Method and system of bookmarking content in a mobile device

• US 10,585,568 B1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pontual, Romulo, Cansino, Don E., Chan, Yeung K., Bonovich, Earl J.
• Primary Examiner(s): El Seoud, Mohamed Abou
• Application Number:
  US13/832,745
• Time in Patent Office: 2,552 Days
• Field of Search: 715738
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Abstract

A mobile device and a system for operating the same include a display displaying a list of entries comprising a plurality of content data. Each of the plurality of content data is associated with a content identifier. The mobile device further includes a controller selecting the first content entry and storing a first content identifier corresponding first content entry in a bookmark list within the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

establishing a bookmark list in a memory of a mobile device;

generating an audible request for content metadata;

communicating the audible request to a head end or set top box;

receiving a plurality of the content metadata at the mobile device comprising content identifiers and other metadata;

thereafter, storing the plurality of the content metadata in the memory of the mobile device to form stored data;

displaying a list of video content entries comprising the plurality of the content metadata from a display associated with the mobile device;

bookmarking a first video content entry corresponding to a first video content from the list on the display;

in response to bookmarking the first video content entry from the display, deleting the plurality of the content metadata corresponding to the first video content except for a first content identifier comprising only an alphabetic or numeric identifier in the bookmark list, said bookmark list comprising a plurality of content identifiers and the first content identifier wherein a total number of content identifiers is limited;

thereafter, opening a bookmark screen at the mobile device;

communicating the first content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list to a content data source in response to opening the bookmark screen on the display, said content data source located remotely from the mobile device;

communicating content metadata for the first video content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list and not the video content corresponding to the first video content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list through a network to the mobile device in response to receiving the first content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers;

displaying the content metadata corresponding to the first content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers in the bookmark list at the mobile device;

thereafter, selecting the content metadata of the first video content identifier or any of the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list at the mobile device; and

communicating a video from a content repository corresponding to the selected content metadata in response to the selection.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising recognizing tapping and holding of the first content metadata on a screen display and in response thereto removing the first video content identifier from the bookmark list.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein displaying the list of entries comprises displaying the list of entries on a touch screen display of the mobile device.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 further comprising recognizing a predetermined gesture signal on the touch screen display during selecting and wherein storing the first content identifier comprises storing the first content identifier in a memory.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein recognizing a predetermined gesture signal comprises recognizing a touch motion originating from the first content entry toward a top of the mobile device relative to an orientation of text on the touch screen.

6. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein recognizing a predetermined gesture signal comprises recognizing tapping and holding of the content metadata on the touch screen display and, in response thereto, storing the first content identifier in the bookmark list.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein receiving the plurality of content metadata comprises receiving the plurality of content metadata from a head end.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising recognizing a voice command and storing the first content identifier in the bookmark list in response to the voice command.

9. A mobile device comprising:

a memory storing a plurality of data;

a controller programmed to preform;

establishing a bookmark list in a memory of a mobile device;

generating an audible request for content metadata;

communicating the audible request to a head end or set top box;

receiving a plurality of the content metadata at the mobile device comprising content identifiers and other metadata;

thereafter, storing the plurality of the content metadata in the memory of the mobile device to form stored data;

displaying a list of video content entries comprising the plurality of the content metadata from a display associated with the mobile device;

bookmarking a first video content entry corresponding to a first video content from the list on the display;

in response to bookmarking the first video content entry from the display, deleting the plurality of the content metadata corresponding to the first video content except for a first content identifier comprising only an alphabetic or numeric identifier in the bookmark list, said bookmark list comprising a plurality of content identifiers and the first content identifier wherein a total number of content identifiers is limited;

thereafter, opening a bookmark screen at the mobile device;

communicating the first content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list to a content data source in response to opening the bookmark screen on the display, said content data source located remotely from the mobile device;

communicating content metadata for the first video content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list and not the video content corresponding to the first video content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list through a network to the mobile device in response to receiving the first content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers;

displaying the content metadata corresponding to the first content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers in the bookmark list at the mobile device;

thereafter, selecting the content metadata of the first video content identifier or any of the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list at the mobile device; and

communicating a video from a content repository corresponding to the selected content metadata in response to the selection.

10. The mobile device as recited in claim 9 wherein a gesture identification module is programmed to recognize a tapping and holding of first content metadata on the display and in response thereto said controller removes the first video content identifier from the bookmark list.

11. The mobile device as recited in claim 9 further comprising a gesture identification module is programmed to identify a gesture signal on the display, said controller is programmed to store the first video content identifier in the bookmark list in response to the gesture signal.

12. The mobile device as recited in claim 11 wherein the display comprises a touch screen and wherein the gesture signal comprises a touch motion originating from the first video content entry toward a top of the mobile device relative to an orientation of text on the touch screen.

13. The mobile device as recited in claim 11 wherein the gesture signal comprises tapping and holding first content metadata on the display.

14. A system comprising

a mobile device as recited in claim 9;

a language processing module processing a voice command; and

said controller is programmed to store the first video content identifier and other metadata in the bookmark list in response to the voice command.

15. The system as recited in claim 14 further comprising a head end communicating the plurality of content metadata to the mobile device.

16. The system as recited in claim 14 wherein receiving the plurality of content metadata comprises receiving the plurality of content metadata from a head end in response to a search request from the mobile device.