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`(Currently Amended) A method comprising:
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`receiving, by a management system via a communication network and from a
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`communication device, a request associated with a user of the communication
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`device to have media streamed to the communication device, themedia
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`d—ivided—into—a—plu-ralit—yLof—segmentsrthe management system comprising a
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`combination of hardware and software;
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`using at least one rule associated with the media to generateat—least—onadentifieation
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`of—oneor—moreof—the identify a plurality of segments of the reguested media;
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`for each one of the plurality of identified segments, 1i) determining, by the
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`management system, a plurality of resources available to facilitate streaming
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`theoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia the segment to the communication
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`device[[;]] and @transmitting, from the management system to the
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`communication device, an indication of the segment (i)—th%at—least—one
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`fientrfreatron—of—theoneor—moresegments—of—themem and [[(ii)]] information
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`for—useby instructing the communication device identifying—how to
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`communicate with each of the plurality of resources to cause theoneor—more
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`segments—ofthemed—ia the segment to be streamed to the communication
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising processing a
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`viewer profile to generate the indication of each segmentat—least—oneidentifieation—of—theone
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`or—moresegments—of—themed—ia.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising (i) selecting,
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`based upon a viewer profile, other media, wherein the other media is not requested by the user
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`of the communication device to be streamed to the communication device, (ii) generating—at
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`least—oneidentifieation—of—theothepmediarfijransnutting the at least one identification of
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`the other media to the communication device, and (i=9 @transmitting information to the
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`communication device to enable the communication device to cause the other media to be
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`streamed to the communication device.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 8 wherein selecting the other
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`media comprises selecting at least one of an advertisement and a selected one of a plurality of
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`media clips.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 8 wherein selecting the other
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`media comprises selecting a media clip based on an attribute of the viewer profile.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 8 wherein selecting the other
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`media comprises selecting a media clip based on an attribute of the viewer profile, the
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`attribute comprising at least one of an age, a gender, a marital status, an income, a geographic
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`location, a hobby, a preference, and a job grade.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 10 wherein the attribute
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`comprises collected data associated with the user and wherein selecting the media clip based
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`on the attribute comprises selecting the media clip based on the collected data associated with
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`the user.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 12 wherein the collected data
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`comprises at least one of a viewing history and a purchasing history, and wherein selecting
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`the media clip based on the collected data associated with the user comprises selecting the
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`media clip based on the at least one of the viewing history and the purchasing history.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 10 wherein the attribute
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`comprises a configurable attribute based on the user and wherein selecting the media clip
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`based on the attribute of the viewer profile comprises selecting the media clip based on the
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`configurable attribute.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising selecting
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`other media based on a level of revenue to be generated by streaming the other media;
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`generating—and transmitting at least one identification of the other mediarand—transmittin-g—the
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`at—least—oneotheHdentifieation to the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising selecting
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`other media based on a viewer attributergenerating and transmitting at least one identification
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`of the other mediarand—transmittmg—theat—least—oneothepidentifieation to the communication
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`device.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising tracking
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`streaming of theone or more of the plurality of identified segments—of—themedia using a
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`program identification.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 79 further comprising processing
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`the request to determine the plurality of resources.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising selecting at
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`least one of the plurality of resources to stream at least one of the plurality of identified
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`segmentsoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia from at least one of a switch, a media server, and
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`a stream caster of the switch.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 19 further comprising selecting a
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`different resource to facilitate streaming the at least one of the plurality of identified segments
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`maeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia—if the at least one of the plurality of resources is not able
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`to stream the at least one of the plurality of identified segmentsoneor—moresegments—of—the
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`media and transmitting an identification of the different resource to the communication
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 20 wherein the different resource
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`comprises at least one of a different media server, a routing processor, and an external system.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising selecting a
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`routing processor as at least one of the resources to handle routing at least one of the plurality
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`of identified segments maeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia to the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 22 further comprising generating a
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`reservation associated with streaming each of the plurality of identified segments theoneor
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`moresegments—of—themed—ia to the communication device, the reservation comprising a
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`reservation identification.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising generating
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`the indication of each of the plurality of identified segments identificatioia—of—theoneor—more
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`segments—ofthemed—ia with at least one universal resource locator (URL).
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising generating
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`the indication of each of the plurality of identified segments at—least—onadentif—ieation—of—the
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`maeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia in a play script, and transmitting the play script to the
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`communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 25 further comprising generating
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`the play script with a plurality of media references identifying the plurality of identified
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`segments themaeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising generating a
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`plurality of universal resource locators, each of the plurality of universal resource locators
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`identifying theone or more of the plurality of identified segments—of—themedia.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 79 further comprising determining
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`if the communication device is authorized to have the request fulfilled.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 28 wherein the determining if the
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`communication device is authorized to have the request fulfilled comprises authenticating the
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`communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 28 wherein the determining if the
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`communication device is authorized comprises comparing a viewer profile against a service
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`rule to determine if the viewer profile complies with the service rule.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 28 wherein determining if the
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`communication device is authorized comprises verifying that each of the plurality of
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`identified segments themaeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia is available for the streaming to
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`the communication device.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 28 wherein determining if the
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`communication device is authorized comprises authorizing any communication device for
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`making the request.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 28 wherein determining if the
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`communication device is authorized comprises validating that the request is received from a
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`valid communication system.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 28 wherein determining if the
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`communication device is authorized comprises accessing data of an external system to
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`determine if the request is valid.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising validating a
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`financial transaction for streaming the plurality of identified oneor—moresegments—of—the
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`media prior to streaming the oneor—more plurality of identified segments—of—themedia.
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`(Currently Amended) A system comprising:
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`a management system comprising a combination of hardware and software to:
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`receive, via a communication network and from a communication device, a
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`request associated with a user of the communication device to have
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`media streamed to the communication devicerthemedia—divided—into—a
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`Wei-segments;
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`use at least one rule associated with the media to generateat—least—one
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`identificatioia—of—oneor—moreof—the identify a plurality of segments of
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`the reguested media; and
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`for each one of the plurality of identified segments, 1i) determine a plurality of
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`resources, other than the management system, available to facilitate
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`streaming the segment of—theoneor—moresegments—of—themed—iag and
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`(ii) transmit to the communication device an indication of the
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`segmentQ—meafieasboneidentifiaafion—oftheoneonmoresegmentsof
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`themedia and [[(ii)]] information for—useby instructing the
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`communication device identifying—how to communicate with each of
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`the plurality of resources to cause themaeor—moresegments—of—the
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`media the segment to be streamed to the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management system
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`processes a viewer profile to generate the indication of each segmentat—least—oneidentifieation
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`of—theoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 42 wherein the management system
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`(i) selects, based on the viewer profile, other media, wherein the other media is not requested
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`by the user of the communication device to be streamed to the communication device, (ii)
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`generates—ableast—oneidentifieationof—theothepmedfirfi) transmits the at least one
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`identification of the other media to the communication device, and (i=9 1 iii) transmits
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`information to the communication device to enable the communication device to cause the
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`other media to be streamed to the communication device.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 43 wherein the other media
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`comprises at least one of an advertisement and a selected one of a plurality of media clips.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 43 wherein the management
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`system selects a media clip as the other media based on an attribute of the viewer profile.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 45 wherein the attribute comprises
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`at least one of an age, a gender, a marital status, an income, a geographic location, a hobby, a
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`preference, and a job grade.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 93 wherein the management
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`system selects at least one media clip based on collected data associated with the user of the
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`communication device, generates at least one other identification for the at least one media
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`clip, and transmits the at least one other identification to the communication device.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 47 wherein the collected data
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`comprises at least one of a viewing history and a purchasing history.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 45 wherein the attribute comprises
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`a configurable attribute based on the user of the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management system
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`selects another media based on a level of revenue to be generated by streaming the other
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`mediargenerates—afieasboneothepidentifieatioafontheoflaepmedia; and transmits the at least
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`one other identification for the other media to the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management system
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`selects at least one other media based on a viewer attributergenerates—at—least—oneother
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`identifieation—for—theothepmediarand transmits the at least one other identification for the at
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`least one other media to the communication device.
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`52.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management system
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`tracks streaming of theone or more of the segments—of—themedia using a program
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`identification.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 93 wherein the management
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`system processes the request to determine the plurality of resources.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein at least one of the
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`plurality of resources selects at least one other resource to stream the plurality of identified
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`segmentstheoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia, the at least one other resource selected from
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`at least one of a switch, a media server, and a stream caster.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein at least one of the
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`plurality of resources identifies another resource to facilitate streaming one or more of the
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`plurality of identified segments themaeor—rrwsegments—of—themed—ia if a first resource is
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`not able to stream the one or more of the plurality of identified segments theoneor—more
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`segments—ofthemed—ia, and transmits at least one other identification of the at least one other
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`resource to the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 55 wherein the other resource
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`comprises at least one of a streaming management system, a_media server, and an external
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`system.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management
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`system further selects a routing processor as at least one of the resources to handle routing
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`each segment themaeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia—to the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 57 wherein the management
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`system generates a reservation comprising a reservation identification associated with
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`streaming each segmenttheoneor—moresegnfiats—of—themed-ia to the communication device
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`and transmits the reservation to the routing processor.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management system
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`further generates the indication of each segmentmemaadenfifieatmaofmemm
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`segments—ofthemed—ia with at least one universal resource locator (URL).
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management system
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`device generates the indication of each segmentat—least—oneidentifieation—of—theoneor—more
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`segments—ofthemed—ia in a play script.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 6—l flwherein the management
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`system generates a plurality of media references each identifying one or more of the segments
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`themaeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia—and transmits the plurality of media references to the
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`communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management system
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`generates a plurality of universal resource locators (URLs) with the plurality of identified
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`segments maeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia—and transmits the plurality of URLs to the
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`communication device.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 93 further comprising a service
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`system to determine if the communication device is authorized to have the request fulfilled.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 63 wherein the service system
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`authenticates the communication device to determine if the communication device is
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`authorized.
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`65.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 63 wherein the service system
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`compares a viewer profile against a service rule to determine if the viewer profile complies
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`with the service rule.
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`66.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 63 wherein the service system
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`verifies that each segment istheoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia—are available for the
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`communication device.
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`67.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 63 wherein the service system
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`authorizes any communication device requesting the media.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 63 wherein the service system
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`validates that the request is received from a valid communication system.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 63 wherein the system comprises
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`an external system and the service system accesses data of the external system to determine if
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`the request is valid.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 further comprising a financial
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`screener to validate a financial transaction for streaming theone or more of the segments—of
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`themedia prior to streaming the one or more of the segments—of—themedia.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising processing,
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`by the management system, at least one rule identifying a service provided by a network
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`owner to determine the plurality of resources other than the management system available to
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`facilitate streaming the plurality of identified segmentsof—theoneor—moresegments—of—the
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`media to the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising using, by
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`the management system, at least one rule selected from at least one of a service billing rule, a
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`storage billing rule, a collection rule, a viewing rule, and a settlement rule to process the
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`request to determine the—oneor—more segments—of—themedia or the plurality of resources.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising using at
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`least one rule selected from at least one of a service rule identifying how a media viewing
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`should be paid, a storage rule identifying where the segmentstheat—least—onemedia will be
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`located for storage, a collection rule identifying an entity collecting a payment for services
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`rendered, a viewing rule identifying acceptable users that can receive the segmentstheat—least
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`W, and a settlement rule identifying how a collection is divided among participating
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`entities.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management system
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`processes at least one rule identifying a service provided by a network owner to determine the
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`plurality of resources other than the management system available to facilitate streaming of
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`the—oneor—more segments—of—themedia to the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management
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`system processes at least one rule selected from at least one of a service billing rule, a storage
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`billing rule, a collection rule, a viewing rule, and a settlement rule to process the request to
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`determine the—oneor—more segments—of—themedia or the plurality of resources.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management
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`system processes at least one rule selected from at least one of a service rule identifying how a
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`media viewing should be paid, a storage rule identifying where the segmentstheat—least—one
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`media will be located for storage, a collection rule identifying an entity collecting a payment
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`for services rendered, a viewing rule identifying acceptable users that can receive th_e
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`segmentstheat—least—onemedia, and a settlement rule identifying how a collection is divided
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`among participating entities.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 79 further comprising processing
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`at least one settlement rule identifying how a collection is divided among participating
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`entities.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 93 wherein the management
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`system processes at least one settlement rule identifying how a collection is divided among
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`participating entities.
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`(Currently Amended) A method comprising:
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`receiving, by a management system via a communication network and from a
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`communication device, a request associated with a user of the communication
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`device to have media streamed to the communication device, themedia
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`d—ivided—i-nto—a—plu-ralit—yLof—segments, the management system comprising a
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`combination of hardware and software;
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`identifying a plurality of segments of the reguested media; and
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`for each one of the plurality of identified segments, 1i) determining, by the
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`management system, a plurality of resources other than the management
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`system available to facilitate streaming oneor—moreof—theplu-ralit—y—of
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`transmitting, from the management system to the communication device, Q
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`indication of the segment (i)—at—le&st—on%identifieation—of—theoneor—more
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`segments—ofthemed—ia and [[(ii)]] information for—useby instructing the
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`communication device identifying—how to communicate with each of the
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`plurality of resources to cause theoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia th_e
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`segment to be streamed to the communication device.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 79 further comprising selecting
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`another media, generating at least one other identification for the other media, and
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`transmitting the at least one other identification for the other media to the communication
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`device.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 80 wherein selecting the other
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`media comprises selecting at least one of an advertisement and a selected one of a plurality of
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`media clips.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising transmitting
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`[[(i)]] the indication of each segmentat—lenst—oneidentifieation—of—theoneor—moresegments—of
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`themedia and [[(ii)]] the information for—useby instructing the communication device
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`identifying—how to communicate with each of the plurality of resources to cause each segment
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`themaeor—moresegrnents—of—themed—ia—to be streamed to the communication device in one or
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`more communications formatted for a type of player of the communication device or another
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`format of the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising selecting the
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`plurality of resources to facilitate streaming the plurality of identified segmentsof—theoneoic
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`moresegments—of—themed—ia from a plurality of media servers.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 wherein the information for—use
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`by instructing the communication device identifying how to communicate with each of the
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`plurality of resources to cause theoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia each segment to be
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`streamed to the communication device comprises one or more addresses of the plurality of
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`resources, wherein the method further comprises transmitting the one or more addresses of the
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`plurality of resources to the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 wherein the information for—use
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`by instructing the communication device identifying—how to communicate with each of the
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`plurality of resources to cause each segmenttheoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia to be
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`streamed to the communication device comprises, at least in part, one or more addresses of
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`one or more media servers, wherein the method further comprises transmitting the one or
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`more addresses of the one or more media servers to the communication device.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 wherein the information for—use
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`by instructing the communication device identifying—how to communicate with each of the
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`plurality of resources to cause each segmenttheoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia to be
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`streamed to the communication device comprises, at least in part, at least one address of at
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`least one routing processor, wherein the method further comprises transmitting the at least one
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`address of the at least one routing processor to the communication device.
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`87.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising receiving
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`from the communication device by at least one of the resources a separate communication for
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`each of one or more segmenteneof—theoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia—to effect streaming
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`of each of the one or more segmenttheoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia and, for each
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`separate communication, transmitting to the communication device an address of another one
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`of the resources.
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`88.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79 further comprising receiving
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`from the communication device by at least one of the resources a single communication to
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`effect streaming each segmenttheoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia.
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`89.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 24 further comprising generating
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`authentication information in the at least one universal resource locator (URL).
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`90.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 27 further comprising generating
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`authentication information in each of the universal resource locators (URLs).
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 24 further comprising generating
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`at least one reservation identification in the at least one universal resource locator (URL).
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`92.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 27 further comprising generating
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`a reservation identification in each of the universal resource locators (URLs).
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`93.
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`(Currently Amended) A system comprising:
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`a management system comprising a combination of hardware and software to:
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`receive, via a communication network and from a communication device, a
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`request associated with a user of the communication device to have
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`media streamed to the communication devicerthemedia—divided—into—a
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`plurality—of—segments;
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`identify a plurality of segments of the reguested media; and
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`for each one of the plurality of identified segments, 1i) determine a plurality of
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`resources other than the management system available to facilitate
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`streaming the segmentoneor—moreof—tlaephfialit—yLof—segments—of—the
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`media to the communication device[[;]] and (filtransmit to the
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`communication device an indication of the segment (i)—at—le&st—one
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`information for—useby instructing the communication device
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`identifying how to communicate with each of the plurality of resources
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`to cause themaeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia the segment to be
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`streamed to the communication device.
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`94.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 93 wherein the management
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`system selects another media, generates at least one other identification for the other media,
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`and transmits the at least one other identification for the other media to the communication
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`device.
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`95.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 94 wherein the other media
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`comprises at least one of an advertisement and a selected one of a plurality of media clips.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the management system
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`transmits the indication of each segment Q—meafieasboiieideiitifieation—of—tlieoneor—more
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`segments—ofthemed—ia and [[(ii)]] the information instructing for—useby the communication
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`device identifying how to communicate with each of the plurality of resources to cause each
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`segment themaeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia—to be streamed to the communication device
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`in one or more communications formatted for a type of player of the communication device or
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`another format of the communication device.
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`97.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the plurality of
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`resources to facilitate streaming of the plurality of identified segmentstheoneor—more
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`segments—ofthemed—ia comprises a plurality of media servers.
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`98.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the information
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`instructing for—usebythe communication device identifying—how to communicate with each of
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`the plurality of resources to cause each segmenttheoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia to be
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`streamed to the communication device comprises one or more addresses of the plurality of
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`resources.
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`99.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the information
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`instructing for—useby the communication device identifying—how to communicate with each of
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`the plurality of resources to cause each segment themaeor—moresegments—of—themed—ia—to be
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`streamed to the communication device comprises, at least in part, one more addresses of one
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`or more media servers.
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`100.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the information
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`instructing for—usebythe communication device identifying—how to communicate with each of
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`the plurality of resources to cause each segmenttheoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia to be
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`streamed to the communication device comprises, at least in part, at least one address of at
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`least one routing processor.
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`101.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 further comprising a routing
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`processor to receive from the communication device a separate communication for each one
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`of—theone or more of the segments—of—themedia—to effect streaming each oneof the one or
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`more of the segments—of—themedia—and, in response to each separate communication, transmit
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`to the communication device an address of another one of the resources.
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`102.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 further comprising a routing
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`processor to receive from the communication device a single communication to effect
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`streaming each segmenttheoneor—moresegments—of—themed—ia.
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`103.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 59 wherein the management
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`system generates authentication information in the at least one universal resource locator
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`(URL)
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`104.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 62 wherein the management
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`system generates authentication information in each of the universal resource locators
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`(URLo.
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`105.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 59 wherein the management
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`system generates at least one reservation identification in the at least one universal resource
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`locator (URL).
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`106.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 62 wherein the management
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`system generates a reservation identification in each of the universal resource locators
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`(URLo.
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`107.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 6 wherein the indication of each
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`segment comprises an—at—least—oneidentification of each segmenttheoneor—moresegments—of
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`108.
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 6 wherein the media comprises at
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`least one of a movie, a television show, an audio clip, and a video clip.
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`109.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 41 wherein the indication of each
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`segment comprises an—at—least—oneidentification of each segmenttheoneor—moresegments—of
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`(Previously Presented) The system of claim 41 wherein the media comprises at
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`least one of a movie, a television show, an audio clip, and a video clip.
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`111.
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`(Currently Amended) The method of claim 79, further comprising transmitting,
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`from the management system to the communication device, the indication of each segmentat
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`112.
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`(Previously Presented) The method of claim 79, further comprising receiving
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`the request for the media, the media comprising at least one of a movie, a television show, an
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`audio clip, and a video clip.
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`113.
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`(Currently Amended) The system of claim 93 wherein the indication of each
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` '. comprises a
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`pluralit—yLof an identification of each segmentidentifieations—of—theoneor—moresegmen
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