Mobile device that uses removable medium for playback of content
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1. A system for providing playback of media content to a user, the system comprising:
- a) a portable wireless device, the wireless device having a media drive and an application that reads and plays back content from a medium inserted in the media drive;
b) a service that communicates with the wireless device via a wireless network, the service providing control commands to the application program for controlling playback of content from the medium when inserted in the media drive.
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Abstract
A system for providing playback of media content to a user. The system comprises a portable wireless device, where the wireless device has a media drive and an application that reads content from a medium inserted in the media drive. The system further comprises a service that communicates with the wireless device via a wireless network. The service provides control commands to the application program for controlling playback of content from the medium when inserted in the media drive.
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32 Claims
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1. A system for providing playback of media content to a user, the system comprising:
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a) a portable wireless device, the wireless device having a media drive and an application that reads and plays back content from a medium inserted in the media drive;
b) a service that communicates with the wireless device via a wireless network, the service providing control commands to the application program for controlling playback of content from the medium when inserted in the media drive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A portable wireless device that interfaces with a wireless network, the wireless device comprised of:
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a) a media drive;
b) an application that plays back content from a medium when inserted in the media drive, the application playing back content from the medium based upon control commands received from a service via the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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- 15. A service for use in providing playback of media content to a user, the service generating and transmitting control commands via a network to a portable wireless device, the control commands controlling playback of content of a medium inserted in a media drive of the wireless device.
- 26. A medium that contains content, the medium being insertable into a media drive of a portable wireless device, the medium being readable for playback of the content by an application stored in the wireless device when control commands are received by the application from a remote service.
- 28. An application program stored on a portable wireless device, the application reading and playing back content from a medium inserted into a media drive of the wireless device in accordance with control commands received by the wireless device from a remote service via a network.
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