US 12,591,353 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for managing digital media content

AssigneeLiTL LLC

InventorsRobert Sanford Havoc Pennington, Matthew David Day, Noah Bruce Guyot, Daniel Kuo, Jenea Boshart Hayes, Aaron Tang, David Livingstone Fore, John H. Chuang, Chris Bambacus, Yves Behar, Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Hibmacronan, Naoya Edahiro, Donald Francis Fischer, Christian Marc Schmidt, Lisa Strausfeld, Marc Gallucci, Eric Sutton, Samuel Wallace Webber, Christine Meahan, Phillip Henson

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Abstract

Various aspects and embodiments are directed to a streamlined computer device and a graphical user interface that organizes interface elements into views of computer content for presentation to a user. Various views of digital media content permits users to easily and efficiently access various digital media content. Different views are used to provide an interface that is responsive to configurations of the device and responsive to activity being performed by the user. Aspects include permitting the user to maintain and manage digital media content libraries. According to some embodiments, the libraries comprise user digital media content and references digital media content. Functionality provided to a user can be tailored to the type of content displayed, accessed and/or managed. According to various aspects, methods and systems are provided for accessing and managing digital media libraries on a streamlined computing device with a plurality selectable I/O profiles.

Claims33

Dependent claims

A method for accessing and managing digital media libraries on a streamlined computing device, the method comprising:

presenting an operating system login screen to a user of the streamlined computing device;
in response to credentials input by the user at the operating system login screen, identifying a user of the streamlined computing device and logging the user into the streamlined computing device;
in response to identifying the user, retrieving a profile from a remote location, the profile being associated with the user and the profile further being associated with a remote storage account at a remote storage service;
accessing digital media content stored at the remote storage service and associated with the remote storage account associated with the profile;
accessing configuration information associated with the profile;
after logging the user into the streamlined computing device, displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on the streamlined computing device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a first view;
displaying, within the first view, a first visual representation associated with and including an item of the digital media content stored at the remote storage service and associated with the remote storage account associated with the profile;
displaying, in response to selection of the first visual representation in the first view, the item of digital media content in a digital media content view;
displaying, within the first view, concurrently with displaying the first visual representation within the first view, a second visual representation associated with, and including a summary of, an item of web-based content, the item of web-based content selected based on the configuration information;
and
displaying, in response to selection of the second visual representation, a web browser view of the web-based content.

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A streamlined computing device, comprising:

at least one processor operatively coupled to memory and configured to:
present an operating system login screen to a user of the streamlined computing device;
in response to credentials input by the user at the operating system login screen, identify a user of the streamlined computing device;
in response to identifying the user, retrieve a profile from a remote location, the profile being associated with the user and the profile further being associated with a remote storage account at a remote storage service;
access digital media content stored at the remote storage service and associated with the remote storage account associated with the profile;
access configuration information associated with the profile;
after logging the user into the streamlined computing device, display a graphical user interface (GUI) on the streamlined computing device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a first view;
display, within the first view, a first visual representation associated with and including an item of the digital media content stored at the remote storage service and associated with the remote storage account associated with the profile;
display, in response to selection of the first visual representation in the first view, the item of digital media content in a digital media content view;
display, within the first view, concurrently with displaying the first visual representation within the first view, a second visual representation associated with, and including a summary of, an item of web-based content, the item of web-based content selected based on the configuration information;
and
display, in response to selection of the second visual representation, a web browser view of the web-based content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/320,356Filed 19 May 2023 · continuation
Priority: 1 Apr 2008
Published: US 2024/0094870 A121 Mar 2024
Granted: 31 Mar 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 1/1616
With several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function: with folding flat displays,…
G06F 1/1637
Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626:…
G06F 1/1684
Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626:…

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