Hybrid Playlist

• US 20090304359A1
• Filed: 01/15/2009
• Published: 12/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Lemay, Steve, Kelly, Sean, Coffman, Patrick, Chaudhri, Imran A., Pisula, Charles
• Granted Patent: US 8,155,505 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/353
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/46 for receiving on more than one standard at will deflecting circuits of multi-standard receivers H04N3/27

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for playing media files of a playlist on a mobile device. The media files of the playlist include one or more audio files and one or more video files. Playing a first video file of the playlist on the mobile device includes playing an audio component and a video component of the first video file.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

playing a first video file of a playlist on a mobile device, the playlist including one or more audio files and one or more video files,

where playing the first video file of the one or more video files includes playing on the mobile device an audio component and a video component of the first video file.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

playing a first audio file of the one or more audio files of the playlist on the mobile device, where playing the first audio file includes displaying on the mobile device an image associated with the first audio file and playing on the mobile device an audio component of the first audio file.

3. The method of claim 2, where:

the first video file is played with a landscape orientation before the first audio file is played; and

the first audio file is played in a presentation mode with a landscape orientation.

4. The method of claim 2, where

the first video file is played after the first audio file is played;

and

the first audio file is played in a presentation mode with a portrait orientation or a coverflow mode with a landscape orientation.

5. The method of claim 1, where the one or more video files include at least one of a movie, a television show, a music video, or a video podcast.

6. The method of claim 1, where the playlist is determined by a user of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, where the mobile device includes a multi-touch-sensitive display.

8. A system comprising:

a processor and a memory operable to perform operations including;

playing a first video file of a playlist on a mobile device, the playlist including one or more audio files and one or more video files,

where playing the first video file of the one or more video files includes playing on the mobile device an audio component and a video component of the first video file.

9. The system of claim 8, further operable to perform operations comprising:

playing a first audio file of the one or more audio files of the playlist on the mobile device, where playing the first audio file includes displaying on the mobile device an image associated with the first audio file and playing on the mobile device an audio component of the first audio file.

10. The system of claim 9, where:

the first video file is played with a landscape orientation before the first audio file is played; and

the first audio file is played in a presentation mode with a landscape orientation.

11. The system of claim 9, where

the first video file is played after the first audio file is played;

and

the first audio file is played in a presentation mode with a portrait orientation or a coverflow mode with a landscape orientation.

12. The system of claim 8, where the one or more video files include at least one of a movie, a television show, a music video, or a video podcast.

13. The system of claim 8, where the playlist is determined by a user of the mobile device.

14. A computer program product, encoded on a computer readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

playing a first video file of a playlist on a mobile device, the playlist including one or more audio files and one or more video files,

where playing the first video file of the one or more video files includes playing on the mobile device an audio component and a video component of the first video file.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further operable to perform operations comprising:

playing a first audio file of the one or more audio files of the playlist on the mobile device, where playing the first audio file includes displaying on the mobile device an image associated with the first audio file and playing on the mobile device an audio component of the first audio file.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, where:

the first video file is played with a landscape orientation before the first audio file is played; and

the first audio file is played in a presentation mode with a landscape orientation.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, where

the first video file is played after the first audio file is played;

and

the first audio file is played in a presentation mode with a portrait orientation or a coverflow mode with a landscape orientation.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, where the one or more video files include at least one of a movie, a television show, a music video, or a video podcast.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, where the playlist is determined by a user of the mobile device