Patent ID: 8621542
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital media distribution (DMD) device comprising: an encoder that is configured to receive a video signal solely from an external network, to encode the video signal to generate compressed video data, and to output the compressed video data solely to the external network, in response to control input from a computer terminal; a decoder, housed with the encoder in the DMD device and configured to receive the compressed video data solely from the external network, and to decode the compressed video to generate the video signal for output from the DMD device, in response to control input from the computer terminal; wherein the external network and computer terminal are both external to and separate from the DMD device, and the encoder and the decoder are configured for direct communication with each other solely via the external network and are not communicatively coupled to one another except by the external network; and a transcoder coupled to at least one of the encoder or decoder via the external network, the transcoder configured to transcode the compressed video data from a first data format to a second data format.