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US 7,734,155 B2Granted
Multimedia home network computer
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsMark Hanson, Isao Murase
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Abstract
A home entertainment network has a computer with a multi-DVD changer which holds plural DVDs onto which content from an hard disk drive (HDD) can be transferred for storage. Also, DVD content can be ripped to the HDD, and multiple copies of home videos and photographs on the HDD can be made onto several disks simultaneously.
Claims24
A home entertainment system, comprising:
- at least a first video monitor;
- at least one computer communicating with the first video monitor,
- at least one disk changer holding multiple optical disks;
- and
- at least one hard disk drive (HDD) associated with the computer, content from the HDD being automatically transferred to at least one optical disk in the disk changer upon determination that a predetermined data storage condition in the HDD has been met, a user interface being presented on the video monitor permitting a user to browse content on disks in the disk changer.
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A home entertainment system, comprising:
- at least one TV;
- at least one portable computer communicating with the TV;
- at least one disk changer communicating with the computer, the disk changer holding multiple optical disks;
- means for automatically downloading, from the Internet to the system, metadata pertaining to at least one video content stored on at least one optical disk in the disk changer;
- and
- at least one hard disk drive (HDD) associated with the computer, content from the HDD being automatically transferred to at least one optical disk in the disk changer if a predetermined data storage condition in the HDD has been met.
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An entertainment system comprising:
- at least one portable computer;
- at least one HDTV wirelessly communicating with the computer;
- at least one disk changer communicating with the computer, the disk changer configured to hold plural optical disks, at least some optical disks being DVDs;
- and
- at least one hard disk drive (HDD) communicating with the computer, wherein the computer can be controlled to cause content from plural optical disks in the disk changer to be substantially simultaneously copied onto the HDD.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.