Media network environment
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1. A network media environment, comprising:
- a first hub network encompassing a first local environment based on a first server which is coupled to a first client;
a second hub network encompassing a second local environment based on a second server which is also coupled to the first client,wherein the first local environment and the second local environment overlap,wherein the second local environment is movable with a movement of the second server;
wherein the first client stores a bound instance of first content bound to the first hub network and a bound instance of second content bound to the second hub network,wherein the bound instance of a content bound to a hub network can only be played or presented through a client that is a member of the hub network,wherein the bound instance of the second content bound to the second hub network is monitored according to a license for the second content stored in the first client when the second local environment is moved away from the first local environment,wherein the bound instance of the second content stored in the first client is disabled according to the license for the second content when the second local environment no longer overlaps the first local environment.
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Abstract
A network media environment includes a first hub network and a second hub network. The first hub network encompasses a first local environment based on a first server which is coupled to a first client. The second hub network encompasses a second local environment based on a second server which is also coupled to the first client. The first local environment and the second local environment overlap. The second local environment is movable with a movement of the second server.
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1. A network media environment, comprising:
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a first hub network encompassing a first local environment based on a first server which is coupled to a first client; a second hub network encompassing a second local environment based on a second server which is also coupled to the first client, wherein the first local environment and the second local environment overlap, wherein the second local environment is movable with a movement of the second server; wherein the first client stores a bound instance of first content bound to the first hub network and a bound instance of second content bound to the second hub network, wherein the bound instance of a content bound to a hub network can only be played or presented through a client that is a member of the hub network, wherein the bound instance of the second content bound to the second hub network is monitored according to a license for the second content stored in the first client when the second local environment is moved away from the first local environment, wherein the bound instance of the second content stored in the first client is disabled according to the license for the second content when the second local environment no longer overlaps the first local environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of managing hub networks, the method comprising:
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monitoring a first hub network encompassing a first local environment based on a first server which is coupled to a first client; monitoring a second hub network encompassing a second local environment based on a second server which is also coupled to the first client, wherein the first local environment and the second local environment overlap, wherein the second local environment is movable with a movement of the second server; storing a bound instance of first content bound to the first hub network and a bound instance of second content bound to the second hub network in the first client, wherein the bound instance of a content bound to a hub network can only be played or presented through a client that is a member of the hub network; monitoring the bound instance of the second content bound to the second hub network according to a license for the second content stored in the first client when the second local environment is moved away from the first local environment; and disabling the bound instance of the second content stored in the first client according to the license for the second content when the second local environment no longer overlaps the first local environment. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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