SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REALTIME CREATION AND MODIFICATION OF A DYNAMIC MEDIA PLAYER AND DISABLED USER COMPLIANT VIDEO PLAYER

• US 20140245277A1
• Filed: 10/11/2013
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PRJ Holding Company LLC
• Original Assignee: Piksel Americas, Inc.
• Inventors: Schnable, Keith David, Persing, David, Gubin, Maxim, Geller, Leonid, Anderson, David Martin, Petro, Michael Anthony, Chamberland, Joseph Jacques-Andr
• Granted Patent: US 9,152,392 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/41 Compilation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8193 dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80

Abstract

Methods and systems for a disabled user compliant video player for an end-to-end streaming web video solution affording accessibility for disabled users, including blind users and those with partial or poor vision, colorblind users, deaf users and those limited to only keyboard/voice input. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to systems and methods for real-time creation and modification of specialized media players, to be used as stand-alone applications or as embedded data display applications.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A data processing system configured to dynamically modify a custom media player, the system comprising:

one or more computer processors configured to perform dynamic modification of a custom designed media player using a player designer system including;

an asset manager configured to allow a user to associate player parameter assets with player block components defined in the custom designed player, such that the player parameter assets are configured to control behavior of the player block components;

a player parameter cache storing the player parameter assets, the player parameter cache configured to facilitate dynamic modification of the custom designed media player by the user; and

a compiler, in communication with the asset manager, configured to modify the custom designed media player such that the player block components are configured to communicate indirectly with each other in response to detecting changes to the player parameter assets.

3. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the player block components are configured to communicate indirectly with each other as class objects in response to detecting changes to the player parameter assets, said indirect communication configuration being arranged to facilitate dynamic modification of the custom designed media player.

4. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein player parameter assets are stored in the parameter cache in response to initialization of the custom designed media player.

5. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the player block component are configured as script assets including interactive command buttons, slide bars, dials, and checkboxes.

6. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the player parameter assets further include color configurations, aspect ratios configurations, media window block configurations, video configurations, and sound configurations.

7. A data processing system as in claim 6 wherein the window block configurations are respective parameters associated with a player window block and player controls block, which include:

component sizing parameters, background colors parameters, component fill color parameters, and component opacity parameters.

8. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the asset manager creates a player parameter cache of player parameter assets associated with a player file to facilitate dynamic modification of the custom designed media player.

9. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the custom designed media player is configured by the player designer to play back select video files and audio files on both a stand-along computing device and computing devices connected to the Internet.

10. The data processing system as in claim 9 wherein the player designer system is configured to select one or more desired video files and audio files, which are capable of being processed and played back by the custom designed media player, such that other non-selected video files and audio files of a similar file type are restricted from being played back by the custom designed media player without further modification and configuration of the custom designed media player by the player designer system.

11. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the custom designed media player has previously been created and initialized, such that the player designer is configured to perform subsequent dynamic modification of the custom designed media player.

12. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the custom designed media player is configured with one or more engines operating using both host processing and client side processing, such that at least a portion of the custom designed media player is operating using host processing in a cloud configuration.

13. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein a user logs into the player designer system using a user name and password associated with an approved customer account to enable dynamic modification of the custom designed media player.

14. The data processing system as in claim 13 wherein in response to user authentication, the player designer system enables the user to select a players feature providing a listing of existing custom media players associated with player templates in a cloud provided by host processing;

and

where each player listed can be redesigned, removed, previewed and exported as a custom designed media player.

15. The data processing system as in claim 14 wherein the template player listing provides a user with the ability to select a create a custom designed template media player with preconfigured assets and or attributes that meet a user'"'"'s design preferences.

16. The data processing system as in claim 15 wherein the selection of a template player invokes the designer system, such that a preconfigured template player can be dynamically modified with various design tools in a dynamic configuration design mode.

17. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein a new media player is created from scratch by invoking the designer application synchronously with a player build application.

18. The data processing system as in claim 17 wherein certain selected player block components are associated with the new player using the asset manager;

the asset manager configured to link a player identification to the certain selected block component for later retrieval by the complier.

19. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the asset manager is further configured to link a player identification file to the player block components for retrieval by the complier to facilitate dynamic modification of the custom designed media player.

20. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the player parameter assets are configured as static assets and the player block components are configured as interactive active player assets.

21. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the custom designed media player is a markup language file compiled by the complier into an executable media player application.

22. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the custom designed media player is an embedded media player.

23. The data processing system as in claim 2 wherein the custom designed media player includes multiple instances such that the player designer system enables multiple versions of the custom designed media player, each respective version being identified using a version number.

24. The data processing system as in claim 23 wherein the respective version number is not displayed in the URI, but rather watermarked as an markup language comment inside the custom designed media player.

25. The data processing system as in claim 2 further including the designer player system enabling dynamic configuration of the custom designed media player as disabled user compliant, such that the custom designed media player is specifically configured to enable disabled end-users to access and consume video content without use of Assisted Technologies (AT).

26. The data processing system as in claim 25 wherein the disabled user compliant custom designed media player is compatible with FLV and DFXP video content.

27. The data processing system as in claim 25 wherein the player designer system is configured to provide an end-to-end solution for a disabled user by configuring an accessibility link on a home page associated with the disabled user, the accessibility link linking to an online representation of video content in the disabled user'"'"'s video library, providing an Access Map.

28. The data processing system as in claim 27 wherein the Access Map is dynamically generated from a data feed of the client system'"'"'s video library contents associated with the custom designed video player;

and the Access Map further being dynamically generated with links to a disabled user compliant RSS feeds page, a disabled user compliant accessibility help page, and the disabled user compliant custom designed media player.

29. The data processing system as in claim 27 wherein the disabled user compliant custom designed media player is automatically configured with the Access Map, which includes alt-text for each respective image in the client system'"'"'s video library contents.

30. The data processing system as in claim 25 wherein the disabled user compliant custom designed media player is configured to ensure that each non-text elements has a text equivalent to enable screen-reading technology for blind users to determine what is on the screen.

31. The data processing system as in claim 25 wherein the disabled user compliant custom designed media player is configured to ensure that any blinking text, objects, or other elements having a include any flashing or blinking elements in content, being played back by the disabled user compliant custom designed media player, have a flash or blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.

32. The data processing system as in claim 25 wherein the disabled user compliant custom designed media player is configured with Assistive Technology, such that electronic browser based input forms being processed by the disabled user compliant custom designed media player are configured with full keyboard access to enable disabled user compliant data input.

33. The data processing system as in claim 25 wherein the disabled user compliant custom designed media player is configured to preempt an attempt from another system to override any disabled access configurations provided by the disabled user compliant custom designed media player.

34. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory executable medium, the computer program product having computer readable instruction configured to dynamically modify a custom media player by:

enabling a user to associate player parameter assets with player block components defined in the custom designed player, such that the player parameter assets are configured to control behavior of the player block components;

creating a player parameter cache storing the player parameter assets, the player parameter cache configured to facilitate dynamic modification of the custom designed media player by the user;

modifying the custom designed media player such that the player block components are configured to communicate indirectly with each other in response to detecting changes to the player parameter assets; and

configuring the modified custom designed media player as disabled user compliant such that the disabled user compliant custom designed media player prevents another system from overriding any disabled access configurations provided by the disabled user compliant custom designed media player.

35. A method of dynamically modifying a custom media player, the method comprising:

associating player parameter assets with player block components defined in the custom designed player, such that the player parameter assets are configured to control behavior of the player block components;

storing the player parameter assets in a temporary storage location configured to facilitate dynamic modification of the custom designed media player by the user;

modifying the custom designed media player such that the player block components are configured to communicate indirectly with each other in response to detecting changes to the player parameter assets; and

configuring the modified custom designed media player as disabled user compliant such that the disabled user compliant custom designed media player prevents another system from overriding any disabled access configurations provided by the disabled user compliant custom designed media player.