Network media device

摘要

A network media device is described that pulls multimedia data from one or more sources (e.g., a multimedia website or a multimedia server computer) at a first time, stores it to long-term storage within the device and transmits the stored multimedia data to one or more designated multimedia playback devices at a second time.

主权项

1. A method of configuring a network multimedia device to receive multimedia content from a content source, wherein the network multimedia device and the content source are coupled via at least one network, method comprising:
at a content source:
discovering one or more services provided by a network multimedia device coupled to the content source through at least one network, wherein the one or more services provided by the network multimedia device are advertised on the at least one network using a predetermined protocol, wherein the one or more services are associated with at least one multimedia playback device coupled to the network multimedia device; andaccepting user input to establish a paired relationship between the network multimedia device and the content source.