Media exchange network supporting consumption of broadcast and user captured media
First Claim
1. A system supporting concurrent consumption of media from multiple sources, the system comprising:
- a first television display in a first home;
a first storage in the first home that stores a first media, and having an associated first network protocol address;
a second television display in a second home;
a second storage in the second home, the second storage having an associated second network protocol address;
at least one server for storing and distributing 3rd party media;
a communication network; and
server software that receives a request that identifies one of the associated first and second network protocol addresses and responds by identifying the other of the associated first and second network protocol addresses to support delivery via the communication network of the 3rd party media from the at least one server, and the first media from the first storage, to the second home, and the 3rd party media from the at least one server, to the first home, for concurrent consumption of the 3rd party media by the first television display, and the 3rd party media and the first media by the second television display.
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Abstract
A network and methods for supporting concurrent consumption of broadcast and user captured media content are disclosed. Various embodiments of the present invention permit a first user to concurrently consume media content from a server and a second user of a media exchange network. The first user may also concurrently provide media content to the second user of the media exchange network. The media content shared by users may be stored at a user'"'"'s location, stored on a server at a third location in the media exchange network, or may originate from a media peripheral device, and may be audio, a still image, video, or data.
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29 Claims
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1. A system supporting concurrent consumption of media from multiple sources, the system comprising:
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a first television display in a first home;
a first storage in the first home that stores a first media, and having an associated first network protocol address;
a second television display in a second home;
a second storage in the second home, the second storage having an associated second network protocol address;
at least one server for storing and distributing 3rd party media;
a communication network; and
server software that receives a request that identifies one of the associated first and second network protocol addresses and responds by identifying the other of the associated first and second network protocol addresses to support delivery via the communication network of the 3rd party media from the at least one server, and the first media from the first storage, to the second home, and the 3rd party media from the at least one server, to the first home, for concurrent consumption of the 3rd party media by the first television display, and the 3rd party media and the first media by the second television display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system supporting concurrent consumption of media from multiple sources, the system comprising:
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a first storage in a first home that stores a first media, and having an associated first protocol address;
a second television display in a second home, and having an associated second protocol address;
at least one server for storing and distributing 3rd party media;
set top box circuitry, in the first home, communicatively coupled to deliver the first media from the first storage to the second television display concurrent with consumption, at the first home, of at least the 3rd party media;
a communication network; and
server software that receives a request that identifies one of the associated first and second protocol addresses and responds by identifying the other of the associated first and second protocol addresses to support delivery via the communication network of the 3rd party media from the at least one server and the first media from the first storage, to the second television display for concurrent consumption of the 3rd party media and the first media. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28)
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25. A system supporting concurrent consumption of media from multiple sources, the system comprising:
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a first storage in a first home that stores a first media;
a second television display in a second home;
at least one server for storing and distributing 3rd party media;
set top box circuitry, in the second home, communicatively coupled to receive the first media from the first storage and the 3rd party media from the at least one server, for concurrent consumption by the second television display;
a communication network; and
server software that coordinates delivery via the communication network of the first media from the first storage and the 3rd party media from the at least one server to the set top box circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 29)
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