Apparatus and Method For Interactive Digital Media Content Requests
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1. A method for content selection of digital media stored in a memory coupled to a digital media processor and playable on a digital audio-visual playback device comprising the steps of:
- providing a first communication link between a user interface and a media management control;
providing a second communication link between the media management control and a digital media processor coupled to a memory containing digital media, the digital media processor coupled in communication with at least one digital audio-visual playback device;
transmitting a digital media content request from the user interface remote from the playback device through the first communication link to the media management control, the request including at least a digital media identifier;
in response to the digital media content request from the user interface, the media management control managing the execution and the manner of execution of the digital media specified by the digital media identifier through the second communication link on the at least one digital audio-visual playback device by;
determining the operability of the at least one playback device;
accepting or rejecting the identified media in each user request based on rules of play for each playback device; and
initiating transmission of the selected digital media by the digital media processor to the at least one digital audio-visual playback device for play of the selected digital media by the digital audio-visual playback device.
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Abstract
A remote user interface transmits a digital media request through a first communication link to a media management control which is coupled by a second communication link to a digital audio-visual playback device for selecting and playing a stored digital media by the playback device. The media management control executes a set of rules applicable to each playback device in determining whether or not a user request will be accepted or rejected for play on a particular playback device.
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1. A method for content selection of digital media stored in a memory coupled to a digital media processor and playable on a digital audio-visual playback device comprising the steps of:
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providing a first communication link between a user interface and a media management control; providing a second communication link between the media management control and a digital media processor coupled to a memory containing digital media, the digital media processor coupled in communication with at least one digital audio-visual playback device; transmitting a digital media content request from the user interface remote from the playback device through the first communication link to the media management control, the request including at least a digital media identifier; in response to the digital media content request from the user interface, the media management control managing the execution and the manner of execution of the digital media specified by the digital media identifier through the second communication link on the at least one digital audio-visual playback device by; determining the operability of the at least one playback device; accepting or rejecting the identified media in each user request based on rules of play for each playback device; and initiating transmission of the selected digital media by the digital media processor to the at least one digital audio-visual playback device for play of the selected digital media by the digital audio-visual playback device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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