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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Tedd Dideriksen, Woodinville, WA (US);
James M. Alkove, Woodinville, WA (US);
Patrick N. Nelson, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard William Saunders, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Tedd Dideriksen, Woodinville, WA (US);
James M. Alkove, Woodinville, WA (US);
Patrick N. Nelson, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard William Saunders, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for registering a plug-in with a media player and for dynamically loading the plug-in into the media player. When a plug-in is installed for use in the media player, it calls a registration function of the media player. The registration function specifies registration parameters to be provided by the plug-in. The registration function receives the registration parameters passed from the plug-in and stores them in a registry of the operating system in a specified format in the registry that enables the media player to recognize and load the plug-in if called to do so. The media player dynamically loads plug-ins in a manner that provides a seamless media presentation experience for a user.