Assignable director authority for control of streaming digital content
First Claim
1. A method of assigning director authority in a system that streams digital content from a multiplicity of sources of digital information to a multiplicity of client devices under control of a multiplicity of directors, the method implemented in conjunction with a network of digital computers, at least one of the digital computers comprising a content server upon which the steps of the method are implemented in computer memory and upon at least one computer processor, each director having director attributes, the content server including a store of director instruction records wherein each director instruction record represents one director instruction, the method comprising the steps of:
- extracting for a director, in dependence upon the director'"'"'s attributes, director instructions from the store of director instruction records; and
downloading the extracted director instructions to the director.
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Abstract
Assigning director authority in a system that streams digital content from a multiplicity of sources of digital information to a multiplicity of client devices under control of a multiplicity of directors, the method implemented in conjunction with a network of digital computers, at least one of the digital computers comprising a content server upon which the steps of the method are implemented in computer memory and upon at least one computer processor, each director having director attributes, the content server including a store of director instruction records wherein each director instruction record represents one director instruction, including extracting for a director, in dependence upon the director'"'"'s attributes, director instructions from the store of director instruction records and downloading the extracted director instructions to the director.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of assigning director authority in a system that streams digital content from a multiplicity of sources of digital information to a multiplicity of client devices under control of a multiplicity of directors, the method implemented in conjunction with a network of digital computers, at least one of the digital computers comprising a content server upon which the steps of the method are implemented in computer memory and upon at least one computer processor, each director having director attributes, the content server including a store of director instruction records wherein each director instruction record represents one director instruction, the method comprising the steps of:
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extracting for a director, in dependence upon the director'"'"'s attributes, director instructions from the store of director instruction records; and
downloading the extracted director instructions to the director. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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12. A system for assigning director authority for streaming digital content from a multiplicity of sources of digital information to a multiplicity of client devices under control of a multiplicity of directors, the system implemented in conjunction with a network of digital computers, at least one of the digital computers comprising a content server upon which the system is implemented in computer memory and upon at least one computer processor, each director having director attributes, the content server including a store of director instruction records wherein each director instruction record represents one director instruction, the system comprising:
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means for extracting for a director, in dependence upon the director'"'"'s attributes, director instructions from the store of director instruction records; and
means for downloading the extracted director instructions to the director.
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23. A computer program product for assigning director authority for streaming digital content from a multiplicity of sources of digital information to a multiplicity of client devices under control of a multiplicity of directors, the system implemented in conjunction with a network of digital computers, at least one of the digital computers comprising a content server upon which the system is implemented in computer memory and upon at least one computer processor, each director having director attributes, the content server including a store of director instruction records wherein each director instruction record represents one director instruction, the system comprising:
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a recording medium;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for extracting for a director, in dependence upon the director'"'"'s attributes, director instructions from the store of director instruction records; and
means, recorded on the recording medium, for downloading the extracted director instructions to the director.
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Specification