Multimedia content navigation and playback
First Claim
1. A method of suppressing multimedia content comprising:
- using at least one processor,accessing information associated with at least one object from a remote server through a communication link, the at least one object associated with a multimedia content stream from a content source and comprising a configuration identifier identifying a configuration of a system with which the at least one object will be applied for content suppression, an indicator identifying a start of a portion of the multimedia content stream, and another indicator identifying an end of a portion of the multimedia content stream;
matching the configuration identifier of the at least one object with a configuration of the system;
providing for displaying a user interface for disabling of the at least one object such that the multimedia content stream associated with the at least one object is not suppressed during playback;
providing for associating at least one indication with the at least one object to indicate whether or not the at least one object has been disabled; and
providing for suppressing at least a portion of the multimedia content stream when the position of the multimedia stream is associated with at least one of the indicator identifying the start of the portion of the multimedia content stream or the another indicator identifying an end of a portion of the multimedia content stream of the matched at least one object when the at least one object is not disabled.
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Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, a filtering process is based on the output side of a multimedia decoder. A navigator monitors the current play position of the multimedia content and compares that position with navigation objects. Each navigation object defines a start position, a stop position, and an filtering action to perform on the portion of the multimedia content that begins at the start position and ends at the stop position. When the current play position falls within the portion of multimedia content defined by a particular navigation object, the navigator activates the filtering action that was assigned to the navigation object. Filtering actions include skipping, muting, reframing, etc., the portion of multimedia content defined by a navigation object. A variety of systems may be used to implement the present invention, such as computer systems (consumer and server), television systems, and audio systems.
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35 Claims
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1. A method of suppressing multimedia content comprising:
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using at least one processor, accessing information associated with at least one object from a remote server through a communication link, the at least one object associated with a multimedia content stream from a content source and comprising a configuration identifier identifying a configuration of a system with which the at least one object will be applied for content suppression, an indicator identifying a start of a portion of the multimedia content stream, and another indicator identifying an end of a portion of the multimedia content stream; matching the configuration identifier of the at least one object with a configuration of the system; providing for displaying a user interface for disabling of the at least one object such that the multimedia content stream associated with the at least one object is not suppressed during playback; providing for associating at least one indication with the at least one object to indicate whether or not the at least one object has been disabled; and providing for suppressing at least a portion of the multimedia content stream when the position of the multimedia stream is associated with at least one of the indicator identifying the start of the portion of the multimedia content stream or the another indicator identifying an end of a portion of the multimedia content stream of the matched at least one object when the at least one object is not disabled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus of suppressing multimedia content comprising:
- a tangible non-transitory computer readable media including one or more computer executable instructions comprising;
receiving a multimedia content stream from a content source;
accessing information associated with a plurality of objects from a remote server through a communication link, at least one of the plurality of objects comprising a configuration identifier identifying a configuration of a system with which the at least one of the plurality of objects will be applied for content suppression, each object associated with suppressing at least one of a portion of audio content or a portion of video content of the multimedia content stream, each object including an indicator associated with a position of the multimedia content stream and another indicator associated with another position of the multimedia content stream, providing for matching the configuration identifier of the at least one of the plurality of objects with a configuration of the system, providing for associating each object with an indication as to whether or not the object is disabled, and providing for suppressing a plurality of portions of the multimedia content stream being decoded, which are associated with positions of the multimedia content identified by at least one of the indicator or the another indicator of objects that have not been disabled, and where at least a portion of the multimedia content stream that is decoded is not associated with an object. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
- a tangible non-transitory computer readable media including one or more computer executable instructions comprising;
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