System, method and computer program product for portable multimedia content display

• US 8,954,625 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2010
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Friedman, Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsai, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROCHE, JOHN B
• Application Number:
  US12/691,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20110179196A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,846 Days
• Field of Search: 710/15
• US Class Current: 710/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/28 using burst mode transfer, e.g. direct memory access DMA, cycle steal G06F13/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4184 providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440218 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 conversion of standards in analogue television systems H04N7/01

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for performing a method for presenting multimedia data are disclosed. The method includes but is not limited to detecting insertion of a portable storage device into a first end user device; automatically launching transfer of multimedia data and Meta data describing the multimedia data from the first end user device to the portable storage device; transferring the multimedia data from the first end user device to the portable storage device; detecting insertion of the portable storage device into a second end user device; automatically launching transfer of multimedia data and Meta data describing the multimedia data from the portable storage device to the second end user device; and transferring the multimedia data from the portable storage device to the second end user device.

Claims

1. A method for presenting multimedia data, the method comprising:

detecting at a portable storage device processor in a portable storage device, insertion of the portable storage device into a first end user device;

upon the detecting, automatically launching and downloading at the portable storage device processor multimedia data and Meta data from a first non-transitory tangible computer readable medium on the first end user device to a second non-transitory tangible computer readable medium on the portable storage device after the detecting of the insertion;

automatically, launching, transferring and displaying of the Meta data describing the multimedia data at the portable storage device processor upon detecting the insertion and without a request from an end user at the end user device;

detecting at the portable storage device processor, insertion of the portable storage device into a second end user device;

upon detecting the insertion and without a request from an end user at the second end user device, automatically, at the portable storage device processor, launching a transfer of multimedia data and Meta data describing the multimedia data from the second non-transitory computer readable medium on the portable storage device to the second end user device;

upon detecting the insertion and without a request from an end user at the second end user device, automatically, at the portable storage device processor, transferring the multimedia data from the second non-transitory tangible computer readable medium on the portable storage device to a third non-transitory tangible computer readable medium on the second end user device; and

upon detecting the insertion and without a request from an end user at the second end user device, automatically, at the portable storage device processor, launching a contents display program on the second end user device.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

automatically detecting at the portable storage device processor, a second multimedia data format compatible with the second end user device; and

automatically transcoding at the portable storage device processor, the multimedia data from a first multimedia data format to the second multimedia data format compatible with the second end user device.

3. The method of claim 2, the method further comprising:

automatically transcoding at the portable storage device processor, the Meta data describing the multimedia data from the first multimedia data format compatible with the first end user device to a the multimedia data format compatible with the second end user device.

4. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

automatically launching at the portable storage device processor a user interface menu on the first end user device; and

accepting at the portable storage device processor, a user input from the user interface menu on the first end user device, wherein the user input determines which multimedia data will be transferred to the portable storage device.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

accepting at the portable storage device processor, a user input from the second end user device, wherein the user input determines which multimedia data will be transferred from the portable storage device.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium containing a computer program for presenting multimedia data comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by the portable storage device processor performs the computer program, the computer program comprising:

instructions to detect at the portable storage device processor in a portable storage device, insertion of the portable storage device into a first end user device;

instructions to, upon detecting the insertion and without a request from an end user at the first end user device, automatically launch at the portable storage device processor, a transfer of multimedia data and Meta data describing the multimedia data from the first end user device to the portable storage device upon the detection of the insertion;

instructions to automatically launch at the portable storage device processor, transfer and display of Meta data describing the multimedia data;

instructions to transfer at the portable storage device processor, the multimedia data from a first tangible computer readable medium on the first end user device to a second tangible computer readable medium on the portable storage device;

instructions to detect at the portable storage device processor, insertion of the portable storage device into a second end user device;

instructions to, upon detecting the insertion and without a request from an end user at the second end user device, automatically launch at the portable storage device processor, a transfer of multimedia data and Meta data describing the multimedia data from the portable storage device to the second end user device, upon the detection of the insertion into the second end user device;

instructions to, upon detecting the insertion and without a request from an end user at the second end user device, automatically, at the portable storage device processor, transfer at the portable storage device processor, the multimedia data from the second non-transitory tangible computer readable medium on the portable storage device to a third non-transitory tangible computer readable medium on the second end user device and

instructions to upon detecting the insertion and without a request from an end user at the second end user device, automatically, at the portable storage device processor, launch a contents display program on the second end user device.

7. The system of claim 6, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to detect at the portable storage device processor a format compatible with the second end user device;

and instructions to automatically transcode the multimedia data from a first format to the format compatible with the second end user device.

8. The system of claim 6, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to automatically transcode at the portable storage device processor the Meta data describing the multimedia data from a first format to the format compatible with the second end user device.

9. The system of claim 6, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to automatically launch at the portable storage device processor a user input menu on the first end user device; and

instructions to accept at the portable storage device processor, a user input from the user input menu on the first end user device, wherein the user input determines which multimedia data will be transferred to the portable storage device.

10. The system of claim 6, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to accept at the portable storage device processor, a user input from the second end user device, wherein the user input determines which multimedia data will be transferred from the portable storage device.

11. A system for presenting multimedia data, the system comprising:

a portable storage device processor; and

a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium, the computer readable medium containing a computer program for presenting multimedia data comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor perform the computer program, the computer program further comprising;

instructions to detect at the portable storage device processor, insertion of a portable storage device into a first end user device;

instructions to upon detection of the insertion of portable storage device into the first end user device and without an input from an end user at the first end user device, instructions to automatically launch at the portable storage device processor, a transfer of multimedia data and Meta data describing the multimedia data from the first end user device to the portable storage device upon the detection of the insertion into the first end user device;

instructions to automatically launch at the portable storage device processor, a transfer and display of Meta data describing the multimedia data on the portable storage device;

instructions to transfer the multimedia data from a first non-transitory tangible computer readable medium on the first end user device to a second non-transitory tangible computer readable medium on the portable storage device;

instructions to detect insertion of the portable storage device at the portable storage device processor, into a second end user device;

instructions to, upon detecting the insertion, automatically launch at the portable storage device processor, a transfer of multimedia data and Meta data describing the multimedia data from the portable storage device to the second end user device upon the detecting into the second end user device;

instructions to upon detecting the insertion and without a request from an end user at the second end user device, automatically, at the portable storage device processor, transfer at the portable storage device processor, the multimedia data from the second non-transitory tangible computer readable medium on the portable storage device to a third non-transitory tangible computer readable medium on the second end user device and

instructions to upon detecting the insertion and without a request from an end user at the second end user device, automatically, at the portable storage device processor, launch a contents display program on the second end user device.

12. The system of claim 11, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to detect at the portable storage device processor, a format compatible with the second end user device;

and instructions to automatically transcode at the portable storage device processor, the multimedia data from a first format to the format compatible with the second end user device.

13. The system of claim 11, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to automatically transcode at the portable storage device processor, the Meta data describing the multimedia data from a first format to the format compatible with the second end user device upon the detection into the second end user device.

14. The system of claim 11, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to automatically launch at the portable storage device processor, a user input menu on the first end user device; and

instructions to accept a user input from the user input menu on the first end user device, wherein the user input determines which multimedia data will be transferred to the portable storage device.

15. The system of claim 11, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to accept at the portable storage device processor, a user input from the second end user device, wherein the user input determines which multimedia data will be transferred from the portable storage device.