Personal access and control of media peripherals on a media exchange network
First Claim
1. A method for indirect control of at least one media peripheral comprising:
- creating a user defined group of users for user-to-user sharing of media content;
enabling delivery of media from a first user location to a second user location remote from the first user location, the second user 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
communicating 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 user location, and that responds by enabling control from the first user location, via a communication network, of the identified one of the at least one media peripheral, at the second user 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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20 Claims
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1. A method for indirect control of at least one media peripheral comprising:
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creating a user defined group of users for user-to-user sharing of media content; enabling delivery of media from a first user location to a second user location remote from the first user location, the second user 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 communicating 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 user location, and that responds by enabling control from the first user location, via a communication network, of the identified one of the at least one media peripheral, at the second user location, according to the at least one media peripheral command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for supporting indirect control of at least one media peripheral comprising:
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creating a user defined group of users for user-to-user sharing of media content; presenting a user interface on a display device comprising a representation of media available for consumption; communicatively coupling to a first storage that stores media with respect to a first user at a first user location, and to a second storage with respect to a second user at a second user location remote from the first user location, the second storage communicatively coupled to at least one media peripheral at the second user location, wherein the first user and the second user are members of the user defined group of users known to one another; enabling delivery of media between the first user location and the second user location; and communicating 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 (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for indirect control of at least one media peripheral:
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creating a user defined group of users for user-to-user sharing of media content; supporting display of television content and a user interface comprising a representation of media available for consumption, at a first user location; communicatively coupling to a first storage, at the first user location, that stores media, and to at least one media peripheral, at a second location remote from the first user location; initiating transfer of 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 user location; and communicating with software that maintains the user defined group of users who know one another, the user defined group of users comprising a first user at the first user location and a second user at the second user 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 (18, 19, 20)
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