PLATFORM DETECTION

• US 20060182424A1
• Filed: 03/31/2006
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sonic Solutions (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterActual Technologies Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Lamkin, Allan B., Gewickey, Greg, Collart, Todd R.
• Application Number:
  US11/278,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20060182424A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4431 characterized by the use of Application Program Interface [API] libraries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Some embodiments provide computer readable portable storage mediums that include multimedia content to be played back through a content playback device, a code segment to determine whether additional content is associated with the multimedia content, a codes segment to load the additional content when a determination that additional content is associated with the multimedia content based on the implementation of the code segment to determine whether the additional content is associated with the multimedia content, and a code segment to cause the additional content to be rendered when the additional content associated with the multimedia content is loaded.

Claims

1. A portable storage medium, comprising:

multimedia content to be played back through a content playback device;

a code segment to determine whether additional content is associated with the multimedia content;

a codes segment to load the additional content when a determination that additional content is associated with the multimedia content based on the implementation of the code segment to determine whether the additional content is associated with the multimedia content; and

a code segment to cause the additional content to be rendered when the additional content associated with the multimedia content is loaded.

2. The portable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

a defined default playback mode.

3. The portable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

a default network content designation.

4. The portable storage medium of claim 3, further comprising:

a code segment to determine a platform of the content playback device; and

a code to identify platform specific binaries in response to a determination of the platform of the playback device as determined through the code segment to determine the platform of the content playback device.

5. The portable storage medium of claim 3, further comprising:

code segment to activate a network connection.

6. The portable storage medium of claim 5, further comprising:

a code segment to determine whether additional content is available relative to a portion of the multimedia content actively being displayed through the content display device;

a code segment to generate a graphic; and

a code segment to incorporate the graphic with the portion of the multimedia content actively being displayed to be displayed with the portion of the multimedia content.

7. A portable storage medium, comprising:

multimedia content to be played back through a content playback device; and

embedded application programming interface code embedded in the multimedia content, wherein the embedded application programming interface code comprises;

a code segment to implement a query to determine whether a feature is supported; and

a code segment to execute a first step in response to a determination that the feature is supported.

8. The portable storage medium of claim 7 further comprising a code segment to execute a second step in response to the determination that the feature is supported.

9. The portable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the code segment to implement the query comprises a code segment to implement a query to determine whether a network connection can be established.

10. The portable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said feature is network connection speed.

11. The portable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said feature is a playback mode.

12. The portable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising a code segment to incorporate additional content with the multimedia content where the additional content is received from a network via a network connection.

13. The portable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising a code segment to store at least a portion of the additional content in the content playback device.

14. The portable storage medium of claim 8, wherein at least one of said code segments to implement the first step and said code segment to implement the second step comprises retrieving additional content from a network, and rendering said retrieved additional content through said content playback device.

15. The portable storage medium of claim 14, wherein said at least one of said code segment to implement the first step and said code segment to implement the second step further control playback of at least the additional content based on a network connection speed.

16. The portable storage media of claim 7, further comprising:

a plurality of sets of rendering executables for a plurality of different platforms.

17. The portable storage media of claim 16, further comprising:

a code segment to determine a platform of the content playback device;

a code segment to select one set of rendering executables of the plurality of sets of rendering executables in response to the determining of the platform of the device through which the multimedia is to be rendered; and

a code segment to extract the selected one set of the rendering executables.

18. The portable storage media of claim 7, further comprising:

platform specific binaries to override one or more browser mechanisms of the content playback device.

19. The portable storage media of claim 7, further comprising:

a code segment to identify a platform of the content playback device.

20. The portable storage medium of claim 7, further comprising:

code segment to implement an application programming interface on the content playback device to at least in part control the playback of the multimedia content through the content playback device.

21. The portable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the code segment to implement the application programming interface comprises a code segment to retrieve additional content over a network connection and a code segment to display at least a portion of the additional content with the multimedia content.

22. The portable storage medium of claim 7, further comprising:

a code segment to activate a background web page and code segment to load and activate event handlers while the background web page is active.

23. A computer readable portable storage medium, comprising:

multimedia content to be played back through a content playback device;

a plurality of playback device capability-specific content;

a code segment to identify a capability of a playback device accessing multimedia content;

a code segment to determine whether the plurality of playback device capability-specific content includes playback device capability-specific content for the playback device; and

a code segment to make available the playback device capability-specific content for the playback device when the plurality of playback device capability-specific content includes playback device capability-specific content for the playback device to be displayed by the playback device.

24. The portable storage medium of claim 23, further comprising:

a code segment to make available the multimedia content to be displayed by the playback device when the plurality of playback device capability-specific content does not includes playback device capability-specific content for the playback device.

25. The portable storage medium of claim 23, further comprising:

a code segment to determine whether a network connection is active;

a code segment to initiate a determination of whether a network connection can be established;

a code segment to establish a connection in response to determining that a network connection can be established and a connection is not active;

a code segment to access the additional capability-specific content over the network connection; and

a code segment to cause a rendering of at least one of the additional capability-specific content and the multimedia content.

26. The portable storage medium of claim 23, wherein said capability is a prescribed amount of memory.

27. The portable storage medium of claim 23, wherein said capability is a media subsystem capability.

28. The portable storage medium of claim 23, wherein said capability is a presentation engine capability.