Patent ID: 8539533

Claim:
A telecommunications device, comprising: a control processor in a media subsystem controllable by a Digital Personal Video Stream Manager (DPVSM) controller module in a network subsystem; one or more control interfaces in said media subsystem operably coupled to said control processor; and a multimedia interface operably coupled to said one or more control interfaces and having a broadband media interface receiving streamed media from a set-top box and receiving data packets from said DPVSM controller module through a local area network interface, the multimedia interface providing a single interface between said network subsystem and said media subsystem through a local area network such that devices in said media subsystem communicate with said network subsystem only through said multimedia interface, and wherein said network subsystem computer passes at least one control command in local area network data packets to said control processor; and wherein said multimedia interface is adapted to receive data packets including media files over said local area network interface, said control processor converting said received media files to media streams for streaming on said broadband media interface to said media subsystem and wherein said multimedia interface is adapted to receive broadband media over said broadband media interface and convert said broadband media to media files for transmission as data packets over said local area network to said network subsystem such that content can be played back in an appropriate format on a network subsystem computer; and wherein the DPVSM controller module receives at least one message, the at least one message having header information; wherein the DPVSM controller module determines whether the at least one received message is a control message that has at least one control parameter based on the header information; upon determining that the at least one received message is a control message: the DPVSM controller module reads the at least one control parameter of the control message, the at least one control parameter comprising at least one of a time parameter, a date parameter, a duration parameter, a channel parameter, and a password parameter, the DPVSM controller module translates the at least one control parameter into the at least one control command, the at least one control command comprising a format that is readable by the control processor, the DPVSM controller module sends the at least one control command to the control processor, and the control processor supervises said media subsystem responsive to the at least one control command sent by the DPVSM controller module.