Multimedia control center
AssigneeInfoValue Computing, Inc.
InventorsMonsong Cheng, Huey-Shiang (Sharon) Chen, Aubrey Flanagan, Bodhi Muhkerjee
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Abstract
A video library is formed within a personal video depot (PVD). The PVD has capability to accept purchased video's and DVD's as well as personal video's captured on camcorders. The purchased video's and DVD's are rights verified and assigned to a user having an authenticated ID. The PVD has capability to play a selected video on a TV as well as acquire additional video titles from the server connected to the depot through a network. A menu is displayed on a TV from which a remote control is used to make selections that affect the purchase of video titles and operation of the PVD.
Claims8
A method for using a personal video depot, comprising:
- a) purchasing a video from a server storing the video into a personal video depot (PVD);
- b) purchasing a DVD and ingesting the DVD into the PVD;
- c) authenticating a user of the PVD;
- d) playing the video downloaded from the server or the DVD ingested into the PVD;
- e) copying the video to a first DVD with or without a fee;
- f) copying the video to a second DVD for a fee that may be different from the fee for the first copy;
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- g) copying the ingested DVD to a second DVD for a fee.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.