Configuration of digital content communication systems
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a request from a user to configure a digital content communication system to communicate stored digital content, the request containing information related to a configuration to configure the digital content communication system to locate and access the stored digital content;
determining one or more candidate configurations based upon the related information; and
attempting to locate and access the stored digital content using one of the candidate configurations wherein if the stored digital content cannot be located and accessed using the candidate configuration, a successive attempt is made to locate and access the stored digital content using another of the candidate configurations.
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Abstract
A method and system for ascertaining configuration information for a digital content communication system to access a digital content account is disclosed. For one embodiment of the invention, one or more candidate configurations are determined using configuration information provided by the user in conjunction with known configuration parameters applicable to such systems. For one embodiment of the invention configuration information is ascertained and a digital content communication system configured using configuration information provided by the user in conjunction with configuration information stored by the system. Additionally, or alternatively, the digital content communication system may use configuration information provided by the user to dynamically obtain additional required configuration information. For such embodiments, the information provided by the user may be information that is readily available to the user and may be input to the digital content communication system via a mobile device.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a request from a user to configure a digital content communication system to communicate stored digital content, the request containing information related to a configuration to configure the digital content communication system to locate and access the stored digital content;
determining one or more candidate configurations based upon the related information; and
attempting to locate and access the stored digital content using one of the candidate configurations wherein if the stored digital content cannot be located and accessed using the candidate configuration, a successive attempt is made to locate and access the stored digital content using another of the candidate configurations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable medium that provides executable instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a user to configure a digital content communication system to communicate stored digital content, the request containing information related to a configuration to configure the digital content communication system to locate and access the stored digital content;
determining one or more candidate configurations based upon the related information; and
attempting to locate and access the stored digital content using one of the candidate configurations wherein if the stored digital content cannot be located and accessed using the candidate configuration, a successive attempt is made to locate and access the stored digital content using another of the candidate configurations. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system comprising:
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one or more digital content storage devices storing digital content;
one or more communication devices capable of receiving and presenting digital content; and
a digital content communication device coupling at least one of the digital content storage devices to at least one of the communication devices;
a configuration application, stored on the digital content communication device, to receive a request from a user, the request containing information related to a configuration to configure the digital content communication device to locate and access the stored digital content, determine one or more candidate configurations based upon the related information, and attempt to locate and access the stored digital content using one of the candidate configurations wherein if the stored digital content cannot be located and accessed using the candidate configuration, a successive attempt is made to locate and access the stored digital content using another of the candidate configurations. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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