METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING PERCEPTA

• US 20080141242A1
• Filed: 01/29/2008
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alan Joshua Shapiro
• Original Assignee: Alan Joshua Shapiro
• Inventors: Shapiro, Alan Joshua
• Granted Patent: US 8,266,615 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/162 Delete operations erasing in storage systems G06F3/0652
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/62 Uninstallation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99944 Object-oriented database structure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99956 File allocation

Abstract

An apparatus and method for obtaining a storage medium with a deeply customizable set of installed content. Soft assets (e.g., programs, songs, videos, etc.) that form the content are selected from among a much larger set of preinstalled soft assets previously stored on storage media, such as disk drives. In some embodiments, based on a user'"'"'s selections, the non-selected assets are permanently erased from a storage medium, while the remaining assets are available as installed (wherein substantially no further processing is required to install them). In some embodiments, a new device uses the storage medium to provide its user with a fully functional device without the need to separately install the soft assets from a plurality of sources (e.g., from program-distribution CDROMS and the like). Some embodiments include the storage medium having the soft assets installed, and including a program that elicits selections from a user and erases non-selected assets.

Claims

1. A method for sideloading percepta soft assets onto a communications device, wherein the percepta soft assets include an ipselecta subset that is available and ready-to-use, the method comprising:

obtaining a first master panoplex, wherein the first master panoplex includes an installed superset of percepta soft assets and also includes directory information of the superset of percepta soft assets;

separating data of the first master panoplex into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion includes at least a subset of the directory information, and wherein the second portion lacks at least a subset of the directory information;

storing the second portion of the first master panoplex in a master storage medium that is configured to store a plurality of second portions of panoplexes, including the second portion of the first master panoplex;

storing the first portion of the first master panoplex separate from the second portion of the first master panoplex;

copying the second portion of the first master panoplex onto an end-user storage medium of the communications device, without copying the separated first portion of the first master panoplex, in a form that obscures and prevents access to the superset of the first master panoplex on the end-user storage medium unless or until a gryphing operation is performed on the end-user storage medium;

after the copying, operatively connecting the end-user storage medium to the communications device;

receiving ipselecta-relicta selection data that distinguishes an ipselecta subset of the superset of percepta soft assets from a relicta subset of the superset of percepta soft assets, wherein the ipselecta subset includes a selected set of the percepta soft-assets and the relicta subset includes a non-selected set of the percepta soft-assets;

gryphing the panoplex by retrieving the first portion of the first master panoplex, processing the retrieved first portion of the first master panoplex on a basis of the received ipselecta-relicta selection data and culling the relicta subset, wherein as a result of the gryphing the relicta subset are unavailable for use and residual indicia of the relicta subset remain on the storage medium; and

storing the processed first portion of the first master panoplex to the end-user storage medium of the communications device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the superset includes percepta soft assets numbering at least in the hundreds.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the operatively connecting of the end-user storage medium to the communications device comprises operatively connecting the end-user storage medium to a cell-phone end-user device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing the gryphing using a processor in the communications device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing the gryphing of the end-user storage medium before connecting the end-user storage medium to the communications device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the operatively connecting of the end-user storage medium to the communications device includes operatively connecting the end-user storage medium to a personal computer end-user device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the end-user storage medium is a solid-state memory device including at least one memory chip.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein copying the second portion of the first master panoplex onto the end-user storage medium of the communications device includes filling up at least a majority of the end-user storage medium with the second portion of the first master panoplex.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein, after the separating, the first portion of the first master panoplex also includes at least a subset of registry information of the superset of percepta soft assets and the second portion of the first master panoplex also lacks at least a subset of the registry information of the superset of percepta soft assets, and wherein the gryphing of the panoplex includes removing directory entries and registry entries associated with the relicta, and then storing resulting directory data and registry data to their respective locations on the end-user storage medium.

10. A method for sideloading audio files onto a communications device so that an ipselecta subset becomes available and ready to use, the method comprising:

providing a solid-state device that comprises at least one memory chip and a system interface capable of sending data to and receiving a digitized audio file from an external communications device;

storing a panoplex in the at least one memory chip, wherein the panoplex includes a plurality of obscured audio files;

receiving ipselecta-relicta selection data which distinguishes an ipselecta subset of the plurality of obscured audio files stored in the at least one memory chip from a relicta subset of the plurality of obscured audio files, wherein the relicta subset is not to be purchased by the end-user;

charging a monetary amount to the end-user corresponding to the ipselecta subset;

culling the relicta subset of obscured audio files from the at least one memory chip, the relicta subset of the plurality of obscured audio files being unavailable to the end-user; and

performing an operation in conjunction with the culling to change the ipselecta subset of the plurality of obscured audio files.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising connecting the solid-state-memory device to a personal computer end-user device.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising connecting the solid-state-memory device to a percepter communications device.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising performing the culling when the solid-state device is in the communications device.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising performing the culling of the solid-state-memory device before initially connecting the solid-state-memory device to the communications device.

15. An operational, ready-to-use, communications apparatus containing sideloaded percepta soft assets, the communications apparatus comprising:

an end-user storage that comprises;

an ipselecta derived from a panoplex that has been sideloaded to the end-user storage, wherein

the panoplex includes a superset of obscured percepta soft assets,

the ipselecta includes a selected set of the superset of obscured percepta soft assets,

the panoplex is gryphable to produce the selected set of the superset of obscured percepta soft assets,

an amount is chargeable to an end user based on the selected set of the superset of obscured percepta soft assets, and

the ipselecta is installed and operational using the end-user apparatus;

residual indicia of an uninstalled relicta derived from the panoplex, wherein the relicta includes a non-selected set of the superset of percepta soft assets, and wherein the relicta is uninstalled and unavailable to the end user; and

metadata that includes at least a directory that describes and points to the ipselecta.

16. The communications apparatus of claim 15, wherein the communications apparatus functions as a telephone.

17. The communications apparatus of claim 16, wherein the selected set of percepta soft assets includes a plurality of ring tones selected and charged to an account of the end-user.

18. The communications apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a percepter, wherein the selected set of percepta soft assets include a plurality of audio files selected and charged to an account of the end-user associated with the percepter.

19. The communications apparatus of claim 15, wherein the communications apparatus is a personal computer end-user device, and wherein the selected set of percepta soft assets includes a plurality of computer games selected and charged to an account of the end-user of the personal computer.

20. The communications apparatus of claim 15, wherein the superset of percepta soft assets include a digital representation of compressed audio information.

21. The communications apparatus of claim 15, wherein the superset of percepta soft assets include an analog representation of information.

22. The communications apparatus of claim 15, wherein:

the end-user storage further comprises a solid-state device which includes at least one memory chip configured to store the ipselecta,

the metadata includes at least one unobscured directory entry that describes and points to the ipselecta, and

the unobscured directory entry is derivable from an obscured set of metadata that includes at least an obscured directory that describes and points to the superset of obscured audio files of the panoplex.

23. The communications apparatus of claim 22, wherein the solid-state device includes a system interface configured to accept data-transfer requests and to send and receive data from an external device.

24. The communications apparatus of claim 23, wherein the solid-state device is a USB flash drive.

25. The communications apparatus of claim 15, wherein the solid-state device is configured to operate as a music player.

26. The communications apparatus of claim 15, wherein the solid-state device is configured to operate as a video player.