Portable Internet Media Viewer

• US 20120054814A1
• Filed: 08/30/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dan Mapes-Riordan, Rajiv Porayath
• Original Assignee: Dan Mapes-Riordan, Rajiv Porayath
• Inventors: Mapes-Riordan, Dan, Porayath, Rajiv
• Application Number:
  US13/221,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20120054814A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV

Abstract

A media viewer having a processor, a display responsive to instructions from the processor, and a plurality of channels provided on the display wherein at least one of the channels has one or more Internet media sites linked thereto.

Claims

1. A media viewer comprising:

a processor

a display responsive to instructions from the processor; and

,

a plurality of channels provided on the display wherein at least one of said channels has one or more Internet media sites linked thereto.

2. The media viewer of claim 1 wherein content from the one or more Internet media sites is cached or preloaded.

3. The media viewer of claim 2 wherein one of the channels comprising the one or more Internet media sites relates to weather.

4. The media viewer of claim 2 wherein one of the channels comprising the one or more Internet media sites relates to social media.

5. The media viewer of claim 4 wherein the social media includes at least one from the group comprising:

FLICKR, PICASA, FACEBOOK, and YOUTUBE.

6. The media viewer of claim 2 wherein one of the channels comprising the one or more Internet media sites relates to news.

7. The media viewer of claim 6 wherein headlines are provided from the Internet media sites related to news.

8. The media viewer of claim 6 wherein synopsizes are provided from the Internet media sites related to news.

9. The media viewer of claim 6 wherein full articles are provided from the Internet media sites related to news.

10. The media viewer of claim 2 wherein one of the channels comprising the one or more Internet media sites relates to television.

11. The media viewer of claim 10 wherein full television episodes are provided from the Internet media sites related to television.

12. The media view of claim 10 wherein short clips of television programs are provided from the Internet media sites related to television.

13. The media viewer of claim 2 wherein one of the channels comprising Internet media sites relates to radio.

14. The media viewer of claim 1 wherein one of the channels comprising Internet media sites related to email accounts.

15. The media viewer of claim 14 wherein the email accounts includes at least one from the group comprising:

GMAIL, YAHOO, COMCAST, and HOTMAIL.

16. The media viewer of claim 1 wherein one of the channels comprising Internet media sites relates to maps or traffic.

17. The media viewer of claim 1 wherein the link is updated.

18. An apparatus comprising:

a housing; and

,

the media viewer of claim 1.

19. A method comprising the steps of:

displaying a plurality of channels wherein at least one of said channels has one or more Internet media sites linked thereto; and

,

caching or preloading the content from the one or more Internet media sites.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of updating the link.