System for Downloading Digital Content Published in a Media Channel
First Claim
1. A system for downloading digital content to a portable media player, the digital content being published in a media channel by a content creator, the system comprising:
- a data receiver module to receive the digital content from the media channel via a communication medium;
a conversion module to convert the received digital content to at least one format in at least one video file for consumption by the player; and
a download module to copy the at least one video file to the portable media player;
wherein the video file enables the digital content to be consumed in the same order that the digital content is published in the media channel by the content creator, where if the digital content is;
text, the conversion module paginates the text based on the size of the display of the portable media player, converts each page of text into a video frame, and creates a slideshow by combining the video frames into the video file,an image, the conversion module converts each image into a common image format, scales the image to a resolution supported by the portable media player, and converts each image into a video frame for the video file,an audio file, the conversion module converts the audio file to a predetermined audio format supported by the portable media player and converts the audio content of the audio file to an audio stream of the video file, ora video file that is in a video format not natively supported by the portable media player, the conversion module transcodes the video file into a video format natively supported by the portable media player.
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Abstract
There is provided a system for downloading digital content to a portable media player, the digital content being published in a media channel by a content creator. The system may reside on a server accessible via the Internet. The system may comprise: a data receiver module to receive the digital content from the media channel via a communication medium; a conversion module to convert the received digital content to at least one format for consumption by the player; and a download module to copy the at least one file to the portable media player. The system may further comprise a player detection module to detect file formats compatible with the portable media player. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
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39 Claims
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1. A system for downloading digital content to a portable media player, the digital content being published in a media channel by a content creator, the system comprising:
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a data receiver module to receive the digital content from the media channel via a communication medium; a conversion module to convert the received digital content to at least one format in at least one video file for consumption by the player; and a download module to copy the at least one video file to the portable media player; wherein the video file enables the digital content to be consumed in the same order that the digital content is published in the media channel by the content creator, where if the digital content is; text, the conversion module paginates the text based on the size of the display of the portable media player, converts each page of text into a video frame, and creates a slideshow by combining the video frames into the video file, an image, the conversion module converts each image into a common image format, scales the image to a resolution supported by the portable media player, and converts each image into a video frame for the video file, an audio file, the conversion module converts the audio file to a predetermined audio format supported by the portable media player and converts the audio content of the audio file to an audio stream of the video file, or a video file that is in a video format not natively supported by the portable media player, the conversion module transcodes the video file into a video format natively supported by the portable media player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for downloading digital content to a portable media player, the digital content being published in a media channel by a content creator, the method comprising:
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receiving the digital content from the media channel via a communication medium; converting the received digital content to at least one video file of a predetermined format; and copying the at least one video file to the portable media player; wherein the video file enables the digital content to be consumed in the same order that the digital content is published in the media channel by the content creator, where if the digital content is; text, the conversion module paginates the text based on the size of the display of the portable media player, converts each page of text into a video frame, and creates a slideshow by combining the video frames into the video file, an image, the conversion module converts each image into a common image format, scales the image to a resolution supported by the portable media player, and converts each image into a video frame for the video file, an audio file, the conversion module converts the audio file to a predetermined audio format supported by the portable media player and converts the audio content of the audio file to an audio stream of the video file, or a video file that is in a video format not natively supported by the portable media player, the conversion module transcodes the video file into a video format natively supported by the portable media player. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for downloading digital content to a portable media player, the digital content being published in a media channel by a content creator, the system comprising:
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a user interface to be displayed to the user in response to a user action, the user interface enabling digital content to be selectively downloaded directly to the portable media player; and a download module to receive the selected digital content from the media channel via a communication medium and to transmit the selected digital content to the portable media player without making a local copy. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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