Media services manager for base station
First Claim
1. A manager for a portable media device base station, comprising:
- a base station operable to receive broadcast media content; and
a reception processor in communication with the base station and configured to manage reception of the broadcast media content.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for managing the reception and/or recording of media content on a base station. In certain embodiments, the base station is configured to transfer media content received by the base station to a portable media device. In one aspect, the portable media device may be a wireless phone with media playback capabilities. One set of embodiments provides a reception manager for managing the reception of media content by the base station. Merely by way of example, embodiments of the present invention may provide for monitoring of the signal strength of broadcast media content, and certain embodiments may provide for receiving and displaying information concerning media content available to the base station. Other embodiments of the present invention may provide for the management of recording and/or storing of media content. Merely by way of example, in some embodiments, a storage processor may determine what media content to record and/or may associate priority values to media content.
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68 Claims
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1. A manager for a portable media device base station, comprising:
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a base station operable to receive broadcast media content; and
a reception processor in communication with the base station and configured to manage reception of the broadcast media content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A manager for a mobile device base station, comprising:
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a base station operable to receive and store broadcast media content; and
a storage processor in communication with the base station and configured to manage storage of the broadcast media content. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method for managing recording of broadcast media content by a mobile device base station, comprising:
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identifying the broadcast media content available to the base station;
selecting broadcast media content;
receiving the selected broadcast media content; and
recording the selected broadcast media content on the mobile device base station. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A method for managing recording of broadcast media content by a mobile device base station, comprising:
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identifying the broadcast media content available to the mobile device base station;
selecting broadcast media content;
receiving the selected broadcast media content; and
transferring the selected broadcast media content from the mobile device base station to a portable media device.
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