Multimedia accessible universal input device
First Claim
1. A multimedia system, comprising a) a remote unit coupled to a host computer through a receiver unit;
- b) a control program resident in said host computer;
c) said remote unit couples multimedia commands to said receiver unit to activate and control multimedia programs in said computer and select multimedia files using a linguistic input method editor (LIME) to interpret character code input from a numerical entry key pad of said remote unit; and
d) said control program interprets commands from said remote unit to permit selection of a media file from descriptive identifier code entered by a user of said remote unit and to activate a media program to run said media file where a keyboard mapping function maps control commands from said remote unit into said control commands of said media program.
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Abstract
A multimedia access system has a remote unit coupled to a host computer system, which is used to control and access media files located on the host computer system. The remote unit comprises a plurality of controls, e.g. mouse, cursor, multimedia controls and a numerical keypad. The keypad is used to input code to be coupled to a linguistic input method editor. The code ranges from code for a full descriptive phrase of a media file, a code for a partial phrase to code for initials of the words of the phrase. The linguistic input method analyzer interprets the code and provides a search phrase to find a media file on the host computer to be played. The multimedia system operates with various languages comprising English, Spanish and the Asia languages.
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54 Claims
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1. A multimedia system, comprising
a) a remote unit coupled to a host computer through a receiver unit; -
b) a control program resident in said host computer;
c) said remote unit couples multimedia commands to said receiver unit to activate and control multimedia programs in said computer and select multimedia files using a linguistic input method editor (LIME) to interpret character code input from a numerical entry key pad of said remote unit; and
d) said control program interprets commands from said remote unit to permit selection of a media file from descriptive identifier code entered by a user of said remote unit and to activate a media program to run said media file where a keyboard mapping function maps control commands from said remote unit into said control commands of said media program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A multimedia access system, comprising:
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a) an operation selection;
b) a linguistic input method editor (LIME);
c) a media access unit;
d) a media player program;
e) a plurality of media files;
f) a index database; and
g) said operation selection allows a choice of a type of media that is to be selected, whereby the LIME editor interprets an input from a character entry key pad of a remote unit to search the index database and select a media file from said plurality of media files that is to be process by said media player program selected from said operation selection index. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for selecting multimedia files using a key pad on a remote device, comprising:
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a) selecting a language;
b) selecting a media type;
c) selecting keys of a numerical keypad to create a descriptive identifier of a media file;
d) coupling code for said keys to a multimedia access system;
e) interpreting said code with a linguistic input method editor (LIME) and comparing the interpreted code in said selected language to a list of descriptive identifiers for said selected media type;
f) selecting a media file with said descriptive identifier by matching interpreted code to said descriptive identifiers; and
g) choosing manually said media file when said interpreted code matches the descriptive identifier of a plurality of said media files. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A Multilanguage multimedia system, comprising:
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a) a means for inputting into a computer a code of a spoken language representing a descriptive identifier of a media file;
b) a means for communicating said code to a language input system for interpretation;
c) a means for locating said media file matching said code; and
d) a means for selecting and controlling a media player to play said media file. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for selecting and playing a media file, comprising:
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a) selecting a media button on a remote unit;
b) selecting a search mechanism to find a media file on a host computer;
c) entering a descriptive identifier code for a media file onto a numeric keypad of said remote unit and coupling said descriptive identifier code to said search mechanism;
d) searching a storage mechanism of the host computer for the media file;
e) activating a media program to play said media file upon finding the media file; and
f) controlling said media player with keyboard control keys and voice commands. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for establishing an input to a host computer, comprising:
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a) selecting verbal command, key entry or audio input;
b) coupling verbal commands from a remote unit to speech pattern recognition in a host computer, and mapping results of the speech recognition into a keyboard code for said verbal commands;
c) coupling a key entry code from said remote unit to a keyboard mapping function to map said key entry code into code recognized by the media application;
d) coupling said keyboard mapping of text entry to a linguistic input method editor (LIME); and
e) coupling said audio input from said remote unit to an audio application residing in said host computer. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of media file management, comprising:
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a) providing a key entry from a remote unit coupled to a host computer;
b) displaying a media play list;
c) selecting a media file and playing said media file on a media player;
d) activating an Internet search for said media file if said media file not found in said play list;
e) downloading said media file from the Internet and extracting media file descriptive identifying information to update a media access index; and
f) returning to said key entry after playing said media file or when said search does not find said media file. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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47. A method of fast indexing for media playback, comprising:
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a) choosing a media type;
b) entering a descriptive identifier;
c) finding said media file on a media file index;
d) playing said media file; and
e) returning to user interface. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50)
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51. A method of automatic keyboard mapping, comprising:
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a) issuing a keystroke or a verbal command from a remote unit coupled to a host computer;
b) checking for the existence of a mapping file;
c) switching automatically to an appropriate mapping file if the mapping file exists on said host computer and continuing to issue commands;
d) selecting keyboard default mapping automatically if on-demand download of keyboard mapping is not allowed and continuing to issue commands;
e) producing an alert to a user if on-demand download of keyboard mapping is allowed and downloading said keyboard mapping file from the Internet; and
f) selecting keyboard default mapping if a failure occurs in attempting to download said keyboard mapping file from the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54)
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