Wireless media server system and method
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1. A method comprising:
- creating a content library that is accessible to a wireless portable media (WPM) server;
establishing a wireless link between the WPM server and one or more WPM clients;
receiving at the WPM server a request for content, wherein the request is associated with the one or more WPM clients;
searching the content library for content that matches the request;
sending the content via the wireless link to the one or more WPM clients.
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Abstract
Portable media devices allow a user to access music or other media stored on the device, and two portable media devices equipped with wireless technology can exchange stored files over the air.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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creating a content library that is accessible to a wireless portable media (WPM) server;
establishing a wireless link between the WPM server and one or more WPM clients;
receiving at the WPM server a request for content, wherein the request is associated with the one or more WPM clients;
searching the content library for content that matches the request;
sending the content via the wireless link to the one or more WPM clients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a plurality of wireless devices;
a wireless content server, including;
an interface coupled to the plurality of wireless devices;
a content server engine embodied in a computer-readable medium, coupled to the interface;
a database interface coupled to the content provisioning engine and the content server engine;
a content database coupled to the database interface, wherein, in operation, requests for content from a wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices is received at the interface, the content server engine determines whether content uniquely identified in association with the request is stored in the content database, and the uniquely identified content is provided from the content database through the database interface and the content server engine to the interface for sending to the plurality of wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a wireless portable media (WPM) server;
one or more WPM clients wirelessly coupled to the WPM server;
a means for receiving at the WPM server content from a content provider;
a means for wirelessly providing the content from the WPM server to the one or more WPM clients.
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