System and method for providing content, management, and interactivity for client devices
First Claim
1. A system for selectively providing a content file to a client device, the system comprising:
- a server device for storing the content file;
a network communicably coupled to the server device for providing access to the content file; and
programming accessible to the system for selectively determining between a first mode of providing access to the content file and a second mode of providing access to the content file, wherein the programming includes instructions containing at least one predefined criteria input into the system.
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Abstract
A system and a method for providing content, management and interactivity for client devices are provided. Digital data based on user specified preferences is automatically obtained and transferred from a wide area network to a media server computer. A system control application provides streaming media services to stream-playing client media player devices, and provides digital media file synchronization services to client storage devices, via a local area network. The digital data is then automatically sent from the computer to a client device using a wired or wireless data transceiver. In one embodiment, the client device is a television. In another embodiment the client device is a portable media playback device.
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60 Claims
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1. A system for selectively providing a content file to a client device, the system comprising:
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a server device for storing the content file;
a network communicably coupled to the server device for providing access to the content file; and
programming accessible to the system for selectively determining between a first mode of providing access to the content file and a second mode of providing access to the content file, wherein the programming includes instructions containing at least one predefined criteria input into the system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A content serving device comprising:
a computer system communicably coupled to a network, the computer system automatically sending a content file to a client device via the network using a first serving mode when a first set of predefined criteria available to the computer system are satisfied, and automatically sending the content file to the client device via the network using a second serving mode when a second set of predefined criteria available to the computer system are satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A device for receiving content files comprising:
a client system communicably coupled to a network, the client system automatically receiving a content file from a server device via the network using a first receiving mode when a first set of predefined criteria available to the client system are satisfied, and automatically receiving the content file from the server device via the network using a second receiving mode when a second set of predefined criteria available to the client system are satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. In a first electronic device, a computer-readable media having instructions for selectively determining whether a first mode or a second mode of transferring a content file with respect to a second electronic device will be used, the instructions performing steps comprising:
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receiving a command for initiating transfer of the content file;
accessing data comprising a predefined criteria for transfer of the content file; and
in response to predefined criteria having a first characteristic initiating transfer of the content file using the first mode, and in response to predefined criteria having a second characteristic initiating transfer of the content file using the second mode. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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