Method and apparatus for indication of application layer connectivity
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1. A front panel display for a set-top appliance comprising:
- a first indicator configured to reflect application layer connectivity status between a content management system executing on the set-top appliance and a hosted service through which information regarding multimedia content available for download to a computer readable medium of the set-top appliance can be obtained; and
a second indicator configured to reflect current download status of the multimedia content.
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Abstract
A display indicator is provided on a set-top appliance to indicate application layer connectivity between a client device and a server belonging to a hosted service. This connectivity optionally reflects synchronization state of a service related database on the appliance and its replica on the server. A second indicator on the appliance displays the completion status of an ongoing download.
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1. A front panel display for a set-top appliance comprising:
- a first indicator configured to reflect application layer connectivity status between a content management system executing on the set-top appliance and a hosted service through which information regarding multimedia content available for download to a computer readable medium of the set-top appliance can be obtained; and
a second indicator configured to reflect current download status of the multimedia content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- a first indicator configured to reflect application layer connectivity status between a content management system executing on the set-top appliance and a hosted service through which information regarding multimedia content available for download to a computer readable medium of the set-top appliance can be obtained; and
- 10. A method, comprising reflecting a status of a current download of multimedia content by a set-top appliance via the Internet on a first indicator of a front panel display of the set-top appliance while at the same time reflecting a current application layer connectivity status between a content management application executing on the set-top appliance and a hosted service through which information regarding the multimedia content can be obtained on a second indicator of the front panel display.
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13. An appliance, comprising a first display configured to indicate application layer connectivity status between a content management system executing on the appliance and a hosted service through which information regarding multimedia content available for download to the appliance can be obtained;
- and a second display configured to reflect current download status of the multimedia content.
- View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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