Media recording device with remote graphic user interface
OwnerSteven Hoffberg, Linda Hoffberg-Borghesaniinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for processing digital media signals, comprising a digital processor for controlling the apparatus; a graphic user interface, having a wireless remote control providing a command input to the processor; a network interface for transmitting digital information from the processor to a remote location over a communications network, the information identifying a digital media signal for desired reproduction based, at least in part, on an input received from the remote control; and an output, controlled by, and local to, the processor, for transferring the desired digital media signals for reproduction thereof.
Claims42
An apparatus for processing digital media signals, comprising:
- (a) a digital processor for controlling said apparatus;
- (b) a graphic user interface, receiving a wireless remote control graphic user interface input to said processor and outputting information for generating a graphic user interface display;
- (c) a network interface for transmitting digital information from said processor to a remote location over a communications network, said information identifying a desired digital media signal for reproduction based, at least in part, on an input received from said input;
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- (d) an output, controlled by, and local to, said processor, for transmitting the desired digital media signal for reproduction thereof.
An apparatus for processing media signals, comprising:
- (a) a programmable processor for controlling said apparatus, and providing a graphical user interface, said programmable processor being adapted to receive a graphic user interface input and generating a graphic user interface display;
- (b) an interface for transmitting digital information from said programmable processor to a remote location, said information identifying at least one digital media signal from a set of available digital media signals, based, at least in part, on an input to said graphic user interface;
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- (c) an output from the programmable processor for transferring the identified digital media signal.
An apparatus for controlling media program presentation, comprising:
- (a) a digital processor;
- (b) at least one media output controlled by, and local to, said digital processor, for defining a set of choices to a user for selection thereof, and transferring a selected media program for presentation to a user;
- (c) a wireless remote control providing a command input from the user to said processor;
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- (d) an interface for transmitting digital information from said processor to a remote location over a communications network, said information relating to a desired media program for transfer based, at least in part, on an input received from said wireless remote control.
An apparatus for processing digital media signals, comprising:
- (a) a digital processor for controlling said apparatus and generating a graphic user interface, and receiving a pointing device input;
- (b) a network interface for transmitting digital information from said processor to a remote location over a communications network, said information identifying a desired digital media signal based, at least in part, on an input received from said pointing device input, and
- (c) an output, controlled by, and local to, said processor, for transferring the desired digital media signal for reproduction thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.