Portable user interface for presentation of information associated with audio/video data

• US 7,234,113 B1
• Filed: 06/29/1999
• Issued: 06/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Matz, David J., Vellalapalayam, Manoharan S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Cao (Kevin)
• Application Number:
  US09/342,765
• Time in Patent Office: 2,912 Days
• Field of Search: 345/719, 345/716, 715/763, 715/765, 715/853, 715/854, 715/513, 715/738, 715/737, 715/740, 709/218, 709/219
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method and apparatus is provided for displaying information (e.g., statistical information, status information, video images, etc.) associated with audio/video data in a user interface created in a browser window. A browser may download a markup language file associated with a script, the script being executable to create the user interface in the browser. The user interface includes display components to display the information associated with the audio/video data. The user interface also includes control components to control a source containing the audio/video data, which may include a compact disc (CD) drive, a digital video disc (DVD) drive, or other media.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a computer to provide a browser adapted to establish a browser instance, the browser instance to display a presentation of multimedia data provided by a source external to the computer and the browser instance having a user interface; and

a markup language file associated with a script handler and loadable by the browser instance, the script handler executable to process multimedia data received from the source for presentation to the user interface and control playback of the multimedia data by the source based on user interaction with the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the markup language file includes a Hypertext Markup Language file.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the source includes a compact disc drive.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the source includes a digital video disc drive.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a control module adapted to provide an interface to the source.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the control module includes an ActiveX component.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the browser is capable of interfacing with an ActiveX component.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes one or more user interface control components, and wherein the script handler is triggered in response to activation of a user interface control component.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes one or more user interface display components to display information associated with the multimedia data.

10. A system comprising:

a computer to provide a browser adapted to establish a browser instance having a user interface to display a presentation of the audio/video data provided by a source external to the computer; and

a file associated with predetermined instructions, the file loadable by the browser instance and the instructions executable to display information associated with the audio/video data in the source and control playback of the multimedia data by the source based on user interaction with the user interface.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the displayed information includes a status of the source.

12. A method comprising:

loading a markup language file associated with a script handler;

invoking the script handler on a computer system to create a user interface in a browser instance;

displaying the information associated with multimedia data with the user interface in the browser instance, the multimedia data being provided by a source external to the computer system;

displaying a presentation of the multimedia data in the browser instance; and

controlling playback of the multimedia data by the source based on user interaction with the user interface.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising accessing the multimedia data stored in a storage source through a control module.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the control module includes an ActiveX component.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the user interface includes one or more control components, the method further comprising receiving activation of a user interface control component to control a source containing the multimedia data.

16. A method, comprising:

in a computer system, providing a browser instance;

loading a file into the browser instance;

creating a user interface in the browser instance based on instructions associated with the file;

receiving multimedia data from a source external to the computer system;

displaying information associated with the multimedia data in the instance;

displaying a presentation of the multimedia data in the instance; and

controlling the source to control playback of the multimedia data by the source based on user interaction with the user interface.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the file includes a Hypertext Markup Language file.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising accessing the multimedia using a control module.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the control module includes an ActiveX component.

20. An article including one or more machine accessible storage media storing instructions for presenting audio/video data, the instructions when executed causing a system to:

generate a user interface in a browser instance, wherein the user interface is created by a scripted markup language file;

receive multimedia data from a source external to the system;

display information associated with the multimedia data in the interface;

present the multimedia data in the browser instance; and

control the source to control playback of the multimedia data based on user interaction with the user interface.

21. The article of claim 20, wherein the file includes a Hypertext Markup Language file.

22. The article of claim 20, the storage media storing instructions to cause the system to access the multimedia data using a control module.

23. The article of claim 22, wherein the control module includes an ActiveX component.