SOCIAL NETWORK-DRIVEN MEDIA PLAYER SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20100082727A1
• Filed: 12/04/2009
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Zalewski, Gary
• Application Number:
  US12/631,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20100082727A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied

Abstract

A media player enables users to playback content, including movies, television programs, and the like. The media player includes the ability to vary playback so as to insert, delete, reorder, or otherwise modify the presentation of the content. Such variation is defined by a playback control record. A social network-driven media system enables users to browse, search, and retrieve playback control records.

Claims

1. A method for use in a social network-driver media system, the method comprising:

receiving community-generated playback control records, each of the community-generated playback records usable to vary the playback of associated content;

receiving feedback relating to the community-generated playback control records;

transmitting information regarding the community-generated playback control records and information regarding the received feedback to a user; and

transmitting one or more of the community-generated playback control records to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received feedback includes user ratings of the community generated playback control records.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the user ratings is “

thumbs up”

or “

thumbs down.”

4. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the user ratings is a numeric value.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting one or more of the community-generated playback control records is performed in response to a user selection of the one or more of the communication-generated playback control records.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the playback control records include information to vary the playback of associated content.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the playback control records include information to vary the playback of associated content using one or more from the group consisting of:

deletion;

insertion;

reordering;

overlaying;

speed adjustment; and

presentation modification.

8. A method for use by a media player in a social network-driven media system, the method comprising:

displaying information regarding one or more playback controls available from a server, each of the one or more available playback controls associated with content;

retrieving a playback control record from the server; and

varying the playback of the content using the retrieved playback control record.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein displaying information regarding one or more playback controls available from a server includes displaying community ratings of the one more playback controls.

10. A social network-driven network media player, comprising:

a network interface;

an output port; and

a processor configured to retrieve a playback control record from a social network system using the network interface, to generate output content using content that is associated with the retrieved playback control record, and to output the generated output content to the output port.

11. The media player of claim 10, further comprising an input port, wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve the content that is associated with the retrieved playback control record.

12. The media player of claim 11, wherein the input port is a removable media drive.

13. The media player of claim 12, wherein the removable media drive is a Blu-ray drive.

14. The media player of claim 10, wherein the output port includes a video output.

15. The media player of claim 10, wherein the output port includes an audio output.