System and method for integrated audio stream manager
AssigneeSiemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc.
InventorsRami Caspi, William J. Beyda
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Abstract
A multimedia telecommunications system including an integrated audio stream manager (102) in association with the digital personal video stream manager. Such an integrated audio stream manager employs a personal computer (110) to record and store audio such as compact disk tracks. The personal computer (10) can then contact one or more Internet web sites for CD indices to download a list of the tracks and provide a master list of all CDs stored. The digital personal video stream manager (102) can then be used to supervise playback of the audio files via the connected audio system.
Claims17
A telecommunications system, characterized by:
- a local area network including a network router;
- a digital personal media stream manager operably coupled to said local area network;
- an audio system operably coupled to said digital personal media stream manager;
- a computer operably coupled to said local area network and having a digital personal media stream manager controller and a memory for storing media files from one or more media disks and adapted to transmit said media files to said digital personal media stream manager;
- and
- an Internet access device operably coupled to said local area network and said computer;
- wherein said digital personal media stream manager is adapted to convert said media files to a format that said audio system can play back.
A telecommunications method for use in a system including a local area network, a computer having Internet access, an audio system, a television, and a digital personal media stream manager the method characterized by:
- copying one or more tracks of a media disk to be stored as one or more digital files in a memory of said computer;
- downloading one or more playlists associated with said one or more media disks from said Internet;
- organizing said playlists into a master index;
- using said digital personal media stream manager to access said master index via a television-based interface;
- and
- transmitting a selected entry in said master index for playback to said digital personal media stream manager via said audio system.
A telecommunications device, characterized by:
- a control processor;
- one or more control interfaces operably coupled to said control processor;
- a local area network interface;
- and
- an audio system interface;
- wherein said control processor is adapted to receive media files from said local area network and supervise playback via an audio system coupled to said audio system interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.