Method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content
AssigneeTiVo 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.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a first component, implemented at least partially by hardware, configured to receive, over one or more networks, listings of multimedia content accessible at first devices;
- a second component, implemented at least partially by hardware, configured to send, over the one or more networks, to remote devices, at least portions of the listings of the multimedia content received by the first component;
- a third component, implemented at least partially by hardware, configured to receive, from the remote devices, over the one or more networks, input indicating selections of specific items of multimedia content from the portions of the listings of multimedia content;
- a fourth component, implemented at least partially by hardware, configured to, based on the selections, send instructions to second devices over the one or more networks, the instructions instructing the second devices to send requests to the first devices to transfer the specific items of multimedia content from the first devices to the second devices.
A system comprising:
- a first component, implemented at least partially by hardware, configured to receive, over one or more networks, listings of multimedia content accessible at first devices;
- a second component, implemented at least partially by hardware, configured to send, over the one or more networks, to remote devices, at least portions of the listings of the multimedia content received by the first component;
- a third component, implemented at least partially by hardware, configured to receive, from the remote devices, over the one or more networks, input indicating selections of specific items of multimedia content from the portions of the listings of multimedia content;
- a fourth component, implemented at least partially by hardware, configured to, based on the selections, send instructions to first devices over the one or more networks, the instructions instructing the first devices to transfer the specific items of multimedia content to the second devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.