SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HOME MULTIMEDIA CONTAINER

• US 20140351752A1
• Filed: 05/23/2013
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: WU, James, BENNETT, Robin, HILL, Daniel, GALKINA, Anya
• Granted Patent: US 9,535,569 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A system and method for a home multimedia container. The method includes accessing, within mobile device, a portion of an operating system corresponding to the mobile device and accessing a datastore corresponding to a home multimedia container. In one embodiment, the home multimedia container comprises a first object and a second object. The first object may be a first portion of content and the second object may be an application. The datastore may comprise information about the first object and the second object. The method further includes determining a first image based on the information about the first object and determining a second image based on an application icon corresponding to the application. The method further includes displaying the first image and the second image. In one embodiment, selection of the first image is operable to launch a first application operable to render the first portion of content.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a portion of a graphical user interface, said method comprising:

accessing, within mobile device, a portion of an operating system corresponding to said mobile device;

accessing a datastore corresponding to a home multimedia container, wherein said home multimedia container comprises a first object and a second object, wherein said first object is a first portion of content and said second object is an application, and wherein said datastore comprises information about said first object and said second object;

determining a first image based on said information about said first object;

determining a second image based on an application icon corresponding to said application; and

displaying said first image and said second image, wherein selection of said first image is operable to launch a first application operable to render said first portion of content.

2. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said displaying is performed in response to performance of an unlock function.

3. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said home multimedia container is at a top position in a hierarchy of multimedia containers.

4. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said home multimedia container comprises a third object, wherein said third object is a multimedia container.

5. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said home multimedia container comprises a fourth object, wherein said first object is of a first media type and said fourth object is of a second media type.

6. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the first image is displayed adjacent to said second image.

7. The method as described in claim 1, wherein selection of said second image is operable to launch said application corresponding to said second image.

8. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, if executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform a method for displaying a portion of a graphical user interface, said method comprising:

accessing, within mobile device, a portion of an operating system corresponding to said mobile device;

accessing a datastore corresponding to a home multimedia container, wherein said home multimedia container comprises a first object and a second object, wherein said first object is a first portion of content and said second object is a multimedia container, and wherein said datastore comprises information about said first object and said second object, and wherein said multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects;

determining a first image based on said information about said first object;

determining a second image based on said plurality of objects of said multimedia container; and

displaying said first image and said second image.

9. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8 wherein said displaying is performed in response to performance of a security function of said operating system.

10. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said displaying is performed as part of a startup sequence of said operating system.

11. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said displaying is performed by said operating system.

12. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said mobile device is a tablet computing device.

13. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said home multimedia container further comprises a third object, wherein said third object is an application and said datastore comprises information about said application, and wherein said method further comprises:

determining a third image based on said information about said application; and

displaying said third image, wherein selection of said third image is operable to launch said application.

14. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said home multimedia container is at a top position in a hierarchy of multimedia containers.

15. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein selection of said first image is operable to launch a first application operable to render said first portion of content, and wherein selection of said second image is operable to open said multimedia container.

16. The computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 8, wherein said first object is operable to be moved into said multimedia container via selection of said first image and dragging said first image over said second image.

17. An system operable to display a graphical user interface, said system comprising:

an operating system comprising;

a datastore access module operable to access a datastore corresponding to a home multimedia container comprising a plurality of objects, wherein a first object of said plurality of objects is operable to be a piece of content;

an image determination module operable to generate a plurality of respective images each corresponding to respective object of said plurality of objects of said home multimedia container; and

a display module operable to display each respective image of said plurality of respective images, wherein said display module is operable to display a portion of content adjacent to an application icon.

18. The system as described in claim 17, further comprising:

a selection module operable to receive a selection of said respective image and invoke an application corresponding to said image.

19. The system as described in claim 17 wherein a second object of said plurality of objects is operable to be an application.

20. The system as described in claim 17, wherein selection of a first respective image of said plurality of respective images is operable to launch an application for rendering a piece of content corresponding to said first respective image.