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TV-centric system

  • US 7,730,516 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2007
  • Issued: 06/01/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a TV including a TV processor and a display; and

    a data storage device separate from the TV and communicating with the TV processor, the data storage device requiring, to access data therein, an associated software driver stored in the TV but not in the data storage device, wherein, in response to the TV receiving, from a requesting component separate from the TV, a request to use a storage service provided by the storage device by means of the software driver in the TV, the TV acts as a proxy to provide the storage service to the requesting component by using the software driver in the TV to access the storage device and provide the storage service to the requesting component.

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