Apparatus, system, and method to extend functionality in multimedia presentation device
First Claim
1. An extended functionality multimedia apparatus to provide streaming media to a multimedia presentation device, the apparatus comprising:
- an electrical connector to mechanically couple directly or indirectly to a corresponding connection point on the multimedia presentation device and to provide thereby a communication path to the multimedia presentation device;
a memory configured to store multimedia data from a streaming media source, wherein the memory can be connected to and disconnected from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector;
a wireless communication interface, the wireless communication interface being configured to receive input streaming media over a wireless communication channel, wherein the wireless communication interface can be connected to, and disconnected from, the multimedia presentation device via the electrical connector; and
a processor to encode the multimedia data for presentation at the multimedia presentation device, to send the multimedia data to the memory to be stored, to retrieve the multimedia data from the memory, and to convey the retrieved multimedia data on the communication path to the multimedia presentation device through the electrical connector, wherein the processor can be connected to and disconnected from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector.
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Abstract
Functionality of a multimedia presentation device is enhanced by establishing a communication path through an electrical connector that is selectively separable from the multimedia presentation device. Output streaming media are conveyed to the multimedia presentation device over the established communication path. A wireless communication channel is established over which input streaming media are received from a multimedia source device. Multimedia data of the input streaming media are stored in a memory that is selectively separable from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector. A processor, which is also selectively separable from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector, retrieves the multimedia data stored in the memory and the retrieved multimedia data are conveyed to the multimedia presentation device as the output streaming media on the communication path to the multimedia presentation device through the electrical connector.
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41 Claims
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1. An extended functionality multimedia apparatus to provide streaming media to a multimedia presentation device, the apparatus comprising:
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an electrical connector to mechanically couple directly or indirectly to a corresponding connection point on the multimedia presentation device and to provide thereby a communication path to the multimedia presentation device; a memory configured to store multimedia data from a streaming media source, wherein the memory can be connected to and disconnected from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector; a wireless communication interface, the wireless communication interface being configured to receive input streaming media over a wireless communication channel, wherein the wireless communication interface can be connected to, and disconnected from, the multimedia presentation device via the electrical connector; and a processor to encode the multimedia data for presentation at the multimedia presentation device, to send the multimedia data to the memory to be stored, to retrieve the multimedia data from the memory, and to convey the retrieved multimedia data on the communication path to the multimedia presentation device through the electrical connector, wherein the processor can be connected to and disconnected from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A multimedia presentation system comprising:
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a multimedia source device to provide input streaming media; a multimedia presentation device to present output streaming media received through connection point disposed on the multimedia presentation device; and an extended functionality apparatus comprising; an electrical connector to mechanically couple directly or indirectly to the connection point of the multimedia presentation device and to provide thereby a communication path to the multimedia presentation device; a memory configured to store multimedia data from the input streaming media, wherein the memory can be connected to and disconnected from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector; a wireless communication interface, the wireless communication interface being configured to receive the input streaming media over a wireless communication channel, wherein the wireless communication interface can be connected to, and disconnected from, the multimedia presentation device via the electrical connector; and a processor to encode multimedia data for presentation at the multimedia presentation device, to send the multimedia data to the memory to be stored, to retrieve the multimedia data from the memory, and to convey the retrieved multimedia data as the output streaming media on the communication path to the multimedia presentation device through the electrical connector, wherein the processor can be connected to and disconnected from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of extending functionality in a multimedia presentation device, the method comprising:
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establishing a communication path through a selectively separable electrical connector over which output streaming media are conveyed to the multimedia presentation device; establishing a wireless communication channel over which to receive input streaming media from a multimedia source device; encoding, by a processor which can be connected to and disconnected from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector, the input streaming media into multimedia data for presentation at the multimedia presentation device; storing the multimedia data in a memory that can be connected to and disconnected from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector; retrieving, by the processor, the multimedia data stored in the memory; and conveying the retrieved multimedia data to the multimedia presentation device as the output streaming media on the communication path to the multimedia presentation device through the electrical connector. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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