Personal access and control of media peripherals on a media exchange network
First Claim
1. A system supporting indirect control of at least one media peripheral, the system comprising:
- at least one processor for operably coupling to a display device supporting display of television content and to a first storage, at a first location, for storing media with respect to a first user of a user defined group of users that are known to one another, the at least one processor operable to, at least;
enable delivery of media from the first location to a second location remote from the first location, the second location having a second storage for storing media with respect to a second user of the user defined group of users and at least one media peripheral communicatively coupled to the second storage; and
communicate with software that maintains information identifying members of the user defined group of users, and that receives a request that identifies one of the first user and the second user, one of the at least one media peripheral, and at least one media peripheral command selected by the first user at the first location, and that responds by enabling control from the first location, via a communication network, of the identified one of the at least one media peripheral, at the second location, according to the at least one media peripheral command.
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Abstract
Methods are disclosed for indirectly monitoring and controlling at least one media peripheral device in a media exchange network by accessing a media management system (MMS) via a first media peripheral (MP) device (e.g., a TV screen) using a user control device (e.g., a remote control). An operation corresponding to a second media peripheral (MP) device (e.g., a digital camera) may be selected via the MMS using the first MP device and the user control device. The operation is then carried out (i.e., performed) by the second MP device. A status of the second MP device may be selected via the MMS using the first MP device and the user control device. The selected status is then displayed on the first MP device.
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43 Claims
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1. A system supporting indirect control of at least one media peripheral, the system comprising:
at least one processor for operably coupling to a display device supporting display of television content and to a first storage, at a first location, for storing media with respect to a first user of a user defined group of users that are known to one another, the at least one processor operable to, at least; enable delivery of media from the first location to a second location remote from the first location, the second location having a second storage for storing media with respect to a second user of the user defined group of users and at least one media peripheral communicatively coupled to the second storage; and communicate with software that maintains information identifying members of the user defined group of users, and that receives a request that identifies one of the first user and the second user, one of the at least one media peripheral, and at least one media peripheral command selected by the first user at the first location, and that responds by enabling control from the first location, via a communication network, of the identified one of the at least one media peripheral, at the second location, according to the at least one media peripheral command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system supporting indirect control of at least one media peripheral, the system comprising:
at least one processor for operably coupling to a display device supporting display of television content and a user interface having at least one view comprising a representation of media available for consumption, the at least one processor for communicatively coupling to a first storage that stores media with respect to a first user at a first location, and to a second storage with respect to a second user at a second location remote from the first location, the second storage communicatively coupled to at least one media peripheral at the second location, wherein the first user and the second user are members of a user defined group of users known to one another, the at least one processor operable to, at least; enable delivery of media between the first location and the second location; and communicate with software that maintains information identifying members of the user defined group of users and associates network addresses with the members, and that receives a request that identifies one of the first user and the second user, one of the at least one media peripheral, and at least one media peripheral command selected at the first location, and responds by enabling control, via a communication network, of the identified one of the at least one media peripheral, according to the at least one media peripheral command. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system supporting the indirect control of at least one media peripheral, the one or more circuits comprising:
at least one processor for operably coupling to a display device supporting display of television content and a user interface having at least one view comprising a representation of media available for consumption, at a first location, and for communicatively coupling to a first storage, at the first location, that stores media, and to at least one media peripheral, at a second location remote from the first location, the at least one processor operable to, at least; transfer media between the first storage and the at least one media peripheral, via a communication network, the at least one media peripheral being configured to be indirectly controlled by the set top box circuitry at the first location; and communicate with software that maintains a user defined group of users who know one another, the user defined group of users comprising a first user at the first location and a second user at the second location, the software supporting the delivery of at least one media peripheral command to the at least one media peripheral, and the communication of media between the at least one media peripheral and the first location. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system supporting the indirect control of at least one media peripheral, the system comprising:
at least one processor for operably connecting to a display device supporting display of television content and a user interface having at least one view comprising a representation of media available for consumption, in a first location, and for communicatively coupling to control at least one media peripheral at a second location remote from the first location, the at least one processor operable to, at least; communicate with software that maintains information identifying members of a user defined group of users that are known to one another, and comprises a first network protocol address with respect to a first user at the first location and a second network protocol address with respect to a second user at the second location, and that receives, via a communication network, a request that identifies one of the first network protocol address and the second network protocol address, and that responds by identifying the other of the first network protocol address and the second network protocol addresses to support control from the first location, via the communication network, of the at least one media peripheral at the second location. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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