Virtual player capable of handling dissimilar content
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1. A method comprising:
- launching a graphical user interface player with a computing resource;
launching a plurality of applications for accessing electronic content, said launching concurrent with said launching said graphical user interface player; and
automatically opening an electronic content in response to the dropping of a pointer to said electronic content onto said graphical user interface player.
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Abstract
One embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method for launching a graphical user interface player with a computing resource. A plurality of applications for accessing electronic content can be launched concurrently with the launching of the graphical user interface player. An electronic content can be automatically opened in response to the dropping of a pointer to the electronic content onto the graphical user interface player.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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launching a graphical user interface player with a computing resource;
launching a plurality of applications for accessing electronic content, said launching concurrent with said launching said graphical user interface player; and
automatically opening an electronic content in response to the dropping of a pointer to said electronic content onto said graphical user interface player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-usable medium having computer-readable code embodied thereon for causing a computing resource to perform a method comprising:
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launching a graphical user interface comprising a content player;
launching a plurality of applications capable of accessing electronic content, said launching concurrent with said launching of said graphical user interface; and
automatically accessing an electronic content in response to the dropping of a link to said electronic content onto a sensitive area of said content player of said graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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launching a graphical user interface player with a computing resource;
launching a plurality of applications for accessing electronic content, said launching said plurality of applications concurrent with said launching said graphical user interface player; and
automatically opening an electronic content in response to the dropping of said electronic content onto said graphical user interface player. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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