SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR UTILIZING A PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER
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Abstract
A low-cost portable digital video player receives proprietary compressed data from a source such as a personal video recorder (PVR), and displays the data on an integral display. A rewritable non-volatile memory of the player stores the data and a media decoder of the player transforms and decompresses the data. According to one embodiment the decoder transforms the data to a non-proprietary format, prior to storing the data. According to a second embodiment, the memory stores the data in the proprietary format, and decoder transforms and decompresses the data in response to an instruction from a user input device, and transfers the decoded data to a display. A cradle for the player provides communications to the PVR, a power supply and optionally further storage capacity.
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18 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A portable multimedia device comprising:
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an audio/video output component configured to interface with an audio/video port of any of a plurality of display devices; one or more computer processors configured to execute software instructions; one or more storage devices storing software instructions executable by the one or more computer processors to cause the portable multimedia device to; with the audio/video output component interfaced with a particular display device, in response to a request from a user of the portable multimedia device for playback of a particular multimedia content; transmit a request for the particular multimedia content stored in a proprietary format not intended for playback on the particular display device; transform the particular multimedia content into a format playable on the particular display device by applying one or more decoding algorithms on the particular multimedia content; transmit, via the audio/video output component to an audio/video port of the particular display device, the transformed particular multimedia content. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A multimedia device comprising:
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an audio/video output component configured to interface with an audio/video port of any of a plurality of display devices; a memory device; a computer processor configured to execute software instructions to; in response to a request from a user of the multimedia device for playback of a particular multimedia content on a particular display device; transmit, to a remote storage device storing the particular multimedia content in a proprietary format, a request for the particular multimedia content stored in the proprietary format; receive, via an Internet connection with the remote storage device, a stream of data packets each including portions of the particular multimedia content in the proprietary format; temporarily store, in the memory device, portions of the particular multimedia content received from the remote storage device; transform portions of the particular multimedia content in the proprietary format that are temporarily stored in the memory device into a format playable on the particular display device, wherein said transforming includes a decompression process; and transmit, via the audio/video output component coupled to an audio/video port of the particular display device, the transformed portions of the particular multimedia content. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A multimedia streaming method comprising:
by a computer device having one or more computer processors; in response to a request for playback of multimedia content on a display device; transmit, to a remote storage device storing the multimedia content in a proprietary format, a request for the multimedia content stored in the proprietary format; receive, via an Internet connection with the remote storage device, a stream of data packets each including portions of the multimedia content in the proprietary format; temporarily store, in a memory device, portions of the multimedia content received from the remote storage device; and transform portions of the multimedia content in the proprietary format that are temporarily stored in the memory device into a format playable on the display device, wherein said transforming includes a decompression process; and transmit the transformed portions of the multimedia content to the display device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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