Patent ID: 8984566
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video entertainment system comprising: a first monitor; a first media player: a first signal processor: a first transmitter; a first receiver; a first storage device; a second monitor; a second media player; a second signal processor; a second transmitter; a second receiver; a second storage device; wherein audio and video signals from the first media player are connected to the first signal processor and the first signal processor is capable of processing audio and video signals and performing compression of audio and video signals to be stored in the first storage device and the first signal processor is directly connected to the first transmitter, to the first receiver, to the first monitor, and to the first storage device; wherein audio and video signals from the second media player are connected to the second signal processor and the second signal processor is capable of processing audio and video signals and performing compression of audio and video signals to be stored in the second storage device and the second signal processor is directly connected to the second transmitter, to the second receiver, to the second monitor, and to the second storage device; wherein the first transmitter is capable of sending signals coming from the first signal processor to the second receiver and the second receiver is capable of receiving signals sent by the first transmitter; wherein the second transmitter is capable of sending signals coming from the second signal processor to the first receiver and the first receiver is capable of receiving signals sent by the second transmitter; and wherein the video entertainment system comprises no central box for distributing audio and video signals; playing media content in the video entertainment system, comprising the following steps wherein the steps are performed in the order given below: decoding a user's command; accessing the media content from a source selected from a group consisting of the first media player, a first internal storage device and a first external storage device; processing signal and decompressing the media content if the media content was compressed when the media content was stored in the first internal storage or in the first external storage; displaying the media content on the first monitor; transmitting signal to the second monitor if the user wants to share the media content with the second monitor; and stopping transmission of the media content from the first monitor to the second monitor if the user wants to stop transmission of the media content; returning to the step of decoding a user's command for waiting for the user's command if transmission of media content is stopped; wherein the command is further checked to determine if the user wants to store the content in the first internal storage device, the first external storage device, or in both the first internal storage device and the first external storage device; further checked to determine if the user wants to store the content in a second internal storage device, a second external storage device, or in both the second internal storage device and the second external storage device; converting the media content to a storable format; storing the media content either in the first internal storage device or in the first external storage device or both in the first internal storage device and in the first external storage device depending upon the user command; storing the media content either in the second internal storage device or in the second external storage device or both in the second internal storage device and in the second external storage device depending upon the user command; and returning to the step that checks if the user wants to store the content in the first internal storage device, the first external storage device, or in both the first internal storage device and the first external storage device; waiting for the next user command if the storage process is completed or if the user cancels the storage operation.