EXTENSIONS FOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN EXTENSIBLE MEDIA PLAYER
First Claim
1. An extensible media player, comprising:
- a media player application to load and play one or more multimedia files or load and execute one or more applications;
a plurality of modules, each module comprising application logic to extend functionality of said media player application and a user interface element having a reconfigurable presentation;
a plurality of presentation themes, each presentation theme defining presentation attributes of the user interface element for each of said plurality of modules; and
a presentation data file to identify a playlist of timelines, at least one module for each of the timelines, and a presentation theme to apply to each of the at least one module, wherein one of the at least one module identifies the one or more multimedia files to be played or the one or more applications to be run for the each of the timelines;
wherein said media player application parses said presentation data file, loads the at least one module associated with one of the timelines based on the parsing, and notifies each of the at least one module of its identified presentation theme, andwherein the each of the at least one module retrieves the presentation attributes corresponding to the identified presentation theme and applies the presentation attributes to the user interface element.
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Abstract
In a method and system for creating an extensible media player, a multimedia player application is instantiated on a client system. A presentation data file is transmitted to the client system from a server. The presentation data file includes a playlist of timelines, modules associated with each of the timelines of the playlist, and a presentation theme for each of the modules. Each module extends the functionality of the instantiated multimedia player and includes a user interface element having a reconfigurable presentation. Each presentation theme defines presentation attributes for a user interface element. A module identifies one or more multimedia files to be played or one or more applications to be executed by the multimedia player application. The presentation data file is parsed to identify the modules associated with each of the timelines of the playlist as well as a presentation theme associated with each of the modules. For a selected timeline, the modules associated with the selected timeline are loaded. Each module associated with the selected timeline is notified of the presentation theme to be applied to the module. In response to the notification, each module retrieves presentation attributes corresponding to the presentation theme and applies the presentation attributes to its user interface element.
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30 Claims
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1. An extensible media player, comprising:
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a media player application to load and play one or more multimedia files or load and execute one or more applications; a plurality of modules, each module comprising application logic to extend functionality of said media player application and a user interface element having a reconfigurable presentation; a plurality of presentation themes, each presentation theme defining presentation attributes of the user interface element for each of said plurality of modules; and a presentation data file to identify a playlist of timelines, at least one module for each of the timelines, and a presentation theme to apply to each of the at least one module, wherein one of the at least one module identifies the one or more multimedia files to be played or the one or more applications to be run for the each of the timelines; wherein said media player application parses said presentation data file, loads the at least one module associated with one of the timelines based on the parsing, and notifies each of the at least one module of its identified presentation theme, and wherein the each of the at least one module retrieves the presentation attributes corresponding to the identified presentation theme and applies the presentation attributes to the user interface element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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instantiating a multimedia player application on a client system; transmitting to the client system a presentation data file from a server, the presentation data file including a playlist of timelines, modules associated with each timeline of the playlist, and a first presentation theme for each of the modules, wherein one of the modules associated with each timeline identifies one or more multimedia files to be played or one or more applications to be executed, wherein each module extends functionality of the instantiated multimedia player application and includes a user interface element having a reconfigurable presentation, and wherein the first presentation theme defines presentation attributes of the user interface element for the each module; parsing the presentation data file to identify the modules associated with each timeline on the playlist and the presentation theme associated with each module of the modules associated with the each timeline; for a selected timeline from the playlist of timelines, loading the modules associated with the selected timeline; notifying each module associated with the selected timeline of the presentation theme to be applied to the each module; retrieving, by the each module associated with the selected timeline, the presentation attributes corresponding to the presentation theme to be applied to the each module; and applying the presentation attributes to the user interface element of the each module. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A multimedia presentation system, comprising:
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a server, storing a presentation data file, a plurality of multimedia files, a plurality of modules, and a plurality of presentation themes; and a client, configured to communicate with said server, comprising a processing unit and a memory unit, said memory unit storing instructions adapted to be executed by the processing unit to; instantiate a multimedia player application on a client system; transmit to the client system the presentation data file from the server, the presentation data file including a playlist of timelines, modules associated with each timeline of the playlist, and a first presentation theme for each of the modules, wherein one of the modules identifies one or more multimedia files to be played or one or more applications to be executed for the each of the timelines, wherein each module extends functionality of the instantiated multimedia player application and includes a user interface element having a reconfigurable presentation, and wherein the first presentation theme defines presentation attributes of the user interface element for the each module; parse the data presentation file to identify the modules associated with each timeline of the playlist and the presentation theme associated with each module of the modules associated with the each timeline; for a selected timeline from the playlist of timelines, load the modules associated with the selected timeline; notify each module associated with the selected timeline of the presentation theme to be applied to the each module; retrieve, by the each module associated with the selected timeline, the presentation attributes corresponding to the first presentation theme to be applied to the each module; and apply the presentation attributes to the user interface element of the each module. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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