System and method for managing objects in a multimedia container

• US 9,524,078 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2013
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wu, James, Bennett, Robin, Hill, Daniel, Galkina, Anya
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Linh K
• Application Number:
  US13/901,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20140351751A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,307 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23412 for generating or manipulating the scene composition of objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• 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 21/8545 for generating interactive applications

Abstract

A system and method for managing objects in a multimedia container. The method includes displaying, on a mobile device, a piece of content; receiving an indication the piece of content is to be added to a subsequently identified multimedia container; displaying a list of a plurality of multimedia containers, wherein each of the multimedia containers is operable to comprise a plurality of media types; receiving an indication identifying a selected multimedia container; and displaying an indication that the piece of content has been added to the selected one of the plurality of multimedia containers. The method can further comprise: determining an image corresponding to the piece of content; and modifying a datastore corresponding to the selected multimedia container. Determining of the image corresponding to the piece of content can comprise accessing a book cover image, determining a rendering of a website, etc. The mobile device can be a tablet computing device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

rendering a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting a piece of content on a mobile device using an application program configured to execute said piece of content, wherein said GUI comprises a visual object, and wherein the visual object includes at least one of an image in a web browser, a book in a book application, and text of an application;

receiving a first user interaction with said visual object, wherein said first user interaction prompts a dialog box to be displayed at the GUI, wherein said dialog box includes content adding options and content sharing options;

receiving a second user interaction with said dialog box indicating that said piece of content being presented is to be added to a subsequently identified multimedia container;

responsive to said second user interaction, displaying a list of a plurality of multimedia containers, wherein each of said multimedia containers is configured to comprise a plurality of media types;

receiving an indication identifying a selected multimedia container from said plurality of multimedia containers;

determining an image corresponding to said piece of content;

displaying an indication that said piece of content has been added to said selected one of said plurality of multimedia containers;

receiving a third user interaction with said selected multimedia container indicating that said text of the application is being accessed; and

responsive to said third user interaction, displaying said text of the application via the application.

2. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

modifying a datastore corresponding to said selected multimedia container.

3. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said determining of said image corresponding to said piece of content comprises accessing a book cover image.

4. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said determining of said image corresponding to said piece of content comprises determining a rendering of a website.

5. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said mobile device is a tablet computing device.

6. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said selected multimedia container comprises an application.

7. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said selected multimedia container comprises a widget.

8. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said list of said plurality of multimedia containers is in a hierarchical format.

9. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said dialog box includes content sharing options via at least one of a text message, an email, and a social network.

10. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the text of the application includes a quotation from a book and the book is opened to the page of the book that the quotation is on when the quotation is accessed at said selected multimedia container.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer executable instruction that, if executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:

rendering a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting a piece of content on the computer system using an application program configured to execute said piece of content, wherein said GUI comprises a visual object, and wherein the visual object includes at least one of an image in a web browser, a book in a book application, and text of an application;

receiving a first user interaction with said visual object, wherein said user interaction prompts a dialog box to be displayed at the GUI, wherein said dialog box includes content adding options and content sharing options;

receiving a second user interaction with said dialog box indicating that said piece of content being presented is to be added to a subsequently identified multimedia container;

responsive to said second user interaction, displaying an option to create a multimedia container;

receiving an indication to create said multimedia container, wherein said multimedia container comprises a plurality of media types;

displaying an option to select a label of said multimedia container;

receiving an indication of a selected label of said multimedia container;

determining an image corresponding to said piece of content;

storing said selected label of said new multimedia container and said image into a datastore corresponding to said multimedia container;

receiving a third user interaction with said multimedia container indicating that said text of the application is being accessed; and

responsive to said third user interaction, displaying said text of the application via the application.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a list of a plurality of multimedia containers.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 12, wherein said list of said plurality of multimedia containers is in a hierarchical format.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as described in claim 11, wherein said determining of said image corresponding to said piece of content comprises accessing a book cover image.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 11, wherein said determining of said image corresponding to said piece of content comprises accessing a frame of a video.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 11, wherein said determining of said image corresponding to said piece of content comprises determining a rendering of a website.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 16, wherein said image comprises an indicator of a rendering operation to be performed on said piece of content.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 11, wherein said mobile device is a tablet.

19. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to said processor and comprising instructions executable by said processor to;

render a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting a piece of content using an application program configured to execute said piece of content, wherein said GUI comprises a visual object, and wherein the visual object includes at least one of an image in a web browser, a book in a book application, and text of an application;

receive a first indication from said visual object of said GUI, wherein said first indication prompts a dialog box including content adding options and content sharing options to be displayed at the GUI, and a second indication from said dialog box of said GUI indicates that said piece of content being presented is to be added to a subsequently identified multimedia container;

display a list of a plurality of multimedia containers upon receiving said second indication;

determine an image corresponding to said piece of content;

receive a third indication identifying a selected multimedia container;

update a datastore corresponding to said selected multimedia;

receive a user interaction with said selected multimedia container indicating that said text of the application is being accessed; and

responsive to said third user interaction, displaying said text of the application via the application.

20. The system as described in claim 19, wherein said list of said plurality of multimedia containers is in a hierarchical format corresponding to a hierarchy of said plurality of multimedia containers.

21. The system as described in claim 19, wherein said instructions are further executable by said processor to access a book cover image when said piece of content is a book.