Displaying and presenting multiple media streams from multiple DVD sets
First Claim
1. A method, including steps of maintaining a database including information associating content chunks with media objects and positions therein, at least a portion of that database being located at a relatively remote server;
- caching at least some of that information, at least a portion of a result of those steps of caching being maintained at a relatively local library;
receiving a selection of an element of a user interface representing at least one content chunk; and
taking an action at least partially in response to that selection and at least some cached information.
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Abstract
Associating multiple content chunks with multiple DVD packages or media objects; conveniently viewing or resuming these content chunks without knowing their disposition. Associating content chunks with media objects and positions therein, associating requests by a user for play or resumption of play with appropriate behaviors, including a database. Media objects have unique media hash values, to associate content chunks with hash values, and positions within media objects maintained by bookmarks and watchpoints. Selecting a content chunk might cause its metadata to be presented, or might cause selectable content chunks within that content chunk to become selectable. Users requesting play or resumption of play of content chunks, might cause those content chunks, or might cause smaller content chunks, such as movies, to be presented. Content chunks might span more than one media object, or might switch back and forth among multiple media objects, each without the viewer needing to know.
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88 Claims
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1. A method, including steps of
maintaining a database including information associating content chunks with media objects and positions therein, at least a portion of that database being located at a relatively remote server; -
caching at least some of that information, at least a portion of a result of those steps of caching being maintained at a relatively local library;
receiving a selection of an element of a user interface representing at least one content chunk; and
taking an action at least partially in response to that selection and at least some cached information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method, including steps of
associating a set of content chunks with a set of digital content, the digital content either being maintained on a set of physical media or having been copied from one or more physical media; -
detecting a preference by a user for one or more of those content chunks; and
performing an action discernable to that user in response to those steps of detecting. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method, including steps of
associating a set of content chunks with a set of digital content, the digital content either being maintained on a set of physical media or having been copied from one or more physical media; conducting or completing a business relationship between a user and an owner of one of those content chunks. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A system including
information associating a set of content chunks with a set of digital content elements, at least one of the content chunks spanning more than one physical medium, or at least one of the digital content elements spanning more than one physical medium; - and
instructions capable of interpretation to present at least one of the content chunks in response to a user preference of one of the digital content elements. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A system including
a set of data representative of content chunks; - and
information associating that set of data with a set of digital content, the digital content being (a) maintained on a set of physical media, or (b) having being copied from one or more physical media. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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