Media playlist management and viewing remote control

a remote control and media technology, applied in the field of tv server computers, can solve the problems of disrupting the family's normal tv program viewing, difficult control of such a system, and difficult to view the web browser display on a tv

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-09-10
ZOTT JOSEPH A +2
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[0022]According to this invention, a user may capture a media link on any PC and perform this capture function at any physical location, then save the media link in a playlist, and play the media located at the media link on a TV server, while controlling

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It is known to connect a computer to a TV set in order to watch Web media, however it is difficult to control such a system within the typical scenario for TV watching where the viewer is sitting on a couch or chair some distance from the TV.
While a wireless keyboard and mouse can enable the user to control the TV from a distance, it can be very difficult to view a Web browser display on a TV.
This scenario also causes the viewer to surf the Web on their family's primary TV, disrupting the family's normal TV program viewing.
This issue of disrupting the family's normal TV progra

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[0065]It is well known in the art to create bookmark lists and playlists, pointing not just to Web media, but to all types of information stored at Web URLs. Two example formats for prior art media playlists are shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 shows each media entry 101 including not only the URL media link location 102, but also a simple name for the link 103 and a thumbnail image 104. FIG. 2 shows a playlist where a specific ordering number 201 indicating sequential positioning of a link is shown along with a checkbox 202. One typically uses this checkbox in order to delete a link or alter the sequential position of a link. The playlist of FIG. 1 can be implemented such that the user to simply drags and drops a media link—moving it up or down the list in order to change its sequential position. Both formats have their advantages and disadvantages. Other formats also exist.

[0066]FIG. 3 shows a high-level view of a system used in the home environment according to this invention, wher...

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According to this invention, a user may capture a media link on any PC and perform this capture function at any physical location, then save the media link in a playlist, and subsequently play the media located at the media link on a TV server. The TV server may be controlled from a local device—typically a PC or a handheld remote control. Playlists may be maintained on a Web playlist function. Software on a local controller device can then select a media link from a Web playlist through the Internet, and the Web playlist function can then pass that link to a local TV server, thus avoiding the need for the controller device and the TV server to communicate through a LAN. Additionally, a playlist may include targeted advertisements shown physically adjacent to related playlist items.

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CLAIM OF PRIORITY[0001]This application claims the benefit and priority of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 003,363, filed on Nov. 16, 2007, and entitled “MEDIA PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT AND VIEWING REMOTE CONTROL,” by inventors Joseph A. Zott, Samuel W. Beal, and Robert Osann, Jr., and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 901,671, filed on Feb. 13, 2007, and entitled “REMOTE CONTROL FOR VIDEO MEDIA SERVERS,” by inventors Robert Osann, Jr. and Samuel W. Beal, both of said applications commonly assigned with the present application and incorporated herein by reference.COPYRIGHT NOTICE[0002]A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED AP...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N7/025G06F13/14H04N5/445
CPCH04N5/4403H04N7/17318H04N21/4113H04N21/42204H04N21/8455H04N21/4438H04N21/4622H04N21/4825H04N21/4828H04N21/4316
Inventor ZOTT, JOSEPH A.BEAL, SAMUEL W.OSANN, ROBERT
Owner ZOTT JOSEPH A
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