System and Method for Managing and/or Rendering Internet Multimedia Content in a Network
First Claim
1. A method for rendering internet multimedia content in a network connected to the internet wherein a rendering device is connected to the network, the method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving the internet multimedia content from the internet using the network wherein the internet multimedia content is retrieved from the internet based on user input accepted by a user interface provided by a device connected to the network and further wherein the user interface displays a first webpage;
transmitting the internet multimedia content to the rendering device; and
rendering the internet multimedia content on the rendering device wherein rendering by the rendering device is controlled by the device that provides the user interface.
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Abstract
A system and a method render internet multimedia content in a network using an application to render the internet multimedia content and/or locally stored multimedia content on one or more rendering devices in the network. The application may provide web browser functions, such as, for example, receiving, processing, decoding and/or rendering the internet multimedia content. The application may have an enhanced user interface which may enable a user to select the internet multimedia content and a rendering device in the network, send the internet multimedia content to the rendering device and/or control rendering of the internet multimedia content on the rendering device.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for rendering internet multimedia content in a network connected to the internet wherein a rendering device is connected to the network, the method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving the internet multimedia content from the internet using the network wherein the internet multimedia content is retrieved from the internet based on user input accepted by a user interface provided by a device connected to the network and further wherein the user interface displays a first webpage; transmitting the internet multimedia content to the rendering device; and rendering the internet multimedia content on the rendering device wherein rendering by the rendering device is controlled by the device that provides the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for rendering internet multimedia content in a network connected to the internet wherein a plurality of rendering devices are connected to the network and further wherein each of the plurality of rendering devices has rendering capabilities, the method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving the internet multimedia content from the internet with a user interface provided on a device connected to the network wherein the internet multimedia content has properties and further wherein the user interface displays a webpage; identifying at least one rendering device of the plurality of rendering devices wherein the rendering capabilities of the at least one rendering device correspond to the properties of the internet multimedia content; displaying a first set of controls in the user interface wherein each of the at least one rendering device is associated with one of the first set of controls; accepting user input that identifies a selected control of the first set of controls wherein the user input determines a target rendering device and further wherein the target rendering device is one of the at least one rendering device which is associated with the selected control; transmitting the internet multimedia content to the target rendering device; and rendering the internet multimedia content on the target rendering device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for rendering internet multimedia content in a network connected to the internet wherein a rendering device is connected to the network, the system comprising:
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a renderer control component that detects that the rendering device is connected to the network and further wherein the renderer control component determines capabilities of the rendering device; and a user interface that presents control options for the internet multimedia content wherein the internet multimedia content is selected using a webpage associated with the internet multimedia content and further wherein the user interface is connected to the renderer control component wherein the control options are based on properties of the internet multimedia content and the capabilities of the rendering device and further wherein the user interface accepts user input selecting at least one of the control options; a transcoder that processes the internet multimedia content to generate processed internet multimedia content in response to the user input wherein the processed internet multimedia content is based on the capabilities of the rendering device; and a media server component that receives the processed internet multimedia content from the transcoder and transmits the processed internet multimedia content to the rendering device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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