System and method for arranging and playing a media presentation

• US 8,166,422 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2003
• Issued: 04/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Rao, Sumita
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): WIENER, ERIC A
• Application Number:
  US10/719,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20050114800A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,077 Days
• Field of Search: 715/867, 715/844, 715/744, 455/66.1, 711/171
• US Class Current: 715/867
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44012 involving rendering scenes according to scene graphs, e.g. MPEG-4 scene graphs

Abstract

The system enables a user to select and order media objects, such as sound files, image files, animations, and text into a media presentation. The media presentation is then associated with a trigger or other interrupt event. Upon an occurrence of the event, the system plays the media presentation on system output devices. In one example of the system, the selected media files, ordering information, and other properties are assembled into a media package. The media package may be published to a remote device so that a remote device may play the media presentation.

Claims

1. A method for arranging and playing a media package on a wireless communication device, comprising:

providing a plurality of media objects for selection by a user, the plurality of media objects comprising at least one of image files, sound files, animation files, speech files, midi files, transitions, and links;

receiving configuration instructions from a user, the configuration instructions comprising selecting and ordering a subset of media objects of the plurality of media objects, and specifying specific properties for at least one media object of the selected subset of media objects;

receiving a user input indicating a user-selected trigger event;

associating the user-selected trigger event with the selected subset of media objects;

forming a series of sequential segments, comprising;

a) dividing a large media object into smaller sequential segments or combining small media objects into a single segment, wherein the dividing and combining is carried out such that each segment is sized to effectively be loaded entirely into available random access memory RAM, based on a segment maximum size derived from a specific status of the wireless communication device,

b) wherein, when forming the series of sequential segments, a segment identification and at least one action instruction is included into each sequential segment, wherein each action instruction indicates which sequential segment has to be loaded and played next when playing the series of sequential segments,

c) repeating steps a) and b) for each media object until the series of sequential segments is formed,

grouping the plurality of sequential segments to form a media package responsive to the configuration instructions from a user;

monitoring for the user-selected trigger event;

detecting the user-selected trigger event;

responsive to detecting the user-selected trigger event, playing the media presentation on at least one interface of a plurality of user interfaces of the wireless communication device, wherein the media presentation comprises the media package.

2. The method according to claim 1, further including the steps of:

publishing the media package to a remote device;

associating, on the remote device, the media package with a trigger event;

monitoring for the trigger event on the remote device;

detecting the trigger event on the remote device; and

playing the media package on the remote device, responsive to the trigger event.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the media package is published to the remote device through a network connection.

4. The method according to claim 2 wherein the media package is published to the remote device through a wireless connection.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the media presentation is played by loading and playing each of the series of sequential segments in sequential order.

6. The method according to claim 1 where at least one of the plurality of media objects is a sound file and at least another one of the plurality of media objects is an image file.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the media package is a screensaver for a display device of the wireless communication device, and the media package is played responsive to a timed trigger event associated with a screensaver function.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user-selected trigger event is generated by a position location receiver.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user-selected trigger event is generated by a timer.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user-selected trigger event is generated by a call processor.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user-selected trigger event is generated according to a content of a caller identification information.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the media package is a referenced media package which includes file location links to access data for the plurality of media objects.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the media package is a linked media package wherein the plurality of media objects comprises the series of sequential segments which directs a media engine to load each next sequential segment.

14. A wireless communication device for arranging and playing a media package, comprising:

a memory storing a plurality of media objects for selection by a user, the plurality of media objects comprising at least one of image files, sound files, animation files, speech files, midi files, transitions, and links;

an output device; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the output device, wherein the processor is configured to,

receive configuration instructions from a user, the configuration instructions comprising selecting and ordering a subset of media objects of the plurality of media objects, and specifying specific properties for at least one media object of the selected subset of media objects;

receive a user input indicating a user-selected trigger event;

associate the user-selected trigger event with the selected subset of media objects;

form a series of sequential segments, wherein forming the series of sequential segments comprises,

a) dividing a large media object into smaller sequential segments or combining small media objects into a single segment, wherein the dividing and combining is carried out such that each segment is sized to effectively be loaded entirely into available random access memory (RAM), based on a segment maximum size derived from a specific status of the wireless communication device,

b) wherein, when forming the series of sequential segments, a segment identification and at least one action instruction is included into each sequential segment, wherein each action instruction indicates which sequential segment has to be loaded and played next when playing the series of sequential segments,

c) repeating steps a) and b) for each media object until the series of sequential segments is formed,

group the plurality of sequential segments to form a media package responsive to the configuration instructions from a user;

monitor for the user-selected trigger event;

detect the user-selected trigger event;

responsive to detecting the user-selected trigger event, play the media presentation on the output device of the wireless communication device, wherein the media presentation comprises the media package.

15. The device according to claim 14, further including the steps of:

publishing the media package to a remote device;

associating, on the remote device, the media package with a trigger event;

monitoring for the trigger event on the remote device;

detecting the trigger event on the remote device; and

playing the media package on the remote device, responsive to the trigger event.

16. The device according to claim 15, wherein the media package is published to the remote device through a network connection.

17. The device according to claim 15 wherein the media package is published to the remote device through a wireless connection.

18. The device according to claim 14, wherein the media presentation is played by loading and playing each of the series of sequential segments in sequential order.

19. The device according to claim 14 where at least one of the plurality of media objects is a sound file and at least another one of the plurality of media objects is an image file.

20. The device according to claim 14, wherein the media package is a screensaver for a display device of the wireless communication device, and the media package is played responsive to a timed trigger event associated with a screensaver function.