System and method for internet access to a personal television service
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- upon connection of a home digital media source and a portable digital media device, automatically transferring media content from the home digital media source to the portable digital media device, the media content having been selected prior to the connection at the home digital media source from media content available to the home digital media source, the portable digital media device being a battery driven device that operates independent of the home digital media source;
causing the media content transferred from the home digital media source to be stored on one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device, the portable digital media device being configured to present at least particular media content selected via an interface on the portable digital media device, from the media content stored on the one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device and transferred from the home digital media source.
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Abstract
A communication system and a family of methods for remote access to personal television service are disclosed. According to this invention, a remote personal TV service center provides centralized program guide information. A user may access to the personal TV service center through a digital video recorder which is connected to the personal TV service center via telephone modem or a network server. A user may access to the personal TV service center through a remote computer terminal or a personal digital assistant which is connected to a computer network. The user selects program events and programs the digital video recorder by using a graphical user interface installed in the front panel of the digital video recorder in case of local programming, or using a similar GUI which is incorporated into the Web pages presented to remote users by a Web server in case of remote programming. The media stream stored in one digital video recorder may be transferred to another digital video recorder. For data security protection during data transfer, all communication are authenticated and encrypted.
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66 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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upon connection of a home digital media source and a portable digital media device, automatically transferring media content from the home digital media source to the portable digital media device, the media content having been selected prior to the connection at the home digital media source from media content available to the home digital media source, the portable digital media device being a battery driven device that operates independent of the home digital media source; causing the media content transferred from the home digital media source to be stored on one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device, the portable digital media device being configured to present at least particular media content selected via an interface on the portable digital media device, from the media content stored on the one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device and transferred from the home digital media source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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upon connection of a home digital media source and a portable digital media device, automatically receiving media content from the home digital media source at the portable digital media device, the media content having been selected prior to the connection at the home digital media source from media content available to the home digital media source, the portable digital media device being a battery driven device that operates independent of the home digital media source; storing the media content transferred from the home digital media source on one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device; presenting, at the portable digital media device, at least particular media content selected via an interface on the portable digital media device, from the media content stored on the one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device and transferred from the home digital media source. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of:
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upon connection of a home digital media source and a portable digital media device, automatically transferring media content from the home digital media source to the portable digital media device, the media content having been selected prior to the connection at the home digital media source from media content available to the home digital media source, the portable digital media device being a battery driven device that operates independent of the home digital media source; causing the media content transferred from the home digital media source to be stored on one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device, the portable digital media device being configured to present at least particular media content selected via an interface on the portable digital media device, from the media content stored on the one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device and transferred from the home digital media source. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of:
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upon connection of a home digital media source and a portable digital media device, automatically receiving media content from the home digital media source at the portable digital media device, the media content having been selected prior to the connection at the home digital media source from media content available to the home digital media source, the portable digital media device being a battery driven device that operates independent of the home digital media source; storing the media content transferred from the home digital media source on one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device; presenting, at the portable digital media device, at least particular media content selected via an interface on the portable digital media device, from the media content stored on the one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device and transferred from the home digital media source. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An apparatus comprising:
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a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, that, upon connection of a home digital media source and a portable digital media device, automatically transfers media content from the home digital media source to the portable digital media device, the media content having been selected prior to the connection at the home digital media source from media content available to the home digital media source, the portable digital media device being a battery driven device that operates independent of the home digital media source; a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, that causes the media content transferred from the home digital media source to be stored on one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device, the portable digital media device being configured to present at least particular media content selected via an interface on the portable digital media device, from the media content stored on the one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device and transferred from the home digital media source. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. An apparatus comprising:
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a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, that, upon connection of a home digital media source and a portable digital media device, automatically receives media content from the home digital media source at the portable digital media device, the media content having been selected prior to the connection at the home digital media source from media content available to the home digital media source, the portable digital media device being a battery driven device that operates independent of the home digital media source; a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, that stores the media content transferred from the home digital media source on one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device; a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, that presents, at the portable digital media device, at least particular media content selected via an interface on the portable digital media device, from the media content stored on the one or more storage devices at the portable digital media device and transferred from the home digital media source. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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