Third party media channel access in a media exchange network
First Claim
1. A method for providing media in a communication network, comprising:
- generating a request for media by a first media processing system, wherein the request includes media destination information identifying a second media processing system;
transmitting the request to a web server by the first media processing system;
receiving the media from the web server by the second media processing system identified by the media destination information;
assigning a first channel in a media guide for the media by the second media processing system, wherein the media guide includes a listing of channels assigned to personal media content selected from a plurality of personal devices accessible by the second media processing system and a listing of channels for third party media accessible by the second media processing system; and
displaying the media guide by the second media processing system on a display for selection of a channel by a user.
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the invention may be found in a method and system for providing media in a communication network and may comprise generating a request from a first location to receive media from a non-broadcast channel provider. Payment and/or authorization information may be provided to the non-broadcast channel provider and the media transferred from a storage location other than the non-broadcast channel provider to the first location. A representation of the received media may be presented in a media guide and/or a channel guide at the first location and the received media may be consumed at the first location. The method may further comprise the step of requesting that the received media be transferred from the storage location to a second location. An identifier of the second location may be transferred to the non-broadcast channel provider so that media may be transferred to the second location.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for providing media in a communication network, comprising:
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generating a request for media by a first media processing system, wherein the request includes media destination information identifying a second media processing system; transmitting the request to a web server by the first media processing system; receiving the media from the web server by the second media processing system identified by the media destination information; assigning a first channel in a media guide for the media by the second media processing system, wherein the media guide includes a listing of channels assigned to personal media content selected from a plurality of personal devices accessible by the second media processing system and a listing of channels for third party media accessible by the second media processing system; and displaying the media guide by the second media processing system on a display for selection of a channel by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing media in a communication network, the method comprising:
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receiving a first request for media by a media exchange server from a first media processing system, wherein the first request includes media destination information identifying a second media processing system; transmitting a second request for the media by the media exchange server to a web server hosting the media, wherein the second request includes media destination information identifying the media exchange server; receiving the media by the media exchange server from the web server hosting the media; and transmitting the media by the media exchange server to the second media processing system identified by the media destination information in the first request. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for providing media in a communication network, the system comprising:
a media exchange server operable to; receive a first request for media by a media exchange server from a first media processing system, wherein the first request includes media destination information identifying a second media processing system; transmit a second request for the media by the media exchange server to a web server hosting the media, wherein the second request includes media destination information identifying the media exchange server; receive the media by the media exchange server from the web server hosting the media; and transmit the media by the media exchange server to the second media processing system identified by the media destination information in the first request. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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