US 2010/0169778 A1 · System and method for browsing, selecting and/or controlling rendering of media with a mobile device

Abstract

A system and a method enable browsing, selecting and/or controlling rendering of media with a mobile device. Content from multiple content sources is aggregated, and a default content source and/or a default rendering device used for subsequent media selection are established. Individual media playback shortcuts are associated with specific default rendering devices. A user may navigate within a collection of content without a need to repeat full content browsing and selection. A user interface of a multimedia player and/or playback controller on the mobile device displays active metadata tags. By selecting an active metadata tag, the user may access a list of associated metadata tag values. By selecting a tag value, the user may select a set of content associated with the tag value for rendering.

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Dependent claims

A method for a user to control media rendering using a mobile device, rendering devices and content sources wherein media content objects are available from one or more content sources, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying graphic representations on the mobile device wherein each of the graphic representations is associated with a set of the media content objects and further wherein at least one of the graphic representations is associated with a target rendering device of the rendering devices;
selecting a first graphic representation of the graphic representations with user input on the mobile device;
and
rendering the set of the media content objects associated with the first graphic representation on the target rendering device associated with the first graphic representation without user input selecting the target rendering device subsequent to selection of the first graphic representation.

1 more element

A method for using a mobile device having a user interface to identify a set of media content objects from media content objects available from one or more content sources wherein the set of media content objects is based on a first media content object having characteristics, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying metadata tags associated with the first media content object wherein the mobile device displays the metadata tags and further wherein each of the metadata tags is associated with metadata tag values which represent characteristics of the media content objects available from the one or more content sources;
identifying a selected metadata tag of the metadata tags associated with the first media content object wherein the selected metadata tag is identified based on user input on the mobile device;
displaying metadata tag values associated with the selected metadata tag wherein the mobile device displays the metadata tag values and further wherein at least one of the metadata tag values which are displayed is at least one of the characteristics of the first media content object;
identifying a selected metadata tag value of the metadata tag values wherein the selected metadata tag value is identified based on user input on the mobile device;
and
identifying the set of media content objects from the media content objects available from the one or more content sources wherein the set of media content objects is identified based on the selected metadata tag value.

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A system for a user to control rendering of media content objects by rendering devices wherein the media content objects are available from content sources, the system comprising:

a mobile device having a user interface;
and
an application executed by the mobile device wherein the application directs the mobile device to display playback shortcuts and further wherein each of the playback shortcuts is associated with a set of the media content objects wherein at least one of the playback shortcuts is associated with a target rendering device of the rendering devices and further wherein the application directs the target rendering device associated with a selected playback shortcut of the playback shortcuts to render the set of the media content objects associated with the selected playback shortcut in response to user input on the mobile device identifying the selected playback shortcut.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for browsing, selecting and/or controlling rendering of media with a mobile device

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System and method for browsing, selecting and/or controlling rendering of media with a mobile device

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