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US 10,476,924 B2Granted
Media player for receiving media content from a remote server
AssigneeNagravision S.A.
InventorsAditee Anil Pathak, Philippe Stransky, Gyanveer Singh
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention may be deployed in a system comprising a media player and a remote server operably connected to communicate with one another. The invention allows for a settings file to be stored on the remote server, the settings file comprising parameters useful for adjusting different settings on the media player such that rendering of a particular content to be made possible on the media player according to a user's predetermined taste by downloading the settings from the server onto the media player.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- determining a first value of at least one control parameter, the first value predetermined by a user and associated with both a media content and rendering the media content on a first media player;
- storing the first value of the control parameter as a second value of the at least one control parameter in a metadata file on a remote server, the second value different than the first value;
- causing the second value of the at least one control parameter to be provided to a second media player;
- causing the second media player to determine a third value using at least the second value of the at least one control parameter, the third value being used to control a characteristic related to rendering of the media content on the second media player;
- and
- causing the second media player to play the media content using the third value.
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A system comprising:
- a first media player comprising a first processor and configured for rendering a media content according to a first value of at least one control parameter;
- a second media player comprising a second processor and configured for rendering the media content according to a third value;
- and
- a server configured to connect to the first and second media players;
- wherein the server is further configured to:
- store the first value of the control parameter as a second value of the at least one control parameter in a metadata file, the second value different than the first value;
- wherein the second media player is further configured to:
- receive the second value of the at least one control parameter from the server;
- determine a third value using at least the second value of the at least one control parameter, the third value being used to control a characteristic related to rendering of the media content;
- and
- render the media content using at least the third value.
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