Method and apparatus for distributing binary presentations within digital media content files

• US 20040103207A1
• Filed: 11/22/2002
• Published: 05/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: RealNetworks, Inc.
• Inventors: Chasen, Jeffrey Martin, Elman, Joshua E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,849,159 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/85406 involving a specific file format, e.g. MP4 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

A method and apparatus for distributing binary presentations within digital media content files includes receiving a first digital media content file of a first digital media file type and including first digital media content and a binary presentation embedded within the digital media file, facilitating rendering of the binary presentation contemporaneously with rendering of the first digital media content, receiving a second digital media content file of a second digital media file type and including second digital media content and the binary presentation embedded within the second digital media file, and facilitating rendering of the binary presentation contemporaneously with the rendering of the second digital audio content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first digital media content file corresponding to a first of a plurality of digital media file types, the digital media file including first digital media content and a binary presentation embedded within the first digital media file;

facilitating rendering of the binary presentation contemporaneously with rendering of the first digital media content;

receiving a second digital media content file corresponding to a second of the plurality of digital media file types, the digital media file including second digital media content and the binary presentation embedded within the second digital media file; and

facilitating rendering of the binary presentation contemporaneously with rendering of the second digital audio content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the binary presentation is prepended to the first media content in the first media content file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the second media content in the second media content file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the first media content in the first media content file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second media content includes a metadata section within which the binary presentation is embedded.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and the second digital media content comprises streamed timeline-based data and the binary presentation contains non-timeline based data.

7. In a digital media content player, a method comprising:

receiving a first media file including first audio content and a first embedded binary presentation;

determining a first media file type of a plurality of media file types to which the first media file corresponds;

invoking one of a plurality of interpreters based upon the first media file type to extract the first embedded binary presentation from the first media file and pass the binary presentation to a rendering engine to facilitate rendering of the first binary presentation while the first audio content is being rendered;

receiving a second media file including second audio content and a second embedded binary presentation;

determining a second media file type of the plurality of media file types to which the second media file corresponds; and

invoking a second of the plurality of interpreters based upon the second media file type to extract the second embedded binary presentation from the second media file and pass the binary presentation to the rendering engine to facilitate rendering of the second binary presentation while the second audio content is being rendered.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the binary presentation is prepended to the first media content in the first media content file.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the second media content in the second media content file.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the first media content in the first media content file.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one of the first and second media content includes a metadata section within which the binary presentation is embedded.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one of the first and the second digital media content comprises streamed timeline-based data and the binary presentation contains non-timeline based data.

13. A method comprising:

identifying a binary presentation to be embedded into one or more of a plurality of digital media content files for distribution as a component of the one or, more digital media content files, each of the one or more digital media content files corresponding to one of a plurality of digital media file types;

identifying a first of the plurality of digital media content files to receive the binary presentation;

determining a first file type corresponding to the first digital media content file; and

embedding the binary presentation into the first digital media content file in accordance with a file type-specific data mapping, to facilitate subsequent extraction of the binary presentation from the first digital media content file and rendering of the binary presentation upon rendering of the first digital media content file by a digital media content player.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the binary presentation is prepended to the first media content in the first media content file.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the second media content in the second media content file.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the first media content in the first media content file.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the first and second media content includes a metadata section within which the binary presentation is embedded.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the first and the second digital media content comprises streamed timeline-based data and the binary presentation contains non-timeline based data.

19. A recordable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed, implement a method comprising:

receiving a first digital media content file corresponding to a first of a plurality of digital media file types, the digital media file including first digital media content and a binary presentation embedded within the first digital media file;

rendering the complex binary presentation contemporaneously with the first digital media content;

receiving a second digital media content file corresponding to a second of the plurality of digital media file types, the digital media file including second digital media content and the binary presentation embedded within the second digital media file; and

rendering the complex binary presentation contemporaneously with the second digital audio content.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the binary presentation is prepended to the first media content in the first media content file.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the second media content in the second media content file.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the first media content in the first media content file.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein at least one of the first and second media content includes a metadata section within which the binary presentation is embedded.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein at least one of the first and the second digital media content comprises streamed timeline-based data and the binary presentation contains non-timeline based data.

25. A recordable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed, implement a method comprising:

identifying a binary presentation to be embedded into one or more of a plurality of digital media content files for distribution as a component of the one or more digital media content files, the one or more digital media content files corresponding to a plurality of digital media file types;

identifying a first of the plurality of digital media content files to receive the binary presentation;

determining a first file type corresponding to the first digital media content file; and

embedding the binary presentation into the first digital media content file in accordance with a file type-specific data mapping, to facilitate subsequent extraction of the binary presentation from the first digital media content file and rendering of the binary presentation upon rendering of the first digital media content file by a digital media content player.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the binary presentation is prepended to the first media content in the first media content file.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the second media content in the second media content file.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the first media content in the first media content file.

29. The method of claim 25, wherein at least one of the first and second media content includes a metadata section within which the binary presentation is embedded.

30. The method of claim 25, wherein at least one of the first and the second digital media content comprises streamed timeline-based data and the binary presentation contains non-timeline based data.

31. An apparatus comprising:

a storage medium having stored therein programming instructions designed to enable the apparatus to

receive a first digital media content file corresponding to a first of a plurality of digital media file types, the digital media file including first digital media content and a binary presentation embedded within the first digital media file,

render the complex binary presentation contemporaneously with the first digital media content,

receive a second digital media content file corresponding to a second of the plurality of digital media file types, the digital media file including second digital media content and the binary presentation embedded within the second digital media file, and

render the complex binary presentation contemporaneously with the second digital audio content; and

at least one processor coupled with the storage medium to execute the programming instructions.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the binary presentation is prepended to the first media content in the first media content file.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the second media content in the second media content file.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the first media content in the first media content file.

35. The method of claim 31, wherein at least one of the first and second media content includes a metadata section within which the binary presentation is embedded.

36. The method of claim 31, wherein at least one of the first and the second digital media content comprises streamed timeline-based data and the binary presentation contains non-timeline based data.

37. An apparatus comprising:

a storage medium having stored therein programming instructions designed to enable the apparatus to

identify a binary presentation to be embedded into one or more of a plurality of digital media content files for distribution as a component of the one or more digital media content files, the one or more digital media content files corresponding to a plurality of digital media file types,

identify a first of the plurality of digital media content files to receive the binary presentation,

determine a first file type corresponding to the first digital media content file, and

embed the binary presentation into the first digital media content file in accordance with a file type-specific data mapping, to facilitate subsequent extraction of the binary presentation from the first digital media content file and rendering of the binary presentation upon rendering of the first digital media content file by a digital media content player; and

at least one processor coupled with the storage medium to execute the programming instructions.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the binary presentation is prepended to the first media content in the first media content file.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the second media content in the second media content file.

40. The method of claim 37, wherein the binary presentation is appended to the first media content in the first media content file.

41. The method of claim 37, wherein at least one of the first and second media content includes a metadata section within which the binary presentation is embedded.

42. The method of claim 37, wherein at least one of the first and the second digital media content comprises streamed timeline-based data and the binary presentation contains non-timeline based data.