Personal media broadcasting system
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1. A personal media broadcasting system comprising:
- a personal media broadcaster having embedded hardware for receiving a command via a computer network to control content in a media stream, receiving an audio/video signal that contains the content in response to the command, encoding the received audio/video signal to create a media stream, wherein the encoding is adjusted based upon variations in a condition of the computer network, and transmitting the media stream over the computer network; and
a media player client for communicating with the personal media broadcaster over the computer network to provide the command and to receive the media stream and playing the media stream for a user.
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Abstract
A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user'"'"'s experience.
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1. A personal media broadcasting system comprising:
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a personal media broadcaster having embedded hardware for receiving a command via a computer network to control content in a media stream, receiving an audio/video signal that contains the content in response to the command, encoding the received audio/video signal to create a media stream, wherein the encoding is adjusted based upon variations in a condition of the computer network, and transmitting the media stream over the computer network; and a media player client for communicating with the personal media broadcaster over the computer network to provide the command and to receive the media stream and playing the media stream for a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A personal media broadcaster comprising:
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an embedded input interface module for receiving an audio/video signal in response to a client via a computer network; an embedded processing module coupled to the decoder input interface module and configured to encode the audio/visual signal into a media stream suitable for transmission over the computer network, wherein the encoding is adjusted based upon variations in a condition of the computer network; and an embedded network interface module for transmitting the media stream to the client over the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method executable by computing hardware to provide a media stream comprising media content to a media player via a computer network, the method comprising:
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receiving a command via the computer network to control the media content; in response to the command, receiving an audio/video signal that contains the media content; encoding the received audio/video signal to create the media stream, wherein the encoding is adjusted based upon variations in a condition of the computer network; and transmitting the media stream to the media player over the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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