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2. security authentication authorization support authorship tracking and billing and address registration and mainte nance These media exchange management functions 315 may be distributed over various parts of the media exchange network 300 For example the personal network associations and personal storage management functions may be inte grated in the PC 301 at the user s home 303 FIG 4 illustrates an example of personal media exchange over a media exchange network 400 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention In step 1 the media exchange software MES platform 401 is used to construct personal media channels on a PC 402 by a user at my house 403 For example with various media stored on the PC 402 such as digital pictures 404 videos 405 and music 406 the MES platform 401 allows the digital media to be organized by a user into several channels having a media guide user inter face 407 on the PC 402 In step 2 the user at my house 403 pushes a media channel 408 e g Joe s Music to brother s house 409 and pushes two media channels 410 and 411 e g Vacation Video and Kid s Pictures to Mom s house 412 via a peer to peer server 413 over the internet based media exchange network 400 Brother s house 409 includes a first MPS 414 connected to the media exchange network 400 Mom s house 412 includes a second MPS 415 connected to the media exchange network 400 The MPS s 414 and 415
3. ESN 17 The system of claim 13 wherein the communication network comprises one or more of a cable infrastructure a satellite network infrastructure a digital subscriber line DSL infrastructure an Internet infrastructure an intranet infrastructure a wired infrastructure and or a wireless infra structure 18 The system of claim 13 wherein the communication network is the Internet 19 The system of claim 13 wherein the software forwards media from the at least one media peripheral to the first storage 20 The system of claim 13 wherein the at least one pro cessor resides within a set top box device 21 The system of claim 13 wherein the software is at a location remote from the first location and the second loca tion 22 The system of claim 13 wherein the user interface supports at least one media channel that comprises a user selected and scheduled sequence of media for consumption at one or both of the first location and or the second location 23 The system of claim 22 wherein supporting at least one media channel comprises creation of the at least one media channel including the display ofa graphical representation of the at least one media channel on the user interface 24 The system of claim 13 wherein the display device comprises a television 25 A system supporting the indirect control of at least one media peripheral the one or more circuits comprising at least one processor for operably coupling to a dis
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6. TRADEMARK OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PATENT NO 8 321 570 B2 Page 1 of 1 APPLICATION NO 12 795405 DATED November 27 2012 INVENTOR S Jeyhan Karaoguz et al It is certified that error appears in the above identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below In the Claims Col 17 line 43 in Claim 11 replace on with one Col 19 line 29 in Claim 31 replace on with one Signed and Sealed this Fifteenth Day of October 2013 LAWA YA Zeg A pu VIA E Teresa Stanek Rea Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
7. allows a user to change an acquisition frame rate of a MP device FIG 1C isa diagram illustrating an embodiment ofa media peripheral device status page 150 showing status information of various media peripheral devices on the media exchange network 100 of FIG 1A in accordance with various aspects of the present invention The media peripheral device status page 150 comprises a table of media peripheral device options 151 versus status information categories 152 and allows a user to view the status of multiple media peripheral devices on the media exchange network 100 The status infor mation categories 152 may include for example battery level power on off storage used storage left and within range Battery level refers to the percent of full charge remain ing on the battery or power pack of the media peripheral device Power on off indicates the power state of the media peripheral device i e ON or OFF Storage used refers to the percent of total digital storage space that has been used in the media peripheral device Storage left refers to the per cent of total digital storage space remaining i e unused in the media peripheral device Finally within range refers to whether or not the media peripheral device is currently able to access the polling device e g MPS or PC The polling device is the device that is trying to access the status infor mation from the media periphe
8. also provide a media guide user interface 407 In step 3 brother and or Mom access the pushed media channels via their respective media processing systems MPS s 414 and 415 using their respective MPS TV screens and remote controls FIG 5 illustrates an example of third party media exchange over a media exchange network 500 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention In step 1 a PC initiated third party request is made by a first party 501 via an internet based media exchange network 500 using a media guide user interface 502 on a PC 503 In step 2 an anonymous delivery of the requested third party channel 504 is made to a second party 505 via the internet based media exchange network 500 In step 3 the second party 505 accesses the third party channel 504 using a media guide user interface 506 on a TV screen 507 that is integrated into an MPS 508 Similarly in step A an MPS initiated third party request is made by a second party 505 via an internet based media exchange network 500 using a media guide user interface 506 on a TV screen 507 using a remote control 509 The second party 505 may key in a code using his remote control 509 that is correlated to a commercial or some other third party broadcast media In step 8 an anonymous delivery of the requested third party channel 504 is made to a first party 501 via the internet based media exchange network 500 In step C the first party 501 accesses the third party channe
9. an 802 11b wireless infrastructure or a home PNA phoneline networking alli ance infrastructure providing peer to peer networking capa bility within the home location 115 The WAN s 103 may include cable infrastructure DSL infrastructure Internet infrastructure or intranet infrastruc ture in order to provide communications between for example the home location 115 the remote location 116 and third party locations 112 120 121 122 123 Entities within the LAN 103 and the WAN 104 may be identified using network or protocol addresses such as for example Internet protocol IP addresses media access control MAC addresses and electronic serial numbers ESN s In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention a MPS may comprise a set top box STB a PC or a TV with a media management system MMS A MMS is also known herein as a media exchange software MES platform A MMS comprises a software platform operating on at least one processor to provide certain functionality including user interface functionality distributed storage functionality and networking functionality For example a MMS may pro vide control of media peripheral devices status monitoring of media peripheral devices and inter home MPS routing selec tion in accordance with an embodiment of the present inven tion An MPS is also known herein as a media box and or an M box Any of the PC s 105 106 107 121 may indirectly access an
10. application Ser No 10 660 267 entitled PERSONAL ACCESS AND CONTROL OF MEDIA PERIPHERALS ON A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK filed Sep 11 2003 now U S Pat No 7 496 665 which makes reference to claims priority to and claims the benefit of U S Provisional Application Ser No 60 432 472 filed on Dec 11 2002 and U S Provisional Application Ser No 60 443 894 filed on Jan 30 2003 The above stated applications are hereby incor porated herein by reference in their entirety With respect to the present application Applicant hereby rescinds any dis claimer of claim scope made in the parent application or any predecessor or related application The Examiner is advised that any previous disclaimer of claim scope if any and the alleged prior art that it was made to allegedly avoid may need to be revisited Nor should a disclaimer of claim scope if any in the present application be read back into any predecessor or related application U S patent application Ser No 10 657 390 filed on Sep 8 2003 is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT Not Applicable SEQUENCE LISTING Not Applicable MICROFICHE COPYRIGHT REFERENCE Not Applicable BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Digital media devices may be battery powered portable or mobile devices that are designed to operate while in motion roaming digital media devices or may be designed for operation while in a
11. by identifying the other of the associated first and second network protocol addresses In this manner the server may support control from the first home via the communication network of the identified one of the at least one media peripheral at the second home according to the at least one media peripheral command The first and second network protocol addresses may be one of an Internet protocol IP address a media access control MAC address and an electronic serial number ESN The at least one media peripheral may comprise at least one of a digital camera a digital camcorder an MP3 player a home juke box system a multi media personal digital assistant PDA a mobile multi media gateway device The media may com prise at least one of audio a still image video and data and the media may comprise real time video The at least one media peripheral command may comprise at least one of on off select play capture download erase delete zoom focus pan tilt set compression format set resolution set frame rate set quality rewind fast forward scan list skip and check status In an embodiment of the present invention the communi cation network may comprise at least one of a cable infra structure a satellite network infrastructure a digital sub scriber line DSL infrastructure an Internet infrastructure an intranet infrastructure a wired infrastructure and a wire less infrastructure The communication netw
12. its scope Therefore itis intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims What is claimed is 1 A system supporting indirect control of at least one media peripheral the system comprising at least one processor for operably coupling to a display device supporting display of television content and to a first storage at a first location for storing media with respect to a first user of a user defined group of users that are known to one another the at least one processor operable to at least enable delivery of media from the first location to a second location remote from the first location the second 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 com municatively coupled to the second storage and communicate 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 periph eral command selected by the first user at the first location and that responds by enabling control from US 8 321 570 B2 17 the first location via a communication network of the identified one of the at least one media peripheral a
13. or another media peripheral device The media periph eral device may comprise for example a digital camera a digital camcorder a MP3 player a home juke box system a multi media PDA or a mobile multi media gateway In step 202 a decision is made based on whether or not the media control initiation device is a MPS If the media control initiation device is a MPS then the method 200 proceeds to step 203 else the method 200 proceeds to step 204 In step 203 at least one control command is communicated indirectly from the media control initiation device to the media peripheral device over a communication path compris US 8 321 570 B2 9 ing at least one wired and or wireless connection between the media control initiation device and the media peripheral device The at least one wired and or wireless connection may comprise at least one local area network and or at least one wide area network or any combination thereof In step 204 at least one control command is communicated indirectly from the media control initiation device to the media peripheral device over a communication path compris ing at least one MPS and at least one wired and or wireless connection between the media control initiation device and the media peripheral device The at least one wired and or wireless connection may comprise at least one local area network and or at least one wide area network or any com bination thereof In step 205 the media peripheral ca
14. voice overlay channel and program naming inter home rout ing selection authorship and media rights management shared inter home media experience billing service and an integrated media guide interface providing a TV channel guide look and feel The external processing hardware support 305 comprises at least one server such as a centralized internet server a peer to peer server or cable head end The server may alter natively be distributed over various hosts or remote PC s The MES platform 311 may also reside on the external processing hardware support server 305 The remote media storage 306 may comprise user media storage and distribution systems 313 and or third party media storage and distribution systems 314 The communication infrastructure 304 may comprise at least one of Internet infrastructure satellite infrastructure cable infrastructure dial up infrastructure cellular infra structure xDSL infrastructure optical infrastructure or some other infrastructure The communication infrastructure 304 links the user s home 303 parent s home 310 remote media US 8 321 570 B2 13 storage 306 and remote location office 308 to each other i e the communication infrastructure 304 links all users and ser vice providers of the media exchange network 300 The various functions 315 of the media exchange network 300 comprise generating personal network associations per sonal storage management media capture device support
15. 1004 that is part of a distributed server The PC 1000 and MPS 1001 connect to the external pro cessing hardware 1002 via wired or wireless connections The external processing hardware 1002 comprises a distrib uted server or peer to peer server The external processing hardware 1002 also comprises communication interfaces 1005 e g cable interfaces optical interfaces etc and a media exchange software MES platform 1006 The MES platform 1006 in the external processing hardware 1002 allows for communication with the PC 1000 and MPS 1001 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 16 which may also use the same MES platform 1006 The exter nal processing hardware 1002 also includes networking server components 1007 to provide the similar client func tions such as consumption billing authorization registra tion security and connectivity at the server side FIG 11 illustrates connectivity between a PC 1100 remote media storage 1101 and personal media capture devices 1102 when the PC 1100 is used as the primary distributor of digital media such as in the case of PC to PC operation in accor dance with an embodiment of the present invention The personal media capture devices 1102 and remote media stor age 1101 connect to the PC 1100 via a wireless or wired connection The remote media storage 1101 provides user media storage and distribution 1103 as well as third party media storage and distribution 1104 The
16. 920 comprises a media peripheral 921 a MMS media management system 922 and a broad band communication interface 923 The media peripheral 921 may include a TV television a PC personal computer and media players e g a CD player a DVD player a tape player and a MP3 player for video image and audio consumption of broadcast and or personal channels The broadband communication interface 923 may include internal modems e g a cable modem or DSL modem or other interface devices in order to communicate with for example a cable or satellite headend The MMS 922 includes a software platform to provide functionality including media push capability media access capability media channel construction selection image sequence selection text and voice overlay channel and program naming inter home routing selection authorship and media rights management shared inter home media experience billing service and a media guide user interface providing an integrated TV channel guide look and feel FIG 10 illustrates connectivity between a PC 1000 an MPS 1001 and external processing hardware 1002 e g a server in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention The PC 1000 and MPS 1001 include networking components 1003 to provide client functions such as con sumption billing authorization registration security and connectivity Alternatively the PC 1000 and MPS 1001 may include a distributed server element
17. DOCUMENTS 5 721 815 A 2 1998 Ottesen et al 715 721 5 721 878 A 2 1998 Ottesen etal 725 87 5 930 493 A 7 1999 Ottesen et al 725 92 6 349 324 B1 2 2002 Tokoro 709 200 6 480 889 BI 11 2002 Saito et al 709 220 6 693 896 BI 2 2004 Utsumietal 370 352 6 782 550 B1 8 2004 Can 725 39 6 963 358 B2 11 2005 Cohen et al 348 207 1 7 065 778 B1 6 2006 Lu seem 725 98 7 075 573 B2 7 2006 Imaeda 348 231 99 7 080 400 BL 7 2006 Navar on 725 139 7 089 579 B1 8 2006 Mao et al uu 725 109 2002 0154337 Al 10 2002 Sakata 358 1 16 2003 0043272 Al 3 2003 Nagao et al 348 207 1 2003 0083048 Al 5 2003 Robinson et al 455 412 cited by examiner Primary Examiner Liangche A Wang 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Garlick amp Markison Bruce E Garlick 57 ABSTRACT Methods are disclosed for indirectly monitoring and control ling 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 opera tion 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 secon
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19. PC application 10 establishes an Internet connection 11 runs an e mail program on the PC and 12 creates and sends an e mail with the image files attached This process is very tedious and time consuming and especially when prob lems arise requires a fairly savvy user Occasionally a user may want to determine certain status ofa digital media device such as for example model number software firmware version settings and capabilities As a result the user may have to manually examine the digital media device or read through much of the user s manual of the digital media device Also in order to discover a battery charge level or a stored image status for example of a digital media device a user may have to find unpack and examine the digital media device Many times a user may quickly grab a digital media device such as for example a digital camera only to discover that the digital camera is not ready to use because the charge ofthe battery pack is low A user may have to keep a digital media device plugged into a wall socket while not using the digital media device to ensure that a battery pack ofthe digital media device is charged Further limitations and disadvantages of conventional and traditional approaches will become apparent to one of skill in the art through comparison of such systems with the present invention as set forth in the remainder of the present applica tion with reference to the drawings BRIEF
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21. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to indirectly monitoring and controlling media peripheral devices on a media exchange network As defined herein a US 8 321 570 B2 3 media peripheral device includes any device comprising a processor and media capture software and or media player software Also a PC monitor a TV screen and any display device are considered media peripheral devices herein Aspects of the present invention may be seen in a system supporting the indirect control of at least one media periph eral Such a system may comprise a first television display in a first home a first storage in the first home for storing media a second storage in the second home and at least one media peripheral in the second home The first storage may have an associated first network protocol address the second storage may have an associated second network protocol address and the at least one media peripheral may be communicatively coupled to the second storage An embodiment of the present invention may also comprise server software that receives via a communication network a request that identifies one of the associated first and second network protocol addresses The request may also identify one ofthe atleast one media periph eral and at least one media peripheral command selected by a user at the first home In an embodiment in accordance with the present inven tion the server may respond
22. a2 United States Patent Karaoguz et al US008321570B2 10 Patent No US 8 321 570 B2 45 Date of Patent Nov 27 2012 54 PERSONAL ACCESS AND CONTROL OF MEDIA PERIPHERALS ON A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK 75 Inventors Jeyhan Karaoguz Irvine CA US James D Bennett Laguna Beach CA US 73 Assignee Broadcom Corporation Irvine CA US Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this J y patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U S C 154 b by 282 days This patent is subject to a terminal dis claimer 21 Appl No 12 795 405 22 Filed Jun 7 2010 65 Prior Publication Data US 2010 0245606 A1 Sep 30 2010 Related U S Application Data 63 Continuation of application No 12 391 022 filed on Feb 23 2009 now Pat No 7 734 788 which is a continuation of application No 10 660 267 filed on Sep 11 2003 now Pat No 7 496 665 60 Provisional application No 60 432 472 filed on Dec 11 2002 provisional application No 60 443 894 filed on Jan 30 2003 51 Int CI GO6F 15 173 2006 01 52 U S Cl 709 226 709 212 709 217 709 219 709 223 709 230 725 86 725 91 725 100 725 103 348 207 1 37 Party Media Provider BMUMGM 58 Field of Classification Search 709 212 709 217 219 223 226 230 725 86 91 725 100 103 348 207 1 See application file for complete search history 56 References Cited U S PATENT
23. c Also a user may control a media delivery format such as a compression format resolution quality etc For example a user of the MPS 101 may initiate a command to the digital camcorder 124 for the digital camcorder 124 to power on using a remote control Next the user of the MPS 101 may command the digital camcorder 124 to deliver a stats file to the MPS 101 The commands may be communicated Via a Wireless connection FIG 2C is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method 215 for indirectly monitoring status information of media peripheral devices on the media exchange network 100 of FIG 1A in accordance with various aspects of the present invention In step 216 indirect monitoring of a media periph eral device is initiated by a status monitoring device e g a MPS ora PC In step 217 a decision is made as to whether or not the status monitoring device is an MPS If the status monitoring device is a MPS then the method 215 proceeds to US 8 321 570 B2 11 step 218 Otherwise the method 215 proceeds to step 219 In step 218 a status access command is communicated indi rectly from the status monitoring device to the media periph eral device over a communication path comprising at least one wired and or wireless connection between the status monitoring device and the media peripheral device In step 219 a status access command is communicated indirectly from the status monitoring device to the media peripheral device ov
24. clude for example a power on off state a battery level storage used storage left and a within range indication forthe MPS 125 and may be displayed on the TV screen ofthe MPS 102 A major challenge is to be able to transfer and share many different types of digital media data and services between one device location and another with ease while being able to index manage and store the digital media and data For example itis desirable to be able to distribute and store many types of digital media in a PC and or television envi ronment in a user friendly manner without requiring many different types of software applications and or unique and dedicated interfaces Any networking issues or other techni cal issues should be transparent to the users It is also desir able to take advantage of existing hardware infrastructure as much as possible when providing such capability In an embodiment of the present invention a media exchange network is provided that enables many types of digital media data and or services to be stored indexed viewed searched for pushed from one user to another and requested by users using a media guide user interface The media exchange network also allows a user to construct per sonal media channels that comprise his personal digital media e g captured digital pictures digital video digital audio etc request that third party media channels be constructed from third party digital media and acce
25. d MP device may be selected via the MMS using the first MP device and the user control device The selected status 1s then displayed on the first MP device 43 Claims 16 Drawing Sheets Device View 5 4 Dolby S by Speakers 5 1 Dolby Speakers E 1E MPS gere ien cg pan Pr Remote Contd E screen 110 126 Digital Gamera Digital Camcorder 3 MP3 Player 3 Mobilis Muit media Mulli media PDA Gateway hd i sa 1 Sub Menu 141 Power on off Record Sai N Digital Camera 133 mage fie imago de SC IB i Video file Video file No Digital Camcorder 134 r i ee Bech Sub Menu 442 pami he T Album ING BZ r 7 MP3 Player 135 Ai tracks Traoks 9 7 50 Power over eng Mota info Meta info Play Upload Multi media PDA 136 Calender d 20 Ba te BT Album Re 2 a Home juke box 137 tracks tracks 45 Meta info Meta info Sub Menu 143 1 138 image ge Video file ir First Home PC jd 35 Pal Mobile Multi media i Video file Image flle Seet Gateway 139 1 1 10 Second Home PC Audio file Image file No LE 140 4 DI Signal US 8 321 570 B2 Sheet 1 of 16 Nov 27 2012 US Patent 18keid CAN S923IA13OS SOd 910133 Japioouses eyid eweg ey amp rg yexoydued Ayred pag S1o1njodjnueur 1e1ogdirad Ayred pig
26. d control any of the plurality of media peripheral devices 108 109 Such access and control may be accomplished in communication pathways via the MPS s 101 102 or outside US 8 321 570 B2 7 of the MPS s 101 102 Similarly any of the MPS s 101 102 may indirectly access and control any of the media peripheral devices 108 109 via a remote control 110 inter acting with a TV screen 111 or outside thereof Today TV is typically only used for media consumption not to control media peripheral devices without performing media consumption An MPS may or may not be the benefi ciary or initiator of media peripheral device controls There are many types of indirect control commands avail ableto manipulate the various media peripheral devices Each media peripheral device may have particular indirect com mands unique to that device or type of device Many of the indirect commands will find parallels to the available direct commands Exemplary commands include turning media peripheral devices 108 and or 109 on and off initiating play capture select erase delete zoom focus pan tilt fast for ward rewind scan list skip etc Media peripheral devices may be controlled from a TV screen 111 or a PC 105 via user interaction in accordance with an embodiment ofthe present invention For example a user may initiate checking of battery levels of the media peripheral devices through his TV screen FIG 1B is a diagram illustra
27. device associated remote control devices A personal computer PC is an exemplary independent device that is often used to indirectly access media stored on a digital media device via a wired link The indirect control of such digital media devices involves the 1 exchange of media meta information e g media file names sizes dates resolution and format 2 uploading of media to the digital media device or 3 downloading of media from the digital media device Through such indirect control a user is able to extract media for printing routing or processing or load media for playback or review Even so the overall process for doing so is not easy For example to route images to a friend a user removes a digital camera from its case and through direct control turns on the power adjusts settings and captures images After wards the user through direct control turns off the power and returns the camera to its case Later when within range of a PC the user 1 removes the digital camera from its case 2 attaches a cable between the PC and the digital camera 3 powers up the digital camera using direct control 4 places the camera in a download mode using direct control 5 runs a PC application that using indirect control copies the image files from the digital camera to the PC via the cable 6 powers down the digital camera using direct control 7 removes the cable 8 places the camera into its case 9 exits the
28. e stored in the MPS 101 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention The sub menu 141 appears on the TV screen 111 and the user selects the power on off option to power the digital camera 113 on As another example a user ofthe PC 107 may callup the device view 130 on a monitor of the PC 107 using a keyboard and select the MP3 playeroption 135 onthe device view 130 The sub menu 142 appears on the PC monitor and the user selects the play option to play the songs digitally stored in the MP3 player 125 As a further example a user of the MPS 102 at the remote location 116 may call up the device view 130 on the TV screen ofthe MPS 102 using a remote control and select the second home PC option 140 on the device view 130 The sub menu 143 appears on the TV screen of the MPS 102 and the user selects the download option to begin the process of down loading an image file from the PC 105 at the home location 115 viathe LAN 104 the MPS 101 and the WAN 103 Such remote access may require permission to be granted in accor 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 8 dance with an embodiment of the present invention Other sub menu options are available as well such as for example a check status option that allows a user to check the status of a media peripheral device a change resolution option that allows a user to change a digital file resolution of a MP device and a frame rate option that
29. er a communication path comprising at least one MPS and at least one wired and or wireless connection between the status monitoring device and the media periph eral device In step 220 the status of the media peripheral device is communicated to the status monitoring device In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention a status monitoring device may comprise a MPS a PC or another media peripheral device As an example a user of the MPS 101 initiates sending of a status access command to the home juke box system 126 over a wireless connection using the remote control 110 and TV screen 111 The home juke box system 126 responds to the status access command by sending status information back to the MPS 101 The status information may include for example a power on off state storage used storage left and a within range indication for the home juke box system 126 and may be displayed on the TV screen 111 As another example a user of the MPS 102 at the remote location 116 initiates sending of a status access command to the MP3 player 125 at the home location 115 using a remote control and TV screen at the remote location 116 The status access command is transmitted over a wired connection to the WAN 103 then to the MPS 101 and finally over a wireless connection to the MP3 player 125 The MP3 player 125 responds to the status access command by sending status information back to the MPS 102 The status information may in
30. fixed location and usually connected to a power outlet stationary digital media devices Typical digital media devices including media capture and player devices such as video and image cameras audio recorders and video audio and image players are designed for direct user control Direct control of such digital media devices occurs manu ally through buttons switches and keypads on the digital media device or on an associated remote control device With direct control users have access to a wide set of device commands and trick modes such as power on or off play rewind capture erase delete zoom rewind skip sleep standby volume brightness modes scan etc Direct access to media for playback review etc in typical digital media devices is but one result of direct control 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2 Many of such digital media devices also use displays light emitting diodes and other visual components to assist the user in carrying out direct control Audible or audio compo nents are also often employed to assist Most digital media devices offer no means for indirect control and for those that do the indirect control is very limited and difficult to use Indirect control is control that is initiated from an independent device that may or may not be operated by a user Independent devices do not include remote control devices that communicate directly with the digital media
31. he Internet 9 Thesystem ofclaim 1 wherein the system displays a user interface that identifies one or more of the second location the at least one media peripheral and the at least one media peripheral command and the user interface supports at least one media channel 10 The system of claim 9 where the at least one media channel comprises a user selected and scheduled sequence of media for consumption at one or both of the first location and or the second location 11 The system of claim 9 wherein supporting at least one media channel comprises creation of the at least on media channel including the display ofa graphical representation of the at least one media channel on the user interface 12 The system of claim 1 wherein the display device comprises a television 13 A system supporting indirect control of at least one media peripheral the system comprising at least one processor for operably coupling to a display device supporting display of television content and a user interface having at least one view comprising a representation of media available for consumption the at least one processor for communicatively coupling to a first storage that stores media with respect to a first user at a first location and to a second storage with respect to a second user at a second location remote from the first location the second storage communicatively coupled to at least one media peripheral at the second location wherein the fi
32. her example a digital camera 113 may be placed on a table in the home location 115 A user of the PC 107 may command digital camera 113 to turn on using a keyboard The command may be communicated to digital camera 113 wire lessly from PC 107 Next the user of the PC 107 may initiate another command to digital camera 113 in a similar manner instructing digital camera 113 to download image files from digital camera 113 to PC 107 The management of memory such as evaluating how much memory storage space is left in a media peripheral or moving and migrating media files may be controlled using certain media peripheral commands For example a user ofthe MPS 101 may command digital camera 113 to turn on using a remote control The command may be communicated to digi tal camera 113 wirelessly from MPS 101 using the TV screen 111 and remote control 110 Next the user of the MPS 101 may initiate another command to digital camera 113 in a similar manner instructing digital camera 113 to download image files from digital camera 113 to MPS 101 As yet another example a user of the PC 105 may com mand digital camera 113 to turn on using a mouse The command may be communicated wirelessly from PC 105 to LAN s 104 and then through a wired connection from LAN s 104 to MPS 101 Finally the command may be commu nicated wirelessly from MPS 101 to digital camera 113 Next the user of the PC 105 may initiate another command to digital camera 113 i
33. l 504 using a media guide user interface 502 on a PC 503 FIG 6 illustrates a media guide user interface 600 in accor dance with an embodiment of the present invention The media guide user interface 600 may be displayed on a TV screen 608 and controlled by a remote control device 609 Also the media guide user interface 600 may be displayed on a PC monitor and controlled by a keyboard or mouse 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 14 The media guide user interface 600 may be configured not only for conventional TV channels but also for personal media channels 601 that are constructed by a user of a media exchange network friend s and family s media channels 602 constructed by friends and family and third party channels 603 that are constructed by third parties either upon request by a user of a media exchange network or based on a profile of a user The personal media channels 601 may include for example a family vacations channel a kid s sports chan nel a my life channel a son s life channel a my music channel and a kid s music channel The friends and fam ily media channels 602 may include for example a broth er s channel a Mom s channel and a friend s channel The third party media channels 603 may include for example a Sears Fall sale channel and a car commercials channel Fach media channel may correspond to a schedule 604 showing f
34. me The system may also comprise set top box circuitry in the first home communicatively coupled via a communication network to exchange media between the first storage and the at least one media peripheral An embodiment may also comprise server software that sup ports the delivery of at least one media peripheral command to the at least one media peripheral and the exchange of media between the at least one media peripheral and the set top box circuitry In an embodiment of the present invention the media may comprise at least one of audio a still image video real time video and data The at least one media peripheral command may comprise at least one of on off select play capture download erase delete zoom focus pan tilt set compres sion format set resolution set frame rate set quality rewind fast forward scan list skip and check status The commu nication network may comprise at least one of a cable infra structure a satellite network infrastructure a digital sub scriber line DSL infrastructure an Internet infrastructure an intranet infrastructure a wired infrastructure and a wire less infrastructure The at least one media peripheral may comprise at least one ofa digital camera a digital camcorder an MP3 player a home juke box system a multi media per sonal digital assistant PDA a mobile multi media gateway device These and other advantages aspects and novel features of the present inventio
35. more ofa digital camera a digital camcorder an MP3 player a home juke box system a multi media personal digital assistant PDA and or a mobile multi media gateway device 37 The system of claim 34 wherein the communication network comprises one or more of a cable infrastructure a satellite network infrastructure a digital subscriber line DSL infrastructure an Internet infrastructure an intranet infrastructure a wired infrastructure and or a wireless infra structure 38 The system of claim 34 wherein the communication network is the Internet 39 The system of claim 34 wherein the user interface at the first location supports identification of one or more of the second location the at least one media peripheral at least one media peripheral command and at least one media channel 40 The system of claim 39 where the at least one media channel comprises a user selected and scheduled sequence of media for consumption at one or both of the first location and or the second location 41 The system of claim 39 wherein supporting at least one media channel comprises creation of the at least one media channel including the display ofa graphical representation of the at least one media channel on the user interface 42 The system of claim 34 wherein the display device comprises a television 43 The system of claim 34 wherein the at least one pro cessor resides in a set top box device UNITED STATES PATENT AND
36. n as well as details of an illustrated embodiment thereof will be more fully understood from the following description and drawings BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS FIG 1A is a diagram illustrating an embodiment ofa media exchange network supporting access monitoring and control of media peripheral devices in accordance with various aspects of the present invention US 8 321 570 B2 5 FIG 1B is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a device view with drop down menus for controlling media peripheral devices on the media exchange network of FIG 1A in accordance with various aspects of the present inven tion FIG 1C is a diagram illustrating an embodiment ofa media peripheral device status page showing status information of various media peripheral devices on the media exchange net work of FIG 1A in accordance with various aspects of the present invention FIG 2A is a flowchart illustrating a general embodiment of a method for indirectly controlling a media peripheral device on the media exchange network of FIG 1A in accordance with various aspects of the present invention FIG 2B is a flowchart illustrating a more specific embodi ment of the method of FIG 2A for indirectly controlling a media peripheral device on the media exchange network of FIG 1A in accordance with various aspects of the present invention FIG 2C is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for indirectly monitori
37. n a similar manner instructing digital 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 10 camera 113 to download image files from digital camera 113 to MPS 101 Finally theuserofthe PC 105 may initiate a third command to MPS 101 via LNA s 104 instructing MPS 101 to display the pictures in the image files on TV screen 111 The digital camera 114 may have been left on a table at remote location 116 pointing out a window A user may use remote control 110 at home location 115 to power on digital camera 114 and MPS 102 via MPS 101 and TV screen 111 from home location 115 The power on commands may be initiated by the user of the MPS 101 and may be communi cated from MPS 101 to WAN s 103 via a wired connection and then from WAN s 103 to MPS 102 via a wired connec tion Finally the commands may be communicated from MPS 102 to digital camera 114 via a wireless connection Next the user ofthe MPS 101 may initiate another command in a similar manner to direct digital camera 114 to take pictures at remote location 116 As yet another example a user of the MPS 102 may com mand digital camera 113 to turn on and download image files to MPS 102 The commands may be communicated from MPS 102 using a remote control to WAN s 103 via a wire less connection and then from WAN s 103 to MPS 101 via a wired connection and finally from MPS 101 to digital camera 113 via a wired connection As another example of indirect control a user
38. n buffering and delivering a next part of the media For example a first six minutes ofthe Vacation in Alaska Video may be buffered and delivered first then a second six minutes may be buffered and delivered next and so on until the entire media is delivered A second less expensive option 802 may be Normal Delivery which would deliver the pushed media in 2 hours and 13 minutes without queuing and cost 0 59 for example The pushed media may be stored in a file in an MPEG 2 format that was recorded at a rate of 1 5 Mbps for example A third least expensive option 804 may be Overnight Delivery which would deliver the pushed media by the next morning and cost only 0 05 for example The pushed media may be stored in a filein an MPEG 2 format that was recorded at a rate of 19 Mbps and stored on a server for example FIG 9A illustrates the detailed elements of a media pro cessing system MPS 900 and media capture devices 901 in accordance with an embodiment ofthe present invention The media capture devices 901 may comprise audio video and image players such as digital cameras digital camcorders and MP3 players that each include a temporary storage area 902 and a communication interface 903 such as for example confirm receipt US 8 321 570 B2 15 a USB interface or a wireless interface The media capture devices 901 have the capability to interface to an MPS and a PC The MPS 900 comprises a media proces
39. ng status information of media peripheral devices on the media exchange network of FIG 1A in accordance with various aspects of the present inven tion FIG 3 is a schematic block diagram of a first exemplary media exchange network in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention FIG 4 is a schematic block diagram of performing per sonal media exchange over a second exemplary media exchange network in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention FIG 5 is a schematic block diagram of performing third party media exchange over a third exemplary media exchange network in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention FIG 6 is an exemplary illustration of a media guide user interface in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention FIG 7 is an exemplary illustration of several instantiations of a media guide user interface of FIG 4 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention FIG 8 is an exemplary illustration of a media guide user interface showing several options of a pushed media in accor dance with an embodiment of the present invention FIG 9A is a schematic block diagram of a media process ing system MPS interfacing to media capture peripherals in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention FIG 9B illustrates an alternative embodiment of a media processing system MPS in accordance with various aspects of the present invention FIG 10 is a schematic bl
40. ock diagram of a PC and an MPS interfacing to a server on a media exchange network in accor dance with an embodiment of the present invention FIG 11 is a schematic block diagram ofa PC interfacing to personal media capture devices and remote media storage on a media exchange network in accordance with an embodi ment of the present invention DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FIG 1A is a diagram illustrating an embodiment ofa media exchange network 100 supporting access monitoring and control of media peripheral devices e g 108 and 109 in accordance with various aspects of the present invention Specifically the media exchange network 100 is a communi cation network comprising a first MPS media processing system 101 located in a home location 115 of the media an 5 20 25 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 6 exchange network 100 a second MPS 102 at a remote loca tion 116 WAN s Wide Area Network s 103 and LAN s Local Area Network s 104 The MPS 101 may inter face wirelessly or via a wired connection to both LAN Ss 104 and WAN s 103 Similarly MPS 102 may interface wire lessly or via a wired connection to WAN s 103 Remote location 116 may be for example a user s second home a friend s home or a family member s home The media exchange network 100 also includes several PCs personal computers 105 106 and 107 in the home location 115 of the media exchange network 100
41. of the MPS 101 may command home juke box system 126 to be turned on via a wireless connection using remote control 110 and TV screen 111 Next the user of the MPS 101 commands the home juke box system 126 to download a music file in a first format to MPS 101 The command is accomplished over the wireless connection between MPS 101 and home juke box system 126 After the MPS 101 converts the music file from the first format to a second MP3 format the user of the MPS 101 commands that MP3 player 125 at home location 115 and an MP3 player 128 at remote location 116 both be turned on The command from the MPS 101 to the MP3 player 125 may be communicated via a wireless connection The command from the MPS 101 to the MP3 player 128 at remote location 116 may be communicated first from the MPS 101 to the WAN 5s 103 via a wired connection and then from the WAN s 103 to the MPS 102 via a wired connection and finally from the MPS 102 to the MP3 player 128 at the remote location 116 via a wireless connection As a result the MPS 101 may follow up by downloading the music file in the second MP3 format to the MP3 player 125 at the home loca tion 115 and to the MP3 player 128 at the remote location 116 Certain media peripheral commands may be initiated by a user to perform feature interrogation such that a user can access the stats of a media peripheral e g camera resolution version number model number serial number registration information et
42. or example a week 605 and a year 606 For example under the kid s sports channel Ty s soccer game could be scheduled to be viewed on Tuesday of the current week 605 and current year 606 For each media channel a sub menu 607 allows for selection of certain control and send to list send to view purchase and pro za access functions such as play archive file FIG 7 illustrates possible multiple instantiations of a media guide user interface 700 in accordance with an embodi ment of the present invention The media guide user interface 700 may be viewed with a schedule having formats of for example month year week year day week or hour day Referring to FIG 8 a user of a media exchange network may push a media channel e g Vacation in Alaska Video to a friend who is on the same media exchange network The media guide user interface 800 may give the friend several options 801 for how to accept and download the pushed media in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention For example a first most expensive option 803 may be Express Delivery which would deliver the pushed media to the friend in 18 minutes using queuing and cost 1 20 for example The pushed media may be stored in a file in an MPEG 2 format that was recorded at a rate of 4 Mbps for example Queuing comprises buffering and delivering a pre vious part of the media and the
43. ork may be the Internet An embodiment of the present invention may also comprise a user interface at the first home for identifying at least one of the second home the at least one media periph eral and the at least one media peripheral command and the user interface supporting at least one media channel Additional aspects ofthe present invention may be found in a system supporting the indirect control of at least one media peripheral Such an embodiment may comprise a first storage in the first home that stores media and a second storage in the second home The first storage may have an associated first network address and the second storage may have an asso ciated second network address An embodiment ofthe present invention may also comprise set top box circuitry in the first home communicatively coupled to the first storage and the second storage and at least one media peripheral in the second home communicatively coupled to the second stor age An embodiment of the present invention may also com prise server software The server software may receive a request that identifies one of the associated first and second 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 network addresses one of the at least one media peripheral and at least one media peripheral command The server may respond by identifying the other of the associated first and second network addresses to support control via a commu nication netwo
44. personal media capture devices 1102 provide temporary storage 1114 and communication interfaces 1115 Viewing is done using a PC monitor 1105 instead of a television screen The PC 1100 may include storage 1106 TV radio tuners 1107 for media consumption media players 1108 and communication interfaces 1109 and user interfaces 1110 similar to those for the MPS of FIG 9A The PC 1100 includes a media exchange software MES platform 1111 that provides channel construction capability 1112 and net working capability 1113 The channel construction capability 1112 allows third party and personal media access sequenc ing editing media overlays and inserts billing scheduling and addressing Aspects of the present invention include a system and method that provides indirect access and control of media peripheral devices in a manner not previously accomplished Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to vari ous types of media peripheral device control and access and various sources of initiation of media peripheral device con trol and access While the invention has been described with reference to certain embodiments it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the scope ofthe inven tion In addition many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the inven tion without departing from
45. play device supporting display of television content and a user interface having at least one view comprising a representation of media available for consumption at a first location and for communicatively coupling to a first storage atthe first location that stores media and to at least one media peripheral at a second location remote from the first location the at least one processor operable to at least transfer 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 location and communicate with software that maintains a user defined group ofusers who know one another the user defined group of users comprising a first user at the first location and a second user at the second location the software supporting the delivery of at least one US 8 321 570 B2 19 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 26 The system of claim 25 wherein the media comprises one or more of audio a still image video real time video and or data 27 The system of claim 25 wherein the at least one media peripheral command comprises one or more of on off select play capture download erase delete zoom focus pan tilt set compression format set resolution se
46. ral device If the polling device cannot currently access a certain media peripheral device the MP device status page 150 will indicate NO under the within range category for that MP device Otherwise the indication will be YES In accordance with an embodiment of the present inven tion a user may call up the MP device status page 150 ona TV screen of a MPS using a remote control or on the monitor of a PC using a keyboard or mouse on the media exchange network 100 The user may then view the status of each media peripheral device in the MP device status page 150 for each status information category 152 assuming the MP device is within range For example the user may look under battery level for the multi media PDA option and discover that the battery level for the multi media PDA 119 is at 70 of full charge As another example the user may look under storage left for the digital camera option and discover that the amount of digital storage space remaining is 70 in the digital camera 113 FIG 2A is a flowchart 200 illustrating a general embodi ment of a method using the media exchange network 100 of FIG 1A for indirectly controlling a media peripheral device in accordance with certain aspects of the present invention In step 201 indirect control of a media peripheral device is initiated by a media control initiation device The media control initiation device may comprise for example a MPS a PC
47. rk of the identified one of the at least one media peripheral according to the at least one media periph eral command The media may comprise at least one of audio a still image video and data and the at least one media peripheral may comprise at least one of a digital camera a digital camcorder an MP3 player a home juke box system a multi media personal digital assistant PDA a mobile multi media gateway device In an embodiment of the present invention the first and second network addresses may be one of an Internet protocol IP address a media access control MAC address and an electronic serial number ESN The communication network may comprise at least one of a cable infrastructure a satellite network infrastructure a digital subscriber line DSL infra structure an Internet infrastructure an intranet infrastructure a wired infrastructure and a wireless infrastructure and the communication network may be the Internet The server soft ware in an embodiment ofthe present invention may forward media from the at least one media peripheral to the set top box circuitry The server software may be at a location separate from the first home and the second home Further aspects ofthe present invention may be observed in a system supporting the indirect control of at least one media peripheral Such an embodiment may comprise first storage in a first home that stores media and at least one media peripheral in a second ho
48. rries out the at least one control command FIG 2B is a flowchart 206 illustrating a specific embodi ment of the method of FIG 2A using the media exchange network 100 of FIG 1A for indirectly controlling a media peripheral device in accordance with certain aspects of the present invention In step 207 a user of a PC e g PC 106 at home location 115 initiates indirect control of a media peripheral device e g digital camera 114 at remote location 116 using a keyboard or mouse In step 208 a control command e g power on is com municated from the PC to a first network infrastructure e g LAN 5s 104 via either a wireless or wired connection In step 209 the control command is communicated from the first network infrastructure to a first MPS e g MPS 101 via either a wireless or wired connection In step 210 the control command is communicated from the first MPS to a second network infrastructure e g WAN s 103 via either a wire less or wired connection In step 211 the control command is communicated from the second network infrastructure to a second MPS eg MPS 102 via either a wireless or wired connection In step 212 the control command is communicated from the second MPS to the media peripheral device via either a wireless or wired connection In step 213 the media peripheral device carries out the command i e performs the associated opera tion such that the digital camera 114 powers on In anot
49. rst user and the second user are members of a user defined group of users known to one another the at least one processor operable to at least enable delivery of media between the first location and the second location and communicate with software that maintains information identifying members of the user defined group of users and associates network addresses with the mem 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 18 bers 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 periph eral command selected at the first location and responds by enabling control via a communication network ofthe identified one of the at least one media peripheral according to the at least one media periph eral command 14 The system of claim 13 wherein the media comprises one or more of audio a still image video and or data 15 The system of claim 13 wherein the at least one media peripheral comprises one or moreofa digital camera a digital camcorder an MP3 player a home juke box system a multi media personal digital assistant PDA and or a mobile multi media gateway device 16 The system of claim 13 wherein the software associates each member of the user defined group of users with a net work address comprising one of an Internet protocol IP address a media access control MAC address or an elec tronic serial number
50. sing unit MPU 904 remote user interface s 905 and a TV screen 918 to provide integrated media processing capability and indirect user interface capability The remote user interfaces 905 may comprise a voice or keyed remote control 906 keyboards and pads 907 a remote PC access interface 908 and a remote media system access interface 909 i e providing access from another MPS The media processing unit MPU 904 comprises TV and radio tuners 910 for image and audio consumption commu nications interfaces 911 channel processing 912 creating storing indexing viewing storage 913 media players 914 CD DVD Tape PVR MP3 an integrated user interface 915 to provide a TV channel guide look and feel network ing components 916 to provide client functions such as con sumption billing authorization e g using digital certifi cates and digital ID s registration security and connectivity In an alternative embodiment of the present invention the networking components 916 may include a distributed server element 917 that is part of a distributed server FIG 9B illustrates an alternative embodiment of a media processing system MPS 920 in accordance with various aspects of the present invention The MPS 920 is essentially an enhanced set top box for viewing and interacting with various user interfaces media data and services that are available on the media exchange network using for example a remote control The MPS
51. splay device supporting display of television content and a user interface having at least one view comprising a representation of media available for consumption in a first location and for communicatively coupling to con trol at least one media peripheral at a second location remote from the first location the at least one processor operable to at least communicate with software that maintains information identifying members of a user defined group of users 20 25 35 40 45 20 that are known to one another and comprises a first network protocol address with respect to a first user at the first location and a second network protocol address with respect to a second user at the second location and that receives via a communication net work a request that identifies one ofthe first network protocol address and the second network protocol address and that responds by identifying the other of the first network protocol address and the second net work protocol addresses to support control from the first location via the communication network of the at least one media peripheral at the second location 35 The system of claim 34 wherein the first network pro tocol address and the second network protocol address are one of an Internet protocol IP address a media access con trol MAC address or an electronic serial number ESN 36 The system of claim 34 wherein the at least one media peripheral comprises one or
52. ss the media channels pushed to him by other users on the media exchange network PC s may be used but are not required to interface to the media exchange network for the purpose of exchanging digi tal media data and services Instead set top boxes or inte grated MPS s media processing systems may be used with 20 40 45 55 60 12 the media exchange network to perform all of the previously described media exchange functions using a remote control with a television screen Current set top boxes may be software enhanced to create aMPS that provides full media exchange network interfacing and functionality via a TV screen with a TV guide look and feel PC s may be software enhanced as well and provide the same TV guide look and feel Therefore the media exchange network supports both PC s and MPS s in a similar manner Alternatively a fully integrated MPS may be designed from the ground up having full MPS capability In the case of an MPS configuration the user takes advan tage of his remote control and TV screen to use the media exchange network In the case of a PC configuration the user takes advantage of his keyboard and or mouse to use the media exchange network An MPS or enhanced PC is effectively a storage and dis tribution platform forthe exchange of personal and third party digital media data and services as well as for bringing the conventional television channels to a user s home An MPS and or PC connec
53. t the second location according to the at least one media peripheral command 2 The system of claim 1 wherein the software associates the first user and the second user with network protocol addresses comprising one of an Internet protocol IP address a media access control MAC address and an electronic serial number ESN 3 The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one media peripheral comprises one or more of a digital camera a digital camcorder an MP3 player a home juke box system a multi media personal digital assistant PDA and or a mobile multi media gateway device 4 The system of claim 1 wherein the media comprises one or more of audio a still image video and data 5 The system of claim 1 wherein the media comprises real time video 6 The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one media peripheral command comprises one or more of on off select play capture download erase delete zoom focus pan tilt set compression format set resolution set frame rate set quality rewind fast forward scan list skip and or check status 7 The system of claim 1 wherein the communication net work comprises one or more of a cable infrastructure a sat ellite network infrastructure a digital subscriber line DSL infrastructure an Internet infrastructure an intranet infra structure a wired infrastructure and or a wireless infrastruc ture 8 The system of claim 1 wherein the communication net work is t
54. t frame rate set quality rewind fast forward scan list skip and or check status 28 The system of claim 25 wherein the communication network comprises one or more of a cable infrastructure a satellite network infrastructure a digital subscriber line DSL infrastructure an Internet infrastructure an intranet infrastructure a wired infrastructure and or a wireless infra structure 29 The system of claim 25 wherein the at least one media peripheral comprises one or more of a digital camera a digital camcorder an MP3 player a home juke box system a multi media personal digital assistant PDA and or a mobile multi media gateway device 30 The system of claim 25 where the user interface sup ports at least one media channel that comprises a user se lected and scheduled sequence of media for consumption at one or both of the first location and or the second location 31 The system of claim 30 wherein supporting at least one media channel comprises creation of the at least on media channel including the display ofa graphical representation of the at least one media channel on the user interface 32 The system of claim 25 wherein the display device comprises a television 33 The system of claim 25 wherein the at least one pro cessor resides in a set top box device 34 A system supporting the indirect control of at least one media peripheral the system comprising at least one processor for operably connecting to a di
55. that inter face wirelessly or via a wired connection to the LAN s 104 The PC s may comprise desktop PC s notebook PC s PDA s or any computing device The media exchange net work 100 further comprises a first plurality of media periph eral devices 108 at the home location 115 and a second plurality of media peripheral devices 109 at the remote loca tion 116 The first plurality of media peripheral devices 108 may interface wirelessly or via a wired connection to the MPS 101 in any combination Similarly the second plurality of media peripheral devices 109 may interface wirelessly or via a wired connection to the MPS 102 in any combination The media peripheral devices 108 109 may include a digital camera 113 a digital camcorder 124 a MP3 player 125 a home juke box system 126 a multi media PDA per sonal digital assistant 119 and a mobile multi media gate way device 127 The MPS s 101 102 may include a TV screen 111 for viewing various types of media and for con trolling and accessing the various media peripheral devices Furthermore the media exchange network 100 comprises a 3 7 party media provider s 112 a 3 7 party sales provider s 120 a remote computer s 121 a 3 4 party peripheral service s 122 and a 3 party peripheral manufacturer s 123 all interfacing wirelessly or via a wired connection to the WAN s 103 The LAN s 104 may comprise for example a home cable infrastructure an Ethernet infrastructure
56. ting an embodiment of a device view 130 with drop down menus for controlling the operation of media peripheral devices on the media exchange network 100 of FIG 1A in accordance with various aspects of the present invention The device view 130 comprises a table of media peripheral device options 131 versus media content categories 132 e g image files video files audio files album titles for each of the media peripheral devices The media peripheral device options 131 listed in the device view 130 include a digital camera option 133 a digital cam corder option 134 a MP3 player option 135 a multi media PDA option 136 a home juke box option 137 a first home PC option 138 a mobile multi media gateway option 139 and a second home PC option 140 In accordance with an embodiment of the present inven tion a user may call up the device view 130 on a TV screen of a MPS using a remote control or on the monitor of a PC using a keyboard or mouse on the media exchange network 100 Theuser may select a device option from the device view 130 in order to display a drop down sub menu e g sub menu 141 A sub menu provides access control and moni toring command options to the user for that device For example referring to FIG 1A and FIG 1B a user of the MPS 101 may call up the device view 130 on the TV screen 111 using the remote control 110 and select the digital camcorder option 134 on the device view 130 The device view 130 may b
57. ts to the media exchange network via an existing communication infrastructure which may include cable DSL satellite etc The connection to the communica tion infrastructure may be hard wired or wireless The media exchange network allows users to effectively become their own broadcasters from their own homes by creating their own media channels and pushing those media channels to other authorized users on the media exchange network such as friends and family members FIG 3 comprises a media exchange network 300 for exchanging and sharing digital media data and services in accordance with an embodiment ofthe present invention The media exchange network 300 is a secure closed network environment that is only accessible to pre defined users and service providers The media exchange network of FIG 3 comprises a first PC 301 and a first media processing system MPS 302 ata user s home 303 a communication infrastruc ture 304 external processing hardware support 305 remote media storage 306 a second PC 307 at a remote location 308 such as an office and a second MPS 309 at a parent s home 310 The PC s 301 and 307 and the MPS s 302 and 309 each include a media exchange software MES platform 311 and anetworking component 312 for connectivity The MES plat form 311 provides multiple capabilities including media push capability media access capability media channel construction selection image sequence selection text and
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