Portable content container displaying A/V files in response to a command received from a consumer device
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorLambertus Hesselink
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Abstract
A portable content container is disclosed comprising a decoder for decoding an A/V file into an A/V stream. File directory information identifying one or more A/V files is transmitted to a consumer device. A display command is received from the consumer device to display a selected one of the A/V files on a display device. The selected A/V file is decoded into an A/V stream transmitted to the display device in response to the display command. In an embodiment, the portable content container further comprises local memory for storing A/V files.
Claims22
A portable content container comprising:
- a decoder operable to decode an audio/video (A/V) file into an A/V stream;
- a first interface operable to transmit the A/V stream to a display device;
- a second interface operable to communicate with a consumer device;
- and
- control circuitry operable to:
- transmit file directory information identifying one or more A/V files to the consumer device over the second interface;
- receive a display command over the second interface from the consumer device to display a selected one of the A/V files on the display device;
- and
- decode the selected A/V file into an A/V stream and transmit the A/V stream over the first interface to the display device in response to the display command,
- wherein the consumer device is operable to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) in response to the file directory information and transmit the GUI to the display device.
A consumer device comprising:
- a first interface operable to couple to a display device;
- a second interface operable to couple to a portable content container (PCC), the portable content container comprising:
- a local memory operable to store audio/video (A/V) files;
- and
- a decoder operable to decode one or more of the A/V files into an A/V stream;
- and
- the consumer device further comprising control circuitry operable to:
- receive file directory information identifying the A/V files from the PCC over the second interface;
- generate a graphical user interface (GUI) in response to the file directory information;
- transmit the GUI over the first interface to the display device;
- receive a play command from a user to play a selected file;
- and
- transmit the play command over the second interface to the PCC to decode and display the selected A/V file on the display device, the play command causing an A/V stream associated with the selected A/V file to be transmitted from the PCC to the display device, the A/V stream bypassing the consumer device.
A consumer device comprising:
- a first interface coupled to a display device;
- a second interface coupled to a portable content container (PCC), the portable content container comprising:
- a local memory operable to store audio/video (A/V) files;
- a decoder operable to decode one or more of the A/V files into an A/V stream;
- a PCC output interface coupled to the display device;
- and
- the consumer device further comprising control circuitry operable to:
- receive file directory information identifying the A/V files from the PCC over the second interface;
- generate a graphical user interface (GUI) in response to the file directory information;
- transmit the GUI over the first interface to the display device;
- receive a play command from a user to play a selected A/V file;
- and
- transmit the play command over the second interface to the PCC to decode and display the selected A/V file on the display device, wherein an A/V stream associated with the selected A/V file is transmitted from the PCC directly to the display device via the PCC output interface.
A method of operating a portable content container, the method comprising:
- transmitting file directory information identifying one or more audio/video (A/V) files to a consumer device;
- receiving a display command from the consumer device to display a selected one of the A/V files on the display device;
- and
- decoding the selected A/V file into an A/V stream and transmitting the A/V stream to a display device in response to the display command, the A/V stream bypassing the consumer device,
- wherein the consumer device is operable to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) in response to the file directory information and transmit the GUI to the display device.
A method of operating a consumer device comprising a first interface coupled to a display device and a second interface coupled to a portable content container (PCC), the portable content container comprising a local memory storing audio/video (A/V) files, and a decoder for decoding one or more of the A/V files into an A/V stream, the method comprising:
- receiving file directory information identifying the A/V files from the PCC over the second interface;
- generating a graphical user interface (GUI) in response to the file directory information;
- transmitting the GUI over the first interface to the display device;
- receiving a play command from a user to play a selected A/V file;
- and
- transmitting the play command over the second interface to the PCC to decode and display the selected A/V file on the display device, the play command causing an A/V stream associated with the selected A/V file to be transmitted from the PCC to the display device, the A/V stream bypassing the consumer device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.