PLAYBACK DEVICE
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1. A playback devices, comprising:
- playback means for playing content;
wireless communication means for communicating with another playback device that is within communication range; and
content management means for identifying a content item available from the other device, causing the identified content item to be copied from the other device to a storage medium included in the playback device, enabling playback by the playback means for as long as the other device is in communication with the playback device and retaining a ghost reference to the identified content item in the place of the content item itself after detecting the other device is no longer in communication with the playback device.
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Abstract
A playback device comprising playback means for playing content and wireless communication means for communicating with another device that is within communication range, further comprising content management means for identifying a content item available from the other device, for making the identified content item available for playback by the playback means for as long as the other device is in communication with the playback device and for retaining a ghost reference to the identified content item after detecting the other device is no longer in communication with the playback device.
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11 Claims
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1. A playback devices, comprising:
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playback means for playing content; wireless communication means for communicating with another playback device that is within communication range; and content management means for identifying a content item available from the other device, causing the identified content item to be copied from the other device to a storage medium included in the playback device, enabling playback by the playback means for as long as the other device is in communication with the playback device and retaining a ghost reference to the identified content item in the place of the content item itself after detecting the other device is no longer in communication with the playback device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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