Portable content container displaying A/V files in response to a command received from a consumer device

摘要

A portable content container is disclosed comprising a decoder for decoding an A/V file into an A/V stream. File directory information identifying one or more A/V files is transmitted to a consumer device. A display command is received from the consumer device to display a selected one of the A/V files on a display device. The selected A/V file is decoded into an A/V stream transmitted to the display device in response to the display command. In an embodiment, the portable content container further comprises local memory for storing A/V files.

主权项

1. A storage device comprising:
a first interface operable to communicate with a consumer device; a second interface operable to transmit a media stream to a display device; a storage medium configured to store one or more media files; and control circuitry configured to:
transmit information identifying the one or more media files to the consumer device over the first interface;receive a playback command over the first interface from the consumer device to play a selected media file of the one or more media files on the display device; andin response to the playback command, decode the selected media file into a media stream and transmit the media stream over the second interface to the display device, wherein the media stream bypasses the consumer device.