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US7574723B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 2001
Grant dateAug 11, 2009
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/2849
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method is described. The method includes receiving a request at a control module from a first remote device to access media data from a storage management module and determining that a first user is requesting access to the data based upon a first remote identification (ID). The method further includes opening a second stream between the playback module and the storage management module and receiving the data at the playback module.

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