System, method and article of manufacture for updating content stored on a portable storage medium
First Claim
1. A system for use in updating multimedia content, comprising:
- means for receiving a request from a content player from over a communication network requesting updated content for use with a portable storage medium being accessed by the content player, wherein the request comprises information from the content player;
means for determining whether updated content associated with the portable storage medium is available; and
means for initiating a communication over the communication network of updated content associated with the portable storage medium to the content player in response to determining that the updated content is available, where the updated content comprises updated multimedia content to be played back through the content player in place of a portion of multimedia content recorded on the portable storage medium.
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Abstract
A system, method, and article of manufacture is provided for updating content stored on a portable storage medium. Some embodiments provide systems that include means for receiving a request from a content player from over a communication network requesting updated content for use with a portable storage medium being accessed by the content player, wherein the request comprises information from the content player, means for determining whether updated content associated with the portable storage medium is available, and means for initiating a communication over the communication network of updated content associated with the portable storage medium to the content player in response to determining that updated content is available.
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40 Claims
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1. A system for use in updating multimedia content, comprising:
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means for receiving a request from a content player from over a communication network requesting updated content for use with a portable storage medium being accessed by the content player, wherein the request comprises information from the content player; means for determining whether updated content associated with the portable storage medium is available; and means for initiating a communication over the communication network of updated content associated with the portable storage medium to the content player in response to determining that the updated content is available, where the updated content comprises updated multimedia content to be played back through the content player in place of a portion of multimedia content recorded on the portable storage medium. - 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, 27)
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28. A method for use in updating multimedia content, comprising:
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receiving a request from a content player from over a communication network requesting updated content for use with a portable storage medium being accessed by the content player, wherein the request comprises information from the content player; determining whether updated content associated with the portable storage medium is available; and initiating a communication over the communication network of updated content associated with the portable storage medium to the content player in response to a determination that the updated content is available, where the updated content comprises updated multimedia content to be played back through the content player in place of a portion of multimedia content recorded on the portable storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer readable portable storage medium, comprising:
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multimedia content; code to determine whether updated multimedia content of the multimedia content is available on a separate storage medium in response to reading the multimedia content at a local machine; code to display the updated multimedia content of the multimedia content received from the separate storage medium when it is determined that the updated multimedia content is available on the separate storage medium; and code to display the multimedia content retrieved from the portable storage medium when it is determined that the updated multimedia content is not available on the separate storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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