User input handling for digital video playback device

• US 9,959,897 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2008
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Prestenback, Kyle, Tahler, Evan, Jessen, David, Kwan, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Spar, Ilana
• Assistant Examiner(s): HERMANN, KIRK W
• Application Number:
  US12/239,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20090303186A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,501 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]

Abstract

User inputs are received from one or more of a plurality of sources at an input interpreter agent. The plurality of sources comprises a remote control device and an on-screen keyboard application. The received user inputs are provided to a digital video object player application, wherein the input interpreter agent is separate from the digital video object player application.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a video object playback device, a physical storage medium, the physical storage medium comprising video content, the physical storage medium further comprising an application and an interpreter agent that are bundled with the video content on the physical storage medium;

receiving, at the video object playback device from a web server through a network, one or more user inputs for the application via a web service that is incompatible with the application, the one or more user inputs being inputted via a web page associated with the web server;

processing, with the interpreter agent at the video object playback device, the one or more user inputs in a format that is compatible with the application; and

executing, with the application at the video object playback device, the one or more user inputs in the format that is compatible with the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the physical storage medium is a digital video disk.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more user inputs are directly received from an input device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the input device is selected from the group consisting of:

a remote control, a keyboard, a joystick, and a pointing device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more user inputs are received, at the video object player device, from a server through a network, the server receiving the one or more user inputs from an input device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the input device is selected from the group consisting of:

a telephone, a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant, a personal music player, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a game console, and a portable game system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is selected from the group consisting of:

a messaging application and a video game application.

8. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage device having a computer readable program stored thereon, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to, comprising:

receive, at a video object playback device, a physical storage medium, the physical storage medium comprising video content, the physical storage medium further comprising an application and an interpreter agent that are bundled with the video content on the physical storage medium;

receive, at the video object playback device from a web server through a network, one or more user inputs for the application via a web service that is incompatible with the application, the one or more user inputs being inputted via a web page associated with the web server;

process, with the interpreter agent at the video object playback device, the one or more user inputs in a format that is compatible with the application; and

execute, with the application at the video object playback device, the one or more user inputs in the format that is compatible with the application.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the physical storage medium is a digital video disk.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the one or more user inputs are directly received from an input device.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the input device is selected from the group consisting of:

a remote control, a keyboard, a joystick, and a pointing device.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the one or more user inputs are received, at the video object player device, from a server through a network, the server receiving the one or more user inputs from an input device.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the input device is selected from the group consisting of:

a telephone, a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant, a personal music player, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a game console, and a portable game system.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the application is selected from the group consisting of:

a messaging application and a video game application.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a storage compartment that receives a physical storage medium, the physical storage medium comprising video content, the physical storage medium further comprising an application and an interpreter agent that are bundled with the video content on the physical storage medium;

a receiver that receives one or more user inputs for the application via a web service that is incompatible with the application, the one or more user inputs being inputted via a web page; and

a processor that processes, with the interpreter agent, the one or more user inputs in a format that is compatible with the application and executes, with the application, the one or more user inputs in the format that is compatible with the application.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the physical storage medium is a digital video disk.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the one or more user inputs are directly received from an input device.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the device is selected from the group consisting of:

a remote control, a keyboard, a joystick, and a pointing device.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the one or more user inputs are received, at the video object player device, from a server through a network, the server receiving the one or more inputs from an input device.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the input device is selected from the group consisting of:

a telephone, a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant, a personal music player, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a game console, and a portable game system.

21. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the application is selected from the group consisting of:

a messaging application and a video game application.