System and method for internet access to a personal television service
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- at a media receiver, receiving input indicating criteria for choosing one or more media streams to transfer from the media receiver to a portable media playback device, the criteria explicitly selecting the one or more media streams;
after receiving the input, upon connection of the media receiver and the portable media playback device;
based on the criteria, automatically choosing, from a plurality of media streams stored at the media receiver, at least one explicitly selected media stream to transfer to the portable media playback device; and
automatically transferring the chosen at least one media stream from the media receiver to the portable media playback device.
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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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75 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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at a media receiver, receiving input indicating criteria for choosing one or more media streams to transfer from the media receiver to a portable media playback device, the criteria explicitly selecting the one or more media streams; after receiving the input, upon connection of the media receiver and the portable media playback device; based on the criteria, automatically choosing, from a plurality of media streams stored at the media receiver, at least one explicitly selected media stream to transfer to the portable media playback device; and automatically transferring the chosen at least one media stream from the media receiver to the portable media playback device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause:
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at a media receiver, receiving input indicating criteria for choosing one or more media streams to transfer from the media receiver to a portable media playback device, the criteria explicitly selecting the one or more media streams; after receiving the input, upon connection of the media receiver and the portable media playback device; based on the criteria, automatically choosing, from a plurality of media streams stored at the media receiver, at least one explicitly selected media stream to transfer to the portable media playback device; and automatically transferring the chosen at least one media stream from the media receiver to the portable media playback device. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. An apparatus comprising:
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a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, that receives input indicating criteria for choosing one or more media streams to transfer from the media receiver to a portable media playback device, the criteria explicitly selecting the one or more media streams; a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, that, after receiving the input, upon connection of the apparatus and the portable media playback device; based on the criteria, automatically chooses, from a plurality of media streams stored at the media receiver, at least one explicitly selected media stream to transfer to the portable media playback device; and automatically transfers the chosen at least one media stream from the apparatus to the portable media playback device. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A method comprising:
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upon connection of a media receiver and a portable media playback device, automatically transferring media content from the media receiver to the portable media playback device, the media content having been explicitly picked prior to the connection at the media receiver from media content available to the media receiver, the portable media playback device being a battery driven device that operates independent of the media receiver; causing the media content transferred from the media receiver to be stored on one or more storage devices at the portable media playback device, the portable media playback device being configured to present at least particular media content selected via an interface on the portable media playback device, from the media content stored on the one or more storage devices at the portable media playback device and transferred from the media receiver.
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74. 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 media receiver and a portable media playback device, automatically transferring media content from the media receiver to the portable media playback device, the media content having been explicitly picked prior to the connection at the media receiver from media content available to the media receiver, the portable media playback device being a battery driven device that operates independent of the media receiver; causing the media content transferred from the media receiver to be stored on one or more storage devices at the portable media playback device, the portable media playback device being configured to present at least particular media content selected via an interface on the portable media playback device, from the media content stored on the one or more storage devices at the portable media playback device and transferred from the media receiver.
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75. An apparatus comprising:
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a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, that, upon connection of a media receiver and a portable media playback device, automatically transfers media content from the media receiver to the portable media playback device, the media content having been explicitly picked prior to the connection at the media receiver from media content available to the media receiver, the portable media playback device being a battery driven device that operates independent of the media receiver; a subsystem, implemented at least partially by hardware, that causes the media content transferred from the media receiver to be stored on one or more storage devices at the portable media playback device, the portable media playback device being configured to present at least particular media content selected via an interface on the portable media playback device, from the media content stored on the one or more storage devices at the portable media playback device and transferred from the media receiver.
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