Content management system
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1. An apparatus for handling media content comprising:
- an interface that couples to and acquires content from one or more sources including network-coupled sources and/or locally-coupled sources, the one or more sources supplying various content;
a user interface; and
a controller that dynamically configures a user interface that enables selection and access of the content, the dynamic configuring being user-transparent.
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Abstract
A content handling method comprises acquiring content from one or more sources including sources capable of network connection and/or sources capable of local connection. The content and sources are capable of dynamic change. The method further comprises dynamically configuring a user interface that enables selection and access of the content, the dynamic configuring being user-transparent.
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1. An apparatus for handling media content comprising:
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an interface that couples to and acquires content from one or more sources including network-coupled sources and/or locally-coupled sources, the one or more sources supplying various content;
a user interface; and
a controller that dynamically configures a user interface that enables selection and access of the content, the dynamic configuring being user-transparent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for handling media content comprising:
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a client device; and
a server that arranges content elements and navigation information in virtual media volumes forming a distributed file system and including a single title set, the client device repeatedly playing the single title set as the server substitutes content from the single title set. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A content handling method comprising:
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acquiring content from one or more sources including sources capable of network connection and/or sources capable of local connection, the content and sources being capable of dynamic change; and
dynamically configuring a user interface that enables selection and access of the content, the dynamic configuring being user-transparent. - View Dependent Claims (16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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17. The method according to 15 further comprising:
configuring the user interface in content groups.
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26. An apparatus for handling media content comprising:
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an interface that couples to and acquires content from one or more sources including network-coupled sources and/or locally-coupled sources, the one or more sources supplying various content; and
a controller that derives navigation information from the one or more sources based on relative location of the sources and organizes the content into an internal map mutually relating the sources. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A content handling method comprising:
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deriving navigation information from one or more sources including sources capable of network connection and/or sources capable of local connection based on relative location of the sources; and
organizing the content into an internal map mutually relating the sources. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A server comprising:
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a media monitor that supplies streaming content media from one or more various media content sources;
a virtual media driver that arranges and stores the media content in a virtual file structure;
a media server that presents content media of various types to the virtual media driver; and
a processor that acquires content from the one or more sources via the media monitor, evaluates acquired content form for definition of further content processing to a form that can be presented on a client, and processing the acquired content into a form that can be presented on the client, the acquisition, evaluation, and processing being user-transparent. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A content handling method comprising:
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acquiring content from one or more sources, the content and sources being capable of changing dynamically;
evaluating acquired content form for definition of further content processing to a form that can be presented on a user device; and
processing the acquired content into a form that can be presented on the user device, the acquisition, evaluation, and processing being user-transparent. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A content handling method comprising:
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generating a virtual media volume for presentation to a user device, the virtual media volume being a distributed file system;
continuously replaying a single title set of the virtual media volume; and
dynamically substituting media from the distributed file system in the single title set.
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51. An apparatus for handling media content comprising:
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an interface that couples to and acquires use and navigation information from at least one content source in one or more formats;
a user interface; and
a controller that incorporates the use and navigation information into a menuing display of the user interface and accesses content from the at least one source based on the use and navigation information, the acquisition, incorporation, and access being user-transparent. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A content handling method comprising:
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acquiring use and navigation information from at least one content source in one or more formats;
incorporating the use and navigation information into a menuing display of a user device; and
accessing content from the at least one source based on the use and navigation information, the acquisition, incorporation, and access being user-transparent. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. An apparatus for handling media content comprising:
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an interface between a plurality of content sources and at least one sink device; and
a controller coupled to the interface that determines format or formats of content on the plurality of content sources and processes the format or formats to a format compatible with the at least one sink device without user interaction. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64)
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65. A method for managing content comprising:
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determining format or formats of a plurality of content sources; and
processing the format or formats to a format compatible with a sink device without user interaction.
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66. A method for managing content on a user device comprising:
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acquiring use and navigation information from one or more sources in at least one format;
deriving a combination of the use and navigation information;
incorporating the information combination into a menuing display of the user device; and
accessing content from the at least one source based on the information combination without requiring any additional information from the user.
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67. A method for automatically accessing media content comprising:
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interfacing to a plurality of diverse sources supplying media content in multiple formats, the sources and media content being capable of dynamic modification;
organizing the media content according to navigation information derived from relative location of the media and sources;
displaying the media content organization as a user interface for selecting a media content element for access; and
accessing a selected media content element. - View Dependent Claims (68)
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