System and method for combining memory resources for use on a personal network
First Claim
1. A method for interconnecting a personal network, the method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of network locations that form at least a part of personal network, wherein the plurality of network locations includes one or more interconnected satellites;
defining a combined memory by linking memory provided at each of the plurality of network locations;
associating an action performed on a component with at least a first memory location in the combined memory, wherein the first memory location is remote from the component and accessible at least in part over the network; and
in response to the action being performed by the component, automatically causing data related to that action to be transmitted to and stored at the first memory location.
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Abstract
A personal network may be established by interconnecting a plurality of satellites as part of the personal network. Each satellite may configured to communicate with one or more other satellites. On any given one of the plurality of satellites, data indicating a connectivity status for the one or more other satellites is automatically received, and information indicating a capability of the one or more other satellites is automatically received. The given satellite may be configured to enable at least one other corresponding satellite in the plurality of satellites to be made available for use, so that a capability of the at least one other corresponding satellite is made available for the given satellite.
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68 Claims
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1. A method for interconnecting a personal network, the method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of network locations that form at least a part of personal network, wherein
the plurality of network locations includes one or more interconnected satellites;
defining a combined memory by linking memory provided at each of the plurality of network locations;
associating an action performed on a component with at least a first memory location in the combined memory, wherein the first memory location is remote from the component and accessible at least in part over the network; and
in response to the action being performed by the component, automatically causing data related to that action to be transmitted to and stored at the first memory location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- identifying a plurality of network locations that form at least a part of personal network, wherein
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24. A method for interconnecting a personal network, the method comprising:
- enabling a user to form the personal network by interconnecting a plurality of satellites that are
to form at least a part of the personal network;
identifying a plurality of network locations that form at least a part of the personal network,wherein the plurality of network locations includes the plurality satellites connected to a network;
identifying a plurality of items that are selected by the user and provided at each of the plurality of network locations; and
providing an aggregate presentation of the plurality of items provided at each of the plurality of network locations to each of the one or more satellites;
- View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- enabling a user to form the personal network by interconnecting a plurality of satellites that are
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42. A method for interconnecting a personal network, the method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of network locations that form at least a part of personal network, wherein
the plurality of network locations includes one or more satellites connected to a network;
associating with each satellite in the plurality of networks a set of data corresponding to acapability of that satellite to handle data corresponding to network items;
defining a combined memory by linking memory provided at each of the plurality of network locations;
identifying a set of network items available at one or more of the plurality of network locations for access in the combined memory;
making the combined memory available to each of the plurality of satellites, so that each of the plurality of satellites has access to one or more of the network items;
upon receiving a request to have a particular network item consumed at least in part on a first satellite in the plurality of satellites, sending data to the first satellite in a manner that is based at least in part on the capability of the first satellite, wherein the data corresponds to the particular network item. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
- identifying a plurality of network locations that form at least a part of personal network, wherein
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56. A method for providing information about media on a personal network, the method comprising:
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interconnecting a plurality of satellites that are each to be a part of the personal network, so that each satellite in the plurality of satellites includes one or more corresponding satellites that can communicate with one or more other satellites residing on other satellites;
configuring at least one satellite in the plurality of satellites to receive data corresponding to a plurality of media programs provided over one or more channels from one or more external media programming sources, wherein each media program in the plurality of media programs is provided on a corresponding channel and according to a corresponding schedule;
receiving input from a user identifying one or more media programs of interest;
making available on each of the plurality of satellites a schedule that focuses on the one or more media programs of interest, including an indication of the corresponding schedule and channel of each media program of interest. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A computer-readable medium carrying instructions for interconnecting a personal network, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, perform steps comprising:
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identifying a plurality of network locations that form at least a part of personal network, wherein the plurality of network locations includes one or more interconnected satellites;
defining a combined memory by linking memory provided at each of the plurality of network locations;
associating an action performed on a component with at least a first memory location in the combined memory, wherein the first memory location is remote from the component and accessible at least in part over the network; and
in response to the action being performed by the component, automatically causing data related to that action to be transmitted to and stored at the first memory location.
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68. A system for interconnecting a personal network, the system comprising:
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means for identifying a plurality of network locations that form at least a part of personal network, wherein the plurality of network locations includes one or more interconnected satellites;
means for defining a combined memory by linking memory provided at each of the plurality of network locations;
means for associating an action performed on a component with at least a first memory location in the combined memory, wherein the first memory location is remote from the component and accessible at least in part over the network; and
wherein in response to the action being performed by the component, the system further comprises means for automatically causing data related to that action to be transmitted to and stored at the first memory location.
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