Media player system

• US 7,475,155 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2006
• Issued: 01/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Bohm, Melissa A, Hiemstra, Martina, Chikkareddy, Umachandra, Hansen, James S, Stern, Denise
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar; Saleh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hamza; Faruk
• Application Number:
  US11/335,089
• Publication Number:
  US 20060136572A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,084 Days
• Field of Search: 709/200, 709/203, 709217-219, 709/231, 709/223, 707/3, 707/4
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99934 Query formulation, input preparation, or translation

Abstract

A method, system, and computer readable medium are provided for the media player system. The present invention provides for associating content with media and integrating the content associated with media into a pane displayed by a media player. The media player system includes a shuttle component to obtain provider data, a first database component to store content and associated media metadata, a user interface to manage the first database user interface, an input component to insert provider data into the first database, and an output component to generate pane and search files. The media player system includes a user interface to display a pane for the media with associated content. The pane includes a media display component to display streamed media and a content display component to display content associated with the streamed media.

Claims

1. A computer system for displaying a pane including content associated with media being streamed to a user, the computer system comprising:

(a) a media component operable to obtain and display streaming media; and

(b) a content component operable to obtain and display content data associated with said streaming media by;

(1) obtaining content associated with streaming media by;

(i) determining if a provider server contains content associated with streaming media;

(ii) retrieving the content associated with streaming media from the provider server;

(iii) parsing and validating the retrieved content associated with streaming media to ensure compliance with an input schema, the input schema comprising a job control information element for job control information and an items information element for items information, the job control information element including a job type, the items information element including information for each content item retrieved from the provider server; and

(iv) storing the parsed and validated content associated with streaming media in a content database;

(2) generating search files for the content stored in the content database and associated with streaming media by;

(i) generating content files in accordance with a schema, the schema comprising a job control information element for job control information and an items information element for items information, the job control information element including a job type, the items information element including information for each content item retrieved from the provider server;

(ii) creating a directory structure to hold the generated content files;

(iii) adding the generated content files to the directory structure;

(iv) generating search files in accordance with another schema, the another schema comprising a control information element for job control information and a site information element for sites information; and

(v) adding the generated search files to the directory structure;

(3) storing the search files in a search database;

(4) in response to user input, searching the search database for content associated with the streaming media being displayed; and

(5) displaying the content resulting from the search while simultaneously displaying the streaming media.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said streaming media is downloaded from the Internet.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said content component includes a client Internet browser.

4. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said content associated with said streaming media includes content provider information.

5. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said content associated with said streaming media includes a link to a content provider resource.

6. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said content associated with said streaming media includes teaser text for related content and a link to the related content.

7. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said content associated with said streaming media includes an image related to said content.

8. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said content associated with said streaming media includes a link to expanded content.

9. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said content associated with said streaming media includes a link to a property resource.