Method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content
AssigneeAdeia Media Solutions Inc.
InventorsArthur van Hoff, James Barton
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content enables the secure transfer of multimedia content from a digital video recorder (DVR) to a personal computer (PC) and further to a handheld device. A DVR determines which devices on a Local Area Network (LAN) are authorized to share and/or retrieve content from the DVR. The DVR receives a connection request from a PC on the LAN, authorizes the connection request and establishes a secure connection between the DVR and the PC. Once the secure connection is established, the DVR receives a request for multimedia content from the PC, prepares the multimedia content for transfer and transfers the multimedia content to the PC.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- transmitting by processing circuitry, via a data network, to a remote device a listing of media content available at a first device, the first device being distinct from the remote device;
- receiving, via the data network, from the remote device a selection of a media content item from the listing of the media content available at the first device;
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- in response to the receiving of the selection of the media content item, transmitting, to a second device distinct from the first device and from the remote device, an instruction to request, from the first device, a transfer to the second device of the media content item.
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