Providing a summary of media content to a communication device
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorRaghuraman Gopalan
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Abstract
A wireless communication device includes a processor, a display device coupled to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory includes instructions executable by the processor to perform operations. The operations include receiving a user input to play a media content item. The operations include sending a request for a summary of the media content item to a network device in response to the user input in lieu of sending a particular request for the media content item. The operations also include, in response to the reply including media content, sending the media content to the display device for display.
Claims20
A wireless communication device comprising:
- a processor;
- a display device coupled to the processor;
- and
- a memory accessible to the processor, the memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- determining whether a summary of a media content item is to be obtained, the media content item having been requested for play by first user input, the determining being based upon a type of network connection utilized by the wireless communication device, the determining resulting in a determination;
- in response to the first user input and in a case of the determination being that the summary of the media content item is to be obtained, sending a request for the summary of the media content item to a network device in lieu of sending a particular request for the media content item;
- and
- in response to a reply to the request comprising media content, sending the media content to the display device for display.
A method comprising:
- determining, by a mobile communication device comprising a processor, whether a summary of a media content item is to be obtained, the media content item having been requested for play by first user input, the determining being based upon a type of network connection utilized by the mobile communication device, the determining resulting in a determination;
- in response to the first user input and in a case of the determination being that the summary of the media content item is to be obtained, sending, by the mobile communication device to a network device, a request for the summary of the media content item in lieu of sending a particular request for the media content item;
- and
- in response to a reply to the request comprising a listing of media content, sending, by the mobile communication device, selectable options to a display device, the selectable options comprising first selectable options corresponding to items in the listing.
A computer-readable storage device storing instructions executable by a processor of a mobile communication device to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- determining whether a summary of a media content item is to be obtained, the media content item having been requested for play by first user input, the determining being based upon a type of network connection utilized by the mobile communication device, the determining resulting in a determination;
- in response to the first user input and in a case of the determination being that the summary of the media content item is to be obtained, causing a network interface to send a request for the summary of the media content item to a network device in lieu of sending a particular request for the media content item;
- and
- in response to a reply to the request comprising media content, causing the media content to be sent to an output device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.