Continuous digital content presentation across multiple devices
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- maintaining, by at least one server device, a record of a plurality of digital content devices associated with a user, wherein the plurality of digital content devices comprises a first digital content device and a second digital content device;
receiving, from the first digital content device, information associated with a presentation of digital content by the first digital content device, wherein the information associated with the presentation of the digital content by the first digital content device comprises a current position of the presentation of the digital content by the first digital content device; and
sending the current position to the second digital content device to enable a continued presentation of the digital content by the second digital content device beginning from the current position.
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Abstract
A digital audio gateway device for use in a wireless network of digital audio playback devices. The gateway device is wirelessly linked to one or more digital audio playback devices to provide a gateway to the Internet for the digital audio playback devices. In addition to functioning as a gateway, the device provides additional functionality and may act as a cache of digital audio data for the various digital audio players connected in the wireless network and may also act to automatically update digital audio content on the audio players, synchronize digital audio content and playlists between the digital audio players and continue automatically or upon user request a particular playlist as the user moves from one digital audio player to another.
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31 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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maintaining, by at least one server device, a record of a plurality of digital content devices associated with a user, wherein the plurality of digital content devices comprises a first digital content device and a second digital content device; receiving, from the first digital content device, information associated with a presentation of digital content by the first digital content device, wherein the information associated with the presentation of the digital content by the first digital content device comprises a current position of the presentation of the digital content by the first digital content device; and sending the current position to the second digital content device to enable a continued presentation of the digital content by the second digital content device beginning from the current position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform steps comprising:
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maintaining, by at least one server device, a record of a plurality of digital content devices associated with a user, wherein the plurality of digital content devices comprises a first digital content device and a second digital content device; receiving, from the first digital content device, information associated with a presentation of digital content by the first digital content device, wherein the information associated with the presentation of the digital content by the first digital content device comprises a current position of the presentation of the digital content by the first digital content device; and sending the current position to the second digital content device to enable a continued presentation of the digital content by the second digital content device beginning from the current position. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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at least one processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; maintain, by at least one server device, a record of a plurality of digital content devices associated with a user, wherein the plurality of digital content devices comprises a first digital content device and a second digital content device; receive, from the first digital content device, information associated with a presentation of digital content by the first digital content device, wherein the information associated with the presentation of the digital content by the first digital content device comprises a current position of the presentation of the digital content by the first digital content device; and send the current position to the second digital content device to enable a continued presentation of the digital content by the second digital content device beginning from the current position. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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