Method and apparatus for media distribution system
First Claim
1. A communication network having numerous telecommunications equipment and one or more audiovisual display devices and a method of connecting any of said equipment and one or more of said devices, the improvement wherein at least one media distribution apparatus is provided, a respective one of said media distribution apparatuses being connected to any of said equipment using said method, and a respective same or another of said media distribution apparatus being connected to any of said devices using said method, one or more of said media distribution apparatuses having media control means and one or more of said media distribution apparatus having media delivery means, said control means including means for selecting and manipulating media content items and said delivery means including storage means.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for selecting and delivering audio, video and interactive media content over a telecommunications network using a media distribution service that enables a remote user to use telephone keypad or voice commands to interact with a media content database to select, access and manipulate stored media content. The media distribution service also provides the ability for one or more remote users to control interactive media content via telephone commands at the same time. The media distribution service is also used to track accounting information using a database for both users and content providers.
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- 1. A communication network having numerous telecommunications equipment and one or more audiovisual display devices and a method of connecting any of said equipment and one or more of said devices, the improvement wherein at least one media distribution apparatus is provided, a respective one of said media distribution apparatuses being connected to any of said equipment using said method, and a respective same or another of said media distribution apparatus being connected to any of said devices using said method, one or more of said media distribution apparatuses having media control means and one or more of said media distribution apparatus having media delivery means, said control means including means for selecting and manipulating media content items and said delivery means including storage means.
- 8. A media distribution apparatus, connected to numerous telecommunications equipment and one or more audiovisual display devices, having media control means and media delivery means, said control means including means for selecting and manipulating media content items and said delivery means including storage means.
- 15. A method for selecting, manipulating and displaying media content comprising a communications network, which connects telecommunications equipment to media selection apparatus including media control means for processing commands and accessing data in order to access, select and manipulate media content items in media storage means, and including media delivery means to output media content items to one or more audiovisual display devices.
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