Television viewing on gaming consoles

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H04N 5/44 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2674371

An integrated gaming and media experience is disclosed, including television viewing on a gaming console. A client component is installed via a bootstrap process that uses authentication information to accomplish this task. Once installed, it integrates itself into a typical gaming display. Various console hardware details are used to enable communication between the client component and downstream servers providing the content. Once up and running, the client component allows users to watch television as if they were interacting with a set-top box. Users may switch between various applications on the gaming console, including but not limited to game titles, DVR, VOD, DVD programs, and so on.

La présente invention concerne une expérience de jeu et multimédia intégrés permettant de regarder la télévision sur une console de jeu. Un composant client est installé par l'intermédiaire d'un processus d'amorçage qui utilise une information d'authentification pour accomplir cette tâche. Une fois installé, il s'intègre automatique en un écran de jeu habituel. Divers détails matériels de la console servent à autoriser la communication entre le composant client et les serveurs aval fournissant le contenu. Une fois installé et en fonctionnement, le composant client permet aux utilisateurs de regarder la télévision comme s'ils étaient en interaction avec un décodeur. Les utilisateurs peuvent basculer entre diverses applications sur la console, telles que titres de jeux, enregistreur vidéo numérique, vidéo à la demande, et les programmes DVD.

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