Method, Apparatus and System for Managing Access to Multimedia Content Using Dynamic Media Bookmarks
First Claim
1. A computer program embodied in a computer-readable medium for accessing multimedia content on a local multimedia device, the program comprising:
- instructions for receiving the multimedia content by the local multimedia device, the multimedia content capable of having a bookmark associated therewith, wherein the bookmark is representative of a relative position within the multimedia content;
instructions for determining whether the received multimedia content includes a bookmark associated therewith;
instructions for accessing the received multimedia content by the local multimedia device,wherein, if the multimedia content includes a bookmark associated therewith, the local multimedia device accesses the multimedia content based on the bookmark; and
instructions for transmitting the multimedia content and any associated bookmarks by the local multimedia device to a remote multimedia device.
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Abstract
A method (30) and device (10) for accessing multimedia content. The method includes one or more end user multimedia devices receiving multimedia content, which may or may not include one or more dynamic bookmarks associated with particular portions of the multimedia content, e.g., portions of the multimedia content that have not been viewed or otherwise consumed by end user access devices. The method includes determining whether the received multimedia content includes an associated bookmark and providing access to the portion of the multimedia content identified by the bookmark. The method also includes generating new bookmarks or updating existing bookmarks based on end user consumption of the multimedia content by current or previous multimedia devices. The method also includes transferring multimedia content bookmarks alone or with associated multimedia content among multiple access devices, e.g., in various locations and in a number of suitable formats.
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1. A computer program embodied in a computer-readable medium for accessing multimedia content on a local multimedia device, the program comprising:
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instructions for receiving the multimedia content by the local multimedia device, the multimedia content capable of having a bookmark associated therewith, wherein the bookmark is representative of a relative position within the multimedia content; instructions for determining whether the received multimedia content includes a bookmark associated therewith; instructions for accessing the received multimedia content by the local multimedia device, wherein, if the multimedia content includes a bookmark associated therewith, the local multimedia device accesses the multimedia content based on the bookmark; and instructions for transmitting the multimedia content and any associated bookmarks by the local multimedia device to a remote multimedia device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for accessing multimedia content, comprising:
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at least one first multimedia device configured to receive and access multimedia content in at least one multimedia content format from a multimedia content source, wherein the first multimedia device is configured to generate a first bookmark associated with a first portion of the multimedia content that has not been accessed by the user of the first multimedia device; at least one second multimedia device coupled to receive and access multimedia content in at least one multimedia content format from a multimedia content source, wherein the second multimedia device is configured to access multimedia content associated with the first bookmark and to generate a second bookmark associated with a portion of the multimedia content that has not been accessed by the user of the second multimedia device; and a network coupled to the first multimedia device and the second multimedia device and configured to transfer multimedia content and multimedia content bookmarks between the first multimedia device and the second multimedia device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device for accessing multimedia content, comprising:
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a processor configured to receive and access multimedia content in at least one multimedia content format from a multimedia content source, wherein the processor includes an encoder/decoder for determining whether the received multimedia content is bookmarked and for bookmarking at least one portion of the multimedia content that has not been accessed by the processor; and at least one memory element coupled to the processor for storing multimedia content received by the device, wherein the processor is configured to access the multimedia content from the bookmarked portion of the multimedia content, and wherein the processor is configured to transfer at least one of multimedia content and bookmarks associated with at least a portion of the multimedia content to at least one of a multimedia content network and at least one other multimedia content accessing device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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