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`Client/Server Software Architecture For Universal Media Player
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`INVENTORS
`Ken Lipscomb, Atlanta, Georgia
`Richard Robison, Atlanta, Georgia
`John Petritis, Atlanta, Georgia
`Kelly Morrison, Atlanta, Georgia
`Michael Hirsch, Atlanta, Georgia
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`The ZapStation Universal Media Player (ZUMP) allows the user to choose, examine, maintain,
`add and delete audio and video assets, and to play the assets. The ZUMP is designed to be quickly portable
`to most computer architectures, utilizing technologies such as the platform independent Java programming
`language and the platform independent Jini services. The ZUMP may function as both a client, receiving
`information and streaming media from other servers (e.g., the ZapCentral portal), and as a server, exporting
`services, information and assets to other ZUMPs or third party programs.
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`Within this invention, system, or method, there are several components:
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`Client Multimedia Player. Software technology that can run on various multimedia computer devices and is
`capable of decrypting, decoding, and playing a multimedia object based on its embedded security features
`and rights management rules. The Client Multimedia Player will run on a variety of devices, including
`home consumer electronics devices, portable devices, computers, car entertainment devices, PDAs, mobile
`communications devices, and Internet browsers.
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`Member. Anyone who is enrolled within the network system for virtual distribution of his or her assets.
`(Each Member will have his or her own security password for system access.)
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`Member Family. A group of individuals that has been assigned the rights to act on a Member’s behalf in
`accessing and utilizing the Member’s multimedia assets within the virtual distribution network.
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`E Persons that will use a Client Multimedia Player from within any particular Member Family. These
`Users will have varying levels of access and privileges to those multimedia assets housed within the
`invented system. (For example, an adult User might have access to certain “R” rated films, while a child
`User might have access to only “G” rated films.)
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`Master Database Server. A server or group of servers that functions to allow for the storage and download
`of “rented” or “purchased” assets by Members of the network. This server will function to allow for
`synchronization and replication of a Member’s assets between the Member’s various Client Multimedia
`Players and itself. This server also will serve as a central repository within which multimedia assets will be
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`“tagged” with the identity and access privileges of those Members (and Users within a Member Family)
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`Multimedia Object. An element of reference for a Member’s Client Multimedia Players and the Master
`Database Server. This Multimedia Object can be representative of a song, video clip, movie, a television
`program, interactive animation, or any other data type that can be stored in a binary fashion within a
`modern database. The Multimedia Object shall be protected, where applicable, from piracy by the use of
`various methods, including encryption and watermarking.
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`DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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`One of the benefits of having a networked Client Media Player is that it may be operated by the
`User as a client to the Master Database Server. The User may download Multimedia Objects from the
`Master Database Server to the Client Media Player, stream media from the Master Database Server to the
`Client Media Player, upload information about the Client Media Player to the Master Database Server
`(such as user-created playlists that described particular sequences of Multimedia Objects to perform), or
`perform other operations.
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`However, the Client Media Player may also act as a server to other clients that the User owns. For
`example, the Client Media Player may act as a video or music server for the User’s personal computers.
`The Client Media Player may take advantage of technologies such as the Jini technology developed by Sun
`Microsystems to provide services to the User’s networked devices. This would allow the User to simply
`plug a Client Media Player into the network and the Client Media Player would be available to any of the
`User’s networked devices. The Client Media Player may export a simple GUI to the User’s networked
`devices allowing the User to drive the Client Media Player remotely. The GUIs may be interchangeable
`depending on the client device connecting to the Client Media Player. For example, the Client Media
`Player might export a simple text-based GUI for simple devices such as a PDA or a wireless telephone. Or,
`it might export a graphically rich, complex GUI for a personal computer. The User may use a wireless
`device to activate the Client Media Player’s server for download of Multimedia Objects. Further, the Client
`Media Player may coordinate interactions among one or more of the User’s networked devices.
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