System and method for audio and video portable publishing system

• US 8,745,132 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2005
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Obradovich, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollack, Melvin H
• Application Number:
  US11/225,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20060087941A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,186 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709217-219, 709/231, 709/248, 725/81, 715/719, 715/723, 715/731, 715/748, 715/786, 715/810, 715/860, 715/864, 701/211, 370/352, 379/101.01
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/162 Delete operations erasing in storage systems G06F3/0652
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• 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 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A system that allows consumers to manage content and create audio/video presentations in a small portable media device, and to share media files with other users of small portable media devices, without requiring access to a computer.

Claims

1. A method for deleting at least one unwanted media file from a plurality of media files stored in storage of a portable media device, the method comprising:

displaying a representation of a stored audio or video file on a display screen of the portable media device;

receiving by the portable media device, during display of a representation of the stored audio or video file, a first input of a user input means of the portable media device targeting the displayed audio or video file for deletion;

deleting the stored audio or video file from a playlist of the portable media device in response to receipt of the first input, wherein the audio or video file remains stored in the storage after the stored audio of video file is deleted from the playlist;

receiving by the portable media device a second input of the user input means of the portable media device, the second input being received subsequent to the first input and being received within a predetermined period of time after displaying the message on the display screen that the stored audio or video file will be deleted from storage upon receipt of a second input; and

deleting the audio or video file from storage of the portable media device in response to receipt of the second input.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising triggering an auditory alarm prior to deleting the audio or video file from storage.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the stored audio or video file comprises a video file, and the indication of the stored video file is video information of the stored video file.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the stored audio or video file comprises an audio file, and further comprising providing audio information of the stored audio file to an output while displaying an indication of the stored audio file on the display screen.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the indication of the stored audio file is an alphanumeric name indicative of the stored audio file.

3. A method for deleting at least one unwanted audio or video file from a plurality of audio or video files stored in a computer-readable medium of a portable media device, the method comprising:

displaying on a display screen of the portable media device an indication of a stored audio or video file on a display screen of the device, the stored audio or video file included in a playlist of the device;

receiving a first input from a user using input means of the portable media device, the first input indicative of a deletion request for the stored audio or video file;

deleting the stored audio or video file from the playlist in response to the first input from the user, wherein the audio or video file remains stored in the computer-readable medium after the stored audio of video file is deleted from the playlist;

displaying a message on the display screen of the portable media device, subsequent to deletion of the stored audio or video file from the playlist in response to the first input, that the stored audio or video file will be deleted from storage upon receipt of a second input;

receiving a second input from the user using the input means of the portable media device, subsequent to display of the message, the second input indicative of a request to delete the stored audio or video file from storage and the second input being received within a predetermined period of time after displaying the message on the display screen that the stored audio or video file will be deleted from storage upon receipt of a second input; and

deleting the stored audio or video file from storage in response to the second input.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising triggering an alarm prior to deleting the target audio or video file from storage.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the alarm is an auditory signal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the auditory signal is a buzzer noise.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the auditory signal is a zapping noise.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the alarm is a vibration of the portable media device.

12. The method of claim 3, wherein deleting the stored audio or video file from the playlist in response to the first input is performed only if the first input is received within a predetermined period of time after displaying the indication of a stored audio or video file on a display screen of the device.