User-Selectable Streaming Audio Content for Network-Enabled Television
First Claim
1. A method for providing user-selectable streaming audio content for a network-enabled television, the method comprising the acts of:
- receiving a request from a user for displayable network content;
displaying network content in a graphical user interface on a display of a network-enabled television in response to said request;
accessing streaming audio content based on a user selection; and
providing the streaming audio content to the user while displaying the network content.
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Abstract
User-selectable streaming audio content for a network-enabled television is provided. In one embodiment, displayable network content is provided to a user in a graphical user interface on a display of a network-enabled television. Streaming audio content may also be accessed and provided, where the category or source of such streaming audio content is based on a user selection. In one embodiment, the selected streaming audio content may then be provided to the user while also displaying the displayable network content. In another embodiment, streaming audio content may be provided to a user, wherein the streaming audio content may be temporarily paused in order to provide an audio component of requested network content to the user.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for providing user-selectable streaming audio content for a network-enabled television, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving a request from a user for displayable network content; displaying network content in a graphical user interface on a display of a network-enabled television in response to said request; accessing streaming audio content based on a user selection; and providing the streaming audio content to the user while displaying the network content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing user-selectable streaming audio content for a network-enabled television, the method comprising the acts of:
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providing streaming audio content to a user; receiving a request from the user for network content having an audio component; pausing said streaming audio content in response to said request for network content having the audio component; providing the audio component of the network content to the user; and resuming the streaming audio content after the audio component of the network content is complete. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A network-enabled television system comprising:
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a display; a network interface; a processor electrically coupled to the display and the network interface, wherein the processor is to; receive a request from a user for displayable network content; display network content in a graphical user interface on the display; access streaming audio content based on a user selection; and provide the streaming audio content to the user while displaying the network content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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