RESUME POINT FOR DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYBACK

• US 20110091187A1
• Filed: 10/18/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Truesight Communications LLC (Alpha Alpha Intellectual Partners LLC)
• Original Assignee: MOD Systems
• Inventors: Duffin, Todd E., Malsbary, Todd R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,942,549 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/343
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43078 for seamlessly watching content streams when changing device, e.g. when watching the same program sequentially on a TV and then on a tablet
• 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 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate

Abstract

A system (and method and computer readable medium) are disclosed for configuring a digital media device to resume playback of content stopped at a first digital media playback device to resume at a second digital media playback device. The configuration detects a stop in play of content stored on a digital media storage device and determines digital media playback preference selections for the content played on the first digital media playback device. The configuration generates a playback preference file and determines a stop location for content, the stop location corresponding to a resume point for the content on the second media playback device. The configuration writes the playback preference file and the stop location to the digital media storage device.

Claims

1. A method executable in a first digital media playback device for configuring a digital media storage device to resume playback of content stopped on the first digital media playback device on a second digital media playback device, the method comprising:

detecting a stop in play of content stored on a digital media storage device;

determining digital media playback preference selections for the content played on the first digital media playback device;

generating a playback preference file;

determining a stop location for content, the stop location corresponding to a resume point for the content on the second media playback device; and

writing the playback preference file and the stop location to the digital media storage device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital media storage device comprises a flash memory storage device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the flash memory storage device is a secured digital (SD) flash memory storage device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein generating the playback preference file further comprises one of:

creating a new playback preference file; and

updating a previously created playback preference file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital media storage device comprises one of solid state storage device and a hard disk drive.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing thereon instructions for configuring a digital media device to resume playback of content stopped at a first digital media playback device to resume at a second digital media playback device, the instructions when executed cause at least one processor to:

detect a stop in play of content stored on a digital media storage device;

determine digital media playback preference selections for the content played on the first digital media playback device;

generate a playback preference file;

determine a stop location for content, the stop location corresponding to a resume point for the content on the second media playback device; and

write the playback preference file and the stop location to the digital media storage device.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the digital media storage device comprises a flash memory storage device.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the flash memory storage device is a secured flash memory storage device.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions that cause the at least one processor to generate the playback preference file further comprises instructions that cause the at least one processor to at least one of:

create a new playback preference file; and

update a previously created playback preference file.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the digital media storage device comprises one of solid state storage device and a hard disk drive.

11. A method executable on a digital media playback device to resume playback of content from a point at which the content was stopped on a remote digital media playback device, the method comprising:

determining presence of a playback preferences file on the digital media storage device;

extracting, in response to the presence of the playback preferences file, the playback preferences from the playback preferences file;

setting, in response to extracting, playback preferences of the digital media playback device;

determining presence of a stop point of content on the digital media storage device; and

resuming, in response to the presence of the stop point, the content on the digital media storage beginning at the stop point.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the digital media storage device comprises a flash memory storage device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the playback preferences file and the stop point are within a playback file.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the digital media storage device comprises one of solid state storage device and a hard disk drive.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing thereon instructions for resuming playback of content from a point at which the content was stopped on a remote digital media playback device, the instructions when executed cause at least one processor to:

determine presence of a playback preferences file on the digital media storage device;

extract, in response to the presence of the playback preferences file, the playback preferences from the playback preferences file;

set, in response to extracting, playback preferences of the digital media playback device;

determine presence of a stop point of content on the digital media storage device; and

resume, in response to the presence of the stop point, the content on the digital media storage beginning at the stop point.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the digital media storage device comprises a flash memory storage device.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the playback preferences file and the stop point are within a playback file.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the digital media storage device comprises one of solid state storage device and a hard disk drive.