MEDIA TRANSFER AND CONTROL SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A media transfer and control system, comprising:
- a handheld electronic device having a processor and a memory, said handheld electronic device being adapted for wireless communications, said memory storing a plurality of media files; and
an audio/visual system having a controller for controlling the operation of said audio/visual system and an internal storage mechanism for storing digital information representative of media, said audio/visual system being adapted for wireless communications;
wherein said processor of said handheld electronic device is;
(i) responsive to one or more first inputs from a user of said handheld electronic device, adapted to generate one or more control signals and cause said handheld electronic device to wirelessly transmit said one or more control signals to said audio/visual system, and (ii) responsive to one or more second inputs from said user of said handheld electronic device, adapted to access a selected one or more of said media files from said memory and cause said handheld electronic device to wirelessly transmit media data based on said selected one or more of said media files to said audio/visual system;
wherein said audio/visual system, in response to wirelessly receiving said one or more control signals, provides said one or more control signals to said controller, wherein said controller controls the operation of said audio/visual system in accordance with said one or more control signals, and wherein said audio/visual system, in response to wirelessly receiving said media data, performs at least one of;
(i) immediately causing a media output to be generated based on said media data and (ii) causing said media data to be stored in said internal storage mechanism; and
wherein said audio/visual system is adapted to automatically and without a solicitation from said handheld electronic device wirelessly transmit to said handheld electronic device media descriptive data relating to media content that is currently available from said audio/visual system when said handheld electronic device and said audio/visual system are brought within wireless communications range of one another.
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Abstract
A media transfer and control system that includes a handheld electronic device and and audio/visual system. The media transfer and control system provides for: (i) the transfer of media files between the handheld electronic device and the audio/visual system, (ii) the transmission of control commands from the handheld electronic device to the audio/visual system for controlling the function and operation of the audio/visual system through a user interface provided on the handheld electronic device, and (iii) the unsolicited transfer of media descriptive data between the handheld electronic device and the audio/visual system to create a synchronized global view on the handheld electronic device and/or the audio/visual system of all of the media content currently stored on and/or available through both the handheld electronic device and the audio/visual system.
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37 Claims
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1. A media transfer and control system, comprising:
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a handheld electronic device having a processor and a memory, said handheld electronic device being adapted for wireless communications, said memory storing a plurality of media files; and an audio/visual system having a controller for controlling the operation of said audio/visual system and an internal storage mechanism for storing digital information representative of media, said audio/visual system being adapted for wireless communications; wherein said processor of said handheld electronic device is;
(i) responsive to one or more first inputs from a user of said handheld electronic device, adapted to generate one or more control signals and cause said handheld electronic device to wirelessly transmit said one or more control signals to said audio/visual system, and (ii) responsive to one or more second inputs from said user of said handheld electronic device, adapted to access a selected one or more of said media files from said memory and cause said handheld electronic device to wirelessly transmit media data based on said selected one or more of said media files to said audio/visual system;wherein said audio/visual system, in response to wirelessly receiving said one or more control signals, provides said one or more control signals to said controller, wherein said controller controls the operation of said audio/visual system in accordance with said one or more control signals, and wherein said audio/visual system, in response to wirelessly receiving said media data, performs at least one of;
(i) immediately causing a media output to be generated based on said media data and (ii) causing said media data to be stored in said internal storage mechanism; andwherein said audio/visual system is adapted to automatically and without a solicitation from said handheld electronic device wirelessly transmit to said handheld electronic device media descriptive data relating to media content that is currently available from said audio/visual system when said handheld electronic device and said audio/visual system are brought within wireless communications range of one another. - 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, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A communications stack for use in conducting wireless communications of digital data between a handheld electronic device having a processor for controlling the operation of said handheld electronic device and an audio/visual system having a controller for controlling the operation of said audio/visual system, comprising:
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a digital data layer for wirelessly transmitting digital information representative of media content currently available through said handheld electronic device or said audio/visual system between said handheld electronic device and said audio/visual system; and a metadata communications layer for wirelessly transmitting digital media descriptive data relating to the media content currently available through said handheld electronic device or said audio/visual system between said handheld electronic device and said audio/visual system. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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