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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 27, 2009
Ahmet Altay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Po Yuan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Junzhi Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Haluk Kent Tanik, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ahmet Altay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Po Yuan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Junzhi Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Haluk Kent Tanik, Mountain View, CA (US);
SanDisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
The embodiments described herein generally relate to a method and host device for enforcing a rule associated with a media file. In one embodiment, an observer module determines that a media player is attempting to play a media file. Before allowing the media player to play the media file, the observer module determines if the media file is associated with a rule that specifies an action to be taken if a playback event is detected. If it is determined that the media file is associated with a rule, the observer module observes playback of the media file to detect if the playback event specified in the rule occurred and takes the action specified in the rule if the playback event is detected.