PROVIDING ADVANCE CONTENT ALERTS TO A MOBILE DEVICE DURING PLAYBACK OF A MEDIA ITEM
First Claim
1. A method of operation of a media player comprising:
- providing playback of a media item;
detecting upcoming content in the media item for which a user associated with the media player desires an advance content alert;
generating the advance content alert for alerting the user of the upcoming content; and
providing the advance content alert to a mobile device of the user prior to playback of the upcoming content.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing advance content alerts during playback of a media item. In one embodiment, the advance content alerts are provided to a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone, of an associated user. More specifically, a user registers his or her mobile device with a media player and configures the types of content for which the user would like to receive advance content alerts. Thereafter, during playback of a media item, the media player identifies upcoming content for which the user desires an advance content alert. In response, the media player generates an advance content alert and sends the advance content alert to the mobile device of the user via, for example, a local wireless communication link.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of operation of a media player comprising:
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providing playback of a media item; detecting upcoming content in the media item for which a user associated with the media player desires an advance content alert; generating the advance content alert for alerting the user of the upcoming content; and providing the advance content alert to a mobile device of the user prior to playback of the upcoming content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A media player comprising:
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a communication interface communicatively coupling the media player to a mobile device of an associated user; and a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to;
provide playback of a media item;detect upcoming content in the media item for which the associated user desires an advance content alert; generate the advance content alert for alerting the associated user of the upcoming content; and provide the advance content alert to the mobile device of the associated user prior to playback of the upcoming content.
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27. A computer readable medium comprising software for instructing a media player to:
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provide playback of a media item; detect upcoming content in the media item for which a user associated with the media player desires an advance content alert; generate the advance content alert for alerting the user of the upcoming content; and provide the advance content alert to a mobile device of the user prior to playback of the upcoming content.
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28. A mobile device comprising:
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a communication interface communicatively coupling the mobile device to a media player; and a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to; receive information identifying a media item played by the media player; obtain metadata describing media content of the media item; detect upcoming content in the media item for which a user of the mobile device desires an advance content alert based on the metadata; generate the advance content alert for alerting the user of the upcoming content; and present the advance content alert to the user of the mobile device prior to playback of the upcoming content.
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29. A computer readable medium comprising software for instructing a mobile device to:
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receive information identifying a media item played by a media player; obtain metadata describing media content of the media item; detect upcoming content in the media item for which a user of the mobile device desires an advance content alert based on the metadata; generate the advance content alert for alerting the user of the upcoming content; and present the advance content alert to the user at the mobile device prior to playback of the upcoming content.
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