System and method to unlock hidden multimedia content
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorMichael Welch
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Abstract
A consumer electronics device comprises an interrogator and a tag is associated with an accessory for the wireless communications device. The tag stores an identifier that identifies hidden multimedia content stored in memory of the wireless communications device. When the consumer electronics device and the accessory are in close proximity to each other, the interrogator activates the tag for the identifier. A content manager disposed in the consumer electronics device unlocks the hidden multimedia content based on the received identifier.
Claims31
A consumer electronics device comprising:
- memory to store hidden multimedia content;
- an interrogator to receive an identifier that identifies the hidden multimedia content;
- and
- a content manager communicatively connected to the memory and the interrogator to unlock the hidden multimedia content based on the identifier.
A method of unlocking hidden multimedia content in a consumer electronics device device, the method comprising:
- storing hidden multimedia content in memory of a consumer electronics device;
- receiving an identifier that identifies the hidden multimedia content;
- and
- unlocking the hidden multimedia content based on the identifier.
A system for unlocking hidden multimedia content in a consumer electronics device, the system comprising:
- a first member to store an identifier that identifies hidden multimedia content stored in memory of a wireless communications device;
- a second member to receive the identifier from the first member responsive to an activation signal emitted by the consumer electronics device;
- and
- a content manager to unlock the hidden multimedia content based on the identifier received by the second member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.