Using local codecs

• US 8,249,569 B1
• Filed: 10/09/2009
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Borcic, Rob, Davis, Angus, Thilgen, Chris, Balakrishnan, Govind
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, John J
• Application Number:
  US12/577,035
• Time in Patent Office: 1,047 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.4, 455/515, 455/517, 455/3.06, 455/419, 455/420, 455/418, 455/414.1, 455/3.01, 455/454, 455/412.1, 455/67.11, 725/56, 725/39, 725/75, 370/230, 370/252
• US Class Current: 455/414.4
• 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 21/8193 dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes evaluating local codecs of a cellular telephone. The method further includes playing a content file with a media player on the cellular telephone. The method also includes accessing encoded media referred to by the content file in a format determined based on local codecs of the cellular telephone.

Claims

1. A method of playing encoded data referred to in a content file played by a media player on a device, comprising:

detecting one or more local codecs available on the device;

upon detecting the one or more local codecs, retrieving one or more content files from a remote storage device that have or refer to encoded data that is formatted for decompression using at least one of the one or more local codecs available on the device;

decoding the encoded data into a format associated with one of the local codecs to obtain decoded data; and

playing the decoded data with the media player using one or more of a display or a speaker of the device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the encoded data is one of video, image or audio data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising downloading the encoded data from the remote storage device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying the playing of the decoded data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein modifying includes skinning the decoded data.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein modifying includes overlying an image onto the decoded data as the decoded data is played.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the encoded data is formatted for decompression using a plurality of formats.

8. A non-volatile storage on which electronic instructions are stored, the electronic instructions operable to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

detecting one or more local codecs available on a device that comprises the non-volatile storage;

upon detecting the one or more local codecs, retrieving one or more content files from a remote storage device that have or refer to encoded data that is formatted for decompression using at least one of the one or more local codecs;

decoding the encoded data into a format associated with one of the local codecs to obtain decoded data; and

playing the decoded data.

9. The non-volatile storage of claim 8, wherein the encoded data is one of video, image or audio data.

10. The non-volatile storage of claim 8, wherein the operations comprise downloading the encoded data from the remote storage device.

11. The non-volatile storage of claim 8, wherein the operations comprise modifying the playing of the decoded data.

12. The non-volatile storage of claim 11, wherein modifying includes skinning the decoded data.

13. The non-volatile storage of claim 11, wherein modifying includes overlying an image onto the decoded data as the decoded data is played.

14. The non-volatile storage of claim 8, wherein the encoded data is formatted for decompression using a plurality of formats.

15. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-volatile storage on which electronic instructions are stored, the electronic instructions operable to cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

detecting one or more local codecs available on the system;

upon detecting the one or more local codecs, retrieving one or more content files from a remote storage device that have or refer to encoded data that is formatted for decompression using at least one of the one or more local codecs available on the system;

decoding the encoded data into a format associated with one of the local codecs to obtain decoded data; and

playing the decoded data.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the encoded data is one of video, image or audio data.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations comprise downloading the encoded data from the remote storage device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein modifying includes skinning the decoded data.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein modifying includes overlying an image onto the decoded data as the decoded data is played.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations comprise modifying the playing of the decoded data.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the encoded data is formatted for decompression using a plurality of formats.

22. The system of claim 15, wherein the system is a cellular telephone.