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Virtual program streaming multi-media system

  • US 20020116517A1
  • Filed: 01/16/2002
  • Published: 08/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system supporting the playback of multi-media content in a virtual program format through a content player, said system comprising:

  • a) a memory store providing for the storage of a plurality of digital content;

    b) a player interface supporting the transfer of a digital content stream to a content player and for receiving user input; and

    c) a content control system coupled between said memory store and said player interface, said content control system including a network proxy, coupleable through a network to a content server and a control file server, and a program control system, responsive to the programmatic evaluation of a control file, to selectively transfer digital content from said content server to said memory store and to define a dynamic program order for selectively streaming said plurality of digital content from said lost-element cache through said player interface as said digital content stream, wherein said dynamic program order is determined based on said control file subject to predetermined selective variation based on said user input.

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