Application Tune Manifests and Tune State Recovery

• US 20100223627A1
• Filed: 03/02/2009
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Pettit, Bradley R., Surpatanu, Nicolae, Hao, Junmin, Sharma, Sean K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,069,585 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44542 Retargetable
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• 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 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

In accordance with one or more aspects, a request to run an application is received. The application has an associated tune manifest that identifies one or more resources that the application may use. The tune manifest is compared to a device resource record, and a check is made, based at least in part on the comparing, whether the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest can be satisfied by the device. If the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest can be satisfied by the device, then the application is run; otherwise, a notification of a conflict between the application and the device is presented. Additionally, when the application exits, a device tune state that identifies a content source to which the device was tuned prior to running the application can be retrieved and the device restored to this device tune state.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a device, the method comprising:

receiving a request to run an application, the application having an associated tune manifest identifying one or more resources that the application may use;

comparing the tune manifest to a device resource record;

checking, based at least in part on the comparing, whether the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest can be satisfied by the device; and

running the application if the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest can be satisfied by the device, otherwise presenting a notification of a conflict between the application and the device.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising obtaining, in response to the request, the application from a remote service, and wherein the application includes the associated tune manifest.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the checking is further based at least in part on resources that may be used by an additional application that is running on the device.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the device resource record identifies one or more hardware resources of the device.

5. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the one or more hardware resources of the device comprises both an amount of memory of the device and a bandwidth capacity of a network to which the device is coupled.

6. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the device resource record further identifies resources that may be used by an additional application that is running on the device.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to run an additional application;

checking whether an additional tune manifest is associated with the additional application; and

for the additional application, performing the comparing, checking, and running only if the additional tune manifest is associated with the additional application.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, in response to the notification, a request to cancel running of the application; and

canceling running of the application in response to the request to cancel running of the application.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising altering one or more settings of the device based on the tune manifest.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising changing a configuration setting of the device to free resources that were reserved for tuning to a higher resolution content stream.

11. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

identifying when the application is exited;

retrieving, in response to the application being exited, a device tune state that identifies a content source to which the device was tuned prior to running the application; and

restoring the device to the device tune state including tuning the device to the content source.

12. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein the device tune state further identifies a location in content being received from the content source at which playback of the content is to be resumed.

13. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein the device tune state further identifies a channel of the content source to which the device was tuned prior to running the application.

14. A method implemented in a device, the method comprising:

identifying when an application that has been running on the device is exited;

retrieving, in response to the application being exited, a device tune state that identifies a content source to which the device was tuned prior to running the application; and

restoring the device to the device tune state including tuning the device to the content source.

15. A method as recited in claim 14, further comprising, prior to the identifying, retrieving, and restoring:

receiving a request to run the application;

identifying the device tune state including the content source to which the device is tuned;

saving the device tune state; and

running the application.

16. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the content source comprises a recording stored on a storage component of the device.

17. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the content source comprises a television broadcast source.

18. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the device tune state further identifies a location in content being received from the content source at which playback of the content is to be resumed.

19. A method as recited in claim 18, wherein the location comprises a location of the content being played back when a request to run the application is received.

20. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:

receive a request to run an application, the application having an associated tune manifest identifying one or more resources that the application may use;

save a device tune state including a content source to which the device is tuned;

compare the tune manifest to a device resource record;

check, based at least in part on the comparison, whether the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest can be satisfied by the device;

if the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest can be satisfied by the device, then;

run the application;

identify when the application is exited;

retrieve, in response to the application being exited, the device tune state; and

restore the device to the device tune state including tuning the device to the content source; and

if the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest cannot be satisfied by the device, then display a notification of a conflict between the application and the device.