Network-extensible reconfigurable media appliance

• US 7,599,963 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2005
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dennis Fernandez
• Inventors: Fernandez, Dennis S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin; Jean B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MYINT, DENNIS Y
• Application Number:
  US11/203,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20080163287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,517 Days
• Field of Search: 463/42, 375/240.12, 348/722, 348/155, 348/156, 358/52, 707/1, 707/104.1, 707/3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/74 Browsing; Visualisation therefor end-user interfaces for requesting or interacting with video content, e.g. video on demand interfaces or electronic program guides, H04N21/472
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64784 Data processing by the network data processing in packet switching systems H04L12/56; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; intermediate storage or scheduling H04L49/90; provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/617 Upgrading or updating of programs or applications for camera control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/262 Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2621 Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects during image pickup, e.g. digital cameras, camcorders, video cameras having integrated special effects capability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

Extensible reconfigurable media appliance for security and entertainment captures images digitally for storage. Digital effects and filters are applied to incoming video stream on-the-fly or to video data stored in memory. Digital effects and filters are dynamically stored, modified, updated or deleted, providing extensible reconfigurable effects studio. Digital media appliance communicates wirelessly with other media appliances, computers, security systems, video storage, email, chat, cellular services or PDAs to provide seamless integration of captured video stream.

Claims

1. Network-extensible non-linear digital television programming reconfigurable media appliance with storage medium for digitally storing non-linear digital television media program comprising one or more branching points in such program for cellular telephone having non-linear digital television multi-media stream processing applications comprising:

a cell processor comprising a first cell processing unit and a second cell processing unit, such first and second cell processing units enabled to process one or more non-linear digital television programming media streams in serial or parallel using synchronized meta data tags to provide extensible reconfigurable effects studio for cellular telephone or digital television application that produces seamlessly synchronized integration of such processed multiple media streams comprising non-linear digital television programming; and

a memory for storing such multi cell processing unit processed multiple media streams, said memory comprising a first media portion partitioned in a kernel space in a storage medium;

and a second media portion partitioned in a user space in the storage medium;

a non-linear digital television program being produced electronically via a renderer for audio or video presentation using the first and second portions according to a non-linear digital television programming template or storyboard, such that the digital television program presentation branches or flows from the first portion to the second portion according to the non-linear digital television programming template or storyboard, such non-linear digital television programming branching or flowing enabling a group of network-extensible media appliances comprising one or more cellular telephone or digital television to collaborate to reconstruct a covered event effectively by synchronizing such branching or flowing audio or video presentations that are collected wirelessly from distributed media appliances, such that the group of one or more cellular telephone or digital television media appliances collaborate or synchronize to provide wirelessly network-extensible non-linear digital television programming;

the network-extensible reconfigurable media appliance comprising a cellular telephone configured programmably to render non-linear digital television programming using the cell processor and the memory to perform programmable protocol translation, packet processing or format conversion of such rendered non-linear digital television programming.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the memory further comprising:

a third media portion partitioned in a trusted space in the storage medium, such that the program presentation branches or flows from the first or second portion to the third portion according to the non-linear digital television programming template or storyboard.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the memory further comprising:

a third memory element comprising a third portion, such that the program presentation branches or flows from the pre- or post-produced portion to the third portion according to the non-deterministic digital television programming template or storyboard.

3. Network-extensible non-deterministic digital television programming reconfigurable media appliance system with on-appliance memory for accessing non-deterministic digital television media programming for cellular telephone having non-deterministic digital television multi-media stream processing comprising:

a cell processor comprising a first cell processing unit and a second cell processing unit, such first and second cell processing units enabled to process one or more non-deterministic digital television programming media streams in serial or parallel using synchronized meta data tags to provide extensible reconfigurable effects studio for cellular telephone or digital television application that produces seamlessly synchronized integration of such processed multiple media streams comprising non-deterministic digital television programming; and

a memory for storing such multi-cell processing unit processed multiple media streams, said memory comprising a first memory element comprising a pre-produced portion; and

a second memory element comprising a post-produced portion;

such that a news, sports, movie, game, family or political audio or video digital television program is presented electronically using the pre- and post-produced portions according to a non-deterministic digital television programming template or storyboard, such that the digital television program presentation branches or flows from the first portion to the second portion according to the non-deterministic digital television programming template or storyboard, such non-deterministic digital television programming branching or flowing enabling a group of network-extensible media appliances comprising one or more cellular telephone or digital television to collaborate to reconstruct a covered event effectively by synchronizing such branching or flowing program presentations that are collected wirelessly from distributed media appliances, such that the group of one or more cellular telephone or digital television media appliances collaborate or synchronize to provide wirelessly network-extensible non-deterministic digital television programming;

the network-extensible reconfigurable media appliance comprising a cellular telephone configured programmably to render digital television programming using the cell processor and the memory to perform programmable protocol translation, packet processing or format conversion of such rendered non-deterministic digital television programming.