US 2004/0174863 A1 · System and method for wireless remote control of a digital personal media stream manager

Abstract

A multimedia telecommunications system including and controlled by a wireless local area network remote control device (1300) to control a digital personal video stream manager (102) from anywhere in the house. The wireless remote (1300) may be provided with an LCD screen (1308), an 802.11 interface (1502), and an IP telephony interface (1302). The LCD screen (1308) provides the user with a graphical interface that allows a user to interact with the digital personal video stream manager (102) in a manner similar to that employed when using the personal computer (110). In addition, the IP telephony interface (1302) allows the user to make and receive IP telephone calls, such as Internet telephone calls. In such an embodiment, the personal computer (110) may implement an IP telephone gateway.

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Dependent claims

A telecommunications system, characterized by:

a local area network;
a television for viewing broadband media;
and
a digital personal video stream manager operably coupled to said television and said local area network, said digital personal video stream manager adapted to convert said broadband media to media files useable on said local area network and convert media files from said local area network to a format viewable on said television;
a computer having a digital personal video stream manager controller and a memory for storing media files;
and
a wireless local area network remote control operable in a first mode to control said digital personal video stream manager and operable in a second mode to perform telephony-over-LAN device functionality;
wherein said digital personal video stream manager controller is adapted to receive media files from said digital personal video stream manager via said local area network and transmit media files to said digital personal video stream manager via said local area network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for wireless remote control of a digital personal media stream manager

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System and method for wireless remote control of a digital personal media stream manager

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