ADMINISTERING INCOMPATIBLE CONTENT FOR RENDERING ON A DISPLAY SCREEN OF A PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER

• US 20070276865A1
• Filed: 05/24/2006
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William K., Thorson, Derral C., Jaramillo, David, Redman, Jesse W.
• Application Number:
  US11/420,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20070276865A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for administering incompatible content for rendering on a display screen of a portable media player. Embodiments include selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player, the content being in a data format incompatible with the portable media player; creating a plurality of image files including the content, the image files being in a data format compatible with the portable media player; and storing the plurality of image files as a playlist. Embodiments also typically include storing the playlist on the portable media player and displaying the plurality of images of the playlist on the display screen of the portable media player.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for administering incompatible content for rendering on a display screen of a portable media player, the method comprising:

selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player, the content being in a data format incompatible with the portable media player;

creating a plurality of image files including the content, the image files being in a data format compatible with the portable media player; and

storing the plurality of image files as a playlist.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the playlist on the portable media player; and

displaying the plurality of images of the playlist on the display screen of the portable media player.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprises selecting a single page of content contained in a word processing document; and

creating a plurality of image files further comprises creating an image file containing the selected page of content.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprises selecting a single slide of content contained in a presentation; and

creating a plurality of image files further comprises creating an image file containing the selected slide of content.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprises selecting a markup document; and

creating a plurality of image files further comprises creating an image file containing the content of the markup document.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprises:

providing to a user identifications of available content; and

receiving from the user an identification of the selected content.

7. A system for administering incompatible content for rendering on a display screen of a portable media player, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor;

the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player, the content being in a data format incompatible with the portable media player;

creating a plurality of image files including the content, the image files being in a data format compatible with the portable media player; and

storing the plurality of image files as a playlist.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

storing the playlist on the portable media player; and

displaying the plurality of images of the playlist on the display screen of the portable media player.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein:

the computer program instructions capable of selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprise computer program instructions capable of selecting a single page of content contained in a word processing document; and

the computer program instructions capable of creating a plurality of image files further comprise computer program instructions capable of creating an image file containing the selected page of content.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein:

the computer program instructions capable of selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprise computer program instructions capable of selecting a single slide of content contained in a presentation; and

the computer program instructions capable of creating a plurality of image files further comprise computer program instructions capable of creating an image file containing the selected slide of content.

11. The system of claim 7 wherein:

computer program instructions capable of selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprise selecting a markup document; and

computer program instructions capable of creating a plurality of image files further comprise creating an image file containing the content of the markup document.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein the computer program instructions capable of selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprise computer program instructions capable of:

providing to a user identifications of available content; and

receiving from the user an identification of the selected content.

13. A computer program product for administering incompatible content for rendering on a display screen of a portable media player, the computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player, the content being in a data format incompatible with the portable media player;

computer program instructions for creating a plurality of image files including the content, the image files being in a data format compatible with the portable media player; and

computer program instructions for storing the plurality of image files as a playlist.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising:

computer program instructions for storing the playlist on the portable media player; and

computer program instructions for displaying the plurality of images of the playlist on the display screen of the portable media player.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein:

the computer program instructions for selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprise computer program instructions for selecting a single page of content contained in a word processing document; and

the computer program instructions for creating a plurality of image files further comprise computer program instructions for creating an image file containing the selected page of content.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein:

the computer program instructions for selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprise computer program instructions for selecting a single slide of content contained in a presentation; and

the computer program instructions for creating a plurality of image files further comprise computer program instructions for creating an image file containing the selected slide of content.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein:

the computer program instructions for selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprise computer program instructions for selecting a markup document; and

thje computer program instructions for creating a plurality of image files further comprise computer program instructions for creating an image file containing the content of the markup document.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer program instructions for selecting content for visual display on a display screen of a portable media player further comprise:

computer program instructions for providing to a user identifications of available content; and

computer program instructions for receiving from the user an identification of the selected content.

19. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises a recording medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises a transmission medium.