System, apparatus, and method for content management

• US 20050273553A1
• Filed: 04/12/2005
• Published: 12/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Boucard
• Original Assignee: John Boucard
• Inventors: Boucard, John
• Application Number:
  US11/105,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20050273553A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/112
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing

Abstract

A system for managing a content of a storage medium comprising a media player, a controller, a wireless input device. The media player has access to a media content in a storage medium. The controller is coupled to the media player. The wireless input device wirelessly interfaces with the controller. The controller directly selects a selected content segment from the storage medium in response to the wireless input device associated with the selected content segment.

Claims

1. A system for managing a content of a storage medium comprising:

a media player coupled to the storage medium;

a controller coupled to said media player; and

a wireless input device wirelessly interfacing with said controller,

wherein said controller directly selects a content segment from the storage medium in response to said wireless input device.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said media player is an optical disc reader.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said media player is a magnetic disc reader.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said storage medium is an optical disc.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said storage medium is a magnetic disc.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said storage medium is a memory.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising an audio-video viewing device coupled to said media player.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said controller further comprises:

a central processing unit;

a user interface input coupled to said central processing unit;

a receiver receiving a wireless signal coupled to said central processing unit,

wherein said central processing unit generates a control signal that selects said content segment to said media player in response to said user interface input and said wireless signal.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said receiver comprises an RFID/MFID reader.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein said receiver comprises a RF transceiver.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein said receiver comprises a voice recognition module.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein said wireless input device comprises an RFID/MFID tag.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein said wireless input device comprises an RF Module transceiver.

14. A device for managing a content of a storage medium comprising:

a controller directly selecting a specific multimedia content segment from a storage medium in response to a wireless input device in proximity of said controller,

wherein said wireless input device is associated with said specific multimedia content segment.

15. The device of claim 14 wherein said controller further comprises:

a central processing unit;

a user interface input coupled to said central processing unit;

a receiver coupled to said central processing unit, said receiver receiving a wireless signal generated by said wireless input device,

wherein said central processing unit generates a control signal that selects said specific multimedia content segment from said storage medium in response to said wireless signal.

16. The device of claim 15 wherein said receiver comprises an RFID/MFID reader.

17. The device of claim 15 wherein said receiver comprises a RF transceiver.

18. The device of claim 15 wherein said receiver comprises a voice recognition module.

19. The device of claim 15 wherein said wireless input device comprises an RFID/MFID tag.

20. The device of claim 15 wherein said wireless input device comprises an RF Module transceiver.

22. The method of claim 20 wherein said wireless input device comprises an RFID tag.

23. The method of claim 20 wherein said wireless input device comprises an RF module transceiver.

21. A method for selecting a specific multimedia content segment from a storage medium comprising:

receiving a wireless signal from a wireless input device in proximity; and

generating a control signal in response to said wireless signal, said control signal directly selecting the specific multimedia content segment from the storage medium.

24. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for selecting a specific multimedia content segment from a storage medium, the method including:

receiving a wireless signal from a wireless input device in proximity; and

generating a control signal in response to said wireless signal, said control signal directly selecting the specific multimedia content segment from the storage medium.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein said wireless input device comprises an RFID/MFID tag.

26. The method of claim 24 wherein said wireless input device comprises an RF module transceiver.

27. A device for selecting a specific multimedia content segment from a storage medium comprising:

means for receiving a wireless signal from a wireless input device in proximity; and

means for generating a control signal in response to said wireless signal, said control signal directly selecting the specific multimedia content segment from the storage medium.

28. The device of claim 27 wherein said wireless input device comprises an RFID/MFID tag.

29. The device of claim 27 wherein said wireless input device comprises an RF module transceiver.