METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIA PROCESSING PROVIDING ACCESS TO DISTRIBUTED MEDIA VIA A CHANNEL GUIDE

摘要

Certain embodiments of the invention for presenting available media for selection and playback on a television display may comprise detecting available media and constructing at least one display indicating the availability of the detected available media at a plurality of different storage locations. An indication of the different storage locations for the detected available media may be presented in the constructed display in a text format, a graphic format and/or an audio format. One or more content categories associated with the detected available media may be identified and the indication of the different storage locations may be associated with one or more of the content categories. Providers of media and/or storage devices at the different storage locations may be queried for available media and the media acquired accordingly. The constructed display may be represented as a graphical user interface (GUI) and displayed on the television screen.

主权项

1. A first set top box in a media delivery infrastructure, the media delivery infrastructure including a second set top box, a first media capture device of a first viewer, a second media capture device of a second viewer, the first set top box being configured to operate within a first home of the first viewer, the second set top box being configured to operate within a second home of the second viewer, the first set top box comprising:
a communication network interface configured to assist in establishing, in advance and to pre-authorize future media related exchanges, a relationship with the second set top box in the second home, the relationship involving a secure peer to peer media pathway between the first set top box and the second set top box; and a processor configured to, after the establishing the relationship:
(i) receive, from the first media capture device of the first viewer, first personal data corresponding to first personal media captured by the first viewer via the first media capture device;(ii) receive, via the secure peer to peer media pathway and from the second set top box of the second viewer, second personal data corresponding to second personal media captured by the second viewer via the second media capture device;(iii) automatically sort the first personal media and the second personal media to generate first channel guide display data; and(iv) automatically update the first channel guide display data based on newly captured personal media by the second viewer via the second media capture device.