System and method for internet access to a personal television service
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a media receiver, comprising;
input receiving logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the media receiver, configured to receive input indicating criteria for choosing media content to transfer from the media receiver to a portable media playback device, the criteria explicitly selecting one or more items of media content;
connection establishing logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the media receiver, configured to establish a connection between the portable media playback device and the media receiver;
content selecting logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the media receiver, configured to, after receiving the input, upon connection of the media receiver and the portable media playback device, based on the criteria, automatically choose media content to transfer to the portable media playback device;
content transferring logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the media receiver, configured to, upon connection of the media receiver and the portable media playback device, automatically transfer the chosen media content from the media receiver to the portable media playback device;
the portable media playback device, comprising;
connection establishing logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the portable media playback device, configured to establish the connection between the portable media playback device and the media receiver;
content receiving logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the portable media playback device, configured to receive media content upon the connection of the portable media playback device to the media receiver;
media playing logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the portable media playback device, configured to play at least a portion of the media content received from the media receiver.
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Abstract
A communication system and a family of methods for remote access to personal television service are disclosed. A remote personal TV service center provides centralized program guide information. A user may access 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 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, or using a similar GUI incorporated into the Web pages presented to remote users by a Web server. The media stream stored in one digital video recorder may be transferred to another digital video recorder.
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1. A system comprising:
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a media receiver, comprising; input receiving logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the media receiver, configured to receive input indicating criteria for choosing media content to transfer from the media receiver to a portable media playback device, the criteria explicitly selecting one or more items of media content; connection establishing logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the media receiver, configured to establish a connection between the portable media playback device and the media receiver; content selecting logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the media receiver, configured to, after receiving the input, upon connection of the media receiver and the portable media playback device, based on the criteria, automatically choose media content to transfer to the portable media playback device; content transferring logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the media receiver, configured to, upon connection of the media receiver and the portable media playback device, automatically transfer the chosen media content from the media receiver to the portable media playback device; the portable media playback device, comprising; connection establishing logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the portable media playback device, configured to establish the connection between the portable media playback device and the media receiver; content receiving logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the portable media playback device, configured to receive media content upon the connection of the portable media playback device to the media receiver; media playing logic, implemented at least partially by hardware at the portable media playback device, configured to play at least a portion of the media content received from the media receiver. - 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, 25, 26, 27)
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