Multimedia data management system and method of managing multimedia data
First Claim
1. A multimedia data management system in communication with multimedia devices via a network, the system comprising:
- a device interface interfacing with the multimedia devices that provide multimedia data services through the network;
a main storage storing respective multimedia data stored in the multimedia devices;
a selector allowing a user to select reproduction of the multimedia data stored in the main storage;
a displaying unit displaying data; and
a controller storing the multimedia data supplied through the device interface from the multimedia devices in the main storage, producing a list of the multimedia data stored in the main storage and reporting the list to the user by the displaying unit, reading the multimedia data stored in the main storage according to reproduction selection of the multimedia data through the selector and supplying the selected multimedia data to the selected multimedia device through the device interface.
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Abstract
A multimedia data management system in communication with multimedia devices via a network and allowing management of multimedia data of the multimedia devices in an integrated manner, the system having a device interface to be connected to the multimedia devices that provide multimedia data services through the network; a main storage storing respective multimedia data stored in the multimedia devices; a selector allowing a user to select reproduction of the multimedia data; and a controller storing the multimedia data supplied through the device interface from the multimedia devices in the main storage, producing a list of the multimedia data stored in the main storage and reporting the list to a user, reading the multimedia data stored in the main storage according to a reproduction selection of the multimedia data through the selector and supplying the selected multimedia data to the selected multimedia device through the device interface.
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22 Claims
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1. A multimedia data management system in communication with multimedia devices via a network, the system comprising:
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a device interface interfacing with the multimedia devices that provide multimedia data services through the network;
a main storage storing respective multimedia data stored in the multimedia devices;
a selector allowing a user to select reproduction of the multimedia data stored in the main storage;
a displaying unit displaying data; and
a controller storing the multimedia data supplied through the device interface from the multimedia devices in the main storage, producing a list of the multimedia data stored in the main storage and reporting the list to the user by the displaying unit, reading the multimedia data stored in the main storage according to reproduction selection of the multimedia data through the selector and supplying the selected multimedia data to the selected multimedia device through the device interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of managing multimedia data, comprising:
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sensing multimedia devices on a network;
storing respective multimedia data stored in the sensed multimedia devices in a main storage en bloc;
producing a list of the multimedia data stored in the main storage and reporting the list to a user; and
providing the multimedia data stored in the main storage to one of the multimedia devices based upon a user'"'"'s multimedia-data-reproduction selection. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a network;
multimedia devices in communication with the network and providing multimedia data services; and
a multimedia management system in communication with the network and comprising a programmed processor storing the multimedia data from the multimedia devices via the network and managing reproduction of the stored multimedia data at any of the multimedia devices via the network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A multimedia management system in communication with multimedia devices via a network, the system comprising:
a programmed processor storing, en bloc, multimedia data stored in and/or supplied from the multimedia devices via the network and managing exchange of the multimedia data stored in and/or supplied from the multimedia devices among the multimedia devices based upon the en bloc stored multimedia data.
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21. A multimedia management system, comprising:
a programmed processor in communication with a network and storing multimedia data of multimedia devices that provide multimedia data services via the network, receiving selection information of the stored multimedia data from a user via the network and transmitting the selected stored multimedia data to the selected multimedia devices responsive to the selection information via the network. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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