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Apparatus for distributing media files containing audio recordings and for distributing utility programs to implement media file players on remotely located client devices

  • US 20140163707A1
  • Filed: 02/15/2014
  • Published: 06/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1996
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Apparatus for disseminating a series of episodes represented by media files via the Internet, as said episodes become available, to each of a plurality of remotely located programmable client devices, said apparatus comprising:

  • one or more data storage servers for storing;

    a. one or more media files representing each episode of said series of episodes as said one or more media files become available, each of said one or more media files including a compressed audio recording and each being stored at a storage location specified by a unique episode URL;

    b. one or more utility programs that are executable by each of said remotely located programmable client devices;

    one or more communication interfaces connected to the Internet for receiving requests received from said remotely located programmable client devices executing said one or more utility programs, and for responding to each given one of said requests by returning a data file identified by a URL specified by said given one of said requests to the requesting client device,one or more processors coupled to said one or more data storage servers and to said one or more communications interfaces for;

    from time to time, as new episodes represented in said series of episodes become available, storing an updated version of a compilation file in said one or more data storage servers at a storage location identified by a predetermined URL, said updated version of said compilation file containing attribute data describing currently available episodes in said series of episodes, said attribute data for each given one of said currently available episodes including displayable text describing said given one of said currently available episodes and one or more episode URLs specifying the storage locations of one or more corresponding media files representing said given one of said currently available episodes; and

    employing said one or more communication interfaces to;

    (a) download said one or more utility programs for storage by and execution by each of said remotely located client devices,(b) receive a request from a requesting programmable client device executing said one or more utility programs for the updated version of said compilation file located at said predetermined URL,(c) download said updated version of said compilation file to said requesting programmable client device; and

    (d) thereafter receive and respond to a request from said requesting programmable client device executing said one or more utility programs for one or more media files identified by one or more corresponding episode URLs included in the attribute data contained in said updated version of said compilation file.

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