Media player system

• US 7,506,019 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2006
• Issued: 03/17/2009
• 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:
  US11/335,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20060136577A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 709/200, 709/203, 709217-219, 709/231, 707/100, 707/3
• US Class Current: 709/200
• 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-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions when the computer-executable instructions that, when executed on a computer processor, use a data structure implemented using extensible markup language (XML) stored thereon to associate content with media and to integrate the content associated with media into a media player, the data structure including data obtained from a drop server, by inserting data including content associated with media into a database and by generating content files for use by a media player to display said media with said associated content, wherein said computer executable instructions use elements of the data structure that include:

control data elements indicative of job control information, said control data elements including drop information, provider identification information, version information, and job type information;

item data elements that are indicative of information about an item of content associated with media, said item data elements including an identifier of a property with which said item of content is associated, information about content availability dates, information about content text, information about content links, information about displaying said item of content with the associated media, and information used in searching for said item of content associated with said media; and

media data elements that are indicative of media metadata and associated with said item of content, said media data elements including media availability dates, the length of time to play the media, a media caption, media files information, and topics with which the media is associated.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said media data element also includes media files information including media type information, media download information, media bandwidth information, and media file name information.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said information about displaying the content with the associated media includes pane body information including image background information, a title, a description, information about links, and provider information.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said search information includes a title, a short description, a collection of keywords associated with said content item, and information about an associated media image.