Patent ID: 8924468
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of accessing media information from a plurality of sources of digital information using a plurality of destination devices, the plurality of destination devices providing the contents of the media information to two or more users, the method comprising: providing the plurality of destination devices, each destination device being configured to receive a plurality of streams of digital information that are not downloaded to the destination device and provide one or more streams of digital information to the two or more users, each destination device having an access profile related thereto describing access rights of the two or more users to the destination device, providing the one or more streams of digital information from the plurality of sources to the plurality of destination devices, determining access rights of a first user of the two or more users to the one or more streams of digital information, the access rights of the first user comprising a priority level associated with the first user, the priority level indicating a priority of the first user to access the one or more streams, identifying one of the one or more streams of digital information, instructing a first destination device of the plurality of destination devices to provide the contents of the identified one of the one or more streams of digital information to the first user, providing, by the first destination device, the contents of the identified one of the one or more streams of digital information to the first user when the first user is allowed to use the first destination device based on the access profile of the first destination device, and when the first user is allowed to receive the contents of the identified one of the one or more streams of digital information based on the access rights, and not providing, by the first destination device, the contents of the identified one of the one or more streams of digital information to the first user when the first user is not allowed to use the first destination device based on the access profile of the first destination device or is not allowed to receive the contents of the identified one of the one or more stream of digital information based on the access rights, receiving, by at least one of a plurality of devices associated with a second user, status information about the contents of the identified one of the one or more streams of digital information with respect to the first user, instructing, based on the status information, a second destination device of the plurality of destination devices to at least one of start, stop, edit, and delete the contents of the identified one of the one or more streams of digital information, the second destination device being in the plurality of devices associated with the second user, and performing, by the second destination device, at least one of starting, stopping, editing, and deleting the contents of the identified one of the one or more streams of digital information with respect to the first user when the second user has access rights to the contents of the identified one of the one or more streams of digital information, and when a priority level associated with the second user to access the contents of the identified one of the one or more streams of digital information is higher than the priority level of the first user to access the contents of the identified one of the one or more streams.