Controlling Audio Playback Devices and Related Systems and Devices - A user interface (e.g., on remote control device) for controlling an audio playback device. The user interface includes an input region operable to select from a plurality of entities for providing audio content to the audio playback device, and a display for displaying information associated with the entities. The user interface is configured to allow a user to preview the information associated with the entities via the display prior to selection of one of the entities for providing audio content for playback on the audio playback device. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074529 | Method and Apparatus for Providing a User Interface for Playing Multimedia Contents to a User Terminal - A method for providing a user interface (UI) for playing a multimedia content in a user terminal may include defining a UI area in at least one portion of a display of the user terminal, visually providing a first wheel disposed at one side of the UI area and a second wheel disposed at another side of the UI area, visually displaying playback state information of a multimedia content file being played, in a space between the first wheel and the second wheel, visually displaying a playback control button of the multimedia content file in the UI area. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074530 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONTENT IN MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for controlling content in a mobile electronic device includes selecting at least one first content to be played on a web page, checking whether a second content is being played back, receiving an input for registering the first content with a list while the second content is played back, and when the input is received, storing information on the web page from which the first content is obtained and registering the first content with the list. A mobile electronic device includes a controller configured to determine whether a second content is being played back, receiving an input for registering the first content with the list, when the second content is played back, and when the input is received, store information on the web page on which the first content is located and register the first content with the list. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074531 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LOCATION-BASED DIGITAL CONTENT AGGREGATION - The present invention comprises in some embodiments a system for providing digital entertainment content to patron devices located within a location-based business or other establishment comprising: a client server capable of transmitting a listing of available digital entertainment content to said patron devices; and a digital media aggregation server, wherein the digital aggregation media server maintains and provides the listing of available digital entertainment content to the client server. In some aspects, the present invention provides a method of providing aggregated digital entertainment content to patrons of a location-based business or other establishment comprising providing a listing of available digital entertainment content to a patron device; providing selected digital entertainment content to a patron device. | 03-12-2015 |
20150082167 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE MODE SHIFTING BASED ON ACTIVITY - A consumer electronics (CE) device has at least first and second user interface (UI) output modes respectively correlated to first and second user activities. The UI output mode is automatically established based on a sensor indicating a user activity correlated to the UI output mode. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082168 | MEDIA CONTENT CREATION - A method and apparatus for creating media content. The method comprises recording a video; while the video is being recorded, automatically analysing the content of the video; and creating media content by editing the video, assisted by the results of the content-analysis. A user may not need to select in advance (that is, before the video is recorded) the type or format of media content to be created. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082169 | INTERACTIVE CHANNEL - A channel distribution system comprises: a channel carrying content; and an interactive receiver device for receiving the content and presenting to a user, the interactive receiver device comprising an interface for allowing a user to interact with the content; wherein the channel further comprises a broadcast label superimposed on the content, the label inviting the user to interact with the content, the label being combined with an interactive link, the interactive link comprising a digital instruction to the interactive receiver device, the digital instruction containing handling information for the interactive receiver device to indicate to the receiver device how to handle a user interaction coinciding with the label. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082170 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NARRATED CONTENT - The electronic content generation and distribution method and system includes designating a written content for audio translation by a narrator and determining the narrator. The method and system provides written content to the narrator to generate an audio narration, receiving the audio narration back from the narrator. The method and system therein assigns a plurality of content identifiers to the audio narration based at least one the written content, accesses a subscriber database including subscriber information and subscriber preference data and electronically compares the plurality of content identifiers to the subscriber preference data to determine a distribution list. The method and system distributes the audio narration to subscribers designated in the distribution list so that the subscriber can engage the audio narration via a content interface, where the content interface is operative to monitor the subscriber engaging the audio narration. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082171 | System and Method for Recording and Sharing Music - A method includes uploading a plurality of master songs at a server location to a server located at the server location; allowing a first user to listen to a selected song from the plurality of master songs on an electronic device at a user location, the selected song being transmitted across an electronic network from the server at the server location; allowing the first user to record a user-generated stem track using the electronic device during the prior step, the electronic device being located at the user location; without saving the user-generated stem track at the user location, simultaneously with the prior step, transmitting only the user-generated stem track across the electronic network to the server location; storing the user-generated stem track on the server at the server location; allowing the first user to select, from the user location, a plurality of other individual user-generated stem tracks from the server and combine the selected user-generated stem tracks at the user location to form a user-generated cover song; and transmitting an electronic message to other users who generated each of the plurality of other individual user-generated stem tracks, informing the other users of the combination of the selected user-generated stem tracks to form the user-generated cover song. | 03-19-2015 |
20150089366 | TEMPORAL GRAPH VISUALIZATION - An embodiment provides a timeline upon which a playhead indicator is moved or positioned. Changes to a displayed graph that are within a predetermined interval of the playhead indicator's time position are shown graphically on or near the graph. Actor icons are positioned on or near the displayed graph. The actor icons correspond to different entities (e.g., a person, group, organization, software agent, etc.) that has made a change to the graph. Change indicators both on the timeline and in association with the actor icons can be color-coded to indicate addition, deletion, modification or other operations to graph items or to other objects being displayed. | 03-26-2015 |
20150089367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORWARDING AN APPLICATION USER INTERFACE - A system and method for forwarding an application user interface from a first computing platform to a second computing platform. The application user interface is generated using source content. The application user interface is encoded into two or more encoded content streams where the two or more encoded content streams contain source content representable as the application user interface and composition metadata associated with the application user interface. The two or more encoded content stream are sent to the second computing platform. The two or more encoded content streams are received where the two or more encoded content streams contain information reproducible as the application user interface. The two or more encoded content streams are decoded. The application user interface is generated using the two or more decoded content streams and composition metadata associated with the two or more decoded content streams. | 03-26-2015 |
20150089368 | SEARCHING WITHIN AUDIO CONTENT - Features are disclosed for searching within audio content. Users may submit search terms in text format. An index of text that is audibly presented in the audio content may be searched to identify an instance of a search term. A play position corresponding to the instance may be obtained, and a user may be provided with access to a portion of the audio content based on the play position. The particular play position that is chosen may be based on additional factors, such as popularity of the portion, prior search history and interactions, etc. | 03-26-2015 |
20150089369 | METHOD FOR SCROLLING THROUGH DIGITAL CONTENT IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a scrolling method in a mobile terminal. When a user drags a touch point drawing a circular trajectory on a screen, a scroll direction and a scroll speed are determined based on the dragging direction and the size of the circular trajectory, respectively. Therefore, according to the present invention, precise and intuitive scrolling control is enabled even when a multimedia file having a long playback time or a list having a lot of items is processed in spite of the small screen size of the mobile terminal. | 03-26-2015 |
20150089370 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PLAYING MEDIA DATA ON A TERMINAL - A method, device and terminal for playing media data on a terminal have been disclosed. The method including: acquiring a first instruction which operates on a first identification displayed on an interactive interface of a social application; acquiring a media link corresponding to the first identification displayed on the interactive interface according to the first instruction; acquiring corresponding media data according to the media link; and directly playing the acquired media data on the interactive interface of the social application without being redirected to play the acquired media data through a third party webpage or a web application. | 03-26-2015 |
20150089371 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING VIDEO/AUDIO CONTENT AND METADATA FOR A BROADBAND TELEVISION SERVICE - Embodiments described herein are directed to systems and methods for processing, compression, transmission, storage, decompression, rendering and user interaction with video/audio content and content metadata. This systems and methods simplify the way a user will find relevant content and interact with it. That system and method include, for example a Personalized User Interface, a Personalized Recommendation Processor/Engine, a Unified Search Service and User Interface (through Linear TV, Movies, TV Shows, Celebrities), an Audience Measurement Platform, an Addressable Interactive Advertisement Platform and User Interface, and a TV Adapter and Remote. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095774 | Multi-Household Support - Embodiments are provided for enabling a user to control multiple media playback systems with a single mobile device. The mobile device may connect with a first or second media playback system based on receiving a first or second household identifier (HHID), respectively. If the mobile device receives both the first and second HHIDs, the mobile device may connect with either the first or second media playback system based on a priority of the two systems. If neither the first nor second HHIDs are received by the mobile device, a user may be prompted to add a third media playback system if the mobile device receives a third HHID. The user interface of the mobile device may receive an input to connect the mobile device to the third media playback system, and a connection may be established between the mobile device and the third media playback system. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095775 | CUSTOMIZING MOBILE MEDIA END CAP USER INTERFACES BASED ON MOBILE DEVICE ORIENTATION - A mobile device determines playback of a media item is complete on the mobile device and determines that an orientation of the mobile device is in landscape mode in response to the playback being complete. The mobile device provides a user interface that corresponds to the landscape mode and presents additional content pertaining to the media item in the landscape mode. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095776 | VIRTUAL MANIFESTATION OF A NAS OR OTHER DEVICES AND USER INTERACTION THEREWITH - A device may comprise a display interface and a processor coupled to the display interface. The processor may be configured to couple to a remote network-connected device over a computer network; generate a graphic representation of the network-connected device on the display and send the generated graphic representation to the display interface. A status of the network-connected device may then be received over the computer network and cause, responsive to receiving the status of the network-connected device, the graphic representation of the network-connected device to change appearance depending upon the received state the network-connected device. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095777 | INITIALLY ESTABLISHING AND PERIODICALLY PREFETCHING DIGITAL CONTENT - Content playback that includes maintaining a connection between an electronic device and a content source. Content is prefetched prior to attempting to play one or more stations on the electronic device. Scanning a multiple stations and listening to a particular one station is distinguishable. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095778 | MEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT - Apparatus, a method and a computer program are provided. The apparatus comprises: at least one processor; and memory storing computer program code configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause at least the following to be performed: responding to user input by selecting a media content item and a further media content item from multiple media content items in a playlist; causing at least one other media content item to be selected for inclusion in the playlist based on the selected media content item and the selected further media content item; and introducing the at least one other media content item into the playlist between the media content item and the further media content item. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095779 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS OF THE SAME - A method of providing contents by using location information and time information of an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving music service information including at least one music contents play location information, music contents play time information, and a music contents playlist, selecting the playlist according to the at least one music contents play location information and the music contents play time information from the received music service information, and receiving a streaming music contents based on the selected playlist. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095780 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF SELECTING LOCK FUNCTION - A mobile terminal and a method of selecting a lock function thereof are provided. The method of selecting a lock function of a mobile terminal having a touch screen includes: measuring, when at least one touch occurs on the touch screen, at least one of a pressure, a current, and a capacitance of an area of the touch screen in which the touch occurs; and selecting, if at least one of the measured pressure, current, and capacitance is greater than or equal to a preset value, a lock function. Thus, by touching the touch screen in such a manner that a high current or capacitance may be measured in a specific area of the mobile terminal, a user can easily perform a desired function, thereby improving user convenience. | 04-02-2015 |
20150100883 | MEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DEVICE - A media management system for managing digital media of a user, comprising: a media management device communicatively coupled with a server configured to store digital media, the media management device having: a digital media storage medium drive configured to extract digital media stored on a storage medium; a transceiver configured to transmit the digital media to the server for storage; and at least one end-user interface device communicatively coupled with the server, and in combination with the server configured to permit the user to manage the digital media. | 04-09-2015 |
20150106711 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A VISUAL USER INTERFACE FOR AUDIO EQUALIZATION - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to present an intuitive visual user interface for audio equalization. In the context of a method includes defining at least two locations upon the visual user interface. Each location is associated with a predefined audio equalization characteristic. The method also causes first and second configurable elements to be provided by the visual user interface. Further, the method includes associating an audio equalization characteristic with the first configurable element based upon a location of the first configurable element relative to the at least two locations. The second configurable element provides a visual representation of the audio equalization characteristic based upon the location of the first configurable element. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106712 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EDITING SYNCHRONOUS MEDIA - An apparatus and method for editing synchronous media files are provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of synchronous media files, displaying a plurality of synchronous media streams corresponding to the synchronous media files on a screen, detecting a touch input for selecting a portion of one of the plurality of synchronous streams, and adding the selected portion of the one of the plurality of synchronous media streams to an edited media stream. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106713 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND MANAGING AUDIO CONTENT - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for generating and managing audio content, such as blogcast episodes. In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided that includes operations performed by at least one processor including retrieving a plurality of stored snippets of media content related to a blogcast episode, the plurality of stored snippets of media content including one or more snippets of user-contributed content. The method also includes receiving snippet metric data associated with one or more snippets of user-contributed content. In addition, the method includes selecting two or more snippets of the plurality of stored snippets of media content including at least one snippet of user-contributed content and generating a blogcast episode comprising the two or more snippets of the plurality of snippets of media content. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106714 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION THEREOF - A method for providing information in an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a digital object through a user interface unit. The method also includes acquiring a pointer-over input regarding the digital object. The method further includes identifying attribute of the pointer-over input. The method includes determining information related to the digital object based on the identified attribute. The method also includes offering the determined information through the user interface unit. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106715 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING MULTIPLE MULTIMEDIA VIEWING PLANES IN MEDIA DISPLAY SYSTEMS - A mechanism is described for facilitating multiple multimedia viewing planes in media display systems according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes using a plurality of multimedia planes corresponding to a plurality of multimedia content types. The plurality of multimedia planes may be integrated to be presented through an integrated user interface at a media processing device. The method may further include selecting, via the integrated user interface, one or more content categories from a plurality of multimedia content categories, and presenting, via a multimedia plane of the plurality of multimedia planes, contents associated with the one or more selected content categories. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106716 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106717 | PRESENTING CONTENT RELATED TO CURRENT MEDIA CONSUMPTION - Disclosed are various embodiments for presenting content items that are related to media items that are currently being consumed by a user. A media item in a stream of media items being presented to a client is identified. A content item that is relevant to the media item is determined. An entry is added to the entries of a relevant content listing. The entry includes a link to the content item. The entries in the relevant content listing are arranged in a time-based sequence such that the at least one entry correlates to a sequence of playback in the client of a plurality of media files. The relevant content listing is updated in a user interface that is being presented to the user. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106718 | INTERNET RADIO AND BROADCAST METHOD PERSONALIZED BY SOCIAL CURATION - Data streams are generally selected according to user preferences and transmitted to the user in general alignment with expressed preferences of the user. Such data streams may be music, including music videos. Users may indicate their general or specific preferences with regards to song, artists, or albums. Any other aspects or factors that might affect the user's preferences can be taken into account. A playlist is created that combines all of these factors. The playlist then serves as the basis for feeding the data streams to the user. Each user is able to express his or her own preferences and receive music corresponding to those preferences on an on-going basis. | 04-16-2015 |
20150113399 | Landing Page for Presenting Media Items - Methods and systems for generating a landing page for displaying a plurality of displayed media items are provided. A landing page may include a plurality of sections, and each displayed media item may be displayed in a separate section of the landing page. For a first section of the landing page, a first category may be selected from among a set of categories based on a display probability for the first category. Each category in the set of categories may have a display probability. A first displayed media item may be selected from among a first plurality of media items in the first category. For each section of the landing page, a category may be selected from among the set of categories based on a display probability for the each category, and a displayed media item may be selected from among a plurality of media items in the each category. | 04-23-2015 |
20150113400 | SERVING CONTENT VIA AN EMBEDDED CONTENT PLAYER WITH A LOOPING FUNCTION - A system and method for serving content via an embedded content player distributed via a content sharing service with a looping function is provided. The system includes a content analyzer to receive an indication of the content being accessed via the content sharing service; a looping function graphical user interface (GUI) determiner to determine if the content is associated with a looping function, a looping function GUI retriever to retrieve a GUI element based on the determination; and a looping function GUI transmitter to transmit the GUI element to the content sharing service, the GUI element being incorporated via the embedded content player. | 04-23-2015 |
20150113401 | Method and Apparatus for Rendering of a Media Item - A method comprising determining that a first separate apparatus is proximate to the apparatus, receiving information indicative of a first media item candidate from the first separate apparatus, such that the first media item is associated with the first separate apparatus, determining that a second separate apparatus is proximate to the apparatus, receiving information indicative of a second media item candidate from the second separate apparatus, such that the second media item is associated with the second separate apparatus, determining a rendering media item based, at least in part, on the first media item candidate and the second media item candidate, and causing rendering of the rendering media item is disclosed. | 04-23-2015 |
20150113402 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, OUTPUT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC MACHINE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control section ( | 04-23-2015 |
20150113403 | SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESENTING MEDIA ON DEVICES - Embodiments described herein disclose systems and methods to simultaneously initiate media being presented on a plurality of client computing devices. The media may be configured to be simultaneously presented on the plurality of client computing devices while the plurality of client computing devices are at an event, such as a sporting event, concert, etc. | 04-23-2015 |
20150121220 | TERMINAL, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A terminal, a method for displaying a screen of a terminal, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The method includes displaying a music list including a music play-back item of each of one or more contacts, the music play-back item generated based on contact information of the one or more contacts stored in the terminal and a registration status of the one or more contacts to a music service and displaying a play-back screen that provides a music service corresponding to a music play-back item of a contact according to a user selection from among the music play-back item of each of the one or more contacts. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121221 | CONCEPTS FOR PROVIDING AN ENHANCED MEDIA PRESENTATION - Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for providing an enhanced media presentation. In one embodiment, an enhanced media presentation is provided. To provide the enhanced media presentation, one or more content items associated with subject matter associated with a segment of an enhanced media presentation are identified. Each content item may be associated with at least one uniform resource identifier. Then, a content object based at least in part on at least one content item is created. The content object is an abstract representation of the content item. The content object can be associated with the segment and provided for simultaneous displayed simultaneously with at least a portion of the segment. | 04-30-2015 |
20150128039 | Newness Control of a Personalized Music and/or Entertainment Sequence - Apparatus and method for Newness Control of a Personalized Music and/or Entertainment Sequence. Apparatus for personalized music or entertainment may include a newness control, configured to be adjustable by a user, to indicate an amount or portion of new compositions that the user desires to experience. A processor or processors may be configured to generate a sequence of compositions for said user; so that the amount or portion of new compositions in the sequence of compositions, varies in response to the newness control. Compositions that are new to the user may be determined by a history or information about the user; and/or history or information about other users that are determined to be friends-with or similar to the user. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128040 | GENERATING CUSTOM SEQUENCES OF VIDEO STREAMS - Custom sequences of video streams are generated and stored. These video streams can be of the same event and can be presented to the user to allow the user to select to view a particular stream at any given time during playback of the event or occurrence. The sequence in which the user selects the streams for viewing the event can be stored in a data structure to enable the custom sequence to be replayed at a later time. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128041 | Devices and Methods for Displaying Interface Elements of Media Players - Devices and methods are provided for displaying interface elements of a player. For example, whether an interface cursor moves is detected; a detection result is generated; in response to the detection result indicating that the interface cursor moves, a starting time of a movement of the interface cursor and one or more starting coordinates of the interface cursor are recorded; one or more time points associated with the movement and one or more first coordinates of the interface cursor are recorded at one or more predetermined time intervals starting from the starting time; a data record is generated based on at least information associated with the starting time, the starting coordinates, the time points and the first coordinates; whether the movement satisfies one or more predetermined conditions is determined based on at least information associated with the data record to generate a determination result; and one or more interface elements of a player are displayed based on at least information associated with the determination result. | 05-07-2015 |
20150135068 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT UTILIZING TAGS, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method and apparatus for performing multimedia management utilizing tags and an associated computer program product are provided, where the method is applied to an electronic device. The method includes the steps of: providing a user interface to allow a user to add at least one tag corresponding to at least one timestamp of a multimedia file onto a progress bar of the user interface; and when it is detected that a specific tag added onto the progress bar of the user interface is selected for tag-based playback, playing the multimedia file, starting from a specific timestamp indicated by tag information of the specific tag. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135069 | Semi-Automatic Organic Layout For Media Streams - In order to display a set of media items in a visually pleasing manner, the relationship between the set of media items and a plurality of predefined media arrangements may be determined. A score corresponding to the set of media items may be compared to a score corresponding to each of the predefined media arrangements. The media item score and the media arrangement scores may be based on properties of the media items and properties of the media arrangements, respectively. The media arrangement that is most closely related to the set of media items may be identified based on the score comparison and the media items may be displayed in the identified media arrangement. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135070 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS AND USER INTERFACE SCREEN PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display to display contents on a screen and a controller to control the display to display a feedback user interface (UI) on the screen which is generated based on a user preference of the contents, and the feedback UI may include at least one of a poll UI which is related to the contents or a control UI that is used to control playback timing of the contents. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135071 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTION AND PRESENTATION OF AUDIO VISUAL DATA ENHANCEMENTS - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and system for the distribution and presentation of audio visual data enhancements is disclosed. Media content includes primary and secondary assets which can be presented and navigated therebetween, via widgets and asset maps that can be remotely authenticated and updated. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135072 | MEDIA PLAYBACK CONTROL THROUGH REMOTE DEVICE CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for establishing a connection with a first processor-based device at a second processor-based device, receiving through the connection a control command from the first processor-based device implemented according to a first protocol, wherein the command corresponds to a remote control command received through a remote control device at the first processor-based device, translating the control command from the first protocol to a second protocol executable at the second processor-based device, and executing an event in response to the control command having been translated into the second protocol. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SELECTION, CHARACTERIZATION AND AUTOMATED SEQUENCING OF MEDIA CONTENT - In a computer system having at least one output device, a set of media programs is accessed. A playlist first portion including a first plurality of the media programs of the set is created. The programs of the first portion are arranged with respect to one another according to a respective first characteristic value of each of the programs of the first portion. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135074 | ADAPTIVE INTERVALS IN NAVIGATING CONTENT AND/OR MEDIA - The present embodiments provide methods and apparatuses for use in navigating through content. Some embodiments provide methods for use in navigating through content that receive an initial first directional control command, activate a seek mode upon receipt of the initial first directional control command comprising advancing over a first amount of content in a first direction from a first point in the content to a second point in the content, receive an initial second directional control command following the receipt of the initial first directional command, and activate a search mode upon receipt of the initial second directional control command, comprising advancing back over a second amount of the first amount of the content where the second amount is less than the first amount of the content. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135075 | SELECT DRAG AND DROP OPERATIONS ON VIDEO THUMBNAILS ACROSS CLIP BOUNDARIES - A computer-implemented method includes displaying, within a user interface in a digital media system, a media pane, and a project pane, displaying, within the media pane, a thumbnail group representing a media item, the thumbnail group comprising one or more thumbnails, enabling a user to select, from the thumbnail group, a segment of the media item, and enabling a user to transfer the selected segment to the project pane. | 05-14-2015 |
20150143239 | MULTI-VIEW AUDIO AND VIDEO INTERACTIVE PLAYBACK - An interactive multi-view module identifies a plurality of media items associated with a real-world event, each of the plurality of media items comprising a video portion and an audio portion. The interactive multi-view module synchronizes the audio portions of each of the plurality of media items according to a common reference timeline, determines a relative geographic position associated with each of the plurality of media items and presents the plurality of media items in an interactive multi-view player interface based at least on the synchronized audio portions and the relative geographic positions. | 05-21-2015 |
20150143240 | SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may use, for example, a method for sending a set-top box an identification of the media player, receiving operational instructions from the set-top box according to the emulator executed by the set-top box that emulates a user interface of the media player by presenting a representation of the media player in a graphical user interface, and transmitting media content to the set-top box according to the operational instructions. The emulator can be supplied to the set-top box by way of a multimedia system communicatively coupled to the set-top box. The user interface presented by the set-top box by way of the emulator substantially mimics functions of the media player. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 05-21-2015 |
20150149901 | Presenting Images of Multiple Media Entities - Methods and systems for presenting multiple images of entities associated with media items in a media list are provided. A method may include identifying a first entity associated with a first media item in a media list. The first media item may be associated with a first time period. A second entity associated with a second media item may be identified in the media list. The second media item may be associated with a second time period. Next, from a database of entity images, a first image of the first entity may be selected based on the first time period and a second image of the second entity may be selected based on the second time period. As a result, the first image and the second image may be presented in an interface during activation of the media list. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149902 | MANIPULATION OF MEDIA CONTENT TO OVERCOME USER IMPAIRMENTS - A system, process and software that incorporate the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a condition that causes an impaired perception of an original media content item during a presentation. A media content modification is determined, wherein application of the media content modification to the original media content item results in a modified media content item. The modified media content item, when presented to the media presentation device, ameliorates the impaired perception of the media content item. The media content modification is applied to the original media content item resulting in the modified media content item. The modified media content item is presented at the media presentation device contemporaneously with the original media content item, allowing different viewers to observe the modified media content item simultaneously with the original. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-28-2015 |
20150293649 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SMART MIXING CONSOLE - A mixing console having a user interface displaying a path of one or more menu options based on a user's historical operation of the console. The mixing console having a computer in communication with a transceiver, the transceiver capable of communication with a server remotely located from the computer, the computer may receive a user log-in and monitor a selection of the one or more menu options from the user interface. The controller may record and rank the selection of the one or more menu options and output at the user interface the path of menu and submenu tabs based on the recorded and ranked selection of the one or more menu options. The computer may save to memory the list of menu and submenu item selections based on the user log-in. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293681 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A MEDIA INTERFACE WITH MULTIPLE CONTROL INTERFACES - Methods, systems, and media for providing a media interface with multiple control interfaces are provided. In some embodiments, a method for media guidance is provided, the method comprising: causing a media interface to be presented, wherein the media interface identifies a plurality of media content items and includes a control interface, wherein the control interface includes a first portion having a plurality of navigation options that navigate through the plurality of media content items and a second portion having a plurality of media playback options that control playback of a media content item from the plurality of media content items that has been navigated to; determining that a portion of the control interface has been selected; and activating the selected portion of the control interface, wherein: the plurality of navigation options that navigate through the plurality of media content items are activated; and the plurality of media playback options that control playback of the media content item from the plurality of media content items. | 10-15-2015 |
20150301692 | INDIVIDUAL SONG LIBRARIES AND PERSONALIZED CHANNELS IN BROADCAST SATELLITE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods to facilitate recording of individual tracks by a user of a broadcast music service, and the provision of user-specific personalized channels, based on such recordings, are presented. Such systems and methods include (i) recording of a song or audio clip from the broadcast for future playback (referred to as the “Love” functionality), and (ii) providing a shuffled playlist of songs for that user based on a mix of (a) “Loved” songs from a user's song library and (b) favorite artist songs speculatively recorded by the system or device over time in the background based on the user's selections of favorite artists. Such a user-specific playlist can be referred to as “My Channel” functionality. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301693 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING RELATED CONTENT - Methods, systems, and media for presenting related content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing a first media interface to be presented, wherein the first media interface represents a first plurality of media content items and wherein first metadata is associated with the first media interface; determining, using a hardware processor, that at least one media interface representing related content should be presented; in response to determining that at least one media interface representing related content should be presented, generating a plurality of media interfaces, wherein each of the plurality of media interfaces is associated with metadata related to the first metadata; and causing at least one of the plurality of media interfaces to be presented concurrently with the first media interface. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301699 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR MEDIA GUIDANCE - Methods, systems, and media for media guidance are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a request to browse through a plurality of media content items; causing a plurality of media interfaces to be presented in response to receiving the request, wherein each of the plurality of media interfaces is a selectable object and includes information associated with a media content item placed within the interface; determining that a media interface from the plurality of media interfaces has been selected; causing a media content item corresponding to the selected media interface to be played back in a media player window in response to determining that the media interface has been selected; and concurrently with causing the media content item to be played back in the media player window, causing the selected media interface to be presented for a predetermined period of time, wherein the selected media interface identifies the media content item. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301709 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH A CONTROL ENVIRONMENT - A system and methods for facilitation of user interactions with an electronic device. A number of user interface methods are described and may be used alone or in combination with one another to present an enhanced interface to a user. A method of providing user interaction using a compact status indicator is described. A method for providing a virtual scroll wheel to a user for interaction with content sets is described. A method for allowing a user to dynamically modify a scalable user interface is described. A method for providing gesture based input to a user via a virtual gesture pad is described. A method of providing an interactive graphic search query interface is described. A method for indicating and selecting available content type is described. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301718 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING MUSIC ITEMS RELATING TO MEDIA CONTENT - Methods, systems, and media for presenting music items relating to media content are provided. In accordance with some implementations, methods for presenting music items relating to media content are provided, the methods comprising: detecting a plurality of music segments of the media content item that include music content; identifying a plurality of pieces of music played in the plurality of music segments; generating, using a hardware processor, a playlist including information relating to the plurality of pieces of music; causing the playlist to be presented to a user; receiving a user selection of a portion of the playlist corresponding to a piece of music played in a first music segment of the plurality of music segments; and causing information relating to a plurality music items that match the first music segment to be presented in response to receiving the user selection. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301738 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal device and methods are disclosed. A display module includes a display surface. An operation receiving module receives a first operation and a second operation from a user. A control module configured to set a locked state, release the locked state if the first operation and the second operation are received, display a predetermined screen in a first display direction associated with the first release operation if the first release operation is received, and display the predetermined screen in a second display direction associated with the second release operation if the second release operation is received. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301793 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED RADIO STATION CREATION - A user interface arrangement includes a user interface having a plurality of movable sliders. Each of the sliders corresponds to a respective category of infotainment content. A processor is communicatively coupled to the user interface. The processor presents each of the categories of infotainment content in proportions dependent upon positions of the sliders. | 10-22-2015 |
20150309669 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING RELATED CONTENT IN A USER INTERFACE NAVIGATED USING DIRECTIONAL CONTROLS - Methods, systems, and media for navigating a user interface are provided. In some embodiments, a method for navigating a user interface is provided, the method comprising: causing a user interface to be presented including a plurality of media identifier elements corresponding to media assets; causing the plurality of media identifier elements to be arranged along a first direction of the user interface; selecting a first media asset associated with a first media identifier element for presentation; identifying related media assets in response to selection of the first media asset; causing the first media asset to be presented in a first portion of the user interface; and causing related media identifier elements to be presented in a second portion of the user interface aligned with the first portion along the first direction. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309670 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR NAVIGATING A USER INTERFACE USING DIRECTIONAL CONTROLS - Methods, systems, and media for navigating a user interface are provided. In some embodiments, methods for navigating a user interface is provided, the method comprising: causing a user interface to be presented including media identifiers that correspond media assets; causing the media identifiers to be arranged along a first direction; causing a first media identifier at a first position to be highlighted; causing a menu element to be presented at a first menu position associated with the first media identifier; receiving an instruction from a user input device to navigate to a next element along the first direction; causing a second media identifier next to the first position to be highlighted in response to receiving the instruction; causing the menu element to be presented at a second menu position associated with the second media identifier; and inhibiting presentation of the menu element at the first menu position. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309673 | MEDIA COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A media collection system and method including a user interface module operating through a user interface device that allows a user to add media information to a structured media collection. The user interface module includes a real-time recording module that allows a user to record media information to a media file in real-time. The real-time recording module includes a countdown synchronization module, a prompt module, and a recording control module. The user interface module includes an organization module that allows a user to associate media files within a hierarchical structure. The system includes a media structure module that enforces and presents stored media files according to their association within the hierarchical structure. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309703 | MUSIC CREATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The exemplary systems and methods allow a user to create music using continuous sound structures and other graphical elements using a graphical user interface. The method comprises: depicting a music portion space in the graphical user interface of a display apparatus for creating a portion of music; and allowing the user, using an input apparatus, to add one or more continuous sound structures to the music portion space, wherein each of the one or more continuous sound structures comprises a plurality of sound elements arranged around a continuous loop representing a period of time. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309844 | Systems and Methods for Audio Attribute Mapping - In a customized content delivery service, such as, for example, a personalized music streaming service delivered over various wireless networks, an end-user can be given the ability to refine or select programming which is presented to them. One approach to achieving this is to present the user with a range of user preference controls, such as sliders, which can be mapped to attributes contained within the scheduling system. Thus, systems and methods are presented for the representation and delivery of such attributes to effect a personalized server, to map controls to these attributes, and to simplify the controls presented to an end-user. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a song or audio content recommender may use channel specifications and a user profile, as dynamically modified and updated by user preferences expressed via said user preference controls, to generate user and channel specific playlists, to give a user the personalized audio experience he or she actually desires. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312175 | PROVIDING INTELLIGENT TRANSCRIPTIONS OF SOUND MESSAGES IN A MESSAGING APPLICATION - One or more embodiments described herein include methods and systems of creating transcribed electronic communications based on sound inputs. More specifically, systems and methods described herein provide users the ability to easily and effectively send an electronic communication that includes a textual message transcribed from a sound input. Additionally, systems and methods described herein provide an analysis of a textual message transcribed from a sound input allowing users to correct an inaccurate or incorrect transcription. | 10-29-2015 |
20150316990 | System and Method for Redirection and Processing of Audio and Video Data based on Gesture Recognition - An information handling system includes a redirection module and an audio/video module. The redirection module receives an audio data frame and an image data frame, analyzes the image data frame for a trigger event. In response the trigger event being detected in the image data frame, the redirection module replaces the audio data frame with a silent audio data frame and provides the silent audio data frame to the audio/video module. Otherwise the redirection module provides the audio data frame to the audio/video module. The audio/video module receives and transmits either the audio data frame or the silent audio data frame. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317041 | COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH PRESENTATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a computing system includes: receiving a content program including a free program, a subscriber based program, or a combination thereof; determining a populating location based on the content program with a control unit for presenting the content program on a plurality of an interface subsection of a device; and updating the populating location based on a content status for changing from one instance of the interface subsection to another instance of the interface subsection to present the content program. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317067 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH A USER - A method for presenting content for a plurality of channels on a screen of a device. The method includes: determining whether or not each of the plurality of channels is available for preview; determining an available resource for each of the plurality of channels; displaying a less resource-intensive visual item for each of the plurality of channels until the channel becomes available for preview and the available resource assigned to the channel is above a threshold; and replacing the less resource-intensive visual item with a resource intensive visual item. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317391 | MEDIA PLAYABLE WITH SELECTABLE PERFORMERS - A media processor and method of customizing a media composition enables a user to compile a customized media file with selectable tracks and a primary track. Each of the selectable tracks includes a recording of a performer performing a part of a particular composition, such as an instrument or vocal part in a musical piece. The user is provided an option to select one or more of the tracks; and a customized media file is prepared based on the user selected tracks and including the primary track. | 11-05-2015 |
20150324076 | Distributed Infrastructure - Novel tools and techniques for implementing distributed infrastructure are provided. In some techniques, a plurality of user devices, each at a customer premises, can provide video calling services over a network. In some embodiments, each of one or more user devices might be established as a distributed infrastructure element for cloud computing, cloud-based application hosting, and/or cloud-based data storage. One or more software applications, customer data, and/or media content (collectively, “hosted content”) might be provided to the one or more user devices for hosting thereon. Resource usage information and/or network connectivity information might be collected for each user device, and suitability of a user device to host the hosted content might be determined based at least in part on the collected resource usage information and/or network connectivity information. One or more courses of action may be determined, and invoked, based on performance metrics of the user devices. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324099 | Connecting Current User Activities with Related Stored Media Collections - A Media Presentation System (MPS) identifies a user's current activity and then attempts to deliver one or more media items that are relevant to the user's current activity. In other words, those media items are determined to exhibit a pattern of previous user activity that matches the user's current activity. In one case, the MPS may determine that the user is engaged in a communication system with another user, using a communication system, such as a video communication system. In response, the MPS can present media items that pertain to the two users in the course of their communication session. For instance, at least some of the media items may have been captured in previous communication sessions between the two users. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324369 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEEP METADATA POPULATION OF MEDIA CONTENT - Methods and systems generate deep metadata associated with media content. The deep metadata may be used, for example, by media content recommendation systems. In one embodiment, a database includes a plurality of media files that are each associated with respective data models and metadata sets. A new media file is categorized by microgenre and automatically analyzed to generate a new data model. The new data model is compared to the database to determine a particular data model stored therein that satisfies a similarity threshold. In one embodiment, the comparison is limited to data models that are associated with the same microgenre as that of the new media file. A set of metadata associated with the particular data model stored in the database is then assigned to the new media file. In an example embodiment, the new media file is an audio file and the database is a music database. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326634 | ESTABLISHING A SECURE WIRELESS NETWORK WITH MINIMUM HUMAN INTERVENTION - An example method includes receiving an input initiating an automatic configuration process to configure a playback network setting of a computing device; responsive to the input, activating by the computing device, a listen mode; while in the listen mode, receiving a first message that indicates a playback device is available; subsequently, receiving a second message indicating network information associated with the playback device; determining, based on the second message, that the playback device is not configured for a secure playback network; based on the determination, generating network parameters for a playback network, the network parameters comprising one or more of a household identification and a network security parameter; transmitting to the playback device, a third message to cause the playback device to join the playback network based on the network parameters; and configuring the network setting of the computing device based on the household identification and the network security parameter. | 11-12-2015 |
20150331554 | Apparatuses, Methods, and Systems for a Portable Image-Processing Transmitter - This disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for a portable, image-processing transmitter. The transmitter provides a platform capable of managing, manipulating, storing, and transmitting digital media files across a wide array of transmission means and protocols. In one embodiment, the transmitter may be employed by photographers, photojournalists, and/or the like to rapidly process, edit, and send photographs or video to multiple news agencies, newspapers, magazines, television studios, websites, and/or the like while maintaining control over their photographs by allowing them to send reduced quality and watermarked proofs. The transmitter may be configured to allow users to first generate and transmit low-resolution preview images, thereby saving on transmission time and resources, and only send full resolution versions once approvals of the preview versions are received. The transmitter's broad communication capabilities ensure that it is maximally effective in locating and exploiting available communication networks, even from remote locations. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331599 | Notifying A User Of An Available Media Object - Among other features, notification is presented on a mobile device to a user to advise the user of the availability of a media object that (a) has been received from a server and stored on the mobile device without the user having been aware of the receipt or storage, or (b) has newly become available for streaming from the server to the mobile device. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331869 | METHOD AND SYSTEM ALLOWING USERS TO EASILY CONTRIBUTE TO A SOCIAL COMPOSITION - A networked, electronic system and method allows users to generate their own media layer for automatic availability to other users as an independent piece, or as a social composition created by combining the user's media layer with other specified layers. The user may initially choose the desired media layer(s) previously recorded, as well as simple control specifications to guide the synchronization of how the user's recorded media layer data is aligned with the specified media layer(s). Then, through standard inputs that control the level of contribution of each media layer, user settings are collected whenever each layer combination is played, and used to develop a social composition. | 11-19-2015 |
20150339301 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDIA SYNCHRONIZATION - Systems and methods are provided for generating visualizations. A user interface may be provided enabling a user to indicate on which set of networked devices a visualization is to be played by, wherein the user can selectively specify that the visualization is to be displayed on a plurality of networked devices or on a single device. A set of devices is selected that the visualization is to be displayed on based at least in part on a user specification provided via the user interface. The visualization is caused to be displayed on the set of user devices, wherein the synchronization of images included in the visual media with the music is based at least in part on: a genre classification of the music and/or a genre classification of the images. | 11-26-2015 |
20150355818 | Continuous Playback Queue - Embodiments are described herein that involve a media playback system playing back a playback queue according to a continuous-playback mode. In one aspect, a playback device is provided that includes a network interface, one or more media processing components, a non-transitory computer-readable medium with program instructions stored thereon. The program instructions are executable by at least one processor to cause the media playback device to: add one or more items to a playback queue of the media playback device, where the one or more items include a continuous-playback item including at least one media item, and based on one or more characteristics of the continuous-playback item, play back the playback queue according to a continuous-playback mode, where playing back the playback queue according to the continuous-playback mode involves: detecting a continuous-playback trigger, and based on the detected continuous-playback trigger, adding at least one additional media item to the continuous-playback item. | 12-10-2015 |
20150355820 | Device And Method For Media Player Mated To Printed Media - An album having bound pages engaged to a cover having a media player engaged thereto, and a method for forming the album are disclosed. The album features a cover having a built in media player for digital media files. The cover when bound to a plurality of pages of indicia such as photographs, with the media player having digital files relating to the photos therein, provides the user with both still and moving media concerning the subject matter of the indicia on the pages. Using the album as a wedding album will have still photos of the wedding on the bound pages, and can have moving video and audio playable on the engaged video player in the cover for the wedding album. | 12-10-2015 |
20150355881 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for inputting information through touch input device of an electronic device is provided. The method inputs information including at least one of symbols and characters through touching of a screen displayed on the touch input device, and executes a specific application capable of processing the input information. | 12-10-2015 |
20150362999 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a mobile terminal of a watch type can be remotely controlled. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform a wireless communication, a sensing unit configured to sense a gesture input, a display unit configured to output an information, and a controller, if a first type gesture is inputted, controlling at least one of a display of a detailed information of an unidentified event, a response to an event occurrence and an activation of a prescribed application to be performed in response to the inputted first type gesture. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363060 | DISPLAY MODE BASED MEDIA PLAYER SWITCHING - A media item is presented via a media player, the media player configured to receive the media item, the media item being associated with a format and including an audio component. Responsive to a change in a display mode associated with the media player, a second media player is identified that is configured to receive a corresponding media item, the corresponding media item being associated with a second format and including a second audio component that matches the audio component. A particular location is determined in the media item to cease presentation of the media item via the media player and a corresponding location in the corresponding media item to begin presentation of the corresponding media item using the second media player. Responsive to reaching the particular location, concurrently, presentation of the media item is ceased and presentation of the corresponding media item at the corresponding location is begun. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363084 | An Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: based on a received user selection of one or more of a plurality of displayed user selectable markers ( | 12-17-2015 |
20150363089 | INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The embodiments of the present invention provide an information acquiring apparatus and method, and an electronic device, wherein the apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to control, according to a currently run application, to display operation options corresponding to the application; and a processing unit configured to process currently displayed information in response to a selected operation option, to acquire information related to the currently displayed information. Since the operation options are directly provided according to the application, and the information related to the currently displayed information is provided in response to the selected operation option, it is unnecessary to embed plugins into respective applications, thus required information can be acquired simply and conveniently. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363162 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DISTRIBUITION OF MUSIC AND OTHER FORMS OF USEFUL INFORMATION - The present invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications systems and methods. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for identifying and/or distributing music and other types of useful information for users in a very simple and convenient manner. A variety of systems and methods are disclosed which provide users with quick and convenient access to various forms of information, such as, for example, audio information including music and news items as well as coupons and other information. The systems and methods allow users to store data representative of a time of transmission and preferably a source of transmission so that data of interest may be identified for ordering an/or downloading. | 12-17-2015 |
20150370419 | Interface for Multiple Media Applications - Systems and techniques are provided for an interface for multiple media applications. A list of features for a media application may be received, each of the features associated with a control for the media application. The features may be ranked. A template user interface including definitions for controls may be received. The definition for a control may include a position within a user interface for the control and a size of the control. Each feature from the list of features ranked above a threshold may be associated with a corresponding definition for a control in the template user interface to generate a translated interface. A feature that does not have corresponding definition for a control may not be part of the translated interface. The translated interface may be displayed to a user. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370435 | Displaying Information Related to Content Playing on a Device - A computer-implemented method includes: detecting whether a user is watching media content; after detecting that the user is watching media, presenting on a user device a first affordance providing a first user-selectable election to receive information on entities relevant to the media content; in response to user selection of the election: sampling at the user device program information from the media content including one or more of audio signals and subtitles, and sending the program information to a server, which identifies the media content and generates one or more second user-selectable user elections for the identified media content and sends to the user device one or more second affordances providing the second user-selectable elections; displaying the second affordances on the user device; and in response to user selection of one of the second affordances, displaying on the user device information on a respective entity relevant to the media content. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370446 | Application Specific User Interfaces - Systems and techniques are provided for an application specific user interface. A list including a feature for a first media application may be received. The first media application may be run on a first computing device. A template user interface including a definition for a control, including a position within a user interface for the control and a size of the control, may be received. A media application theme may be received for the first media application and may include a color scheme, control icon, logo, or unique control. A translated interface may be generated for the first media application by associating the control of the template user interface with the feature of the first media application and applying the media application theme for the first media application. The translated interface for the first media application may be displayed on the display of a second computing device. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370457 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SCHEDULING ORDER - A scheduling order can be designated for the broadcast and playback of multimedia content (e.g., music, news, other audio, advertising, etc) with respect to slots within the scheduling order. The broadcast day is divided into dayparts having blocks of time and including multiple time slots. One of those time slots, a transition period, is adjacent to another daypart. The transition period may be scheduled using a different algorithm for adjacency scheduling to satisfy both horizontal and vertical adjacency requirements. The remaining slots for the schedule can be scheduled from one or more categories of media items associated with the block being scheduled. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370461 | Management of Media Player Functionality - Systems and techniques are provided for management of media player functionality. A template user interface including slots, each slot including definition for a control, may be received. The definition may include a position within a user interface and a size for the control. The control may be associated with a feature for media applications. A list including a feature for a first media application may be received. The feature for the first media application may use one of the slots of the template user interface. A translated interface for the first media application may be generated by replacing one the controls associated with the slots with a control for the feature of the first media application, where the control for the feature of the first media application uses the position in the definition associated with the slot for the replace control. The translated interface may be displayed. | 12-24-2015 |
20150378520 | Method and System for Auto Switching Applications Based on Device Orientation - A system and method are presented for automatically switching to different applications, settings, or GUIs based on orientation of a mobile device. The system provides a user with the ability to maximize screen “real estate,” limit the number of user inputs required to perform a particular action, and to maximize efficiency when using a mobile device. In some examples, the system allows a user to access multiple applications or user menus by changing the mobile device's orientation from a first orientation to a second orientation. The system may also allow the user to establish which actions take place upon changing the mobile device's orientation. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378522 | Application Launch - Implementations disclosed herein involve first-party applications and first-party applications. An example method involves displaying, on a graphical display, an interface of a first application, where the interface of the first application comprises (i) an indication of one or more second applications and (ii) at least one first control for controlling playback on a media playback system. The method also involves detecting a selection of one of the one or more second applications. Based on detecting the selection of one of the one or more second applications, the method further involves executing the selected second application, where execution of the selected second application involves displaying, on the graphical display, an interface of the selected second application, where the interface of the selected second application includes at least one second control for controlling playback on the media playback system. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378559 | Grouping Zones - Methods and apparatus to manage zones of a playback system are disclosed. An example method includes displaying a plurality of zone icons, including a first zone icon and a second zone icon, each of the zone icons representing zone player(s) operable to play back multimedia content in a local area network, wherein the first and second zone icons are currently located in a first zone group region, and wherein the zone players associated with the first and second zone icons are members of a first zone group, the first zone group synchronously playing back a first multimedia content; receiving a first drag and drop input to select the second zone icon and drag the second zone icon from inside the first zone group region to outside the first zone region; and, based on the first drag and drop input, causing the zone player(s) associated with the second zone icon to be disassociated with the first zone group. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378568 | Methods and Apparatus to Manage Zones of a Multi-Zone Media Playback System - Methods and apparatus to manage zones of a playback system are disclosed. An example method includes displaying a plurality of zone icons, including a first zone icon and a second zone icon, each of the zone icons representing zone player(s) operable to play back multimedia content in a local area network, wherein the first and second zone icons are currently located in a first zone group region, and wherein the zone players associated with the first and second zone icons are members of a first zone group, the first zone group synchronously playing back a first multimedia content; receiving a first drag and drop input to select the second zone icon and drag the second zone icon from inside the first zone group region to outside the first zone region; and, based on the first drag and drop input, causing the zone player(s) associated with the second zone icon to be disassociated with the first zone group. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378570 | COMPUTER METHOD, SYSTEM AND PRODUCT FOR PLAYLIST CONTROL USING MEDIA SPOTS HAVING INTELLIGENT CONTENT - Systems, methods, and/or computer program products for publishing a spot for display on digital signage at a target location and a target time according to a rule set are disclosed. Certain implementations relate to updating the spot, target digital signage location, and target playback time based on input received from a user. The updates to the spot may be verified by comparing a permissions level of the user to rules regarding the modification of the spot. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378667 | PRECOGNITIVE INTERACTIVE MUSIC SYSTEM - The subject disclosure is directed towards a pre-cognitive interactive music system that dynamically generates and adjusts music based on a user's interactions with a videogame or other interactive system. When a user is predicted as getting close to an upcoming event, audio clips are dynamically selected (e.g., via metric modulation) based upon an estimated time to reach the event. The audio clips are stitched together and played as prelap music as the user approaches the event, and the clips may be varied if the estimated time changes due to user interaction. Drawdown music is similarly selected as the user completes or moves away from an event. Also described is the changing of the playing rate to adjust the music, and the use of harmonic modulation to change the music's key over time to increase or lower perceived suspense as the user approaches the event or moves away from it, respectively. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378668 | Playback Method, Apparatus and System Related to Touch Information Timing - The present invention provides a recording method of touch information timing. The method comprises receiving a first touch point information, determining whether the first touch point is the beginning point of a trace; and recording a first timing with respect to the receiving of the first touch point information if the first touch point is the beginning point of the trace. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381702 | REMOTE APPLICATION CONTROL INTERFACE - Embodiments of the present invention provide an active-application interface on a companion device that allows a user to control an application running on a primary device. The active-application interface may describe state information for a plurality of applications running on the primary device and allow the user to manipulate the application through one or more contextual controls. The active-application interface may be used to control applications running out-of-control focus on the primary device, including applications that do not presently have a visible viewport. | 12-31-2015 |
20150382027 | VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - A vehicle entertainment system including a server storing media files, and smart monitors. Each smart monitor presents media selections corresponding to the media files and receives an input from passengers for playing a selection. Each smart monitor includes local content storage storing a subset of the media files. A network connects the smart monitors and server. Program logic executed by each smart monitor performs tasks including determining if a media file corresponding to an input is available from a first source, and if available, playing the media file from the first source; if the media file is not available there, determining if the media file required is available from a second source and if available, playing the media file from the second source; and if the media file is not available from the second source, determining if the media file is available from a third source. | 12-31-2015 |
20160004415 | USER TERMINAL DEVICE FOR GENERATING PLAYABLE OBJECT, AND INTERACTION METHOD THEREFOR - A user terminal device is provided. The user terminal device includes a storage unit, a communication unit for performing communication with an external device, a display unit for displaying an image stored in the storage unit or an image received via the communication unit, an object generating unit for generating an interactive object that is to be added to the displayed image and generating a playable object by adding the interactive object to the image, and a control unit for displaying the playable object via the display unit, transmitting the playable object to the external device via the communication unit, and sharing the playable object with the external device. Thus, the device of the present disclosure may perform interaction with the external device. | 01-07-2016 |
20160004417 | Lock Screen Media Playback Control - Embodiments are provided for providing on a display of a computing device, playback controls for a particular playback zone of a media playback system, while the computing device is in a locked state. The playback controls may then be selected to control playback of media content in the playback zone, while the computing device remains in the locked state. | 01-07-2016 |
20160004499 | SINGLE-CHANNEL OR MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO CONTROL INTERFACE - A method of processing audio may include receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of real-time audio signals outputted by a plurality of microphones communicatively coupled to the computing device. The computing device may output to a display a graphical user interface (GUI) that presents audio information associated with the received audio signals. The one or more received audio signals may be processed based on a user input associated with the audio information presented via the GUI to generate one or more processed audio signals. The one or more processed audio signals may be output to, for example, one or more output devices such as speakers, headsets, and the like. | 01-07-2016 |
20160004772 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electronic apparatus including an audio output unit configured to output audio information on a song being reproduced; a display unit; and a controller configured to arrange graphic objects linked to songs on one region of the display unit, respectively, that are included in a playlist, and display information on the reproduced song using a corresponding graphic object of the reproduced song among the graphic objects. | 01-07-2016 |
20160011743 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MEDIA GUIDANCE IN RELATION TO PREVIOUSLY-VIEWED MEDIA ASSETS | 01-14-2016 |
20160011761 | NAVIGATING MEDIA PLAYBACK USING SCROLLABLE TEXT | 01-14-2016 |
20160011847 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL | 01-14-2016 |
20160011848 | Calibration Indicator | 01-14-2016 |
20160011849 | Audio Bible Players with a Numerical Indexing System and a Multiple Bible Version Playback Function | 01-14-2016 |
20160011851 | SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
20160011852 | Method and System for Real-Time Audio Broadcast | 01-14-2016 |
20160018959 | ADAPTIVE BACKGROUND PLAYBACK BEHAVIOR - A computer-implemented method for providing adaptive background playback behavior is provided herein. Embodiments of the method include steps of playing a media item in a media viewer executing on a processor of a computing device. The media item includes both an audio component and a video component. The method further includes steps of detecting an event that causes the playing of the video component of the media item to be suspended and of identifying data pertaining to user behavior associated with the event. Additionally, the method includes determining whether to continue playing the audio component of the media item in view of the identified data. | 01-21-2016 |
20160018984 | METHOD OF ACTIVATING USER INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of activating a user interface in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a touch input event in a certain area of a locked state screen, determining whether the touch input event is maintained for a predetermined threshold time, and displaying a user interface that provides a pre-set function on the screen based on a result of determination on whether the touch input event is maintained by the controller. | 01-21-2016 |
20160019022 | System and Method for Creating and Navigating a Linear Hypermedia Resource Program - A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more remote information nodes. A common remote information node is in communication with a subscriber station and the remote information nodes in the distributed network. The common remote information node contains at least one linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-selected media elements from one or more hypermedia resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media element in the linear program having only one forward link to the next media element. The method includes the steps of downloading and displaying a media element in the linear program and responding to user commands to download and display the next media element in the linear program. | 01-21-2016 |
20160026344 | Multi-Story Visual Experience - Techniques and apparatuses enabling multi-story visual experiences are described. These techniques and apparatuses enable a user to view multiple storylines through their view selections. By so doing, a user may enjoy either or both of the stories without sacrificing the storytelling experience or a user's ability to determine a manner in which to engage with the stories. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026429 | Zone Grouping - An example method involves causing a control device to display a graphical user interface that comprises an indication of a first zone of a media playback system, wherein the media playback system comprises the first zone and a second zone, and wherein the graphical user interface does not comprise an indication of the second zone. The example method further involves detecting, by the control device, an input that indicates a command to cause the first zone to form a zone group with the second zone and play back a target media in synchrony with the second zone. The method further comprises, based on the detected input, causing the first zone to form a zone group with the second zone and play back the target media in synchrony with the second zone. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026430 | DEVICE-SPECIFIC CONTROL - According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to receive from a plurality of physical devices indications relating to locations of the physical devices, wherein each physical device corresponds to a virtual space element, compute, for at least one of the plurality of physical devices, a sound level for a sound associated with a virtual space event, and cause transmission, to each of the plurality of physical devices, information identifying the sound and a sound level specific to the individual physical device. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028880 | OPTIONS PRESENTED ON A DEVICE OTHER THAN ACCEPT AND DECLINE FOR ANINCOMING CALL - A data processing system that, in one embodiment, uses smart reminders to allow a user to decline an incoming phone or messaging call and to cause the system to set a smart reminder about the call. In one embodiment, the system can use the system's current state or context (e.g. the system is in a car or is playing a movie) to determine the type of reminder options to present to the user and to determine when to trigger the reminder based on the reminder option that is selected by the user. | 01-28-2016 |
20160034124 | Capturing and Processing Multi-Media Information Using Mobile Communication Devices - Methods and devices are provided for generating and publishing multi-media information associated with actions performed on a mobile communication device. A publishing application monitors actions performed on the mobile communication device and enables selection of at least one of the actions. Content associated with selected actions may be stored and data associated with at least one of the selected actions and the content associated with at least one selected action may be extracted. The multi-media information may be displayed on a graphical user interface in a pre-selected format, such as a chronologically arranged list. Users may preview and modify the multi-media information before publication through a pre-selected communication service. The multi-media information may be published by selecting an icon, including an image identifying the pre-selected communication service. The mobile communication device generates content that users may efficiently modify and publish to a desired communication service. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034160 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PROVIDING INTERACTIVE MEDIA PRESENTATIONS - A method of providing an interactive media presentation may include, by an electronic device, receiving, from a user electronic device, an indication that an interactive portion of a media presentation is about to begin, and causing a graphical representation of a conversation atlas to be displayed. The conversation atlas may include a plurality of selection elements that are each associated with an audio element for a character that is featured in the interactive portion. The method may include receiving a user response comprising conversational information received from a user that is directed to a character of the media presentation, in response to receiving the user response, receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of selection elements of the conversation atlas, identifying the audio element that corresponds to the selected selection element, and causing the identified audio element to be presented at the user electronic device. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034161 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PROVIDING INTERACTIVE MEDIA PRESENTATIONS - A method of providing an interactive media presentation, the method may include, by an electronic device identifying a child electronic device, establishing communication with the identified child electronic device, and causing a media presentation and a graphical representation of a conversation atlas to be displayed on the electronic device. The conversation atlas may include a plurality of selection elements that are each associated with an audio element or a visual element associated with the media presentation. The method may include receiving a selection of one of the selection elements, identifying the audio element or the visual element that corresponds to the selected selection element, and causing the identified audio element or visual element to be presented at one or more of the electronic device or the child electronic device. | 02-04-2016 |
20160035323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING MUSIC INFORMATION - A method for operating an electronic device is provided, including: obtaining music information associated with music that is being played by the electronic device; and outputting a visual effect through a display of the electronic device based on the music information. According to another aspect of the disclosure, an electronic device is provided including a display and a processor configured to: obtain music information associated with music that is being played by the electronic device; and output a visual effect through the display based on the music information. | 02-04-2016 |
20160041750 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying Content Associated with a Corresponding Affordance - An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, an affordance corresponding to respective content at a respective size and detects a gesture that includes an increase in intensity of a contact followed by a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact. In response to the increase in intensity, the device decreases a size of the affordance below the respective size. In response to the subsequent decrease in intensity: when a maximum intensity of the contact is above a content-display intensity threshold, the device ceases to display the affordance and displays at least a portion of the respective content; and when a maximum intensity of the contact is below the content-display intensity threshold, the device increases the size of the affordance to the respective size and forgoes displaying the respective content. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042063 | DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, to systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features and improved user interfaces. For instance, a smart search may be provided, e.g., where search results vary based on the popularity of songs within the venue, in dependence on songs being promoted, etc. As another example, a tile-based approach to organizing groupings of songs is provided. Groupings may involve self-populating collections of songs that combine centrally-promoted songs, songs in a given genre that are popular across an audiovisual distribution network, and songs that are locally popular and match up with the given genre (e.g., because of shared attributes such as same or similar genre, artist, etc.). Different tile visual presentations also are contemplated, as are different physical jukebox designs. In certain example embodiments, a sealed core unit with the “brains” of the jukebox is insertable into a docking station. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042064 | DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, to systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features and improved user interfaces. For instance, a smart search may be provided, e.g., where search results vary based on the popularity of songs within the venue, in dependence on songs being promoted, etc. As another example, a tile-based approach to organizing groupings of songs is provided. Groupings may involve self-populating collections of songs that combine centrally-promoted songs, songs in a given genre that are popular across an audiovisual distribution network, and songs that are locally popular and match up with the given genre (e.g., because of shared attributes such as same or similar genre, artist, etc.). Different tile visual presentations also are contemplated, as are different physical jukebox designs. In certain example embodiments, a sealed core unit with the “brains” of the jukebox is insertable into a docking station. | 02-11-2016 |
20160048271 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - [Object] To provide a method of enabling a user to select a desired playlist easily from among a plurality of playlists | 02-18-2016 |
20160048310 | User Interface for Wireless Device Management - A user interface for a communication device having a wireless interface for connection to associated devices includes a graphical display screen integrated into the communication device, a user input device indicating selection and movement of graphical objects displayed on the graphical display screen, and a processor programmed to cause the graphical display screen to display a first arc representing the communication device itself, a first circle surrounding a visual representation of an audio output device associated with the communication device, and a connector between the first arc and the first circle. The connector includes two curved lines each beginning at the first arc and ending at the first circle, the lines curved towards each other between the first arc and the first circle. | 02-18-2016 |
20160048989 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA ASSOCIATED WITH A USER STATUS - A method for managing media associated with a user status through a device, the method being executed by processors configured by a media communication controller installed in the device to provide a status drawer having a plurality of selectable status information on a graphical user interface, to display media acquired by the device on windows provided inside the status drawer, to detect selection of a status information from said plurality of selectable status information, to collect the displayed media locally on the device or on a server over a network, to associate the collected media with the selected status information, create a media composition comprising said associated media and to share the status information and the media composition by a first user with other users. | 02-18-2016 |
20160054863 | View-Selection Feedback for a Visual Experience - Techniques and apparatuses for view-selection feedback for a visual experience are described. These techniques and apparatuses enable writers, directors, and other story creators to create or alter visual experiences based on feedback provided by view selections made during visual experiences. This feedback can be analyzed to determine portions of a visual experience that users focused on, wanted to see more of, were not interested in, found difficult to understand, and so forth. With this feedback, visual experiences, such as live-action movies and animated shorts, can be created or improved. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054895 | METHOD OF PROVIDING VISUAL SOUND IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method of providing a visual sound image, which may generate, edit, and play back a visual sound image in which sound data is linked to an image, and an electronic device implementing the same are provided. The method includes an electronic device including a display, an image including at least one object on the display, receiving, by the electronic device, a selection of at least a certain area of the object in the image displayed on the display or a selection of a certain area of the image, and linking, by the electronic device, sound data to the at least the certain area of the object or the certain area of the image. In addition, various embodiments are possible. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054908 | MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS AND USER INTERFACES - A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch-screen display allows users to organize and sort multimedia notecards and notebooks in an intuitive manner. Graphical control elements for associated multimedia programs are depicted on the display using text and images indicative of their content. These text and images are compressed to preserve their visibility when the user accesses program-specific settings and interactions. Notecards can be displayed and organized differently based on e.g. display orientation, and different types of display inputs can sort and combine the notecards using intuitive visual responses to the inputs. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054978 | Digital Media Asset Browsing With Audio Cues - Methods, systems and apparatus for image-based browsing through a plurality of digital media assets assisted by media cues are disclosed. The media cues can be provided by playback of short audio segments, referred to as snippets, of the digital media assets being browsed. The digital media assets can be grouped into collections of digital media assets. In one embodiment, as a user browses through digital media assets using visual representations of the collections of digital media assets, media cues can be provided. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055239 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING, STORING, AND RENDERING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT USING VIRTUAL BROADCAST CHANNELS - A user interface device provides access to at least one of a plurality of digital content sources. The interface device is configured to catalog the plurality of digital content sources to correspond to a plurality of channels in a tuning band, to present the plurality of channels sequentially in response to a user initiated tuning movement, and to select one of the sequentially presented channels for playback. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A PERSONALIZED PROJECT REPOSITORY FOR CONTENT CREATORS - A personalized project repository for content creators using multimedia annotations on video production projects. The project repository may be an aggregation of multimedia annotations created by a content creator based on a set of access rules defined for the content creator, where the access rules limit the content creators ability to create multimedia annotation within video production projects. | 02-25-2016 |
20160062567 | MUSIC USER INTERFACE - The present disclosure relates to music user interfaces. A device, including a display and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing and playing music. In some examples, a user can provide input through the rotatable input mechanism to access a landing screen of a music application. The landing screen concurrently displays an affordance for accessing playlists, an affordance for a list of artists, and an affordance for accessing a list of songs. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062569 | INTELLIGENT CONTENT QUEUING FROM A SECONDARY DEVICE - Example embodiments provide systems and methods for managing intelligent content queuing from a secondary device for content delivery to a primary device. A content queuing system on the secondary device generates and displays a playlist interface on the secondary device. A selection of a content item to be added to a playlist is received. The content queuing system determines that addition of the content item causes a live content item to overlap with an on-demand content item on the playlist. As a result, the content queuing system creates at least two segments for the on-demand content item. The live content item is positioned between the first and a second segment on the playlist. The first segment is scheduled to end at a start time of the live content item and the second segment is scheduled to begin at an ending time of the live content item. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062606 | Zone Recognition - An example implementation may involve receiving, via a radio interface, a radio transmission indicating a particular playback device of a media playback system. Based on the received radio transmission, the implementation may further involve determining that the device is within a given proximity to a zone of the media playback system that includes the particular playback device. Based on determining that the device is within the given proximity to the zone of the media playback system, the implementation may also involve causing the graphical interface to display an indication of (i) an identifier of the zone and (ii) a characteristic of the zone. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062626 | VEHICULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A vehicular electronic device such that volume increase/decrease adjustment can be easily performed using a volume switch displayed on a touch-panel type display unit. Upon detection of a touch operation in a reference volume switch region displayed in an operation region of the display unit, an operation area enabling volume increase/decrease is enlarged from the reference volume switch region to a wide-region volume switch region. Thus, the operation for increasing or decreasing (adjusting) volume (volume increase/decrease operation) can be easily performed. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062730 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING AUDIO FILES - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a controller configured to execute one or more modules, an audio reproduction module configured to reproduce an audio file including reproduction sections, each of the reproduction sections comprising audio data and directional information, a display configured to display selectable objects corresponding to the directional information, and an audio control module configured to determine whether to reproduce audio data corresponding the directional information based on an input for selecting one of the selectable objects. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065512 | Media, Systems, Networks, And Methods For Broadcasting Audio Messages Through A Social Networking Site - Non-transitory computer readable storage medium can include a set of executable instructions to direct a processor to record one or more audio messages from a member of a social networking site. The audio message(s) can be stored in a library accessible only to the member. A selection can be received from the member of at least one of the one or more audio messages from the library. The selected audio message(s) can be associated with an account of the member. The selected audio message(s) can be broadcasted from the account of the member to at least one user of the social networking site when the user accesses the account of the member. Systems, networks, and methods are also disclosed. | 03-03-2016 |
20160070444 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES TO MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS - A device configured to enable multi-room streaming is described. The device may be configured to enable multi-room streaming at diverse destination devices. The device may be configured to receive a user selection of a media item for playback at a plurality of diverse destination devices using a unified graphical user interface. The device may be configured to transmit respective commands such that the media item is paused at a start position without audible playback occurring at each of the destination devices. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070446 | DATA-DRIVEN NAVIGATION AND NAVIGATION ROUTING - The described technology is directed towards data-driven navigation, in which a next navigation location depends on variable data associated with an interactive user interface element (rather than a fixed link). The data may be in a hierarchy of data models. A menu contains interactive navigation elements, each bound to a data model. A selected interactive navigation element results in locating a data model associated with the selected element. The data model is used to determine the next navigation location. Also described is hierarchical navigation to one item of a level as well as lateral and peer navigation. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070527 | NETWORK CONNECTED VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLS - Methods and systems are disclosed for determining available audio output devices in proximity to an audio controlling device and providing a selective control over one or more of the available audio output devices. Selected audio output devices may be grouped together to form a unified control of audio features associated with one or more of the audio output devices in the group. The audio output devices can include speakers associated with a vehicle. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070532 | MEDIA APPLIANCE WITH AUXILIARY SOURCE MODULE DOCKING AND FAIL-SAFE ALARM MODES - A media entertainment system including an appliance having an electronic data communications interface, a computer processor operatively connected to an auxiliary source module (ASM), the ASM configured to receive control information from the appliance and to send control information, media metadata, and media files or media streams to the appliance. At least one display is operatively connected to the computer processor and configured for displaying media metadata, current time, alarm time, system playback volume levels and alarm volume levels. One or more user interfaces are operatively connected to the computer processor and configured to receive user metadata selections and for receiving user settings for plural media source presets, playback volume settings, time settings, plural alarm settings, and plural alarm volume level settings. Each alarm and associated media source may have its own user selectable specific volume level setting that controls the appliance audio output volume when an alarm is triggered. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070702 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ENABLE USER RELATED CONTENT PREFERENCES INTELLIGENTLY ON A HEADPHONE - A Method and System to enable user related content preferences intelligently on a headphone is disclosed. The embodiments relate generally to the field of user related content preferences. The embodiments are directed at controlling the content preference data so that a music cortex functions as a data agency to provide the music devices, music applications and streaming services smarter choices and intelligent recommendations. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070789 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR SORTING AUDIO DATA AND PLAYLIST CLONING - A system, method and non-transitory computer readable medium (comprising a computer program or software product) provides true “sorting” of audio data functionality and further provides “cloning” of such a playlist, crate or folder, all of which contain such audio data. | 03-10-2016 |
20160077710 | CONTINUATION OF PLAYBACK OF MEDIA CONTENT BY DIFFERENT OUTPUT DEVICES - Implementations relate to continuation of playback of media content by different devices. In some implementations, a method includes causing a stream of media content data to be received from a stream source and output by a first device to a user, where a portion of the data is buffered on the first device before output. An indication is detected that the user has stopped using the first device for output of the content data. A place marker indicates a portion of the content that is output approximately at the time of the indication. The method causes the stream of content data to be received and output by a second device starting at the place marker portion. The buffered content data is sent from the first device to the second device for output by the second device before unbuffered portions of the content data received from the stream source. | 03-17-2016 |
20160085402 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device ( | 03-24-2016 |
20160085501 | MOBILE CLUSTER-BASED AUDIO ADJUSTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The mobile cluster-based audio adjusting method and apparatus provides for a highly configurable sound management apparatus and process that combines standard computing devices such as laptops, tablets, and mobile phones to measure various aspects of sound waves across multiple points, allowing a single user to visualize and adjust sound output accordingly. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085502 | Playback Queue Transfer in a Media Playback System - Embodiments are provided for using a user interface to transfer a playback queue from one playback zone to another within a network media system. An example implementation involves a mobile device displaying, in a playback zones interface, a first zone representation and a second zone representation. The first zone representation represents a first playback zone of first playback devices that is associated with one or more first media items and the second zone representation represents a second playback zone of one or more second playback devices. The mobile device may display a first playback identifier in a particular position relative to the first zone representation. The mobile device may receive an input indicating a movement of at least a portion of the first playback identifier to the second zone representation. Such an input may cause the second playback zone to be associated with the one or more first media item. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088032 | Social Media Connection Recommendations Based On Playback Information - Embodiments are described herein that involve a computing device initiating playback of a particular media item on a media playback system that is registered to a particular account of a social media service. The computing device may query the social media service for one or more accounts of the social media service that are registered to respective media playback systems that have played the particular media item on at least a threshold number of occasions and have not yet been connected to the particular account of the social media service within the social network. The computing device may receive the queried one or more accounts of the social media service and cause a graphical interface to display one or more respective selectable indications of the received one or more accounts of the social media service. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088043 | Instant Communications System Having Established Communication Channels Between Communication Devices - A communication server and accompanying communication devices allow near instantaneous communication between users of the communication devices. A communication device may be configured with multiple channels, where each channel is assigned a corresponding communication device. As the communication devices are registered with the communication server, each communication device has knowledge of other registered communication devices. Thus, communication devices may communicate nearly instantaneously with each other. Furthermore, as the communication device is equipped with multiple channels, a single communication device may host a conference call with other communication devices. In addition, communication device may include multiple buttons to control the communication device, and indicator lights to indicate the status of calls with other communication devices. | 03-24-2016 |
20160092042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MENU-BASED NAVIGATION - A system and method for menu-based navigation to view audio and/or visual media is disclosed. A user can navigate through a menu system by moving a cursor between various categories listed in a menu in a first display area. When the user selects a category, the menu changes to display sub-categories within the category, with the chosen category listed in a home position of the first display area. A second display area can display available selections within a selected category or sub-category. A third display area can display additional information about the selected media item. There also can be a display area where a user can create a filter within a selected category or sub-category. The menu selections can contain representations of categories. The categories can be genres or lists of movies or music. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092052 | SYNCRONIZING AUDIO PLAYBACK IN COORDINATION WITH EXTERNAL VIDEO PLAYBACK WITH AUTO-DIMMING - Embodiments of the invention provide for tunable playback of audio coordinated with externally presented video imagery. A method of tunable playback of audio coordinated with externally presented video imagery includes selecting a film from amongst a set of films in a user interface to a mobile device and downloading into persistent storage of the mobile device, an audio file associated with the selected film. The method also includes initiating playback of the audio file through the mobile device and presenting one or more selectable fine tune controls in the user interface of the mobile device. In this regard, the controls respond to a selection thereof by skipping playback of the audio file by a predetermined period of time. Finally, the method includes responding to a selection of one of the controls in the user interface, by skipping playback of the audio file by the predetermined period of time. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092075 | Displaying Data Related to Media Content - Examples described herein may include a computing device of a media playback system receiving a display map corresponding to a media service provider. The display map may associate a data field with a location within a display of the computing device. The computing device may further receive a data item associated with a media item of the media service provider. The received data item may correspond to the data field. The computing device may display an indication of the received data item at the location in accordance with the display map. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092076 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MENU-BASED NAVIGATION FEATURING SHOWCASES - A system and method for menu-based navigation to view audio and/or visual media is disclosed. A user can navigate through a menu system by moving a cursor between various showcases listed in a second display area of a screen. When the user selects a category, the menu changes to display sub-categories within the category in a first area of the screen. The second display area can display information about available media items within a selected category or sub-category. A third display area can display additional information about the selected media item. There can also be a display area where a user can create a filter within a selected category or sub-category. The menu selections can contain images representative of categories. The categories can be genres of movies or music. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092559 | COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN VIEW OF SPARSE COUNTRY DATA - A content server system provides a user of a client device with a playlist of content, such as streamed audio. The provided playlist is customized for the particular country of the user, even if the content server system has only recently begun to provide content to that country. To customize the playlist for a country lacking a sufficient amount of country-specific statistical data, the content server system generates a number of non-country-specific channels, each channel recommending content according to its own criteria. The content server system generates a non-content specific playlist by combining the channels. The content server system also generates, using the statistics for the country of the user, a country-specific channel that is specific to that country. The content server system generates a country-specific playlist by combining the non-country-specific playlist with the country-specific channel, e.g., according to the amount of country-specific statistics that are available. | 03-31-2016 |
20160098400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED NAVIGATION OF AVAILABLE CHOICES - A system and method for improved navigation of available titles for a streaming media service is disclosed herein. After entering a discovery mode, a list of categories is presented to a user. Once a user selects a category, a list of criteria specific to the selected category is presented. After a user selects a criteria, a list of categories can be shown to the user, limited to those categories available after the criteria was selected. After a second category is selected, then a list of criteria, specific to the previously selected criteria and to the second category, is presented. Each time a user selects a new criteria, the number of titles available to a user is reduced. Such a process can be repeated, further limiting the number of titles shown to the user, until a user finally chooses a media file to view. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein. | 04-07-2016 |
20160100005 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO A USER OF A CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE - A method and apparatus is disclosed for transferring digital content from a computing cloud to a computing device and generating recommendations for the user of the computing device. | 04-07-2016 |
20160103561 | IDENTIFYING PRODUCTIVE THUMBNAILS FOR MEDIA CONTENT - References to videos or other media content are often accompanied by a thumbnail that is in some way representative of the video. Selection of this thumbnail can have a significant impact on the productivity of the reference, e.g., in driving traffic to the underlying video or other media content. Accordingly, the performance of various candidate thumbnails can be monitored and the thumbnail that performs best can be selected as the primary thumbnail, which can be presented most often in connection with references to the video or other media content. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYBACK OF MEDIA CONTENT WITH AUDIO TOUCH MENU FUNCTIONALITY - A system and method for playback of media content, for example music, video, or other media content. A media device having a media playback application and including a touch-sensitive user interface can be adapted to display a visual array of media options, for example as a grid or list of card elements. Each media option can be associated with one or more media content items that can be streamed to and/or played on the device. The system can determine a selected card element, or media options that are proximate to a selected point or region of the visual array, and play or crossfade media content as appropriate. In accordance with various embodiments, additional features can be provided that improve user interaction, for example the use of audible notifications, media caching, or touch menus. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYBACK OF MEDIA CONTENT WITH SUPPORT FOR AUDIO TOUCH CACHING - A system and method for playback of media content, for example music, video, or other media content. A media device having a media playback application and including a touch-sensitive user interface can be adapted to display a visual array of media options, for example as a grid or list of card elements. Each media option can be associated with one or more media content items that can be streamed to and/or played on the device. The system can determine a selected card element, or media options that are proximate to a selected point or region of the visual array, and play or crossfade media content as appropriate. In accordance with various embodiments, additional features can be provided that improve user interaction, for example the use of audible notifications, media caching, or touch menus. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYBACK OF MEDIA CONTENT WITH AUDIO SPINNER FUNCTIONALITY - A system and method for playback of media content, for example music, video, or other media content. A media device having a media playback application and including a touch-sensitive user interface can be adapted to display a visual array of media options, for example as a grid or list of card elements. Each media option can be associated with one or more media content items that can be streamed to and/or played on the device. The system can determine a selected card element, or media options that are proximate to a selected point or region of the visual array, and play or crossfade media content as appropriate. In accordance with various embodiments, additional features can be provided that improve user interaction, for example the use of audible notifications, media caching, or touch menus. | 04-14-2016 |
20160105515 | Location-Based Mobile Storytelling Using Beacons - There is provided a system and method for location-based mobile storytelling using beacons. The system including a memory storing a storytelling software application, the storytelling software application configured to generate a story that includes a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments of the story being associated with one of a plurality of beacons, and a processor configured to execute the storytelling software application to receive a first message transmitted from a first beacon of the plurality of beacons, determine a first beacon identity of the first beacon using the first message, generate a first segment of the plurality of segments of the story based on the first beacon identity, the first segment of the story being associated with the first beacon, and play the first segment of the story. | 04-14-2016 |
20160110031 | CONTENT ORGANIZATION AND CATEGORIZATION - Apparatuses, methods, program products, and systems are disclosed for content organization and categorization. An apparatus includes a tag module that presents a plurality of graphical tags for a content element. The one or more graphical tags include information related to the content element. An apparatus includes an assignment module that associates one or more graphical tags with the content element in response to user input. An apparatus includes a grouping module that indexes one or more content elements based on the one or more graphical tags. Content elements that have the same graphical tag are grouped together. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110050 | Media Player Playlist Management - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for enabling easy generation, editing, and access to digital content compilations, such as playlists, etc. Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure employ one or more graphical user-interfaces that provide a playlist toolbar (e.g., a sidebar) after determining a user wishes to access a digital content compilation. Further, predictions may be made to determine potential activities associated with these compilations based upon previous actions performed by the user. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110063 | Animation for Image Elements in a Display Layout - Particular embodiments provide a plurality of image elements arranged in a display layout. When user input selecting one of the image elements is received, a first animation sequence for an information panel associated with the selected image element may be displayed, wherein the information panel swings down from a bottom edge of the selected image element. As the information swings down, the selected image element may also be enlarged until it reaches a pre-determined size with respect to a display of the computing device. In response to receiving user input dismissing the selected image element, another animation sequence may shrink the selected image element while showing the information panel swinging up and eventually disappearing. | 04-21-2016 |
20160117146 | SELECTING MULTIMODAL ELEMENTS - For selecting multimodal elements, a method is disclosed that includes receiving a coarse-grained indication indicating a coarse-grained portion of an electronic document, receiving an audio signal comprising a fine-grained indication indicating a fine-grained portion of the coarse-grained portion and a command to be performed on the fine-grained portion, and executing the command on the fine-grained portion in response to receiving the audio signal. | 04-28-2016 |
20160124629 | MICRO-CUSTOMIZABLE RADIO SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE - Described herein are systems, media, methods, and platforms including modules for presenting an interface allowing a user to set music content preferences by selecting one or more styles and one or more genres; modules for presenting an interface allowing a user to set non-music content preferences by selecting one or more genres and setting a non-music content schedule; modules for presenting an interface allowing a user to adjust a mix of music styles and a mix of music to non-music content in the radio subscription; and modules for presenting a programming clock showing played and upcoming music and non-music content, based on the preferences, the mixes, and the schedule, for each hour; provided that the radio subscription music and non-music content is downloaded with pre-payment of digital rights and is available for offline playback. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124703 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS CONNECTED TO USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, SERVER, CONNECTED SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus including: a display configured to display an execution screen of a music application; a user interface configured to receive a user command; a communicator configured to perform communication with an external display apparatus; and a processor configured to: provide, in response to the user command, a user interface (UI) screen including information regarding the external display apparatus, the external display apparatus being connected to the user terminal apparatus through a network, and control the communicator to transmit identification information of a music content provided on the music application execution screen to the external display apparatus selected on the UI screen. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127423 | DIRECT CONNECTION WITH SIDE CHANNEL CONTROL - A wireless computer that pairs with a remote audio-video presentation device, such as a television. As a result of the pairing, a communication channel is established for the computer to transmit audio-video content for presentation through that device. Additionally, as part of the pairing, the computer and remote device select a side channel for communication of user commands. The wireless computer may display a user interface through which a user may input commands that control the manner in which the remote audio-video device presents the content. As a result, a user may use the wireless computer as a remote control for the audio-video device, controlling both the content presented and the manner in which it is presented. The side channel may use different frequencies than the channel used to communicate audio-video content, and may use very low power at frequencies in the digital TV spectrum. | 05-05-2016 |
20160132286 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK CONTROL - Methods, apparatuses and systems for control of multimedia playback, comprising receiving an instruction data packet from a wearable smart device, wherein the instruction data packet includes a gesture instruction obtained by the wearable smart device; according to a correspondence relation between the gesture instruction and a playback control instruction, retrieving the playback control instruction associated with the gesture instruction; controlling multimedia playback according to the playback control instruction. By receiving the gesture instruction from the wearable smart device and retrieving the playback control instruction associated with the gesture instruction to control multimedia playback, a user may control the multimedia playback by gestures only, without interacting with any button. | 05-12-2016 |
20160139756 | DETECTING AN EVENT WITHIN INTERACTIVE MEDIA INCLUDING SPATIALIZED MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO CONTENT - As a user is being presented with interactive media by a presenting device, a separate monitoring device may be used to monitor the presentation of the interactive media and detect an event that occurs therein. Such a monitoring device may be configured and positioned to access media content from the presentation of the interactive media. For example, the monitoring device may be configured and positioned to record video content with a camera and record audio content with a microphone. Having accessed this media content, the monitoring device may generate an identifier, such as a fingerprint or watermark, of the media content and compare the generated identifier with a reference identifier that is generated from the source of the media content. Based on the generated identifier matching the reference identifier, the monitoring device may detect that an event has occurred within the interactive media presentation and present a corresponding notification. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE AUDIO/VIDEO PRESENTATIONS - An electronic user interface is provided and at least one selection made in the user interface is processed that defines a threshold value. A digital media library of multimedia content is accessed, by the at least one processor, that includes at least one of audio and video content to provide via the user interface at least some of the digital multimedia content. Further, user input is received, via at least one sensor configured with the at least one computing device, and the received user input is processed to determine that the received user input exceeds the threshold value. Thereafter, the at least one processor provides a revised version of the digital multimedia content substantially automatically by incorporating at least some of the received user input, and a digital package is generated that includes the digital multimedia content and the at least some of the received user input. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139786 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE CREATION AND VISUALIZATION OF A MANUSCRIPT FROM TEXT AND/OR OTHER MEDIA - System, method and apparatuses directed to a paradigm of manuscript generation, transformation and manipulation combined with contemporaneous or simultaneous visualization of the text or other media being entered by the creator. Through respective panels or interfaces the creator may manipulate a work or manuscript while visualizing the effects desired. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139788 | PARAMETER SETTING APPARATUS, AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, PARAMETER SETTING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A parameter setting apparatus includes: a real control adapted to detect value modification operation for modifying a value of a parameter; and a display device adapted to detect touch operation and displaying virtual controls corresponding to a plurality of parameters respectively. In an unlock state, an assigner assigns a parameter corresponding to a touched virtual control to the real control, and in a lock state, the assigner does not change the assignment of the parameter even if detecting a touch operation. In response to the value modification operation of the real control, the parameter setting apparatus modifies the value of the parameter assigned to the real control if the operation is performed during the touch operation, or the value of the parameter corresponding to the touched virtual control if the operation is performed during the touch operation. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139794 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENABLING SCRUBBING OF A MEDIA FILE - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for enabling scrubbing of a media file. Swiping gestures of varying speeds and directions may applied to a touch screen display such that a playhead indicating a selected frame of a media file moves at speeds relative to the swiping gesture, and in a direction of the swiping gesture. When the swiping gesture falls below a threshold speed, fine control in frame-by-frame increments is enabled. A user may therefore select a precisely desired frame for purposes such as playback and/or video editing, with a continuous swiping gesture and in as small as a space as provided by the touch screen display of a mobile device. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139872 | Method for Controlling Voice Talk of Portable Terminal - A generated voice talk file is transmitted when a touchscreen of a sender mobile terminal is touched off to a receiver mobile terminal and the receiver mobile terminal performs the voice talk by reproducing the voice talk file, so that voice call quality is improved and the ‘No signal’ phenomenon, delayed connection, and noise caused by the network state may be minimized. A voice input area occupying the majority of the touchscreen decides a generating and ending time of the voice talk file. The method displays a voice input area on a touchscreen; generates a voice talk file corresponding to a voice signal of a user when the voice input area is touched on; and stops generation of the voice talk file and transmits the voice talk file to a user preset phone number of a receiver mobile terminal when the voice input area is touched off. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139874 | Audio Content Auditioning by Playback Device - A processor and memory comprising instructions stored therein executable by the processor to display a first media item available for playback, wherein the first media item is associated at least with a preview option, a playback option, and a queue option. A first input associated with the first media item is received. The first input is determined to correspond only to the preview option. Responsive to determining that the first input corresponds only to the preview option, causing at least a portion of the first media item to be played. | 05-19-2016 |
20160144715 | CHANNEL SELECTION INTERFACE FOR A VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is inter alia a channel selection interface includes a plurality of sectors, each of the sectors including a number of tunable service identifiers divided by the plurality of sectors, and a plurality of channel markers that separate the plurality of sectors. The channel selection interface provides an even allocation of channels for a gesture recognition interface. | 05-26-2016 |
20160147392 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AND CONTROLLING SECOND WORK PROCESS DURING FIRST WORK PROCESS IN MULTITASKING MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided is a method for controlling a plurality of work processes in a multitasking mobile terminal, and more particularly, a method for selecting a second work process during a first work process and controlling a predetermined function of the selected second work process. In the controlling method, icons corresponding to the respective work processes are displayed in response to a user command, and a desired work process is selected through the displayed icons. A predetermined function of the selected work process is controlled through a pop-up menu activated in response to the user command. | 05-26-2016 |
20160147424 | DYNAMIC RESIZABLE MEDIA ITEM PLAYER - Described herein is a method for managing media item playback. A method includes presenting a media player in a first portion of a user interface (UI) on a mobile device, the media player to provide playback of a first media item. The method also includes receiving a user selection of a second media item via a second portion of the UI. The user selection indicates a user request to move the second media item from the second portion of the UI to the first portion of the UI. The method further includes upon receiving the user selection, causing the media player to provide playback of the second media item when playback of the first media item is complete. The method includes receiving, via a second portion of the UI, a user request to perform an activity that is independent of the viewing of the first media item or the second media item. The method further includes presenting content associated with the requested activity while continuing to provide playback of either the first media item or the second media item in the media player of the first portion of the UI. | 05-26-2016 |
20160147767 | DYNAMIC FEEDBACK IN A RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - A media recommendation system may score media items according to user recommendations, popularity, and/or recency. The scores may be weighted to produce an overall score for each media item. Media items may be added to a pool for a specific user, from which media items are selected for playback. The contents of the pool may be modified based upon user feedback and other data. The pool may be modified dynamically and/or in real time as media items are consumed or rated by the user. | 05-26-2016 |
20160154577 | A Hovering Field | 06-02-2016 |
20160154625 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR REWINDING MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON DETECTED AUDIO EVENTS | 06-02-2016 |
20160162125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MEDIA PREVIEW FOR PLAYLISTS - An approach is provided for organizing media items in a playlist for playback on the first device based on selection of media items in the second device. The approach involves generating a playlist of one or more media items for playback on a first device. The approach also involves initiating a preview of the one or more media items, one or more other media items, or a combination thereof on one or more second devices, wherein the one or more second devices control a streaming of the playlist to the first device. The approach further involves receiving a voting input for identifying a selected media item from among the one or more media items, the one or more other media items, or a combination thereof based on the preview. The approach also involves modifying the playlist for playback on the first device based on the selected media item. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162253 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MUSIC - A music player system is used in a mobile device having a touch panel. The music player system includes a reader unit, an identifying and sorting unit, a labeling unit, an operation interface and an execution unit. The reader unit reads music files. The identifying and sorting unit identifies and sorts the music files according to their tempos, issue dates and pitches. The labeling unit gives each music file a tempo label value, a time label value and a pitch label value according to results of the identifying and sorting conducted by the identifying and sorting unit. The operation interface is shown on the touch panel and receives a command from a user. The execution unit executes a procedure according to the command. The sequences of tempos, pitches and issue dates are set based on the user's preference. The music files are played according to the user's preference. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162257 | SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may use, for example, a method for sending a set-top box an identification of the media player, receiving operational instructions from the set-top box according to the emulator executed by the set-top box that emulates a user interface of the media player by presenting a representation of the media player in a graphical user interface, and transmitting media content to the set-top box according to the operational instructions. The emulator can be supplied to the set-top box by way of a multimedia system communicatively coupled to the set-top box. The user interface presented by the set-top box by way of the emulator substantially mimics functions of the media player. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165369 | SCHOOL INTERCOM SYSTEM - A system and method are provided for control and integration of a school intercom system within each of a plurality of schools within a school district. The plurality of school intercom systems are controlled, at the district level, by a district datacenter which administers a web-based user interface. An administrator can log into the web-based user interface to configure the functionality of the various school intercom systems within the various schools of the districts. The log in credentials control which schools the administrator will have access to. Over the web-based user interface, the school administrator can configure the school intercom systems such that they are configured to perform several functions such as live paging, event schedule management, emergency event management and running pre-defined sequence events. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160170707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO OUTPUT | 06-16-2016 |
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20160188135 | METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WHICH ARRANGES ICONS DYNAMICALLY - A graphical user interface for a media player application is described. A method is provided comprising: (i) determining a screen orientation of the GUI in accordance with a device orientation of the handheld electronic device; (ii) displaying a first user interface screen on a display of the handheld electronic device in a portrait screen orientation when the screen orientation is a portrait screen orientation, wherein the first user interface screen comprises an album list; and (iii) displaying a second user interface screen on the display of the handheld electronic device in a landscape screen orientation when the screen orientation is a landscape screen orientation, wherein the second user interface screen comprises an array of album art images arranged in rows and columns. | 06-30-2016 |
20160188196 | FLOATING MEDIA PLAYER - Disclosed are various embodiments relating to a floating media player. A playback of a media item is performed using an output device of a client device. A first user interface corresponding to the playback of the media item is rendered upon a display of the client device. The first user interface is rendered in a first region of the display such that a second user interface is visible in a second region of the display. A movement of the first user interface is facilitated in response to a first user gesture. A resizing of the first user interface is facilitated in response to a second user gesture. | 06-30-2016 |
20160188286 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDIO CONTENT SHUFFLING - Song shuffling system plays a series of songs selected from a shuffled plurality of predefined audio content sources. An exemplary embodiment concurrently receives, during a shuffle operation, a stream of audio content from each of the predefined audio content sources, wherein each of the streams of audio content comprises a plurality of serially received songs. Each song is stored by the media device as the song is received. A first predefined audio content source is selected from the predefined audio content sources. Then, a first song is selected having a beginning portion that is stored in the memory medium and that was provided by the selected first predefined audio content source. A second predefined audio content source is selected from the predefined audio content sources that is to provide a second song that is to be presented to the user upon conclusion of the presentation of the first song. | 06-30-2016 |
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20160378287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCROLLING THROUGH MEDIA FILES ON TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES - A system and method for scrolling through a media file is presented. Playback of a media file is initiated. An instruction is received an instruction to enter a navigation mode. A set of one or more thumbnails is displayed. Each of the set of one or more thumbnails represents a portion of the media file. An input is received from a user indicating a desire to view a portion of the media file represented by one of the set of one or more thumbnails on the display. Playback of the media file is resumed at the portion of the media file represented by one of the set of one or more thumbnails on the display. The input from the user indicating a desire to view a portion of the media file comprises using scroll gestures on the set of one or more thumbnails to display a desired portion of the media file. The input can be made using a touch-sensitive device. The touch-sensitive device can be a touchscreen display. | 12-29-2016 |
20160378315 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ADAPTING QUALITY FOR PRESENTING CONTENT ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method of adapting quality for presenting content on a computing device, comprising detecting current display and/or audio settings of the computing device; detecting maximum possible display and/or audio settings of the computing device; and in response to determining a difference between the current and the maximum possible display and/or audio settings, prompting a user of the computing device for adjusting the current display and/or audio settings to different display and/or audio settings. | 12-29-2016 |
20160378324 | Display Mode Based Media Player Switching - A media item is presented via a media player, the media player configured to receive the media item, the media item being associated with a format and including an audio component. Responsive to a change in a display mode associated with the media player, a second media player is identified that is configured to receive a corresponding media item, the corresponding media item being associated with a second format and including a second audio component that matches the audio component. A particular location is determined in the media item to cease presentation of the media item via the media player and a corresponding location in the corresponding media item to begin presentation of the corresponding media item using the second media player. Responsive to reaching the particular location, concurrently, presentation of the media item is ceased and presentation of the corresponding media item at the corresponding location is begun. | 12-29-2016 |
20160381098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-EXPERIENCE METADATA TRANSLATION OF MEDIA CONTENT WITH METADATA - A method or apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for retrieving a plurality of sensory information from an environment of a device. A digital representation of the environment of the device is identified corresponding to the plurality of sensory information from the environment of the device. A media presentation element of the device associated with media content of the device is identified. A user interface of the media presentation element is adapted to modify a presentation of the media content by the media presentation element of the device according to the digital representation of the environment of the device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 12-29-2016 |
20160381106 | METHOD AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING PLAYBACK AND SHARING OF STREAMED MEDIA - Described herein are methods and electronic devices for performing playback of streamed media, including uploading an associated second media content item while performing playback of a first media content item. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, when performing playback of a first media content item, a message is sent to a computer server system, to return information that a service for sharing a related second media content item is selectable. The information is displayed at a user interface as a visual array of tiles, wherein each tile corresponds to a respective service. When a service is requested, a service data is processed, and the second media content item captured and uploaded with the requested service. By enabling a user to obtain media content items associated to the currently playbacked media content item, the user may find associated media content items, which he/she normally should not have been aware of. | 12-29-2016 |
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20220137759 | MUSIC USER INTERFACE - The present disclosure relates to music user interfaces. A device, comprising a display and a rotatable input mechanism, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs, is described. In response to receiving the first user input, the one or more programs may include instructions for ceasing display of an audio playback user interface and displaying a first user interface of a first set of user interfaces. While displaying the user interface of the first set of user interfaces, the one or more pogroms programs may include instructions for: receiving a second user input representing a directional swipe in a second direction and, in response to receiving the second user input, ceasing display of the first user interface of a first set of user interfaces and displaying the audio playback user interface. | 05-05-2022 |
20220137789 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - A three-dimensional graphical user interface system comprises a media component configured to produce a signal comprising media content (e.g., a movie or television show being viewed by a user) and a three-dimensional graphical user interface (e.g., an interactive program guide). A display device communicatively coupled to the media component is configured to simultaneously display the three-dimensional graphical user interface and a media content image corresponding to the media content. | 05-05-2022 |
20220141932 | DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WTIH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems that interact with users to provide access to media appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, an entertainment system in a location is configured to provide jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services that are accessible from within and from the outside of the location, and provide (1) attract or flight media operations, (2) browsing services, and/or (3) search screens appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. Such screens may be provided with a three-dimensional look-and-feel in certain exemplary embodiments. | 05-05-2022 |