Altering network transmitted content data based upon user specified characteristics

The method of claim 2 further comprising the steps of:

• receiving the content data in the first computer;
• digitizing the received content data to produce digitized content data;
• transmitting the digitized content data to the second computer over the network;
• altering the digitized content data in accordance with the content data output characteristics;
• transforming the altered digitized content data to a form capable of output from the second computer;
• and
• outputting the transformed altered digitized content data from the second computer.

A system coupling a two or more computers over a bi-directional network, and configured to modify content data transmitted from a computer over the bi-directional communications network, the system comprising:

• means for specifying output characteristics to be associated with the content data upon output by a second computer of the two or more computers;
• means for transmitting the content data from a first computer of the two or more computers to the second computer over the network;
• and
• means for altering the content data in accordance with the content data output characteristics to produce altered content data.

A server computer coupled to one or more client computers over a bi-directional communications network, comprising:

• a circuit to transmit content data to a second computer of the one or more client computers over the network;
• a circuit to specify output characteristics to be associated with the content data upon output by the second computer;
• and
• a circuit to alter the content data in accordance with the content data output characteristics to produce altered content data.

A server computer coupled to one or more client computers over a bi-directional communications network, comprising:

• means for transmitting content data to a second computer of the one or more client computers over the network;
• means for specifying output characteristics to be associated with the content data upon output by the second computer;
• and
• means for altering the content data in accordance with the content data output characteristics to produce altered content data.