AUDIO VISUAL PLAYER APPARATUS AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTENT DISTRIBUTION USING THE SAME
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1. A system for distributing and playing musical selections comprising:
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a plurality of portable devices, each device including a music selector and a music player, said devices being selectively connected to said server through a distributed computer network;
wherein said server provides lists of musical selections to said devices;
wherein a user can select specific musical selections for his device using said music selector, said selections being transmitted to said server; and
wherein said server sends musical selections to the devices based on the specific musical selections selected by each user.
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Abstract
A system is presented providing content to a plurality of handheld devices (including musical selections). The devices can access a server over the Internet via a Wi-Fi or other similar wireless interconnection and can download songs requested by a user from the server or from other users using, e.g., a P2P protocol. All downloads may be governed by applicable DRM rules. Content and playlists may also be pushed by a server from other sources and means including, e.g., podcasting, based on predetermined rules, favorite preferences of users, and other criteria.
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11 Claims
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1. A system for distributing and playing musical selections comprising:
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a server; a plurality of portable devices, each device including a music selector and a music player, said devices being selectively connected to said server through a distributed computer network; wherein said server provides lists of musical selections to said devices; wherein a user can select specific musical selections for his device using said music selector, said selections being transmitted to said server; and wherein said server sends musical selections to the devices based on the specific musical selections selected by each user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11)
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8. A system providing content to multiple users, wherein said content is protected by DRM rules comprising:
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a plurality of devices, each device having input members receiving content requests from respective end-users; and an intermediate server connected between said devices and at least one content provider, said intermediate server receiving a request from one of said end-users, translating said request into a new request compatible with DRM rules and transmitting said new request to a content provider.
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