Abstract:
Various aspects of an electronic device and method for distribution and access management of individual media content are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a first media content and a plurality of eraser codes. The electronic device further includes a central processing unit (CPU) configured to detect a content-type of the first media content. The CPU selects a first eraser code from the plurality of eraser codes based on the detected content-type. The selected first eraser code is embedded within the first media content based on the detected content- type. The first media content with the embedded first eraser code is then communicated to a second electronic device. The first electronic device controls deletion of at least a portion of the first media content at the second electronic device based on a communicated control instruction and the embedded first eraser code.
Abstract:
A display device such as a TV has both HDMI and IP network interfaces and uses the HDMI interface to exchange IP network parameters with an audio video application module (AVAM) upon HDMI connection. In this way, an IP-based peer-to-peer or client-server network connection can be automatically established to promote faster communication when sharing and executing applications between the devices than is typically available over the CEC link of HDMI.
Abstract:
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for enabling client devices to transparently access cloud computing services, service storage, and related data via a gateway server that connects to an external network such as the internet or a social network. Data requests are transmitted from at least one client device to the gateway server. The gateway server determines if the data request cannot be satisfied by data stored in its memory, and responsively transmits a second data request to the external network and stores data received in response to the second data request in its memory. The gateway server then satisfies the data request using the stored data, which may include a web computing service, an application program interface, streaming data, metadata, and/or media data.
Abstract:
Client devices of, e.g., social networking friends can elect to form their own local cloud network for sourcing Internet cloud services to each other. One or more client devices may be configured as a cloud server, downloading from the Internet cloud services it requires or other devices in the local cloud require, to source the services locally. A user may be given the option of trying to access cloud services first through the Internet, and then through the local cloud if the Internet is unavailable, to ensure the most updated service is available, or trying to access cloud services first through the local cloud and then through the Internet if the service is not available locally.