Systems and methods for adding media from a content input device into a loop

• US 20070022178A1
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FilmLoop, Inc. (Western Digital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: FilmLoop, Inc. (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Prescott, Mashima, Kyle
• Application Number:
  US11/478,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20070022178A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A system and method for providing a media to a media engine from a remote location comprises a digital recorder, a user interface for receiving a selection of the media to be added to a first loop, a processor for generating an instruction comprising a copy of the media and indicating the first loop, and a communication interface for transmitting the instruction to a media engine. The system and method for distributing the media comprises a media engine for receiving the instruction from a content input device and processing the instruction to determine a loop identifier using the unique identifier, determine a first loop to add the media to using the loop identifier, and add the media to the first loop.

Claims

1. A system for distributing a media, the system comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive an instruction from a content input device, the instruction comprising the media; and

a processor configured to process the instruction to determine a loop identifier, determine a first loop to add the media to using the loop identifier, and add the media to the first loop.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the instruction indicates a user identifier.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the user identifier is associated with a default loop.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the communication interface is configured to transmit a list comprising the loop identifier to the content input device.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to create the first loop.

6. A method for distributing a media, the method comprising:

receiving an instruction from a content input device, the instruction comprising the media;

processing the instruction to determine a loop identifier;

determining a first loop to add the media to using the loop identifier; and

adding the media to the first loop.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the instruction indicates a user identifier.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising associating the user identifier with a default loop.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising transmitting a list comprising the loop identifier to the content input device.

10. The method of claim 6 further comprising creating the first loop.

11. A software product for distributing a media, the software product comprising:

software operational when executed by a processor to direct the processor to receive an instruction from a content input device, the instruction comprising the media, process the instruction to determine a loop identifier, determine a first loop to add the media to using the loop identifier, and add the media to the first loop; and

a storage medium configured to store the software.

12. The software product of claim 11 wherein the instruction indicates a user identifier.

13. The software product of claim 12 the software operational when executed by the processor to direct the processor to associate the user identifier with a default loop.

14. The software product of claim 11 the software operational when executed by a processor to direct the processor to transmit a list comprising the loop identifier to the content input device.

15. The software product of claim 11 the software operational when executed by a processor to direct the processor to create the first loop.

16. A system for providing a media, the system comprising:

a digital recorder configured to capture the media;

a user interface configured to receive a selection of the media, the selection indicating that the media is to be added to a first loop;

a processor configured to generate an instruction comprising a copy of the media indicating the first loop; and

a communication interface configured to transmit the instruction to a media engine.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the user interface is further configured to display a loop menu according to a list received from the media engine, the list comprising a loop identifier.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the instruction indicates a user identifier.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the user identifier is associated with a default loop.

20. The system of claim 16 wherein the instruction indicates a command to create the first loop.

21. A method for providing a media, the method comprising:

capturing the media;

receiving a selection of the media, the selection indicating that the media is to be added to a first loop;

generating an instruction comprising a copy of the media and indicating the first loop; and

transmitting the instruction to a media engine.

22. The method of claim 21 further comprising display a loop menu according to a list received from the media engine, the list comprising a loop identifier.

23. The method of claim 21 wherein the instruction indicates a user identifier.

24. The method of claim 23 further comprising associating the user identifier with a default loop.

25. The method of claim 21 wherein the instruction indicates a command to create the first loop.

26. A software product for providing a media, the software product comprising:

software operational when executed by a processor to direct the processor to capture the media, receive a selection of the media, the selection indicating that the media is to be added to a first loop, generate an instruction comprising a copy of the media and indicating the first loop, and transmit the instruction to a media engine; and

a storage medium configured to store the software.

27. The software product of claim 26 the software operational when executed by a processor to direct the processor to display a loop menu according to a list received from the media engine, the list comprising a loop identifier.

28. The software product of claim 26 wherein the instruction indicates a user identifier.

29. The software product of claim 28 the software operational when executed by a processor to direct the processor to associate the user identifier with a default loop.

30. The software product of claim 26 wherein the instruction indicates a command to create the first loop.