METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STORING CONTENT DEFINITION WITHIN A MEDIA FILE

• US 20070288596A1
• Filed: 06/12/2007
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DJ Nitrogen, Inc.
• Original Assignee: DJ Nitrogen, Inc.
• Inventors: Sindoni, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US11/762,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20070288596A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention enable better utilization of a media file of a digital content by storing a definition of the digital content within a metadata section of the media file. A user may purchase, obtain, or download the media file of the content to a computing/communication device, interpret the content and generate a derivative version of the content based on the content definition, store and play the derivative version of the content on this or other computing/communication devices without the need of purchasing or obtaining the derivative version of the content again via other means.

Claims

1. A system to support storing content definition within a media, comprising:

a content definition module operable to;

accept a media file containing a digital content; and

enable a user to define and/or store a definition of the digital content in a section of the media file;

a content deriving module operable to;

accept the media file with the section of the definition of the digital content;

rip the section of the definition from the media file; and

generate a derivative version of the digital content by applying the definition to the digital content.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a computing or communication device operable to store, access or play the derivative version of the digital content.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein:

the computing or communication device is one or more of a personal computer, a mobile telephone, a PDA, and any other mobile/handheld/wireless device.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein:

the content defining module and/or the content deriving module run on the computing or communication device, or communicate with the computing or communication device via a communication network.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein:

the communication network includes at least one of Internet, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a wired communication network, a short messaging system (SMS), a multimedia messaging system (MMS), a wireless application protocol (WAP), a telephone network, and a data network.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein:

the computing or communication device further comprises a playback module.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein:

the computing or communication device is further operable to play the derivative version of the digital content while the content is being derived.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein:

the computing or communication device is further operable to play the derivative version of the digital content while there is a triggering event.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein:

the triggering event is an incoming call.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the digital content is one or more of;

a text file, an image, an audio/video clip, a song, a ringtone, and any other multimedia content distributable in digital format.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the definition of the digital content includes one or more of;

a description of characteristics of the digital content, a derivation, a recipe, and one or more manipulations or edits that can be used to interpret and generate the derivative version of the content.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein:

the content description includes one or more of a title, a name, a unique identification number, a track number, a file format, a bit rate, a length, and other characteristics of the content.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein:

the one or more manipulations include splices, ramp ups, ramp downs, blending, start frame, stop frame, fades, and special effects.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the media file is purchased, licensed, or downloaded.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the media file is in the format of one of;

MPEG, GIF, JPEG, WAV, MP3, MIDI, WMA, MP4, AAC, AIFF, or other audio/video/multimedia format.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the section in the media file contains metadata.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein:

the metadata comprises a plurality of frames covering copyright, license, lyrics, arbitrary text and URL data.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein:

a portion of the metadata is user-defined.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the content definition module is further operable to;

accept a query for a specific definition of the content;

search a local or remote database for the definition; and

identify the content definition matching the query.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the content definition module is further operable to;

enable the user to create the definition of the digital content via an audio-editing software; and

record the user'"'"'s interactions and/or manipulations of the digital content.

2. A system to support storing content definition within a media, comprising:

a media file containing a digital content;

a definition of the digital content;

a content definition module operable to store the definition within a section of the within the media file; and

a content deriving module operable to apply the stored definition to generate a derivative version of the digital content.

22. A method to support storing content definition within a media, comprising:

defining and/or storing a definition of a digital content in a section of a media file containing the digital content;

accepting the media file with the section containing the definition of the content;

ripping the section containing the definition from the media file; and

generating a derivative version of the digital content by applying the definition to the digital content.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

storing, accessing or playing the derivative version of the digital content.

25. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

playing the derivative version of the digital content while the content is being derived.

26. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

playing the derivative version of the digital content while there is a triggering event.

27. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

purchasing, licensing, or downloading the media file.

28. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

accepting a query for a specific definition of the content;

searching a local or remote database for the definition; and

identifying the content definition matching the query.

29. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

enabling the user to create the definition of the digital content via an audio-editing software; and

recording the user'"'"'s interactions and/or manipulations of the digital content.

23. A method to support storing content definition within a media, comprising:

storing a definition of a digital content within a section of a media file containing the digital content; and

applying the stored definition to generate a derivative version of the digital content.

30. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a system to:

define and/or store a definition of a digital content in a section of a media file containing the digital content;

accept the media file with the section containing the definition of the content;

rip the section containing the definition from the media file; and

generate a derivative version of the digital content by applying the definition to the digital content.

31. A system to support storing content definition within a media, comprising:

means for storing a definition of a digital content within a section of a media file containing the digital content; and

means for applying the stored definition to generate a derivative version of the digital content.