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Remote management of TV viewing options in a media exchange network

  • US 8,589,548 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2003
  • Issued: 11/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system supporting the remote management of options related to media consumption, the system comprising:

  • a first television device at a first location, in which the first television device includes a media management software to provide options to select consumption of media on the first television device;

    a media storage, at the first location, that stores the media and coupled to provide the media to the first television device, wherein the first television device and the media storage are operable to couple to a network;

    a second television device at a second location, wherein the second television device is operable to couple to the network and for a user to initiate an access of the options that select the consumption of the media on the first television device; and

    server software that is accessible by the user at the second television device for the second television device to access, via the network, the options that select the consumption of the media on the first television device and to remotely select the options from the second location for the consumption of the media at the first television device, the server software includes an user identifier of the user, in which the user initiates the access of the options that select the consumption of the media on the first television device by entering the user identifier at the second location.

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