STREAMING MEDIA SEARCH AND PLAYBACK SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for sharing media playback from a network between a plurality of terminals, the plurality of terminals including a first terminal and a second terminal, the system comprising:
- a play-list component locatable on the network by a selectable link, the play-list component identifying a plurality of links to form a play-list, each link in the play-list locating a media file on the network;
a network server module signaling the plurality of links that form the play-list to the first terminal, the network server module being able to receive a signal to transmit the selectable link to the second terminal to enable the second terminal to locate the play-list module.
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Abstract
A method is provided for playing back media from a network. The method includes receiving a search criteria from a network enabled device. The method further includes accessing a database comprising a plurality of network addresses, where the database associates each address with one or more classes of information. The addresses in the database each access a media network resource. The method further includes selecting at least one address in the database using the search criteria, and signaling the selected address to the network enabled device. The method also includes controlling the network enabled device so as to automatically access and play back the media resource of the selected address.
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11 Claims
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1. A system for sharing media playback from a network between a plurality of terminals, the plurality of terminals including a first terminal and a second terminal, the system comprising:
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a play-list component locatable on the network by a selectable link, the play-list component identifying a plurality of links to form a play-list, each link in the play-list locating a media file on the network; a network server module signaling the plurality of links that form the play-list to the first terminal, the network server module being able to receive a signal to transmit the selectable link to the second terminal to enable the second terminal to locate the play-list module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A network enabled device comprising:
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a media playback component configured to communicate with a network-side module to receive a first plurality of links, each of the first plurality of links locating a media file on a network; a web browser component configured to receive a second plurality of links, each of the second plurality of links hosting a media file located by one of the first plurality of links, the web browser component displaying the web site for each of the second plurality of links that corresponds to the media file being played back by the media playback component. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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