Digital content preview user interface for mobile devices
First Claim
1. A method for handling access to media content that is requested by a wireless device, comprising:
- accessing, through a wireless device, a media provider over a wireless network;
selecting a first screen of the media provider, the first screen identifying a first storefront that defines a first type of media and associated selections of that first type of media; and
downloading a first of the associated selections of that first type of media to a local buffer of the wireless device, the downloading being triggered automatically when the first screen is selected, the first of the associated selections being displayed as available for sampling while a remainder of the associated selections continue to download to the local buffer, the remainder of the associated selections continuing to download only while the first screen is selected.
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Abstract
A method and system for handling access to media content that is requested by a wireless device is provided. The method includes accessing, through a wireless device, a media provider over a wireless network. Then, the method includes selecting a first screen of the media provider. The first screen identifying a first storefront that defines a first type of media and associated selections of that first type of media. The method further includes downloading a first of the associated selections of that first type of media to a local buffer of the wireless device. The downloading is triggered automatically when the first screen is selected, and the first of the associated selections is displayed as available for sampling while a remainder of the associated selections continue to download to the local buffer. And, the remainder of the associated selections continue to download only while the first screen is selected.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for handling access to media content that is requested by a wireless device, comprising:
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accessing, through a wireless device, a media provider over a wireless network;
selecting a first screen of the media provider, the first screen identifying a first storefront that defines a first type of media and associated selections of that first type of media; and
downloading a first of the associated selections of that first type of media to a local buffer of the wireless device, the downloading being triggered automatically when the first screen is selected, the first of the associated selections being displayed as available for sampling while a remainder of the associated selections continue to download to the local buffer, the remainder of the associated selections continuing to download only while the first screen is selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for handling access to digital media content over a wireless connection, comprising:
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enabling selection, through a wireless device, of a type of digital media content over the wireless connection;
rendering storefront navigation and presentation data for the type of digital media content, the storefront navigation and presentation data being rendered from local memory of the wireless device, such that the storefront navigation and presentation data is not downloaded over the wireless connection; and
downloading a listing of digital media content to display on a screen of the wireless device upon navigating to the storefront, and downloading each of the digital media content of the listing without requiring specific selection of the digital media content of the listing. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A portable electronic device, the portable electronic device being configured to handle access to digital media content over a wireless connection, comprising:
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memory for storing navigation and presentation data, the navigation and presentation data enabling efficient interfacing with digital media content obtained over the wireless connection;
a buffer for storing digital media content obtained over the wireless connection;
wherein the navigation and presentation data is executed to cause downloading of digital media content from a storefront that identifies a particular type of digital media content, the downloading of media items from the storefront being commenced automatically upon navigating to the storefront, and enabling the sampling of the downloaded media items. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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