Video Chapter Access and License Renewal

• US 20090058822A1
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,956,848 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• 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 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6334 for authorisation, e.g. by transmitting a key wireless communications network key management H04W12/04; wireless communications network access security H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309

Abstract

The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for content chapter access and license renewal.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving gesture input incident on a device'"'"'s touch-sensitive display to renew a content license, where the license identifies the content and a first period of time during which the content can be accessed;

sending a license renewal request from the device over one or more wireless networks;

receiving by the device a license renewal response for the request over the one or more wireless networks; and

renewing the license based on the renewal response such that the content can be accessed during a second period of time.

2. The method of claim 1 where the device is a portable media player, a mobile phone, a portable electronic game device, or a portable computer.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a user advance notification of when the license will expire.

4. The method of claim 3 where the advance notification is provided at a time a user attempts to access or is accessing the content.

5. The method of claim 1 where the license renewal request identifies the content and the license or an account.

6. The method of claim 1 where a format of the content is one of MJPEG, CCIR 601, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, H.261, H.262, H.263, or H.264.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

downloading the content to the device over the one or more wireless networks.

8. The method of claim 1 where a copy of the content is stored on the device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

removing the content from the device or disabling the content when the license expires.

10. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a first gesture input incident on a display of a touch-sensitive display;

in response to the first gesture input, presenting a number of chapter indicators for content, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with a an offset in the content;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the display to select a chapter indicator from the number of chapter indicators; and

in response to the second gesture input, playing the content from the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

11. The method of claim 10 where presenting the list of chapter indicators includes:

transitioning a presentation of the content to a presentation of the number of chapter indicators.

12. The method of claim 11 where the transition is a flip over animated transition.

13. The method of claim 10 where the first gesture input is incident on an area of the display in which the content is presented.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

pausing the content in response to the first gesture.

15. The method of claim 10 where the chapter indicators are presented over the content presentation.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

presenting a control panel on the display configured to allow a user to control the content playback and view the chapter indicators.

17. The method of claim 10 where each chapter indicator is associated with a name and where the name is presented with an image.

18. The method of claim 10 where playing the content comprises:

scaling the selected chapter'"'"'s respective image and playing the content in a display region occupied by the scaled image.

19. The method of claim 10 where playing the content comprises:

in response to the second gesture input, scrubbing playback of the content relative to the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

20. The method of claim 10 where the playback is presented in a thumbnail image of the selected chapter indicator.

21. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

processing the content to create the chapter indicators.

22. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving gesture input incident on a device'"'"'s touch-sensitive display to renew a content license, where the license identifies the content and a first period of time during which the content can be accessed;

sending a license renewal request from the device over one or more wireless networks;

receiving by the device a license renewal response for the request over the one or more wireless networks; and

renewing the license based on the renewal response such that the content can be accessed during a second period of time.

23. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first gesture input incident on a display of a touch-sensitive display;

in response to the first gesture input, presenting a number of chapter indicators for content, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with a an offset in the content;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the display to select a chapter indicator from the number of chapter indicators; and

in response to the second gesture input, playing the content from the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

24. An apparatus comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display and configurable for displaying content on the touch-sensitive display;

an interface coupled to the processor and configurable for;

receiving a first gesture input incident on a display of a touch-sensitive display;

in response to the first gesture input, presenting a number of chapter indicators for content, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with a an offset in the content;

receiving a second gesture input incident on the display to select a chapter indicator from the number of chapter indicators; and

in response to the second gesture input, playing the content from the selected chapter indicator'"'"'s respective offset.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 where presenting the list of chapter indicators includes:

transitioning a presentation of the content to a presentation of the number of chapter indicators.