Patent ID: 7647613
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: G06Q,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for content selection of digital media stored in a memory coupled to a digital media processor and playable on a digital audio-visual playback device comprising the steps of: providing a first communication link between a user interface and a media management control including a processor wherein the media management control is distinct from the digital media processor; providing a second communication link between the media management control and a digital media processor coupled to a memory for storing and retrieving digital media, the digital media processor coupled in communication with at least one digital audio-visual playback device; transmitting only a single communication message from the user interface remote from the playback device through the first communication link to processor in the media management control, the single communication message including a digital media identifier as a digital media content request, a media management access identifier and at least one digital media playback device identifier; in response to the digital media content request from the user interface, the media management control managing the execution and the manner of execution of the digital media specified by the digital media identifier through the second communication link to the digital media processor on the at least one digital audio-visual playback device identified in the single communication message by at least the steps of: the media management control communicating with the digital media processor to determine the availability of the playback device specified in the digital media content request from a user interface; determining the availability of the requested digital media at the location of the playback device by the media management control at the time of the user request; determining by the media management control the operability of the at least one identified playback device to play the requested media; notifying the user via the user interface by the media management control of the acceptance/rejection of the digital media content request; and initiating transmission of the selected digital media by the digital media processor to the at least one identified digital audio-visual playback device for play of the selected digital media by the at least one identified digital audio-visual playback device.