发明名称 Expanded media content access systems and methods
摘要 In one of many possible embodiments, an exemplary method includes an expansion media content processing device receiving media content in a format not supported by a set-top box to which the expansion media content processing device is communicatively connected by a local communication link, converting the media content from the format not supported by the set-top box to a format supported by the set-top box, and providing the media content in the format supported by the set-top box to the set-top box by way of the local communication link. In some examples, the method further includes the set-top box receiving and using the media content in the format supported by the set-top box to provide the media content to an output device for presentation.
申请公布号 US9066151(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.06.23
申请号 US201213652342 申请日期 2012.10.15
申请人 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 发明人 Roberts Brian F.;Stallings Heath;Relyea Donald H.;Rodrigues Ruchir;Bhaskaran Sathya;Sankaranarayan Ramakrishnan Ramaswamy
分类号 H04N21/61;H04N7/16;H04N21/2343;H04N21/258;H04N21/433;H04N21/442;H04H60/14;H04H60/46 主分类号 H04N21/61
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主权项 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a handheld expansion media content processing device from a set-top box to which the handheld expansion media content processing device is communicatively connected by a local communication link, media content in a format not supported by the set-top box, the set-top box having received the media content directly through an open media network independently of the handheld expansion media content processing device; receiving, by the handheld expansion media content processing device from the set-top box, additional media content in a format supported by the set-top box, the set-top box having received the additional media content directly through a closed media network independently of the handheld expansion media content processing device; converting, by the handheld expansion media content processing device, the media content from the format not supported by the set-top box to a format supported by the set-top box; looping back, by the handheld expansion media content processing device, the media content in the format supported by the set-top box to the set-top box by way of the local communication link for presentation by an output device associated with the set-top box; providing, by the handheld expansion media content processing device, the additional media content received from the set-top box to an additional output device for presentation, the additional output device different from the output device; and providing, by the handheld expansion media content processing device for display by the additional output device, a graphical user interface through which a user may interact with the handheld expansion media content processing device, wherein the handheld expansion media content processing device is implemented as a small form factor device configured to plug directly into a Universal Serial Bus (“USB”) port of the set-top box.
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