Method and apparatus for managing digital media content

• US 8,612,888 B2
• Filed: 11/03/2009
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LiTL LLC (TRI Ventures, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: LiTL LLC (TRI Ventures, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pennington, Robert Sanford Havoc, Guyot, Noah Bruce, Kuo, Daniel, Hayes, Jenea Boshart, Tang, Aaron, Fore, David Livingstone, Chuang, John, Bambacus, Chris, Eliason, Eben, Moody, Chris, Behar, Yves, Morenstein, Joshua, Hibmacronan, Christopher, Edahiro, Naoya, Day, Matthew David
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, TING ZHOU
• Application Number:
  US12/611,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20100174993A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,505 Days
• Field of Search: 715/810, 715/764, 345/156, 361/679.02
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/162 changing, e.g. reversing, the face orientation of the screen with a two degrees of freedom mechanism, e.g. for folding into tablet PC like position or orienting towards the direction opposite to the user to show to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0338 with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars

Abstract

A streamlined computer device can include Functionally provided to a user tailored to the type of content displayed, accessed and/or managed and can include a plurality selectable I/O profiles. According to some embodiments, the methods may include displaying a GUI on a device, wherein the GUI comprises at least a plurality of views of digital media content, providing for transition between the plurality of views in response to selection of an I/O profile and in response to activation of a view selector component by a user, executing an association with the at least one of the plurality of visual representations with digital media content in response to selection, transitioning a display on the computing device to a view of the digital media content, and providing for display of user digital media content and referenced digital media content in the view of the digital media content.

Claims

1. A method for accessing and managing digital media libraries on a streamlined computing device with a plurality of selectable I/O profiles, the method comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface on the computing device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises at least a plurality of views of digital media content;

providing for transition between the plurality of views in response to selection of an I/O profile;

providing for transition between the plurality of views in response to activation of a view selector component configured to permit a user to select one of the plurality of views, wherein providing for the transition between the plurality of views in response to selection of the I/O profile includes;

permitting the user to rotate a display component of the computing device about a longitudinal axis running along an interface between the display component and a base of the streamlined computing device;

wherein rotating the display component about the longitudinal axis from a closed mode to a first physical orientation configures the computing device into a laptop mode having a first physical configuration of the display component and the base, with one of the plurality of views as a default display; and

wherein rotating the display component about the longitudinal axis from the closed mode to a second physical orientation configures the computing device into another display mode having a second physical configuration of the display component and the base, with another one of the plurality of views as the default display;

associating at least one of a plurality of visual representations with digital media content;

executing the association with the at least one of the plurality of visual representations with digital media content in response to selection;

transitioning a display on the computing device to a view of the digital media content in response to the act of executing the association; and

providing for display of user digital media content and referenced digital media content in the view of the digital media content.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising an act of displaying in the view user digital media content and referenced digital media content in response to the act of executing the association with the at least one of the plurality of visual representations.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the act of displaying in the view user digital media content and referenced digital media content includes an act of accessing a reference to remote digital content not controlled by the user in order to display referenced digital content.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising an act of associating the at least one of the plurality of visual representations with a remote service provider.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising an act storing the association between the at least one visual representation with the remote service provider in at least one of a device profile and a user profile.

6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising acts of:

configuring access to a remote service; and

integrating operations provided by the remote service provider into the view of the digital media content.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the view comprises at least one of an album view and a timeline view.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising an act of displaying digital media content in a body portion of the view.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising an act of displaying a toggle element in a header portion of the view, wherein the toggle element transitions the computing device display between the album view and the timeline view upon selection by a user.

10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising acts of:

displaying emulation controls responsive to selection by the user; and

emulating standard computer operations for referenced digital media content displayed in the view, wherein the act of emulating standard computer operations includes;

an act of determining if the user has authority to perform the standard computer operations,

determining the user does not have the authority to perform the standard computer operation on a source of the referenced digital media content, and wherein the act of displaying the emulation controls occurs in response to the determination that the user does not have the authority.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the standard computer operation includes an act of deleting digital media content, and the method further comprises an act of altering the view of the digital media content so the digital media content marked for deletion is not displayed within the view.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising an act of generating a state entry, associated with at least one of the view and the source of the referenced digital media content.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising an acts of:

accessing any state entry for at least one of the view and the source of referenced digital media content; and

displaying referenced digital media content according to any state entry requirement.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the standard computer operation includes an act of editing referenced digital media content, and the method further comprises an act of generating a state entry reflecting any edits made to the referenced digital media content.

15. The method according to claim 7, further comprising acts of:

providing an aggregation component configured to permit the user to select a plurality of digital media content;

displaying the plurality of digital media content in the body of the view; and

permitting the user to perform operations on the plurality of digital media content.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the act of permitting the user to perform operations on the plurality of digital media content includes at least one of a share operation, a create channel operation, and an order prints operation.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the at least one operation is a share operation, and the method further comprises acts of:

identifying any state entries for the plurality of digital media content;

identifying any remote service settings for the plurality of digital media content; and

transmitting a visual representation associated with the plurality of digital media content, any state settings, and any remote service settings to another streamlined device user.

18. The method according to claim 7, wherein the view is a time view and the method further comprises:

displaying a timeline navigation control in the body of the view, wherein the timeline navigation control is configured to provide organization segments, the organization segments providing a visual indication of a number of digital media content items in each segment.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the timeline navigation control further comprises a handle responsive to a pointer displayed on the computer device, wherein the handle is further responsive to select and drag operations.

20. The method according to claim 1, further comprising acts of:

permitting the user to share the at least one visual representation, including any associated digital media content with another user;

storing shared information in response to an act of sharing by the user; and

updating any associated digital media automatically for the another user, wherein the act of updating any associated digital media includes acts of;

identifying any changes in shared digital media content, wherein changes include at least one of addition of digital media content associated with the at least one visual representation, deletion of digital media content associated with the at least one visual representation, edits of digital media content associated with the at least one visual representation, and updates of information associated with digital media content associated with the at least one visual representation.

21. The method according to claim 1, further comprising acts of:

permitting the user to share the at least one visual representation, including any associated digital media content with another user;

transmitting the at least one visual representation associated with the digital media content, any state settings, and any remote service settings to another streamlined device user.

22. The method according to claim 1, further comprising an act of permitting the user to update date information associated with the digital media content.

23. The method according to claim 22, further comprising an acts of:

generating an offset for the updated date information associated with the digital media content; and

applying the offset to similar digital media content.

24. The method according to claim 1, wherein the act of displaying the user interface includes:

providing a plurality of views of the plurality of visual representations of computer content; and

associating the plurality of visual representations of computer content with at least one of the plurality of views, and wherein the each of the plurality of visual representations is responsive to focus and execution, wherein execution includes selection of the visual representation.

25. The method according to claim 1,

wherein rotating the display component about the longitudinal axis up to approximately 180 degrees from the closed mode and configures the computing device into a laptop mode with one of the plurality of views as a default display;

and

wherein rotating the display component about the longitudinal axis configures the computing device into the another display mode with another one of the plurality of views as the default display, and includes rotating the display component beyond approximately 180 degrees from the closed mode to configure the computing device into an easel mode with another one of the plurality of views as the default display.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that as a result of being executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform the method for accessing and managing digital media libraries on a streamlined computing device with a plurality of selectable I/O profiles, wherein the method comprises:

displaying a graphical user interface on the computing device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises at least a plurality of views of digital media content;

providing for transition between the plurality of views in response to selection of an I/O profile, wherein providing for the transition between the plurality of views in response to selection of the I/O profile includes;

permitting the user to rotate a display component of the computing device about a longitudinal axis running along an interface between the display component and a base of the streamlined computing device;

wherein rotating the display component about the longitudinal axis from a closed mode to a first physical orientation configures the computing device into a laptop mode having a first physical configuration of the display component and the base with one of the plurality of views as a default display; and

wherein rotating the display component about the longitudinal axis from the closed mode to a second physical orientation configures the computing device into another display mode having a second physical configuration of the display component and the base with another one of the plurality of views as the default display;

providing for transition between the plurality of views in response to activation of a view selector component configured to permit a user to select one of the plurality of views;

associating at least one of a plurality of visual representations with digital media content;

executing the association with the at least one of the plurality of visual representations with digital media content in response to selection;

transitioning a display on the computing device to a view of the digital media content in response to the act of executing the association; and

providing for display of user digital media content and referenced digital media content in the view of the digital media content.

27. A system for accessing and managing digital media libraries with a plurality of selectable I/O profiles, the system comprising:

a display component configured to display a graphical user interface on a computing device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises at least a plurality of views of digital media content, wherein the plurality of views include at least one of a plurality of visual representations;

an execution component configured to transition the graphical user interface between the plurality of views in response to selection of an I/O profile, wherein selecting the I/O profile includes;

responding to user rotation of a display component of the computing device about a longitudinal axis running along an interface between the display component and a base of the streamlined computing device;

responding to rotation of the display component about the longitudinal from a closed mode to a first physical orientation configures the computing device into a laptop mode having a first physical configuration of the display component and the base with one of the plurality of views as a default display; and

responding to rotation of the display component about the longitudinal axis from the closed mode to a second physical orientation configures the computing device into another display mode having a second physical configuration of the display component and the base with another one of the plurality of views as the default display;

a view selector component configured to transition between the plurality of views in response to activation;

a storage component configured to store an association between at least one of a plurality of visual representations and digital media content;

wherein the execution component is further configured to execute the association with the at least one of the plurality of visual representations with digital media content in response to selection and transition the display to a view of the digital media content in response to the act of executing the association; and

wherein the display component is configured to display user digital media content and referenced digital media content in the view of the digital media content.