NETWORKED PERSONAL VIDEO STORAGE AND DELIVERY

摘要

A portable video delivery device includes data storage, a secure processor, and a wireless network interface that acts as an access point for a secure personal wireless network. Transcoded media files are stored in the data storage so that the portable device maintains a library of stored media programs that can be carried along with the user during commuting, travel and/or other activities. To playback the stored programming, other media player devices use the personal wireless network to securely connect to the portable device and to obtain previously-transcoded content from the data storage of the device.

主权项

1. A portable device to deliver video content to at least one media player device, the portable data processing system comprising:
a transcoder configured to receive video content and to transcode the received video content into a format that is suitable for delivery to the at least one media player device over a personal wireless network; a data interface; a data storage configured to store the transcoded video content; a wireless network interface configured to provide a wireless access point to the personal wireless network; and a processor configured to receive a digital credential identifying the at least one media player device via the data interface, wherein the digital credential is issued by an authenticator service accessible via a wide area network separate from the personal wireless network, to store the digital credential received from the authenticator service, to receive subsequent connection requests comprising digital credentials from the at least one media player device via the personal wireless network and, in response to the subsequent connection requests, to deliver the transcoded video content to the at least one media player device via the personal wireless network if the digital credentials received from the at least one media player device via the personal wireless network match the digital credentials previously received from the authenticator service via the wide area network, and otherwise not delivering the transcoded video content to the at least one media player device via the personal wireless network.