Method for media content presentation in consideration of system power

• US 20030200481A1
• Filed: 04/18/2002
• Published: 10/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Stanley, Randy P.
• Granted Patent: US 7,000,126 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method by which the presentation of superfluous media content requiring system activity is reduced or suspended in consideration of system power. For one embodiment, a user processing system indicates its power mode to a power mode/level determination applet embedded on a Web page. Action items within the web page respond to DC powered systems by limiting speed and/or the duration of animation for animated objects within the Web page. Additionally, or alternatively, the limitation or suspension of animation may be in response to power level. For one embodiment the superfluous media content is reduced or suspended after some period regardless of system power considerations.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting media content on a processing system, the media content including superfluous content, the superfluous content requiring system activity; and

suspending the presentation of the superfluous media content in response to a condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media content is a web page.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the processing system is a mobile computing system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the specified condition is that the mobile computing system is operating in a low power mode.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the superfluous content is an animated object.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein suspending the presentation of the animated object includes reducing a rate of movement of the animated object over a time interval until the object is no longer animated.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the specified condition is that the mobile computing system is operating at a low power level.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the superfluous content is an animated object and suspending the presentation of the animated object includes suspending the animation upon determining is that the mobile computing system is operating at a low power level.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the superfluous content is audio content.

10. A method comprising:

accessing media content via a mobile processing system, the media content containing an animated object;

determining a power mode of the mobile processing system; and

suspending animation of the animated object if the mobile processing system is operating in a low power mode.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the media content is a web page.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein suspending animation of the animated object includes reducing a rate of movement of the animated object over a time interval until the object is no longer animated.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein determining the power mode of the mobile processing system further includes determining the power level of the mobile processing system.

14. A machine-readable medium that provides executable instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform method comprising:

presenting media content on a presentation device, the media content including superfluous content, the superfluous content requiring system activity; and

suspending the presentation of the superfluous media content in response to a condition.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the media content is a web page.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the presentation device is a mobile computing system.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the specified condition is that the mobile computing system is operating in a low power mode.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the superfluous content is an animated object.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein suspending the presentation of the animated object includes reducing a rate of movement of the animated object over a time interval until the object is no longer animated.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the specified condition is that the mobile computing system is operating at a low power level.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the superfluous content is an animated object and suspending the presentation of the animated object includes suspending the animation upon determining is that the mobile computing system is operating at a low power level.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the superfluous content is audio content.

23. A machine-readable medium that provides executable instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform method comprising:

accessing media content via a mobile processing system, the media content containing an animated object;

determining the power mode of the mobile processing system; and

suspending animation of the animated object if the mobile processing system is operating in a low power mode.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 23, wherein suspending animation of the animated object includes reducing a rate of movement of the animated object over a time interval until the object is no longer animated.

25. The machine-readable medium of claim 23, wherein determining the power mode of the mobile processing system further includes determining the power level of the mobile processing system.

26. An apparatus comprising a processor with a memory coupled thereto, the memory having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to present media content via a presentation device, the media content containing an animated object, determine a power mode of the presentation device;

and

suspend animation of the animated object if the presentation device is operating in a low power mode.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the presentation device is determined to be operating in a low power mode if the presentation device is operating on direct current.

28. A system comprising:

a server processing system;

a user processing system coupled to the server processing system via an internet, the server processing system providing data to the user processing system, the data containing executable instructions which, when executed by the user processing system, cause the user processing system to present media content via a presentation device, the media content containing an animated object, determine a power mode of the presentation device; and

suspend animation of the animated object if the presentation device is operating in a low power mode.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the user processing system is a mobile processing system.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the server processing system is coupled to the mobile processing system via a wireless network connection.