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`Labeled Claim Language of Claims 1-20
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`CLAIM LANGUAGE
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`1, Preamble
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`A mobile device for controlling digital content played by a
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`plurality of media devices comprising:
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`1[b]
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`1[c]
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`a wireless communication interface for communicating with the
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`plurality of media devices;
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`a media database; and
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`a control system adapted to, for each of the plurality of media
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`devices:
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`1[c][i]
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`communicate with the media device when the mobile device is
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`within a wireless personal area network (WPAN) associated with
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`the media device to obtain information describing content
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`residing at the media device; and
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Pat. No. 7,787,904 B2
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`Labeled Claim Language of Claims 1-20
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`CLAIM LANGUAGE
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`1, Preamble
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`A mobile device for controlling digital content played by a
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`plurality of media devices comprising:
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`1[a]
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`1[b]
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`1[c]
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`a wireless communication interface for communicating with the
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`plurality of media devices;
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`a media database; and
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`a control system adapted to, for each of the plurality of media
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`devices:
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`1[c][i]
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`communicate with the media device when the mobile device is
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`within a wireless personal area network (WPAN) associated with
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`the media device to obtain information describing content
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`residing at the media device; and
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`store the information describing the content residing at the media
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`device in the media database;
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`wherein desired content is selected from the content at the media
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`device based on the information in the media database and played
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`at the media device when the mobile device is within the WPAN
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`associated with the media device.
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`The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the control system is further
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`adapted to select the desired content to play at the media device
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`from the media database and instruct the media device to play the
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`desired content when the mobile device is within the WPAN
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`associated with the media device.
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`The mobile device of claim 2 wherein the control system is further
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`adapted to interact with a user such that the user selects the desired
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`content to play at the media device from the media database.
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`The mobile device of claim 2 wherein the control system is further
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`adapted to automatically select the desired content based on
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`predetermined user preferences.
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`The mobile device of claim 4 wherein the user preferences
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`comprise a preference to play new content from the content stored
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`at the media device.
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`The mobile device of claim 4 wherein the user preferences
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`comprise a preference to play non-duplicate content from the
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`content stored at the media device that has not been previously
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`played by any of the plurality of media devices.
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`The mobile device of claim 4 wherein the user preferences
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`comprise a predetermined play list for each of the plurality of
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`media devices.
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`The mobile device of claim 4 wherein the user preferences
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`comprise a preferred genre of music.
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`The mobile device of claim 2 wherein the control system is further
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`adapted to randomly select the desired content.
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`10, Preamble
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`The mobile device of claim 2 wherein if the mobile device is
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`simultaneously within the WPAN associated with a first one of the
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`plurality of media devices and the WPAN associated with a second
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`one of the plurality of media devices, the control system is further
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`adapted to:
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`select one of the first and second ones of the plurality of media
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`devices as a select media device; and
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`select desired content to play for only the select media device from
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`the media database and instruct only the select media device to play
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`the desired content.
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`The mobile device of claim 2 wherein if the mobile device is
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`simultaneously within the WPAN associated with a first one of the
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`plurality of media devices and the WPAN associated with a second
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`one of the plurality of media devices, the control system is further
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`adapted to select the desired content to play at the first and second
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`ones of the plurality of media devices such that the first and second
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`ones of the plurality of media devices do not play interfering
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`content.
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`12, Preamble
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`The mobile device of claim 2 wherein the mobile device is included
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`within a system further comprising the plurality of media devices,
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`wherein each of the plurality of media devices comprises:
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`12[a]
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`a wireless communication interface for communicating with the
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`mobile device when the mobile device is within the WPAN
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`associated with the media device;
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`a content database storing the content; and
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`12[b]
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`12[c]
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`a media server adapted to:
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`provide the information describing the content in the content
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`database to the mobile device when the mobile device is within the
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`WPAN associated with the media device; and
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`instruct a media player to play the desired content in response to
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`receiving an instruction to play the desired content from the mobile
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`device.
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`13, Preamble
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`The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the control system is further
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`adapted to:
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`store last-played time-stamps for the content residing at each of the
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`plurality of media devices in the media database; and
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`provide the information and the last-played time-stamps for the
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`content residing at each of the plurality of media devices to the
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`media device when the mobile device is within the WPAN
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`associated with the media device;
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`13[c]
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`wherein the media device selects the desired content based on the
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`information and the last-played time-stamps for the content
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`residing at each of the plurality of media devices.
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`The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the control system is further
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`adapted to communicate with the media device to perform a
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`validation process after entering the WPAN associated with the
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`media device for a first time, wherein the validation process
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`comprises obtaining a passkey from a user associated with the
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`mobile device and providing the passkey to the media device.
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`The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the control system is further
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`adapted to update the information describing the content from the
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`media device after leaving the WPAN associated with the media
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`device and returning to the WPAN associated with the media
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`device.
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`16, Preamble A method for controlling digital content played by a plurality of
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`media devices comprising, for each of the plurality of media
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`devices:
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`16[a]
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`obtaining information describing content residing at the media
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`device when a mobile device is within a wireless personal area
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`network (WPAN) associated with the media device;
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`storing the information describing the content residing at the media
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`device in a media database of the mobile device;
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`selecting desired content to play from the content residing at the
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`media device based on the media database when the mobile device
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`is within the WPAN associated with the media device; and
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`playing the desired content at the media device.
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`17, Preamble
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`The method of claim 16 wherein selecting the desired content to
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`play comprises:
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`selecting the desired content from the media database at the mobile
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`device; and
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`providing an instruction from the mobile device to the media
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`device instructing the media device to play the desired content
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`when the mobile device is within the WPAN associated with the
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`media device.
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`18, Preamble
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`The method of claim 17 wherein if the mobile device is
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`simultaneously within the WPAN associated with a first one of the
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`plurality of media devices and the WPAN associated with a second
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`one of the plurality of media devices, the method further comprises:
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`18[a]
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`selecting one of the first and second ones of the plurality of media
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`devices as a select media device;
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`selecting the desired content to play for only the select media
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`device from the media database; and
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`instructing only the select media device to play the desired content.
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`The method of claim 17 wherein if the mobile device is
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`simultaneously within the WPAN associated with a first one of the
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`plurality of media devices and the WPAN associated with a second
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`one of the plurality of media devices, the method further comprises
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`selecting the desired content to play at the first and second ones of
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`the plurality of media devices such that the first and second ones of
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`the plurality of media devices do not play interfering content.
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`20, Preamble
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`The method of claim 16 further comprising:
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`20[a]
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`storing last-played time-stamps for the content residing at each of
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`the plurality of media devices in the media database;
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`providing the information and the last-played time-stamps for the
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`content residing at each of the plurality of media devices to the
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`media device when the mobile device is within the WPAN
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`associated with the media device; and
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`selecting the desired content at the media device based on the
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`information and the last-played time-stamps for the content
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`residing at each of the plurality of media devices.
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