Inventors:
Daniel Putterman - San Francisco CA, US
Brad Dietrich - San Francisco CA, US
David Williams - San Francisco CA, US
Jeremy Toeman - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Shiloh - San Francisco CA, US
Keith Craigie - San Francisco CA, US
John Doornbos - San Francisco CA, US
Paul Novaes - San Mateo CA, US
Song Huang - Scotts Valley CA, US
Terry Barsoom - San Francisco CA, US
Pedro Freitas - San Francisco CA, US
Assignee:
Macrovision Corporation - Santa Clara CA
International Classification:
H04N 7/18
US Classification:
725 80, 725 55, 725 59, 725 78, 725 82, 725133, 725141, 725153, 709229, 709230, 709231, 715717, 715737, 386 46, 386 83
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.