RATING SYSTEM FOR STREAMING MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEM
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1. A rating system for rating media network resources on a network, the network being coupleable to a plurality of terminals, the rating system comprising:
- a database comprising a plurality of addresses, each address locating a corresponding media network resource on the network;
a network server module coupleable to the plurality of terminals, the network server module being able to access the database to signal one or more addresses from the database to the plurality of terminals; and
a rating module coupleable to the plurality of terminals, the rating module being able to receive a rating input from each of the plurality of terminals, the rating module associating the rating input with a selected address in the database.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a rating system for media network resources. The rating system includes a database comprising a plurality of addresses to media network resources on a network. A network server module is coupleable to the plurality of terminals to access the database to signal one or more addresses from the database to the plurality of terminals. Further, a rating module is included to receive a rating input from each of the plurality of terminals, and then to associate the rating input with a selected address in the database.
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1. A rating system for rating media network resources on a network, the network being coupleable to a plurality of terminals, the rating system comprising:
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a database comprising a plurality of addresses, each address locating a corresponding media network resource on the network;
a network server module coupleable to the plurality of terminals, the network server module being able to access the database to signal one or more addresses from the database to the plurality of terminals; and
a rating module coupleable to the plurality of terminals, the rating module being able to receive a rating input from each of the plurality of terminals, the rating module associating the rating input with a selected address in the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A rating system for rating media network resources on a network, the network being coupleable to a plurality of terminals, the rating system comprising:
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a database comprising a plurality of addresses, each address locating a corresponding media network resource on the network, the database including one or more classes of information associated with each of the plurality of addresses;
a network server module coupleable to the plurality of terminals, the network server module communicating with each of the plurality of terminals to receive a search request, the network server module signaling the database to retrieve one or more addresses from the database in response to the search request, the retrieved addresses being associated with a class of information matching the search request; and
a rating module coupleable to the plurality of terminals, the rating module being able to receive a rating input from each of the plurality of terminals, the rating module associating the rating input with a selected address in the database. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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