Claims
- 1. A method, comprising:
receiving attribute data that describes a source of audio data, a description of the audio data, and a channel; incorporating the attribute data into a station list; and sending the station list to an agent in a network.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving further comprises:
receiving the attribute data associated with a user.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending further comprises:
sending the station list to the agent after the agent requests the station list.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the channel further comprises:
a user-selected radio station.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute data further comprises:
a user-defined playlist.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the channel further comprises:
an audio portal channel.
- 7. A signal-bearing medium bearing instructions that when executed by a processor comprise:
requesting attribute data from an agent in a network, wherein the attribute data is associated with a user and wherein the attribute data comprises a plurality of channels, a plurality of respective descriptions associated with the channels, and a plurality of respective addresses of sources associated with the channels; incorporating the attribute data into a station list; and displaying the plurality of channels and the plurality of respective descriptions.
- 8. The signal-bearing medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions when executed further comprise:
receiving a selected channel of the plurality of channels.
- 9. The signal-bearing medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions when executed further comprise:
requesting audio data from the source associated with the selected channel.
- 10. The signal-bearing medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions when executed further comprise:
playing the audio data.
- 11. A signal-bearing medium encoded with a data structure accessed by an agent that executes on a computer, the data structure comprising:
an identifier of a channel of audio data; a description of the channel; and an address of a source of the audio data, wherein the agent is to create the data structure and send the data structure to an audio network interface card connected to the computer via a network.
- 12. The signal-bearing medium of claim 11, wherein the source of the audio data comprises an audio file stored in the computer.
- 13. The signal-bearing medium of claim 11, wherein the source of the audio data comprises an audio portal connected to the computer via another network.
- 14. The signal-bearing medium of claim 11, wherein the source of the audio data comprises a radio station connected to the computer via another network.
- 15. The signal-bearing medium of claim 11, wherein the audio network interface card is to send the audio data to a playback device.
- 16. The signal-bearing medium of claim 11, wherein the agent is to associate the data structure with a user.
- 17. A system comprising:
a computer comprising an agent to create a station list comprising channels of audio data, wherein the station list is associated with a user; and an audio network interface card connected to the computer via a network, wherein the audio network interface card is to receive the station list, display the channels, request audio data associated with a selected channel, and send the audio data to a playback device connected to the audio network interface card.
- 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the computer further comprises a digital audio file that is a source of the audio data.
- 19. The system of claim 17, wherein the computer is to receive the audio data from a network and transmit the audio data to the audio network interface card.
- 20. The system of claim 17, wherein the agent is further to create the station list from attributes supplied by an audio portal connected to the computer via another network.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to application Ser. No. ______ filed, 2002, entitled “Cataloging Audio Content” (attorney docket 450.349US1) and to application Ser. No. ______ filed, 2002, entitled “Remote Access to Aggregated Grouping of Distributed Content” (attorney docket 450.352US1).