System and method for combining memory resources for use on a personal network
First Claim
1. A method for using a personal network, the method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of network enabled devices that operate as members of the personal network;
identifying a plurality of media sources provided by the plurality of network enabled devices, each of the media sources being remote to at least one of the plurality of network enabled devices;
displaying an aggregate presentation on a selected device of the plurality of network enabled devices by;
representing each of the plurality of media sources in the aggregate presentation to be independent of a network or memory location of that media source; and
displaying information in the aggregate presentation about content that can be outputted from one or more media sources that are remote to the selected device;
enabling a user to select one of the plurality of media sources from the aggregate presentation and a target device to receive content from the selected media source; and
outputting the content from the selected media source to the target device.
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Abstract
A personal network may be established by interconnecting a plurality of satellites as part of the personal network. Each satellite may be configured to communicate with one or more other satellites. On any given one of the plurality of satellites, data indicating a connectivity status for the one or more other satellites is automatically received, and information indicating a capability of the one or more other satellites is automatically received. The given satellite may be configured to enable at least one other corresponding satellite in the plurality of satellites to be made available for use, so that a capability of the at least one other corresponding satellite is made available for the given satellite.
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1. A method for using a personal network, the method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of network enabled devices that operate as members of the personal network; identifying a plurality of media sources provided by the plurality of network enabled devices, each of the media sources being remote to at least one of the plurality of network enabled devices; displaying an aggregate presentation on a selected device of the plurality of network enabled devices by; representing each of the plurality of media sources in the aggregate presentation to be independent of a network or memory location of that media source; and displaying information in the aggregate presentation about content that can be outputted from one or more media sources that are remote to the selected device; enabling a user to select one of the plurality of media sources from the aggregate presentation and a target device to receive content from the selected media source; and outputting the content from the selected media source to the target device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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identifying a plurality of network enabled devices that operate as members of a personal network of a user; identifying a plurality of media sources provided by the plurality of network enabled devices, each of the media sources being remote to at least one of the plurality of network enabled devices; displaying an aggregate presentation on a selected device of the plurality of network enabled devices by; representing each of the plurality of media sources in the aggregate presentation to be independent of a network or memory location of that media source; and displaying information in the aggregate presentation about content that can be outputted from one or more media sources that are remote to the selected device; enabling the user to select one of the plurality of media sources from the aggregate presentation and a target device to receive content from the selected media source; and outputting the content from the selected media source to the target device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer system comprising:
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a plurality of network enabled devices; memory resources provided by the plurality of network enabled devices; wherein at least a selected device of the plurality of network enabled devices is operable to access a corresponding set of instructions from the memory resources to; operate as a member of a personal network of a user; identify a plurality of media sources provided by the plurality of network enabled devices, each of the media sources being remote to at least one of the plurality of network enabled devices; display an aggregate presentation that represents each of the plurality of media sources to be independent of a network or memory location of that media source and displays information about content that can be outputted from one or more media sources that are remote to the selected device; enable a user to select one of the plurality of media sources from the aggregate presentation and a target device to receive content from the selected media source; and output the content from the selected media source to the target device.
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