Method and apparatus for acquiring media services available from content aggregators
First Claim
1. A method of processing media services, as performed by a playback device with a processor, from a plurality of content aggregators through a communications network comprising the steps of:
- said playback device receiving a first media service list from a first content aggregator from a plurality of content aggregators,said playback device receiving a second media service list from a second content aggregator from said plurality of content aggregators, wherein said second media service list has a data structure incompatible with a data structure said first media service list;
said playback device translating said first media service list and said second service list into a unified media service list comprising media services wherein said unified media service list is the same data structure of at least one of;
said first media service list, and said second media service list; and
said playback device downloads a first codec to play a first media service present on said unified media service, in response to a user selection of said first media service, when said first media service is in a format that requires said first codec for playback.
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Abstract
A method for generating a unified list of media services available from a plurality of content aggregators having different data formats. A first list of media services from a first content aggregator is transmitted to a playback device. A second list of media services from a second content aggregator is also transmitted to the playback device, which combines both lists into a unified list of media services. The method optionally details the playback of a media service from said plurality of content aggregators via a selection made on the unified list to a playback device.
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1. A method of processing media services, as performed by a playback device with a processor, from a plurality of content aggregators through a communications network comprising the steps of:
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said playback device receiving a first media service list from a first content aggregator from a plurality of content aggregators, said playback device receiving a second media service list from a second content aggregator from said plurality of content aggregators, wherein said second media service list has a data structure incompatible with a data structure said first media service list; said playback device translating said first media service list and said second service list into a unified media service list comprising media services wherein said unified media service list is the same data structure of at least one of;
said first media service list, and said second media service list; andsaid playback device downloads a first codec to play a first media service present on said unified media service, in response to a user selection of said first media service, when said first media service is in a format that requires said first codec for playback. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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