Method and apparatus for providing content-owner control in a networked device

Abstract

An apparatus and methods for providing content-owner control in a device is optionally networked. A method for accessing media content has steps of initiating a first view providing access to at least a portion of a first content within the first view, initiating a second view providing access to a second content within the second view and preventing the second content from being accessed with the first content in the first view. Additionally, access to a third content with the first content is allowed in the first view. An apparatus includes a first view configured to provide access to a first content, a second view configured to provide access to a second content, and a graphical subsystem configured to prevent the second content from being access in the first view. In one variation, the first view is a media content view, and the second view is a web view.

1 . An apparatus for providing access to content, comprising: 
 an event generator is configured to generate a notification event;    a notification generator is coupled with the event generator to receive the notification event, wherein the notification generator is configured to generate a notification signal; and    a content player coupled with the notification generator to receive the notification signal, wherein the content player is configured to generate a notification.    
     
     
         2 . The apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the notification generator includes a graphical subsystem coupled with the event generator to receive the notification event, wherein the graphical subsystem is configured to generate the notification signal that is a notification graphical image.  
     
     
         3 . The apparatus as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the content player includes a display coupled with the graphical subsystem to receive the notification graphical image, wherein the display is configured to display the notification graphical image.  
     
     
         4 . The apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a state module configured to receive a control input, and to generate a control event trigger according to the control input; and    the event generator is coupled with the state module such that the event generator receives the control event trigger, wherein the event generator generates a control event to invoke the control associated with the control input.    
     
     
         5 . The apparatus as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein: 
 the control input directs more than one control; and    the state module is further configured to determine a state of content, and to determine which of the more than one controls is to be invoked according to the state of the content.