Multipurpose media players

• US 9,864,478 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2013
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomas Majchrowski & Associates, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Thomas Majchrowski & Associates, Inc.
• Inventors: DeWitt, Keri
• Primary Examiner(s): Abebe, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/054,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20140040744A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,547 Days
• Field of Search: 386278
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally

Abstract

A computer readable medium containing a set of instructions that causes a computer to perform a process comprised of receiving one or more media files. The one or more media files having one or more scenes and each scene including a starting time point and ending time point. The set of instructions may include changing the starting time point and/or the ending time point of a scene from the one or more scenes in response to an input command. The set of instructions may create a new scene and save the new scene based on the new starting time point and/or ending time point of the scene.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium having non-transitory memory for storing machine instructions that are to be executed by a computer, the machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following functions:

receiving a scene including a plurality of media clip, each of the media clips being included in a different base media file and including a starting time point represented by an hour, a minute and a second and frame information for the base media file including the media clip and an ending time point represented by an hour, a minute and a second and frame information for the base media file including the media clip;

receiving an input command including an hour, a minute and a second and frame information for the base media file including one of the media clips for a new starting time point or for a new ending time point to set for the one of the media clips; and

updating a data structure for the one of the media clips to reflect the new starting time point or the new ending time point, including the hour, the minute and second and frame information for the base media file including the one of the media clips.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the machine instructions further implement the functions of:

simultaneously displaying a preparation list and a scene list in an interface, wherein the scene list and the preparation list each includes the media clips of the scene, and the prepararation list further includes at least one additional media clip for the scene that is absent from the scene list.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the input command is a keyboard input command and/or a mouse input command.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the machine instructions further implement the function of playing, stopping, editing, or pausing the scene.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the machine instructions further implement the function of creating a scene sequence based on the scene and one or more additional scenes.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 5, wherein the machine instructions further implement the function of receiving an input command to play the sequence of scenes.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 5, wherein the sequence of scenes includes the scene and the one or more additional scenes.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the input command is generated via selection of the one of the media clips in the preparation list.

9. A computer system including a computer having memory containing a set of instructions that causes a computer to perform a process comprised of the following steps:

receiving a scene including a plurality of media clips, each of the media clips being included in a different base media file and including a starting time point represented by an hour, a minute and a second and frame information for the base media file including the media clip and an ending time point represented by an hour, a minute and a second and frame information for the base media file including the media clip;

transmitting the scene to an output having an interface to receive an input command including an hour, a minute and a second and frame information for the base media file including one of the media clips for a new starting time point or for a new ending time point to set for the one of the media clips;

receiving the input command to set the new starting time point or the new ending time point for the one of the media clips; and

updating a data structure for the one of the media clips to reflect the new starting time point or the new ending time point, including the hour, the minute and second and frame information for the base media file including the one of the media clips.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the process further includes:

simultaneously displaying a preparation list and a scene list in an interface, wherein the scene list and the preparation list each includes the media clips of the scene, and the preparation list further includes at least one additional media clip for the scene that is absent from the scene list.

11. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the input command is a keyboard input command and/or a mouse input command.

12. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the process further includes playing, stopping, editing, or pausing the scene.

13. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the process further includes creating a scene sequence based on the scene and one or more additional scenes.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the process further includes receiving an input command to play the sequence of scenes.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the sequence of scenes includes the scene and the one or more additional scenes.

16. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the input command is generated via selection of the one of the media clips in the preparation list.

17. A computer readable medium having non-transitory memory for storing machine instructions that are to be executed by a computer, the machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following functions:

receiving a scene including a plurality of media clips, each of the media clips being included in a different base media file and including a starting time point represented by an hour, a minute and a second and frame information for the base media file including the media clip and an ending time point represented by an hour, a minute and a second and frame information for the base media file including the media clip; and

in response to an input command including an hour, a minute and a second and frame information for the base media file including one of the media clips for a new starting time point or for a new ending time point to set for the one of the media clips, setting the new starting time point or the new ending time point for the one of the media clips.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the machine instructions further implement the function of simultaneously displaying a preparation list and a scene list in an interface, wherein the scene list and the preparation list each includes the media clips of the scene, and the preparation list further includes at least one additional media clip for the scene that is absent from the scene list.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the machine instructions further implement the functions of playing, stopping, editing, or pausing the scene.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the input command is generated via selection of the one of the media clips in the preparation list.