System and method for integrated audio stream manager
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1. A telecommunications system, characterized by:
- a local area network including a network router;
a digital personal media stream manager operably coupled to said local area network;
an audio system operably coupled to said digital personal media stream manager;
a computer operably coupled to said local area network and having a digital personal media stream manager controller and a memory for storing media files from one or more media disks and adapted to transmit said media files to said digital personal media stream manager; and
an Internet access device operably coupled to said local area network and said computer;
wherein said digital personal media stream manager is adapted to convert said media files to a format that said audio system can play back;
wherein the digital personal media stream manager is configured to interface the computer with the audio system such that audio files stored by the computer on the memory can be played back via the audio system.
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Abstract
A multimedia telecommunications system including an integrated audio stream manager (102) in association with the digital personal video stream manager. Such an integrated audio stream manager employs a personal computer (110) to record and store audio such as compact disk tracks. The personal computer (10) can then contact one or more Internet web sites for CD indices to download a list of the tracks and provide a master list of all CDs stored. The digital personal video stream manager (102) can then be used to supervise playback of the audio files via the connected audio system.
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12 Claims
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1. A telecommunications system, characterized by:
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a local area network including a network router; a digital personal media stream manager operably coupled to said local area network; an audio system operably coupled to said digital personal media stream manager; a computer operably coupled to said local area network and having a digital personal media stream manager controller and a memory for storing media files from one or more media disks and adapted to transmit said media files to said digital personal media stream manager; and an Internet access device operably coupled to said local area network and said computer; wherein said digital personal media stream manager is adapted to convert said media files to a format that said audio system can play back; wherein the digital personal media stream manager is configured to interface the computer with the audio system such that audio files stored by the computer on the memory can be played back via the audio system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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copying one or more tracks of a media disk to be stored as one or more digital files in a memory of a computer on a local area network; downloading one or more playlists associated with said one or more media disks from an Internet; organizing said playlists into a master index; using a digital personal media stream manager to access said master index via a television-based interface; and transmitting a selected entry in said master index to said digital personal media stream manager for playback via an audio system coupled to the digital personal media stream manager. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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