Media processing system based on satellite set top box platform with telephony downstream and upstream data paths
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1. A system for exchanging media content, comprising:
- a communications device operatively coupled to a network and to an antenna, the communications device providing two-way communications with the network and providing one-way communications with the antenna,wherein the communications device can receive broadcast media content from the antenna and from the network,wherein the communications device can send the received broadcast media content and personal media content to the network, the personal media content being different from the received broadcast media content,wherein the communications device presents a plurality of media channels by which to access the received broadcast media content and the personal media content, andwherein the communications device pushes a selected media channel of the plurality of media channels over the network.
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Abstract
Systems and methods that provide satellite-based media processing are described. In one embodiment, a system that exchanges media may include, for example, a communications device that may be coupled to a network and to an antenna. The communications device may provide two-way communications with the network and may provide one-way communications with the antenna. The communications may receive media content from the antenna and/or the network. The communications device may send the media content to the network.
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1. A system for exchanging media content, comprising:
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a communications device operatively coupled to a network and to an antenna, the communications device providing two-way communications with the network and providing one-way communications with the antenna, wherein the communications device can receive broadcast media content from the antenna and from the network, wherein the communications device can send the received broadcast media content and personal media content to the network, the personal media content being different from the received broadcast media content, wherein the communications device presents a plurality of media channels by which to access the received broadcast media content and the personal media content, and wherein the communications device pushes a selected media channel of the plurality of media channels over the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for exchanging media content, comprising:
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adapting a communications device to provide two-way communications with a network; adapting the communications device to provide one-way communications with an antenna; receiving, by the communications device, broadcast media content from the antenna and from the network; sending, by the communications device, personal media content and the received broadcast media content to the network, the personal media content being non-broadcast media content; presenting, by the communications device, a plurality of media channels by which to access the personal media content and the received broadcast media content; pushing, by the communications device, a selected media channel of the plurality of media channels over the network; receiving, by the communications device, a personal media channel that was pushed over the network; and updating the presented plurality of media channels to reflect the received pushed personal media channel. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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