Media player configured to receive playback filters from alternative storage mediums
First Claim
1. A method for loading filter information to a media player comprising:
- analyzing a status of a memory reader of the media player adapted to communicate with a first storage memory including data associated with a multimedia presentation;
establishing communication between the memory reader and a second storage memory;
determining whether the second storage memory includes filtering information associated with a multimedia presentation wherein the filter information comprises at least one identification of a start time and end time associated with a portion of the multimedia presentation along with a filtering action; and
providing for presentation of the multimedia presentation pursuant to the filtering information.
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Abstract
A media player configured with a first removable memory reader, such as a DVD drive, and a second removable memory reader, such as a flash memory reader, adapted to communicate with a removable memory containing filter data. The media player is configured to allow filtered playback of a multimedia presentation, such as a movie. Filtered playback causes certain portions of the multimedia presentation to be skipped, muted, blurred, cropped, or otherwise modified to eliminate or reduce potentially objectionable scenes, language, or other content. The second memory reader provides a convenient medium for the loading of filter information, whether data files, executable program code, or the like, to local memory of the media player to employ during filtered playback. Alternatively, the filters may be accessed from the removable storage media during playback rather than loading to local memory.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for loading filter information to a media player comprising:
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analyzing a status of a memory reader of the media player adapted to communicate with a first storage memory including data associated with a multimedia presentation; establishing communication between the memory reader and a second storage memory; determining whether the second storage memory includes filtering information associated with a multimedia presentation wherein the filter information comprises at least one identification of a start time and end time associated with a portion of the multimedia presentation along with a filtering action; and providing for presentation of the multimedia presentation pursuant to the filtering information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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9. A method for loading filter information to a media player comprising:
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analyzing a status of a memory reader of the media player adapted to communicate with a first storage memory including data associated with a multimedia presentation; establishing communication between the memory reader and a second storage memory; determining whether the second storage memory includes filtering information associated with a multimedia presentation wherein the filter information comprises at least one identification of a start location and an end location associated with a portion of the multimedia presentation along with a filtering action; and providing for presentation of the multimedia presentation pursuant to the filtering information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 18)
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19. A media player comprising:
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a processing configuration in communication with a first memory reader of the media player configured to receive and read information from a first storage memory including data associated with a multimedia presentation; the processing configuration in communication with at least one second memory reader of the media player configured to read filter information from a second storage memory; and the processing configuration operable to; determine whether the filtering information is associated with the multimedia presentation wherein the filter information comprises at least one identification of a start location and an end location associated with a portion of the multimedia presentation along with a filtering action; and present the multimedia presentation pursuant to the filtering information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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analyzing a status of a memory reader adapted to communicate with a first storage memory including data associated with a multimedia presentation; establishing communication between the memory reader and a second storage memory; determining whether the second storage memory includes filtering information associated with a multimedia presentation wherein the filter information comprises at least one identification of a start time and end time associated with a portion of the movie multimedia presentation that is not played; and providing for presentation of the multimedia presentation pursuant to the filtering information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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