METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIA CHANNEL SETUP IN A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK
Certain embodiments for supporting communication of media may comprise establishing a private television channel to be showed by a first television at a first home and a second television at a second home. Personal media associated with the private television channel may be displayed along with content of a media broadcast on the first and/or second television. The personal media may be communicated over the private television channel between the televisions. An identifier associated with the first television and/or the second television may be determined and the private television channel may be established based one more identifiers. A representation of the private television channel may be presented in a channel guide displayed on the first television and/or the second television. A representation of the associated personal media for the private television channel may be presented in a media guide displayed on the first television and/or the second television.
1 . A method supporting communication of media content comprising:
storing a private media channel on a first device at a first location, wherein the private media channel includes associated media content;
establishing a peer-to-peer communications connection between the first device at the first location and one or more remotely located devices; and
pushing the private media channel with associated media content over the peer-to-peer communications connection.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the associated media content is personal media content comprising one or more of: video, images, audio, text and digital media generated by a media peripheral.
3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first device is any of: a personal computer, a media processing system, speech recognition engine, set-top-box and television.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of establishing a peer-to-peer communications connection includes selection from an interface the one or more remotely located devices to receive the pushed private media channel with associated media content.
5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the selection from an interface step includes a selection of at least one remotely located device identifier comprising one or more of: a device ID, a serial number, a medium access control (MAC) address and an Internet protocol (IP) address.
6 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the display of the private media channel in a channel guide displayed on at least the first device.
7 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the display of the associated media content for the private media channel in a channel guide displayed on one or more of: the first device at the first location and the one or more remotely located devices.
8 . A peer-to-peer system for communicating private media channels including personal media, the peer-to-peer system comprising:
a media exchange software platform, the media exchange software platform configured to communicate with one or more remote devices through a communications interface;
networking server components, coupled to the media exchange software platform, establishing an authorized peer-to-peer connection to the one or more remote devices through the communications interface; and
wherein the media exchange software platform is further configured to provide for a peer-to-peer push of one or more of the private media channels including personal media over the peer-to-peer connection.
9 . The peer-to-peer system according to claim 8 , wherein the media exchange software platform is further configured to include one or more of: private media channel construction/selection, image sequence selection, text, and voice overlay.
10 . The peer-to-peer system according to claim 8 , wherein the media exchange software platform is further configured to include one or more of: private media channel and program naming, inter-home routing selection, authorship and media rights management, shared inter-home media experience, billing service, and an integrated television channel guide look-and-feel.
11 . The peer-to-peer system according to claim 8 , wherein the networking server components establish the authorized peer-to-peer connection by including identifiers comprising one or more of: a device identification (ID), a serial number, a medium access control (MAC) address and/or an Internet protocol (IP) address.
12 . The peer-to-peer system according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more remote devices comprise televisions.
13 . The peer-to-peer system according to claim 8 , wherein the pushed personal media content is displayed in a media channel on a channel guide on the one or more remote devices.
14 . The peer-to-peer system according to claim 8 , wherein the media exchange software platform is further configured to include billing for the peer-to-peer push of the one or more private media channels.
15 . A method supporting communication of media content comprising:
generating a private media channel on a first device at a first location, wherein the private media channel includes associated personal media content;
establishing a peer-to-peer communications connection between the first device at the first location and one or more remotely located devices; and
pushing the private media channel with associated media content over the peer-to-peer communications connection.
16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the associated media content comprises one or more of: video, images, audio, text and digital media generated by a media peripheral.
17 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the first device is any of: a personal computer, a media processing system, speech recognition engine, set-top-box and television.
18 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the step of establishing a peer-to-peer communications connection includes selection from an interface the one or more remotely located devices to receive the pushed private media channel with associated media content.
19 . The method according to claim 18 , wherein the selection from an interface step includes a selection of at least one remotely located device identifier comprising one or more of: a device ID, a serial number, a medium access control (MAC) address and an Internet protocol (IP) address.
20 . The method according to claim 15 , further comprising the display of the associated media content for the private media channel in a channel guide displayed on one or more of: the first device at the first location and the one or more remotely located devices.