Claims
- 1. A system for providing media content in a network comprising one or more servers configured to:
generate an interface at a site on said network, said interface having consistent graphical features and navigation capabilities; compile a plurality of media files for use with said interface; associate metadata attributes with each of said plurality of media files; and map certain of said metadata attributes to locations in said interface.
- 2. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of media files is compiled from more than one source.
- 3. The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more servers are further configured to generate a media player interface for experiencing the media content.
- 4. A system for providing media content in a network comprising one or more servers configured to:
associate metadata attributes with a plurality of media files; and utilize the metadata attributes to map the plurality of media files to an interface such that the interface is consistent for each of the plurality of media files.
- 5. The system of claim 4 further comprising:
a local database for storing the metadata attributes.
- 6. The system of claim 4 wherein the plurality of media files is provided by more than one source.
- 7. A method of providing media content to a plurality of users over a network comprising:
compiling a data file that contains one or more sequentially placed unique identifiers which identify one or more media files; and allowing the plurality of users to access the one or more media files out of sequence.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein the data file is automatically compiled based on some criteria.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein the data file is automatically compiled based on criteria chosen by one of the plurality of users.
- 10. The method of claim 7 wherein the data file is compiled manually.
- 11. The method of claim 7 wherein the one or more media files are provided by more than one source.
- 12. A system for providing media content to a plurality of users comprising one or more servers configured to:
compile a data file that contains one or more sequentially placed unique identifiers which identify one or more pieces of content; and allow the plurality of users to access the one or more media files out of sequence.
- 13. The system of claim 12 wherein the data file is automatically compiled.
- 14. The system of claim 13 wherein the data file is automatically compiled based on criteria chosen by one of the plurality of users.
- 15. The system of claim 12 wherein the data file is compiled manually.
- 16. The system of claim 12 wherein the one or more media files are provided by more than one source.
- 17. A computer readable medium comprising computer code for providing content to a user over a network, the computer code to configure one or more processors to:
compile a data file that contains one or more sequentially placed unique identifiers which identify one or more pieces of content; and allow a user to access the one or more items of content within the data file out of sequence.
- 18. The system of claim 3 wherein said media player interface is consistent regardless of the source of said plurality of media files.
- 19. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of media files is compiled from more than one source.
- 20. The system of claim 1 wherein said metadata attributes comprise a title for the media file.
- 21. The system of claim 1 wherein said metadata attributes comprise a description for the media file.
- 22. The system of claim 1 wherein said metadata attributes comprise a duration for the media file.
- 23. The system of claim 1 wherein said metadata attributes comprise an expiration date for the media file.
- 24. A method of providing media content in a network comprising the steps of:
generating an interface at a site on said network, said interface having consistent graphical features and navigation capabilities; authenticating a user's authorization to access certain media content; compiling a plurality of media files for use with said interface, wherein said plurality of media files comprises only the user's authorized media content; associating metadata attributes with each of said plurality of media files, wherein the metadata attributes comprises a title for each media file; and mapping certain of said metadata attributes to locations in said interface.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/459,341 filed on Jun. 11, 2003 for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING AND PLAYING DATA, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
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Parent |
10459341 |
Jun 2003 |
US |
Child |
10670099 |
Sep 2003 |
US |