Digital media bundles for media presentation playback

• US 8,909,682 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2010
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Heller, David, Krevet, Oliver, Braunstein, Aaron, Makower, David, Jimenez, Juan Carlos
• Primary Examiner(s): Casanova, Jorge A
• Application Number:
  US12/690,807
• Publication Number:
  US 20110060742A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,784 Days
• Field of Search: 725/37, 725/86, 707/804, 707/913
• US Class Current: 707/804
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/00 Handling natural language data speech analysis or synthesis, speech recognition G10L
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia

Abstract

Media bundles that can be submitted, distributed and utilized to facilitate media presentations at client devices. Each media presentation is typically associated with a digital media asset. The media bundles can include or identify various digital media assets for use in the media presentations and can provide computer instructions for controlling the media presentations. The resulting media presentations can provide multimedia experiences for users of client devices.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

generating a digital media bundle comprising media item information that identifies at least one media item in a media library accessible to a client computing device and computer program code for coordinating playback, interactive components and formatting of a media presentation at the client computing device, wherein the media presentation is associated with the at least one media item;

associating the digital media bundle with descriptive metadata, wherein the descriptive metadata specifies information about the digital media bundle, the at least one media item, and at least one extra media item outside the digital media bundle to be merged into the digital media bundle; and

sending the digital media bundle to the client computing device.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the digital media bundle comprises bundle media content utilized by the media presentation.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the bundle media content comprises a media item.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the at least one media item comprises at least one of an image file, a video file or an audio file.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the computer program code is a JavaScript program.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, storing additional instructions which, when executed by the processor, result in a further operation comprising mapping data configured to associate vendor identifiers to distributor identifiers to yield mapping data, and wherein the mapping data is used to assist the computer program code in locating at least one presentation media item in the media library.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the mapping data maps a vendor identifier associated with the at least one presentation media item used in the computer program code to a distributor identifier used in the media library.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the media library is a local media library resident on the client computing device, and wherein the mapping data identifies the at least one media item in the media library.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the digital media bundle is provided in a compressed electronic folder.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the computer program code is a distinct computer program file.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the distinct computer program code is a JavaScript program file.

12. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a digital media bundle comprising media item information that identifies at least one media item in a media library accessible to a client computing device that is associated with the digital media bundle and program code for coordinating playback, interactive components and formatting of a media presentation at the client computing device;

generating conversion data associating a vendor identifier associated with the at least one media item to at least one distributor identifier, wherein the at least one distributor identifier indicates that a first media item associated with the at least one distributor identifier is deemed equivalent to a second media item associated with the vendor identifier;

associating the digital media bundle with descriptive metadata about the digital media bundle, wherein the descriptive metadata specifies information about the digital media bundle, the at least one media item, and at least one extra media item outside the digital media bundle to be merged into the digital media bundle; and

sending the digital media bundle and the conversion data to the client computing device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the digital media bundle further includes bundle media content utilized by the media presentation, and wherein the at least one media item comprises at least one of an image file, a video file or an audio file.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the conversion data maps the vendor identifier for the at least one presentation media item used in the computer program code to the distributor identifier used in the media library.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the media library is a local media library resident on the client computing device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the conversion data identifies the at least one media item from the media library for use by the computer program code.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the conversion data includes a type of vendor associated with the vendor identifier, and a namespace the vendor identifier.

18. A method comprising:

generating a digital media bundle comprising media item information that identifies at least one media item in a media library accessible to a client computing device and computer program code for coordinating playback, interactive components and formatting of a media presentation at the client computing device, wherein the media presentation is associated with the at least one media item;

associating the digital media bundle with descriptive metadata about the digital media bundle, wherein the descriptive metadata specifies information about the digital media bundle, the at least one media item, and at least one extra media item outside the digital media bundle to be merged into the digital media bundle; and

sending the digital media bundle to a server for distribution to the client computing device.