Media player configured to receive playback filters from alternative storage mediums
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A method for loading filter information to a media player comprising:
- analyzing a status of a first memory reader adapted to communicate with a removable non-transitory storage medium including audio and visual data associated with a multimedia presentation;
establishing communication with a second non-transitory storage medium;
automatically determining whether the second non-transitory storage medium includes filtering information for the multimedia presentation, the filter information including at least one identification of a start time and end time associated with a portion of the multimedia presentation, the filtering information further including at least one filtering action for the portion of the multimedia presentation; and
providing for presentation of the multimedia presentation pursuant to the filtering information.
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Abstract
A media player configured with a first removable memory reader, such as a DVD drive, and a second removable memory reader, such as a flash memory reader, adapted to communicate with a removable memory containing filter data. The media player is configured to allow filtered playback of a multimedia presentation, such as a movie. Filtered playback causes certain portions of the multimedia presentation to be skipped, muted, blurred, cropped, or otherwise modified to eliminate or reduce potentially objectionable scenes, language, or other content. The second memory reader provides a convenient medium for the loading of filter information, whether data files, executable program code, or the like, to local memory of the media player to employ during filtered playback. Alternatively, the filters may be accessed from the removable storage media during playback rather than loading to local memory.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for loading filter information to a media player comprising:
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analyzing a status of a first memory reader adapted to communicate with a removable non-transitory storage medium including audio and visual data associated with a multimedia presentation; establishing communication with a second non-transitory storage medium; automatically determining whether the second non-transitory storage medium includes filtering information for the multimedia presentation, the filter information including at least one identification of a start time and end time associated with a portion of the multimedia presentation, the filtering information further including at least one filtering action for the portion of the multimedia presentation; and providing for presentation of the multimedia presentation pursuant to the filtering information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A media player comprising:
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a processing configuration in communication with a first memory reader configured to receive and read information front a first non-transitory storage medium including audio and visual data associated with a multimedia presentation; the processing configuration in communication with at least one second memory reader configured to read filter information from a second non-transitory storage medium, the filter information including at least one identification of a start time and end time associated with a portion of the multimedia presentation, the filtering information further including at least one filtering action for the portion of the multimedia presentation; the processing configuration further configured to automatically detect whether the filter information on the second non-transitory storage medium is for the multimedia presentation; and the processing configuration to provide for presentation of the multimedia presentation pursuant to the filtering information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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