Electronic Media Content Management System and Method of Operating an Electronic Media Content Management System
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Abstract
An electronic media content management system is configured to communicate with at least one media player device associated with a user over a communication network. The system includes an updatable media content database or repository storing audio and/or visual content; a scheduling arrangement configured at least to receive a selected schedule of media content to be transmitted to the at least one media player device; and a synchronisation arrangement configured to transfer or transmit media content from the updatable media content database or repository to the at least one media player device in accordance with at least the selected schedule of media content.
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61 Claims
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32. An electronic media content management system configured to communicate with at least one media player device associated with a user over a communication network, comprising:
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an updatable media content database or repository storing at least one of audio media content and visual media content; a user interface operable by the user to access the electronic media content management system to create a schedule of media content, the schedule of media content identifying media which the user wishes to receive and defining at least one scheduling rule regulating transfer of the content to the user'"'"'s media player device; a scheduling arrangement configured at least to receive a selected schedule of media content to be transmitted to the at least one media player device; and a synchronisation arrangement configured to one of transfer and transmit media content from the updatable media content database or repository to the at least one media player device in accordance with at least the selected schedule of media content, so that the media content is available whenever the user requires it. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method for operating an electronic media content management system, comprising:
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receiving at least syndicated media content from at least one media content provider; storing the received media content in an updatable media content database or repository; receiving a selection from a user indicative of media content which the user desires to receive from the media content management system by way of a media player device associated with the user; using at least the received selection from the user to generate a schedule of media content to be transmitted to the at least one media player device, the schedule of media content identifying media which the user wishes to receive and defining at least one scheduling rule regulating transfer of the content to the user'"'"'s media player device; and transferring media content from the updatable media content database or repository to the at least one media player device in accordance with at least the schedule of media content, so that the media content is available whenever the user requires it. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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