Remote console for network application servers
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1. A system comprising:
- a controller configured to select an identifier associated with a media object and to send a request to play the media object identified by the identifier, wherein the controller sends the request by wirelessly transmitting the request having the identifier stored in the controller over a first network, the first network being a wireless network;
an appliance configured to receive the request having the identifier from the controller over the wireless network, to determine whether the identified media object is stored in the appliance, to retrieve the media object from a first server via a second network different than the first network when the media object is not stored in the appliance, and to play the media object in response to the request, wherein the controller and the first server are synchronized on a predetermined time period to provide the controller with identifiers for identifying each media object stored on the first server.
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Abstract
A method and system that organize and retrieve multimedia objects. A controller may select an identifier associated with a media object to send a request to play the media object. The controller may send the request by transmitting the identifier stored in the controller. An appliance receives the request from the controller. The appliance retrieves the media object from a first server via a network connection when the media object is not stored in the appliance. Then the appliance may play the media object.
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36 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a controller configured to select an identifier associated with a media object and to send a request to play the media object identified by the identifier, wherein the controller sends the request by wirelessly transmitting the request having the identifier stored in the controller over a first network, the first network being a wireless network; an appliance configured to receive the request having the identifier from the controller over the wireless network, to determine whether the identified media object is stored in the appliance, to retrieve the media object from a first server via a second network different than the first network when the media object is not stored in the appliance, and to play the media object in response to the request, wherein the controller and the first server are synchronized on a predetermined time period to provide the controller with identifiers for identifying each media object stored on the first server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system comprising:
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first means for selecting an identifier associated with a media object and to initiate a request to play the media object identified by the identifier, the first means wirelessly transmitting the request having the identifier stored in the first means over a first network, the first network being a wireless network; second means for receiving the request having the identifier over the wireless network, retrieving the media object using the identifier, and playing the media object; and third means for storing the media object, wherein the second means retrieves the media object from the third means at certain times, via a second network different than the first network, when the media object is not stored in the second means, wherein the third means for storing the media objects comprises means for synchronizing with the first means to enable the first means to have the identifiers associated with each of the media objects stored in the third means. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of a network access appliance (NAA), comprising:
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wirelessly receiving a request from a portable device over a first network, the request including an identifier for identifying a media object to be played, wherein the media object is not stored within the portable device; in response to the request, determining whether the identified media object is locally stored within the NAA based on the identifier extracted from the request; accessing a first server over a second network to retrieve the media object if the media object is not locally stored within the NAA, the second network being different than the first network; playing the retrieved media object within the NAA; and periodically synchronizing the portable device with the first server to provide the portable device with identifiers for identifying each media object stored on the first server. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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