Patent ID: 9661258
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G11B,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus that is capable of communicating, when the apparatus is in operation, with a remote computer via at least one Internet connection, the apparatus also being capable of being used in association with a monitor, the apparatus comprising: a media processing hardware system comprising non-transitory storage, the media processing hardware system to search for, purchase, and download, via the at least one Internet connection, from the remote computer, downloadable purchasable audio content and downloadable purchasable video content that are to be edited to produce combined media content, the media processing hardware system also being capable of downloading from the remote computer via the at least one Internet connection, downloadable instructions to be stored in the storage and executed by the media processing hardware system; the media processing hardware system comprising editing software to be stored in and executed by the media processing hardware system to permit selection, editing, and combining of selected segments of the video content and the downloadable audio content to produce the combined media content, the combined media content being capable of being stored in the storage at the system, the software being capable of permitting (1) identification of endpoints of content segments to be used in producing the combined media content and (2) transition effects and other effects to be provided to the content segments in the combined media content; the media processing system to permit viewing of the combined media content via the monitor at the system; and the media processing system to permit distributing, via the at least one Internet connection, of the combined media content.