System for managing and outputting audio data
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Abstract
A system including at least one content server including at least one processor, data storage, and at least one network interface; at least one terminal including at least one processor, an internal data storage, and at least one network interface; and a network by which the at least one content server and the at least one terminal can be connected via their respective network interfaces for data transmission. The content server includes a management data processing program providing specific terminals with specific files (audio, control protocols, commands) (without actively outputting the same), the at least one terminal outputs audio files, and the at least one terminal periodically and autonomously collects, or more precisely, updates files specifically provided for the terminal via a TCP/IP protocol, especially HTTP or FTP, on the content server, and outputs such via the media output according to a control protocol stored in the terminal.
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52 Claims
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27. A system comprising
at least one content server including at least one processor, means for storing data, and at least one network interface; -
at least one terminal device including at least one processor, means for storing data, and at least one network interface;
one network, by which the at least one content server and the at least one terminal device are in data connection by their respective network interfaces, wherein the content server further includes a management data processing program configured to make specific audio files available to specific terminal devices, wherein the at least one terminal device further includes a media output channel for output of audio files, wherein the at least one terminal device periodically and self-dependently gets/fetches from the content server the audio files made available specifically for the terminal device by a TCP/IP protocol, or updates them, respectively, and wherein the terminal device outputs the audio files depending on a direction protocol that is saved in the terminal device continuously, or in repetition, or only once, by the media output channel. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52)
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50. A method for management and output of audio files by use of a system comprising:
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at least one content server including at least one processor, means for storing data, and at least one network interface;
at least one terminal device including least one processor, means for storing data, and at least one network interface;
a network, by which the at least one content server and the at least one terminal device are in data connection by their respective network interfaces;
wherein, the content server further includes a management data processing program, by which specific audio files are made available to specific terminal devices;
wherein the at least one terminal device outputs the audio files by a media output channel, wherein the at least one terminal device periodically and self-dependently fetches and updates, respectively, the audio files as specifically made available on the content server for the specific terminal device by a TCP/IP protocol, and wherein it outputs these files in accordance with a protocol saved in the terminal device by using the media output channel.
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