MEDIA PLAYER PLAYLIST CREATION AND EDITING WITHIN A BROWSER INTERPRETABLE DOCUMENT

• US 20080235588A1
• Filed: 05/08/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gonze, Lucas, Sobeski, Carl
• Application Number:
  US11/745,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20080235588A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/719
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/387 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/74 Browsing; Visualisation therefor end-user interfaces for requesting or interacting with video content, e.g. video on demand interfaces or electronic program guides, H04N21/472
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/748 Hypervideo linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object in the context of video distribution systems H04N21/858
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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

Abstract

A system and method through which a playlist can be edited in a browser, wherein the playlist comprises a plurality of playlist entries, and wherein the playlist is stored as a browser interpretable document. A method can comprise loading a browser interpretable media player playlist into a browser on a device, wherein the browser comprises a user interface area and a display window, and wherein the playlist comprises a plurality of content entries; rendering the playlist within the browser display window; receiving from a user instructions to edit the playlist; applying the instructions to the playlist; and, displaying the edited playlist within the browser display window. The edited playlist can be saved as a as a browser interpretable document.

Claims

1. A method of editing a playlist comprising:

loading a browser interpretable media player playlist into a browser on a device, wherein the browser comprises a user interface area and a display window, and wherein the playlist comprises a plurality of content entries;

rendering the playlist within the browser display window;

receiving from a user instructions to edit the playlist;

applying the instructions to the playlist; and

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displaying the edited playlist within the browser display window.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising saving the edited playlist as a browser interpretable document.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the received user instructions comprise a reordering of the content entries in the playlist.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the reordering instructions comprise the dragging and dropping of at least one content entry within the browser display window.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the received user instructions comprise the addition of a content entry to the playlist.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the content addition instructions comprise dragging and dropping at least one URL onto the browser display window.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a media player user interface within the browser window.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the media player user interface comprises a playlist display window.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the playlist display window facilitates editing the playlist.

10. A browser interpretable document comprising a plurality of playlist entries, the browser interpretable document further comprising:

instructions for displaying the playlist entries in a display area of a browser;

instructions for receiving from a user instructions to edit the playlist;

instructions for editing the playlist within the browser display window based on the received instructions; and

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instructions for displaying the edited playlist within the browser display window.

11. The browser interpretable document of claim 10, further comprising instructions for saving the edited playlist as a browser interpretable document.

12. The browser interpretable document of claim 10, wherein the received user instructions comprise a reordering of the content entries in the playlist.

13. The browser interpretable document of claim 12, wherein the reordering instructions comprise the dragging and dropping of at least one content entry within the browser display window.

14. The browser interpretable document of claim 10, wherein the received user instructions comprise the addition of a content entry to the playlist.

15. The browser interpretable document of claim 14, wherein the content addition instructions comprise dragging and dropping at least one URL onto the browser display window.

16. The browser interpretable document of claim 10, further comprising instructions for generating a media player user interface within the browser window.

17. The browser interpretable document of claim 16, wherein the media player user interface comprises a playlist display window.

18. The browser interpretable document of claim 17, wherein the playlist display window facilitates editing the playlist.

19. A method of editing a playlist, comprising:

accessing, via a communications link, a browser interpretable document, wherein the browser interpretable document comprises a playlist, wherein the playlist comprises plurality of playlist entries, and wherein the browser interpretable document further comprises instructions for rendering a user interface through which a plurality of media players can be controlled;

causing the browser interpretable document to be rendered by the browser;

rendering the user interface;

receiving instructions to add a playlist entry to the playlist, wherein the instructions comprise a URL to content;

determining, based on the URL to the content, additional information about the content;

creating a new playlist entry in the playlist, wherein the new playlist entry comprises the URL and the additional information about the content; and

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storing the edited playlist as a browser interpretable document.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the additional information is obtained from a remote source.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the remote source is a content provider.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the remote source is a service provider.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein the URL does not directly point to the content.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the additional information further comprises a URL through which the content can be accessed.

26. The method of claim 19, wherein the edited playlist is stored to a remote location.

20. (canceled)