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US 6,640,145 B2Granted
Media recording device with packet data interface
OwnerSteven Hoffberg, Linda Hoffberg-Borghesaniinventors
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OwnerSteven Hoffberg, Linda Hoffberg-Borghesaniinventors
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An intelligent media device, comprising a packet data communications interface; a media communication interface for receiving audio and/or video data; a digital memory for persistently storing received audio and/or video data; and an intelligent server for generating a virtual interface for controlling the media communication interface and the digital memory through said packet data communications interface. The intelligent server may be adaptive. A variety of devices may be interfaced through the packet data communications interface, including telephony, imaging, videoconferencing, security, alarm, environmental control, vehicular, illumination system, domestic appliance; fluid and handling systems, as well as consumer electronic devices. A digital rights manager for enforcing a set of externally supplied restrictions associated with the received audio and/or video data may be incorporated, with a cryptographic processor for selectively cryptoprocessing audio and/or video data in dependence on said rights manager being provided to limit access to the audio and/or video data content.
An intelligent media device, comprising:
The intelligent media device according to ciaim 1, wherein said packet data communications interface communicates with at least one external machine which is adaptively controlled.
A method for operating an intelligent media device, comprising:
An intelligent media device, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.