System, method, and article of manufacture for a user interface for a network media channel

• US 20070168544A1
• Filed: 12/18/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eduardo Sciammarella
• Original Assignee: Eduardo Sciammarella
• Inventors: Sciammarella, Eduardo
• Granted Patent: US 8,966,537 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82

Abstract

A user interface for a network media channel allows subscribers to share media files according to ad-hoc specification via kernels. The user interface may be accessed via a device and it may be utilized to create and/or modify media files and/or kernels and to transmit them to one or more networks including one or more servers that stores the media files according to the kernels. The user interface may be used further to receive one or more media files and to display them according to the kernels. The user interface may be used further to navigate thru the media files by clicking (activating) the media files.

Claims

1. A method for providing a user interface for a network media channel, the user interface being accessible via a device, said method comprising:

(a) creating one or more media files;

(b) creating a kernel; and

(c) transmitting said one or more media files and kernel;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more media files comprise at least one of a text component, an image component, an audio component, and a video component.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said kernel comprises at least one of a temporal component, a spatial component, a channel identity component, and a mask component.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

(a) modifying at least one of the one or more media files and kernel; and

(b) transmitting at least one of said modified one or more media files and kernel.

5. A method for providing a user interface for a network media channel, the user interface being accessible via a device, said method comprising:

(a) creating one or more media files;

(b) creating a kernel, said kernel comprising

(i) a channel identity component; and

(ii) at least one of a temporal component, a spatial component, and a mask component; and

(c) transmitting said one or more media files and kernel;

6. A method for providing a user interface for a network media channel, the user interface being accessible via a device, said method comprising:

(a) creating a kernel;

(b) transmitting the kernel;

(c) receiving one or more media files according to the kernel; and

(d) displaying the one or more media files according to the kernel.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

(a) receiving a notice indicative of an update;

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said network comprises at least one of GearON, Flickr, EVDB, Last.fm, AIM, MSN, and Yahoo network.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

(a) modifying at least one of the one or more media files and kernel; and

(b) transmitting at least one of said modified one or more media files and kernel.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein step (c) comprises receiving one or more media files associated with an aggregate buddy list.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the aggregate buddy list comprises a collection of one or more persons associated with one or more networks.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein step (d) comprises displaying one or more images of one or more subscribers and wherein each image is associated with one ore more media files of said one or more subscribers.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein step (d) comprises displaying one or more images of one or more subscribers and wherein each image is associated with one ore more URLs wherein each URL is associated with a network.

14. The method of claim 6, wherein step (d) comprises displaying one or more images of one or more subscribers associated with a channel identity component of the kernel.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying one or more media files associated with the channel identity component via clicking on the one or more images.

16. The method of claim 6, further comprising navigating through the displayed media files via clicking on said media files.

17. A method for providing a user interface for a network media channel, the user interface being accessible via a device, said method comprising:

(a) creating a kernel;

(b) creating a kernel, said kernel comprising

(i) a channel identity component; and

(ii) at least one of a temporal component, a spatial component, and a mask component; and

(c) receiving one or more media files according to the kernel; and

(d) displaying the one or more media files according to the kernel.

18. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for providing a user interface for a network media channel, the user interface being accessible via a device, said computer program comprising:

(a) a code segment that creates one or more media files;

(b) a code segment that creates a kernel; and

(c) a code segment that transmits said one or more media files and kernel;

19. The computer program of claim 18, further comprising:

(a) a code segment that modifies at least one of the one or more media files and kernel; and

(b) a code segment that transmits at least one of said modified one or more media files and kernel.

20. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for providing a user interface for a network media channel, the user interface being accessible via a device, said computer program comprising:

(a) a code segment that creates one or more media files;

(b) a code segment that creates a kernel, said kernel comprising

(i) a channel identity component; and

(ii) at least one of a temporal component, a spatial component, and a mask component; and

(c) a code segment that transmits said one or more media files and kernel;

21. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for providing a user interface for a network media channel, the user interface being accessible via a device, said computer program comprising:

(a) a code segment that creates a kernel;

(b) a code segment that transmits the kernel;

(c) a code segment that receives one or more media files according to the kernel; and

(d) a code segment that displays the one or more media files according to the kernel.

22. The computer program of claim 21, further comprising:

(a) a code segment that receives a notice indicative of an update;

23. The computer program of claim 21, further comprising:

(a) a code segment that modifies at least one of the one or more media files and kernel; and

(b) a code segment that transmits at least one of said modified one or more media files and kernel.

24. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for providing a user interface for a network media channel, the user interface being accessible via a device, said computer program comprising:

(a) a code segment that creates a kernel;

(b) a code segment that creates a kernel, said kernel comprising

(i) a channel identity component; and

(ii) at least one of a temporal component, a spatial component, and a mask component; and

(c) a code segment that receives one or more media files according to the kernel; and

(d) a code segment that displays the one or more media files according to the kernel.

25. A system for providing a user interface for a network media channel, the user interface being accessible via a device, said system comprising:

(a) logic that creates one or more media files;

(b) logic that creates a kernel; and

(c) logic that transmits said one or more media files and kernel;

26. The system of claim 25, further comprising:

(a) logic that modifies at least one of the one or more media files and kernel; and

(b) logic that transmits at least one of said modified one or more media files and kernel.

27. A system for providing a user interface for a network media channel, the user interface being accessible via a device, said system comprising:

(a) logic that creates a kernel;

(b) logic that transmits the kernel;

(c) logic that receives one or more media files according to the kernel; and

(d) logic that displays the one or more media files according to the kernel.

28. The system of claim 27, further comprising:

(a) logic that receives a notice indicative of an update;

29. The system of claim 27, further comprising:

(a) logic that modifies at least one of the one or more media files and kernel; and

(b) logic that transmits at least one of said modified one or more media files and kernel.