Secure module and a method for providing a dedicated on-site media service

• US 8,719,893 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2011
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Myers, Rob, Rafey, Richter A., Hofrichter, Klaus, Ludtke, Harold Aaron
• Primary Examiner(s): SALCE, JASON P
• Application Number:
  US13/249,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20120079540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• Field of Search: 725/89, 725/93, 725/115, 725/134, 725/142
• US Class Current: 725/134
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43622 Interfacing an external recording device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8166 involving executable data, e.g. software arrangements for executing specific programs G06F9/44; broadcasting computer programmes in broadcast systems H04H20/91; involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver

Abstract

A service module for a dedicated on-site media service. The service module enables a dedicated media service for a broadcast signal. The electronic media module includes a tuner, a media storage device, and an adapter. The tuner, which is coupled to the media storage device, or portion thereof, is tuned to receive a broadcast signal. The media storage device stores this broadcast signal. The adapter is coupled to the media storage device and to the tuner. The adapter further interfaces the tuner and the media storage device of the electronic media module with an electronic media system. A content provider has remote control over the stored content. The content provider also has remote control over on-site presentation of the stored media to the viewer. Multiple dedicated service modules installed on-site allow these functions to be applied across multiple content-providers simultaneously.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

using a defined structure to automatically delete, on an on-site media system, at least a portion of stored first media content data so as to guarantee storage room for second media content data, wherein the first and second media content data are delivered via a broadcast signal for a content provider, there is a guaranteed storage on the on-site media system for media content delivered by the broadcast signal for that content provider, and the content provider is one of a plurality of content providers that each has separate guaranteed storage on the on-site media system;

receiving the second media content data from the content provider via the broadcast signal, wherein the on-site media system is remote from the content provider; and

storing the second media content data in at least a portion of the guaranteed storage room.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein using the defined structure comprises using a sequence duration.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein using the defined structure comprises using data received in a broadcast index.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein using the defined structure comprises using multiple indexing schemes, a first of the indexing schemes being defined for a first service provided by a content provider, and a second of the indexing schemes being defined for a second service provided by the content provider.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein using the defined structure comprises using multiple indexing schemes, a first of the indexing schemes being defined for a first service provider, and a second of the indexing schemes being defined for a second content provider.

6. A non-transitory machine readable medium having executable instructions to cause a processor to perform a method comprising:

using a defined structure to automatically delete, on an on-site media system, at least a portion of stored first media content data so as to guarantee storage room for second media content data, wherein the first and second media content data are delivered via a broadcast signal for a content provider and there is a guaranteed storage content on the on-site media system for media content delivered by the broadcast signal for that content provider, and the content provider is one of a plurality of content providers that each has separate guaranteed storage on the on-site media system;

receiving the second media content data from the content provider via the broadcast signal, wherein the on-site media system is remote from the content provider; and

storing the second media content data in at least a portion of the guaranteed storage room.

7. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 6, wherein using the defined structure comprises using a sequence duration.

8. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 6, wherein using the defined structure comprises using data received in a broadcast index.

9. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 6, wherein using the defined structure comprises using multiple indexing schemes, a first of the indexing schemes being defined for a first service provided by a content provider, and a second of the indexing schemes being defined for a second service provided by the content provider.

10. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 6, wherein using the defined structure comprises using multiple indexing schemes, a first of the indexing schemes being defined for a first service provider, and a second of the indexing schemes being defined for a second content provider.

11. A system comprising:

a processor;

media storage;

a memory coupled to the processor though a bus; and

a process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to use a defined structure to automatically delete, from the media storage, at least a portion of stored first media content data so as to guarantee storage room for second media content data, wherein the first and second media content data are delivered via a broadcast signal for a content provider and there is a guaranteed storage on the media storage for media content delivered by the broadcast signal for that content provider, and the content provider is one of a plurality of content providers that each has separate guaranteed storage on the on-site media system, to receive the second media content data from the content provider via the broadcast signal, wherein the on-site media system is remote from the content provider, and to store the second media content data in at least a portion of the guaranteed storage room.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein using the defined structure comprises using a sequence duration.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein using the defined structure comprises using data received in a broadcast index.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein using the defined structure comprises using multiple indexing schemes, a first of the indexing schemes being defined for a first service provided by a content provider, and a second of the indexing schemes being defined for a second service provided by the content provider.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein using the defined structure comprises using multiple indexing schemes, a first of the indexing schemes being defined for a first service provider, and a second of the indexing schemes being defined for a second content provider.

16. An apparatus comprising:

means for using a defined structure to automatically delete, on an on-site media system, at least a portion of stored first media content data so as to guarantee storage room for second media content data, wherein the first and second media content data are delivered via a broadcast signal for a content provider and there is a guaranteed storage on the on-site media system for media content delivered by the broadcast signal for that content provider, and the content provider is one of a plurality of content providers that each has separate guaranteed storage on the on-site media system;

means for receiving the second media content data from the content provider via the broadcast signal, wherein the on-site media system is remote from the content provider; and

means for storing the second media content data in at least a portion of the guaranteed storage room.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the means for using the defined structure includes means for using a sequence duration.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein means for using the defined structure includes means for using data received in a broadcast index.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein means for using the defined structure includes means for using multiple indexing schemes, a first of the indexing schemes being defined for a first service provided by a content provider, and a second of the indexing schemes being defined for a second service provided by the content provider.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the means for using the defined structure includes means for using multiple indexing schemes, a first of the indexing schemes being defined for a first service provider, and a second of the indexing schemes being defined for a second content provider.