System and method for managing media content

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media distribution system having a controller to identify a plurality of media presentation devices of a user of the media distribution system, identify one or more distribution preferences supplied by the user for distributing media content to the plurality of media presentation devices, receive media content from one of a plurality of media sources of the user, determine a media content type from the received media content, and distribute the received media content to one or more of the plurality of media presentation devices according to the one or more distribution preferences and the media content type. The one or more distribution preferences comprise in part media content distribution arrangements assigned by the user between the plurality of media sources of the user and the plurality of media presentation devices of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A media distribution system, comprising:
a memory to store executable instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising:
identifying a distribution preference of a user based on distribution information, the distribution preference being associated with distributing media content to a plurality of media presentation devices associated with the user, wherein the distribution preference comprises media content distribution arrangements between a plurality of media sources of the user and the plurality of media presentation devices of the user;detecting new media content stored on one media source of the plurality of media sources of the user, wherein the one media source comprises one media presentation device of the plurality of media presentation devices associated with the user;determining a media content type for the new media content, wherein the media content type is one of an audio content type, a visual content type, or a combination thereof;determining availability information for each of the plurality of media presentation devices while being communicatively coupled to the media distribution system; andselectively distributing the new media content to a recipient media presentation device of the plurality of media presentation devices according to the availability information.