Using local codecs

• US 7,603,113 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2005
• Issued: 10/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Balakrishnan, Govind, Thilgen, Chris, Davis, Angus, Borcic, Rob
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; John J
• Application Number:
  US11/323,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20070155309A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,382 Days
• Field of Search: 455/419, 455/420, 455/418, 4554141- 4, 455/3.01, 455/70, 455/412.1, 455/454, 455/550.1, 455/566, 455/517, 455/67.11, 455/3.06, 455/515, 455/511, 725/56, 725/39, 725/75, 370/230, 370/252, 370/352
• US Class Current: 455/414.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8193 dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes evaluating local codecs of a cellular telephone. The method further includes playing a content file with a media player on the cellular telephone. The method also includes accessing encoded media referred to by the content file in a format determined based on local codecs of the cellular telephone.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

evaluating one or more local codecs of a cellular telephone;

playing a content file;

accessing an encoded media referred to by the content file wherein the encoded media is encoded in a predetermined format;

determining that a codec for the predetermined format is not available in the local codecs of the cellular telephone; and

signaling an error responsive to determining that the codec is not available.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the encoded media is one of a movie, a still picture or a sound.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

downloading the encoded media from a remote storage device.

4. A non-volatile storage on which electronic instructions are stored, the electronic instructions operable to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

evaluating one or more local codecs of a cellular telephone;

playing a content file;

accessing an encoded media referred to by the content file wherein the encoded media is encoded in a predetermined format;

determining that a codec for the predetermined format is not available in the local codecs of the cellular telephone; and

signaling an error responsive to determining that the codec is not available.

5. The non-volatile storage of claim 4, wherein the encoded media is one of a movie, a still picture, or a sound.

6. The non-volatile storage of claim 4, the operations further comprising downloading the encoded media from a remote storage device.

7. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-volatile storage on which electronic instructions are stored, the electronic instructions operable to cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

evaluating one or more local codecs of a cellular telephone;

playing a content file;

accessing an encoded media referred to by the content file wherein the encoded media is encoded in a predetermined format;

determining that a codec for the predetermined format is not available in the local codecs of the cellular telephone; and

signaling an error responsive to determining that the codec is not available.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the encoded media is one of a movie, a still picture, or a sound.

9. The system of claim 7, the operations further comprising downloading the encoded media from a remote storage device.