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System and method for caching data

  • US 10,084,836 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2014
  • Issued: 09/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for use in association with an Internet network and one or more servers, the apparatus comprising:

  • a cellular telephone electronic device configured to send a request via the Internet network to the one or more servers for at least one service, the at least one service comprising providing streaming media content;

    the streaming media content including a plurality of songs belonging to at least one genre corresponding to at least one station;

    the at least one station being from a plurality of stations that correspond, at least in part, to genres; and

    the cellular telephone electronic device also being configured to request that the one or more servers provide other media content for delivery via the Internet network, the other media content having been selected for purchase based upon results of a search query issued to the one or more servers;

    wherein;

    the streaming media content is to be provided via wireless communication to the cellular telephone electronic device;

    the one or more servers are configured to permit playback of at least one song of the plurality of songs to be skipped in response to user request;

    the cellular telephone electronic device comprises storage that comprises flash memory;

    the storage stores client device instructions that are executable by a processor of the cellular telephone electronic device;

    the instructions when executed by the processor of the cellular telephone electronic device result in the cellular telephone electronic device being configured to enforce, at least in part, Digital Rights Management (DRM) policy with respect to downloadable media content, the downloadable media content to be downloaded, at least in part, from the one or more servers and to be stored, at least in part, in the storage, the DRM policy permitting playing of the downloadable media content by the cellular telephone electronic device while a subscription associated with the cellular telephone electronic device exists;

    the cellular telephone electronic device comprises a wireless interface and antenna for use in the wireless communication;

    when the cellular telephone electronic device is in operation, the cellular telephone electronic device comprises a user interface that is configured to;

    receive at least one user input that requests that the cellular telephone electronic device display, at least in part, at least one radio station listing;

    receive at least one user selection for playing at the cellular telephone electronic device of at least one selected radio station from the listing;

    when the cellular telephone electronic device is in the operation, the cellular telephone electronic device is configured to store radio station stream media content of the at least one selected radio station, received from the one or more servers, for playing at the cellular telephone electronic device when connection with the one or more servers via the Internet is absent;

    wherein when the one or more servers are in operation, the one or more servers receive configuration-related information generated via an application executed by a remote computer, the configuration-related information being provided, via the wireless communication, from the one or more servers to a device application executed by the cellular telephone electronic device, the configuration-related information being used in remotely configuring, at least in part, the cellular telephone electronic device for use with the one or more servers.

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