System, method and article of manufacture for updating content stored on a portable storage medium
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1. A method of providing multimedia content comprising the steps of:
- reading, at a local machine, local multimedia content stored on a portable storage medium;
determining if separate multimedia content is stored on a separate storage medium in response to the reading at the local machine of the local multimedia content;
requesting the separate multimedia content from the separate storage medium;
receiving the separate multimedia content from the separate storage medium; and
displaying at least one of the local multimedia content and the separate multimedia content as a function of the determining.
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Abstract
A system, method, and article of manufacture is provided for updating content stored on a portable storage medium. Upon input of a portable storage medium into a machine by a user, the content stored on the portable storage medium is read. After reading the content of the portable storage medium, a separate storage medium is accessed and content is received therefrom. The content from the separate storage medium is an update of the content of the portable storage medium. This content of the separate storage medium is then displayed.
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68 Claims
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1. A method of providing multimedia content comprising the steps of:
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reading, at a local machine, local multimedia content stored on a portable storage medium; determining if separate multimedia content is stored on a separate storage medium in response to the reading at the local machine of the local multimedia content; requesting the separate multimedia content from the separate storage medium; receiving the separate multimedia content from the separate storage medium; and displaying at least one of the local multimedia content and the separate multimedia content as a function of the determining. - 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, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for providing multimedia content of a portable storage medium comprising:
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the portable storage medium for storing multimedia content; a separate storage medium for storing separate multimedia content corresponding to the multimedia content stored on the portable storage medium; a processor means for determining a presence of the separate multimedia content stored on the separate storage medium in response to accessing the multimedia content stored on the portable storage medium; and a processor for displaying the separate multimedia content stored on the separate storage medium instead of at least a portion of the multimedia content stored on the portable storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A system comprising:
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a separate storage medium for storing multimedia content related to content stored on a portable storage medium; a network for connecting the separate storage medium to the portable storage medium; and a processor means for determining a presence of multimedia content stored on the separate storage medium in response to accessing the content stored on the portable storage medium.
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64. A method comprising:
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receiving a request for an indication of whether separate multimedia content is stored on a separate storage medium, the request having been generated in response to reading local multimedia content recorded on a portable storage medium; receiving an identification of a portable storage medium being accessed; determining, in response to the received request for the indication and the identification of the portable storage medium, whether separate multimedia content is available and associated with the local multimedia content recorded on the identified portable storage medium; transmitting the indication of whether the separate multimedia content is stored on the separate storage medium; receiving a request for the separate multimedia content; and transmitting, in response to receiving the request for the separate multimedia content when the separate multimedia content is available and associated with the local multimedia content, the separate multimedia content stored on the separate storage medium; and transmitting a control structure to dictate control of playback of the transmitted separate multimedia content such that the separate multimedia content is played back in cooperation with the local multimedia content. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68)
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