PLAYLIST OF MULTIPLE OBJECTS ACROSS MULTPLE PROVIDERS
First Claim
1. A system for organizing content in a playlist, the system comprising:
- an interface to a network;
content available from one or more access locations, at least one access location remotely connected to the system;
a means for identifying each content; and
a means for associating an access location with each of the content.
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Abstract
A system includes a device such as a television or multimedia player that has access to content residing at various storage sites and multimedia content providers. For example, the device has access to locally stored content, remotely stored content, music content that resides at music service providers such as Rhapsody and video content from multiple providers such as YouTube, NetFlix, Amazon, VuDu, etc. The user is provided with tools to create a playlist of content where the content includes, for example, one or more videos from local storage and remote services such as YouTube, NetFlix, Amazon, VuDu, etc.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for organizing content in a playlist, the system comprising:
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an interface to a network; content available from one or more access locations, at least one access location remotely connected to the system; a means for identifying each content; and a means for associating an access location with each of the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of organizing content available to a device, the device having a display, the method comprising:
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(a) capturing identification of a plurality of content and storing the identification information in a playlist; (b) setting a current content to a first content of the plurality of content; (c) searching local storage for the current content; (d) if the current content is found, associating the location of the current content on the local storage with the identification of the current content in the playlist; (e) if the current content is not found, searching storage and devices connected locally to the device for the current content and if the current content is found, associating the location of the current content on the storage or device with the identification of the current content in the playlist; (f) if the current content is not found, searching services connected to the device through a wide-area network for the current content and if the current content is found, associating the service with the identification of the current content in the playlist; (g) if the current content is not found, marking the playlist as such; and (h) if there is a next content in the plurality of content, setting the current content to a next content of the plurality of content and repeat steps c-h. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device comprising:
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a processor; a display operably interfaced to the processor; an interface to a network; software running on the processor accepts a plurality of content identifiers; and software running on the processor finds content related to each of the content identifiers, the software finds at least one of the content on a remote device, the remote device is accessible to the device through the network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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