Patent ID: 7424731

Claim:
A home audiovisual reproduction apparatus comprising: a portable housing including a plurality of control buttons for enabling user input for controlling the audiovisual reproduction apparatus, said housing further including a liquid crystal display; at least a first memory area; a central processing unit; a network interface, managed by the central processing unit, for connecting to a network providing access to a library of audiovisual information, stored on at least one remote server, available for user download; an audiovisual reproduction routine, stored in the first memory area and run by the central processing unit, to reproduce said downloaded audiovisual information; a software update routine, stored in the first memory area and run by the central processing unit, to update at least operating software of the audiovisual reproduction apparatus, by connecting to the at least one remote server and downloading an update; a sensor for receiving information for controlling the audiovisual reproduction apparatus from a remote control device, at least one operation button of said remote control device corresponding to at least one of said plurality of control buttons; an audio controller electronic circuit linked to at least one audio output connector; a video controller electronic circuit linked to at least one video output connector for connecting to at least a television; and a user interface for enabling a selection of audiovisual information available on said remote server, said user interface further operable to enable input of a personal identification code that is input by a user, wherein said network interface is usable for downloading selected audiovisual information from a remote server only after a valid personal identification code has been input.