Systems and methods for widget rendering and sharing on a personal electronic device

摘要

Systems and methods for providing, sharing, storing and playing widgets and associated media content on a personal audiovisual device, such as a digital photo frame, are described. In one implementation, widgets may be selected by a user for rendering based on capabilities of a user's device, with the widgets then provided to the device for playback. Digital content such as audio files, images, and/or video may be rendered in conjunction with playback of the widget. Widgets may be shared between users so as to facilitate sharing of media content.

主权项

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a processor; an output system; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory providing electronic program code that is executable by the processor, the electronic program code configured to provide output from the electronic device via the output system, by performing operations that:
download a plurality of content items from a network content service, the content items designated for presentation by a user-interactive software application, and the content items being loaded into volatile memory of the electronic device for the presentation by the user-interactive software application;download a content sequence for an ordered display of the plurality of content items in the user-interactive software application, the content sequence provided by the network content service, wherein the content sequence is customized to a profile for the electronic device maintained by the network content service, the profile being identified at the network content service with use of a device identifier communicated from the electronic device to the network content service; andexecute the user-interactive software application to output the content items from the user-interactive software application via the output system, wherein the content items that are output from the user-interactive software application are output according to the content sequence, wherein the output of the content items from the user-interactive software application is automatically changed according to a schedule specified by the content sequence.