TV-centric system
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1. A system, comprising:
- a TV including a processor and a display;
a computer communicating with the TV over a network, the computer including a data store; and
a user input device communicating with the processor, whereinthe processor causes a map to be presented on the display showing at least portions of the network including the computer and the TV, wherein a user can manipulate the user input device to navigate around the map and cause content to be transmitted between the data store of the computer and the TV.
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Abstract
A TV has a TV processor and a display presenting a map showing the topology of the home network of which the TV is a part. A user can manipulate the user input device to navigate around the map and cause content to be transmitted from a source component shown in the map to a sink component shown on the map. Using the map, the HDD of a PC can be used in addition to that in a PVR to source content to the TV.
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15 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a TV including a processor and a display; a computer communicating with the TV over a network, the computer including a data store; and a user input device communicating with the processor, wherein the processor causes a map to be presented on the display showing at least portions of the network including the computer and the TV, wherein a user can manipulate the user input device to navigate around the map and cause content to be transmitted between the data store of the computer and the TV. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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connecting a TV to a home network including a home computer having a hard disk drive (HDD), the computer not being a digital video recorder (DVR); causing the computer to transcode multimedia streams from a codec that is incompatible with the TV to another codec that is compatible with the TV; and playing back content stored on the HDD on the TV. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A home network portion contained entirely within a dwelling, comprising:
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at least one TV; at least one computer communicating with the TV, the computer having at least one computer hard disk drive (HDD); at least one digital video recorder (DVR) communicating with the TV and having a DVR HDD; and at least one user input device manipulable to cause content on the DVR HDD to be presented on the TV, the user input device also being manipulable to cause content on the computer HDD to be presented on the TV. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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