METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING AND BOOKMARKING CONTENT

• US 20100082681A1
• Filed: 09/19/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MCI International, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.), Verizon Data Services LLC (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Fonseca, Enrique Ruiz Velasco, Adimatyam, Venkata S., Gavade, Sameer
• Granted Patent: US 9,961,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/787 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/32 on separate auxiliary tracks of the same or an auxiliary record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2396 characterized by admission policies admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for network security using user profiles for access control H04L63/102; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream

Abstract

An approach is provided for creating user-defined folders for organizing content accessible through a set-top box and for creating multiple bookmarks per set-top box program for use during programming playback.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an input, at a set-top box, from a user; and

creating, based on the input, a user-defined folder to organize content accessible through the set-top box.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

limiting access to the user-defined folder.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein access to the user-defined folder includes an identification challenge involving a passcode.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

moving content to or from the user-defined folder with respect to another folder.

5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

designating the user-defined folder as either public or private, wherein the designation is differentiated based on a visual indicator.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

bookmarking the content for playback.

7. A method according to claim 6, further comprising:

presenting a menu, based on the bookmarking of the content, for selection by the user to view the content.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content includes broadcast content, digital video recorder (DVR) content, on-demand video, on-demand games, locally stored content, content stored on a network, or a combination thereof.

9. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

renaming the content in the user-defined folder in response to a command by the user.

10. A set-top box apparatus comprising:

an input interface configured to receive an input, at a set-top box, from a user; and

a processor configured to create, based on the input, a user-defined folder to organize content accessible through the set-top box.

11. An apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a processor configured to limit access to the user-defined folder.

12. An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein access to the user-defined folder includes an identification challenge involving a passcode.

13. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to move content to or from the user-defined folder with respect to another folder.

14. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to designate the user-defined folder as either public or private, wherein the designation is differentiated based on a visual indicator.

15. An apparatus to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to bookmark the content for playback.

16. An apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

a presentation module configured to a menu, based on the bookmarking of the content, for selection by the user to view the content.

17. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the content includes broadcast content, digital video recorder (DVR) content, on-demand video, on-demand games, locally stored content, content stored on a network, or a combination thereof.

18. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to rename the content in the user-defined folder in response to a command by the user.

19. A method comprising:

receiving an input, at a set-top box, from a user; and

creating one or more bookmarks, based on user input, for playback of the content.

20. A method according to claim 19, further comprising:

presenting the bookmarks for selection by the user; and

playing back the content based on the selected bookmark.

21. A method according to claim 19, further comprising:

deleting previously created bookmarks in response to a user command.

22. A method according to claim 19, further comprising:

creating a plurality of user-defined folders for organizing the content, wherein one of the user-defined folders is passcode-protected by the user.

23. A set-top box apparatus comprising:

an input interface configured to receive an input, at a set-top box, from a user; and

a processor configured to create one or more bookmarks, based on user input, for playback of the content.

24. An apparatus of claim 23, further comprising:

a presentation module configured to present the bookmarks created for selection by the user, wherein the content is played back based on the selected book mark.

25. An apparatus of claim 23, wherein the processor is further configured to delete previously created bookmarks in response to a user command.

26. An apparatus of claim 23, wherein the processor is further configured to create a plurality of user-defined folders for organizing the content, wherein one of the user-defined folders is passcode-protected by the user.