System and method for synching Portable Media Player content with storage space optimization

• US 8,914,603 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2010
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Panje, Krishna Prasad
• Primary Examiner(s): BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE
• Application Number:
  US12/847,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20120030436A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,600 Days
• Field of Search: 711/156, 711/100, 711/150, 711/E12.004, 711/163, 711/170, 709/226, 709/229
• US Class Current: 711/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/121 using replacement algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/00 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/21 Intermediate information storage H04N1/387, H04N1/41 take precedence ; for control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32358; indexing, editing G11B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• 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 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4302 Content synchronisation processes, e.g. decoder synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4335 Housekeeping operations, e.g. prioritizing content for deletion because of storage space restrictions storage management, e.g. defragmentation G06F3/0604; unloading stored programs G06F9/445; storage management in file systems G06F16/10; buffering arrangements in a network node or in an end terminal in packet networks H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• 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: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles

Abstract

A device is provided for use with a content provider that is operable to provide content, which includes a plurality of content components. The device includes a communication portion, a memory portion, a parsing portion, a counting portion and a processing portion. The communication portion can receive the content from the content provider. The parsing portion can parse the content into the plurality of content components and can store the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion. The counting portion can provide a counter for each of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion, respectively. The processing portion can retrieve and process one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion. The counting portion can further increment the counter associated with the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion.

Claims

1. A method of using content from a content provider, the content including a plurality of content components, said method comprising:

receiving, by way of a communication portion, the content from the content provider;

parsing, by way of a parsing portion, the content into the plurality of content components;

storing, into a memory portion, the parsed plurality of content components;

providing, by way of a counting portion, a counter for each of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion, respectively;

retrieving, by way of a processing portion, one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion;

processing, by way of the processing portion, the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components;

performing, by way of the processing portion, at least one of incrementing the counter and decrementing the counter associated with the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion;

comparing, by way of the processing portion, the counter associated with one of the parsed plurality of content components to a predetermined threshold; and

deleting, by way of the processing portion, one of said plurality of content components in response to the comparison.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising decrementing, by way of the counting portion, the counters associated with the remaining parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining, by way of the processing portion, and based on a predetermined parameter, whether to delete a content component.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising deleting, by way of the processing portion, a content component when a determination is made to delete the content portion and when a counter associated with the content component is below a predetermined threshold.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by way of the processing portion, and based on a predetermined parameter, whether to delete a content component.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising deleting, by way of the processing portion, a content component when a determination is made to delete the content component and when a counter associated with the content component is below a predetermined threshold.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said processing portion is further operable to delete a content component when a counter associated with the content component is below a predetermined threshold.

8. A device for use with a content provider operable to provide content, the content including a plurality of content components, said device comprising:

a communication portion operable to receive the content from the content provider;

a memory portion;

a parsing portion operable to parse the content into the plurality of content components and to store the parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion;

a counting portion operable to provide a counter for each of the parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion, respectively; and

a processing portion operable to retrieve one of the parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion and to process the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion,

wherein said counting portion is further operable to perform at least one of incrementing the counter and decrementing the counter associated with the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion,

wherein said processing portion is further operable to;

compare the counter associated with one of the parsed plurality of content components to a predetermined threshold; and

delete at least one of said plurality of content components in response to the comparison.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein said counting portion is further operable to decrement the counters associated with the remaining parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein said processing portion is further operable to determine, based on a predetermined parameter, whether to delete a content component.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein said processing portion is further operable to delete a content component when a determination is made to delete the content component and when a counter associated with the content component is below a predetermined threshold.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein said processing portion is further operable to determine, based on a predetermined parameter, whether to delete a content component.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein said processing portion is further operable to delete a content component when a determination is made to delete the content component and when a counter associated with the content component is below a predetermined threshold.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein said processing portion is further operable to delete a content component when a counter associated with the content component is below a predetermined threshold.

15. The device of claim 8, wherein said processing portion is further operable to delete at least one of said plurality of content components when the counter associated with said one of the parsed plurality of content components has the lowest count of said counters.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein said content comprises media content divided into separate components identified by program identification numbers.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein said processing portion is further operable to delete said content components until there is enough available memory for said device to synchronize with said content provider.

18. A device-readable non-transitory media having device-readable instructions stored thereon, the device-readable instructions being capable of being read by a device to be used with content from a content provider, the content including a plurality of content components, the device-readable instructions being capable of instructing the device to perform the method comprising:

receiving, by way of a communication portion, the content from the content provider;

parsing, by way of a parsing portion, the content into the plurality of content components;

storing, into a memory portion, the parsed plurality of content components;

providing, by way of a counting portion, a counter for each of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion, respectively;

retrieving, by way of a processing portion, one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion;

processing, by way of the processing portion, the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components;

performing, by way of the processing portion, at least one of incrementing the counter and decrementing the counter associated with the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion;

comparing, by way of the processing portion, the counter associated with one of the parsed plurality of content components to a predetermined threshold; and

deleting at least one of said plurality of content components in response to the comparison.

19. The device-readable media of claim 18, the device-readable instructions being capable of instructing the device to perform said method further comprising deleting, by way of the processing portion, at least one of said plurality of content components when the counter associated with said one of the parsed plurality of content components has the lowest count of said counters.

20. The device-readable media of claim 18, the device-readable instructions being capable of instructing the device to perform said method further comprising deleting, by way of the processing portion, a content component when a determination is made to delete the content component and when a counter associated with the content component is below a predetermined threshold.

21. The device-readable media of claim 20, wherein said content comprises media content divided into separate components identified by program identification numbers.

22. The device-readable media of claim 21, the device-readable instructions being capable of instructing the device to perform said method further comprising determining, by way of the processing portion, and based on a predetermined parameter, whether to delete a content component.

23. The device-readable media of claim 18, the device-readable instructions being capable of instructing the device to perform said method further comprising deleting, by way of the processing portion, said content components until there is enough available memory for said device to synchronize with said content provider.