Personalized media service
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1. A personalized media service device for producing media on demand, comprising a media selection interface for receiving a media request from a user and printing a hardcopy of said media request.
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Abstract
A personalized media service is provided wherein a user may select a media request from a list of available media for printing as a hardcopy. The media request may be customized in accordance with specified user preferences such that a content provider may provide the user with a tailored media experience.
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- 1. A personalized media service device for producing media on demand, comprising a media selection interface for receiving a media request from a user and printing a hardcopy of said media request.
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10. A method of creating a hardcopy media selection for a user, comprising:
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providing the user a menu of available media selections for choosing a desired media selection for creation;
identifying a media selection made by the user;
retrieving a data format copy of said media selection; and
printing a hardcopy of said media selection from said data format copy of said media selection. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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14. A method of creating a hardcopy of a media selection made by a user, comprising:
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providing a media selection interface including a central processing unit, a display device for displaying available media selections to the user, a memory, an input device, a printer device, and at least one communications port;
retrieving a list of available media selections from said memory of said media selection interface;
displaying at least a portion of said available media selections on said display device of said media selection interface;
prompting said user to use said input device to input a media request from said displayed available media selections;
obtaining said media request from said user;
communicating said media request to a service provider using said at least one communications port;
determining a content provider to query for an electronic copy of media associated with said media request from a database accessible to said service provider;
querying said determined content provider for said electronic copy of media associated with said media request; and
communicating said electronic copy of media associated with said media request to said central processing unit of said media selection interface using said service provider and said at least one communications port.
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