Methods and systems for use in customizing displayed content associated with a portable storage medium
View Patent ↗The present embodiments provide methods and systems to playback and customize the playback of content relative to the portable storage medium. Some of these methods identify content to be rendered, through a playback device, in association with a first portable storage medium; identify one or more customizable display parameters to be applied in displaying the identified content; receive a first definition, following the identification of the customizable display parameters, for at least a first customizable display parameter of the one or more customizable display parameters; and cause the first definition for the first customizable display parameter to be stored on the playback device in association with the first customizable display parameter such that the first definition is to be applied by the playback device in rendering the content relative to the first customizable display parameter.
1. A method of playing back content to be played back in association with a portable storage medium, the method comprising:
receiving a command to customize display parameters;
accessing, through a processor, a first portable storage medium;
identifying one or more customizable display parameters, defined on the first portable storage medium, that can be applied while displaying a first content associated with the first portable storage medium;
displaying at least one of the one or more customizable display parameter, where the customizable display parameters when applied define an appearance of how content from the first portable storage medium is to be displayed when the content from the first portable storage medium is displayed;
detecting a designation of a first definition for a first customizable display parameter, of the displayed at least one of the one or more customizable display parameter, alter a state of the first customizable display parameter from a first state to a second state;
storing the first definition, in response to detecting the designation of the first definition altering the state of the first customizable display parameter to the second state; and
displaying, through the processor, the first content in association with the first portable storage medium while applying the first definition of the first customizable display parameter according to the second state;
directly accessing a second portable storage medium;
displaying a second content retrieved from the second portable storage medium while applying the first customizable display parameter according to the second state, and where the content retrieved from the second portable storage medium is different than the first content from the first portable storage medium;
identifying a content owner of the second content retrieved from the second portable storage medium;
determining whether the content owner is also the owner of the first content associated with the first portable storage medium; and
wherein the displaying the second content comprises displaying the second content retrieved from the second portable storage medium while applying the first customizable display parameter according to the second state when the content owner of the second content retrieved from the second portable storage medium is also the owner of the first content associated with the first portable storage medium.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying the first content while applying the first definition of the first customizable display parameter comprises displaying the first content, in association with accessing the first portable storage medium, while applying the first definition of the first customizable display parameter in place of a default definition defined, prior to receiving the first definition for the first customizable display parameter, for the first customizable display parameter.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the one or more customizable display parameters define options to be displayed within a menu defined on the portable storage medium when the menu is displayed.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether a network connection is active providing access over a network to one or more remote sources;
accessing a remote source, in response to determining that the network connection is active;
receiving, in response to accessing the remote source, one or more additional definitions, from the remote source, for one or more other customizable display parameters; and
causing the one or more additional definitions for the one or more other customizable display parameters to be applied in the displaying the first content.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying additional content accessible from a source other than the first portable storage medium, where the additional content is designated to be displayed in cooperation with content recorded on the first portable storage medium; and
causing the first definition for the first customizable display parameter to be applied in displaying the additional content in cooperation with the content recorded on the first portable storage medium.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a second definition, following the identification of the one or more customizable display parameters, for at least a second customizable display parameter of the one or more customizable display parameters; and
causing the second definition for the second customizable display parameter to be stored in association with the second customizable display parameter such that the second definition is to be applied such that a third content associated with the first portable storage medium is not displayed when the third content would have otherwise been displayed when the second definition for the second customizable display parameter is not applied.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, at a playback device and over a network from a remote source, additional customizable display parameters, comprising a second customizable display parameter that is different than customizable display parameters accessible from local memory of the playback device and recorded on the first portable storage medium;
receiving a second definition, following the receiving of the additional customizable display parameters, for at least the second customizable display parameter of the additional customizable display parameters; and
causing the second definition for the second customizable display parameter to be stored on the playback device in association with the second customizable display parameter such that the second definition is applied by the playback device in the displaying the first content relative to the first customizable display parameter.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more one or more customizable display parameters are customizable to alter the playing back of the content and dictate an appearance and organization of at least portions of the content from the first portable storage medium when the content from the first portable storage medium is displayed.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein at least some of the one or more customizable display parameters define which options in menus defined on the first portable storage medium are to be displayed when the menus are displayed and where the options are to be displayed when the menus are displayed.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the one or more customizable display parameters comprises:
accessing a user profile;
identifying at least a second customizable display parameter and a second definition as specified in the user profile; and
the displaying the first content comprises displaying the first content in association with the first portable storage medium while applying the first definition of the first customizable display parameter according to the second state and the second definition of the second customizable display parameter.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the one or more customizable display parameters comprises:
accessing a remote source over a distributed network to gain access to a remote user profile from the remote source;
identifying at least a second customizable display parameter and a second definition as specified in the remote user profile; and
the displaying the first content comprises displaying the first content in association with the first portable storage medium while applying the first definition of the first customizable display parameter according to the second state and the second definition of the second customizable display parameter.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the one or more customizable display parameters comprises:
searching, through a playback device, the first portable storage medium being directly accessed by the playback device;
identifying, as a result of the searching of the first portable storage medium, a remote source designated on the first portable storage medium;
accessing the remote source over a distributed network;
identifying, through the remote source, a second customizable display parameter;
receiving, from the remote source, a second definition for the second customizable display parameter; and
the displaying further comprises displaying the first content applying the second definition for the second customizable display parameter instead of an alternative definition defined on the first portable storage medium for the first customizable display parameter.