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APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING ONE OR MORE FILTER FILES WITH A PARTICULAR MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
Application Number |
US2006014609 |
Publication Number |
2006/113742 |
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In Force |
Filing Date |
2006-04-18 |
Publication Date |
2006-10-26 |
Owner |
CLEARPLAY, INC. (USA)
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Inventor |
Jarman, Matthew T.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, computer program product (10A) and computer accessible code configured to link or otherwise associate content filters with a multimedia presentation, e.g., a movie. The content filter data includes an identifier value ( 12) with an aspect ratio identifier or as a function of an aspect ratio (16) for a particular multimedia presentation associated with the filter information. In one implementation, association between a filter set and a multimedia presentation involves a filtering application that searches a particular multimedia presentation to locate aspect ratio (16) information and further searches filter information for a matching aspect ratio identifier.
IPC Classes ?
- H04N 9/00 - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Details of colour television systems
- H04N 11/00 - Colour television systems
- H04N 9/79 - Processing of colour television signals in connection with recording
- H04N 5/76 - Television signal recording
- H04N 7/00 - Television systems
- H04N 5/00 - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Details of television systems
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MEDIA PLAYER CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE PLAYBACK FILTERS FROM ALTERNATIVE STORAGE MEDIUMS
Application Number |
US2006000522 |
Publication Number |
2006/074403 |
Status |
In Force |
Filing Date |
2006-01-05 |
Publication Date |
2006-07-13 |
Owner |
CLEARPLAY, INC. (USA)
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Inventor |
- Jarman, Matthew T.
- Iverson, Brent L.
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Abstract
A media player (10) configured with a first removable memory reader, such as a DVD drive (16), and a second removable memory reader, such as a flash memory reader (16), adapted to communicate with a removable memory containing filter data (30). The media player ( 10) is configured to allow filtered playback of a multimedia presentation, such as a movie. Filtered playback causes certain portions of the multimedia presentation to be skipped, muted, blurred, cropped, or otherwise modified to eliminate or reduce potentially objectionable scenes, language, or other content. The second memory reader (10) provides a convenient medium for the loading of filter information, whether data files, executable program code, or the like, to local memory of the media player to employ during filtered playback. Alternatively, the filters may be accessed from the removable storage media during playback rather than loading to local memory.
IPC Classes ?
- H04N 5/445 - Receiver circuitry for displaying additional information
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METHOD AND USER INTERFACE FOR DOWNLOADING AUDIO AND VIDEO CONTENT FILTERS TO A MEDIA PLAYER
Application Number |
US2005038141 |
Publication Number |
2006/045104 |
Status |
In Force |
Filing Date |
2005-10-20 |
Publication Date |
2006-04-27 |
Owner |
CLEARPLAY, INC. (USA)
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Inventor |
- Jarman, Matthew, T.
- Iverson, Brent, L.
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Abstract
A client server arrangement for downloading media content filters from a server device (16) to a client device (12). The media content filters define portions of a separate audio visual presentation containing potentially objectionable subject matter. Depending on user selections, identified portions of the audio/visual presentation may be skipped and/or muted during play. In one particular implementation, the client device, e.g., a DVD player, is configured to initiate a connection with a server device. Upon successful connection, the server device transmits one or more media content filters to the client device. The client device may be configured to determine whether a particular media content filter is available, to facilitate deletion of some existing media content filters in order secure adequate memory space, and t ensure that the media player has an active account, before initiating a connection with the server device. The server device may be configured to determine whether the media player is associated with an active user account, whether requested filter is available, and whether adequate memory space is available at the media player, before transmitting media content filters to the client device.
IPC Classes ?
- G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
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APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FILTERING OBJECTIONABLE PORTIONS OF A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
Application Number |
US2005012448 |
Publication Number |
2005/099413 |
Status |
In Force |
Filing Date |
2005-04-12 |
Publication Date |
2005-10-27 |
Owner |
CLEARPLAY, INC. (USA)
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Inventor |
- Jarman, Matthew Thomas
- Seeley, Jason
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Abstract
A method for filtering portions of a multimedia presentation. A stream of multimedia media data read from a memory media (330a) is compared with a filter file associated with the multimedia data (316a). The filter file includes a start position (321a), a stop position (323a), and a filtering action (325a) to perform on the portion of the multimedia content (327a) that begins at the start position and ends at the stop position. When the multimedia data read from the media corresponds with the filter file, the designated filtering action is performed. Aspects of the invention also pertain to the format for the filter file, format for accessing filter files on a memory media
IPC Classes ?
- G06F 17/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions
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