THIN CLIENT IMPLEMENTATION BASED ON REDIRECTION OF VIRTUAL I/O DEVICES
First Claim
1. A system for transferring media content on a network comprising:
- a hardware device including a network connection, said hardware device configured to be connected to said network via said network connection, said hardware device also including at least one I/O interface and at least one user interface I/O; and
a computer configured to be communicatively connected to said hardware device via said computer network, said computer configured to run an installed software, said installed software including one or more virtual devices and a supervisor software, said supervisor software configured to interpret a user requested media transfer command sent to said hardware device via said user interface I/O and said supervisor software configured to start at least one media software package suitable to perform said user requested media transfer between said hardware device and said computer via said one or more virtual devices.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system for transferring media content on a network including a hardware device. The hardware device is configured to be connected to a network. The hardware device also includes at least one I/O interface and at least one user interface I/O. The system also includes a computer configured to be communicatively connected to the hardware device via the computer network. Installed software on the computer includes one or more virtual devices and supervisor software. The supervisor software starts at least one media software package suitable to perform the user requested media transfer between the hardware device and the computer via the one or more virtual devices. Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of transferring a media file between a remote hardware device and a computer.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for transferring media content on a network comprising:
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a hardware device including a network connection, said hardware device configured to be connected to said network via said network connection, said hardware device also including at least one I/O interface and at least one user interface I/O; and
a computer configured to be communicatively connected to said hardware device via said computer network, said computer configured to run an installed software, said installed software including one or more virtual devices and a supervisor software, said supervisor software configured to interpret a user requested media transfer command sent to said hardware device via said user interface I/O and said supervisor software configured to start at least one media software package suitable to perform said user requested media transfer between said hardware device and said computer via said one or more virtual devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for transferring media content comprising the steps of:
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providing a hardware device communicatively coupled to a computer network;
accepting a request at said hardware device to transfer media content;
transmitting said request to a network attached computer via said network, said network attached computer running software suitable to transfer said media content wherein said software is chosen by a supervisor program running on said computer; and
transferring said media content between said network attached computer and said hardware device via a virtual device situated on said network attached computer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of transferring a media file between a remote hardware device and a computer comprising the steps of:
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providing a network attached computer communicatively coupled to a network;
receiving a request via said network by said network attached computer to transfer a media file to or from a hardware device;
interpreting said request to transfer a media file by a supervisor software running on said network attached computer;
starting by said supervisor software, in response to said request to transfer a media file, a suitable software package on said network attached computer to transfer said media file;
as needed, encoding or decoding said media file using said suitable software package operating on said network attached computer; and
transferring said media file to or from a physical device associated with said hardware device.
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