Method and Apparatus for Remotely Controlling a Receiver According to Content and User Selection
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Abstract
System and method for automatically controlling a media receiver by instructing the media receiver to use a particular receiver connection and to play a selected media unit using one of a plurality of play modes according to characteristics of the media unit. Media units may be encoded using any of a variety of encoding formats. The media management system may interface with a media receiver to select media receiver connections in accordance with the media type of the media unit. The media management system may also interface with the media receiver to set media receiver settings for playing the selected media unit according to the media receiver settings selected for a play mode corresponding to the characteristics of the selected media unit.
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47 Claims
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1-31. -31. (canceled)
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32. A media management system comprising:
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input connections connectable to a media source that provides video media signals to the input connections;
output connections connectable to a media receiver, wherein the output connections comprise (i) a control signal connection to output a configuration instruction to the media receiver, and (ii) a video connection to provide the video media signals to the media receiver;
a storage device containing a play mode record and a media unit record, wherein the play mode record defines a play mode corresponding to a characteristic of the video media signals, and wherein the media unit record contains information pertaining to the video media signals;
a user interface that allows a user to select the play mode for storage as the play mode record, and a processor that receives a play mode selection based on the play mode record and the media unit record and that determines the configuration instruction to be output to the media receiver, wherein the media receiver uses the configuration instruction to configure the media receiver to use the play mode for playing the video media signals. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A method comprising:
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correlating a video media unit with a play mode record;
detecting that the video media unit has been selected for playing out via a media receiver;
sending to the media receiver a configuration instruction for playing out the selected video media unit according to the play mode record correlated with the video media unit;
playing out the selected video media unit according to the correlated play mode record. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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