Favorites for internet-access appliances
OwnerRamon De La Fuente, Sven De Bie +4inventors
InventorsRamon De La Fuente, Sven De Bie, Daniel Meirsman, Arjan van Ham, Daniel Graf, Jean-Marc Matteini
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Abstract
A method and system facilitates the creation and maintenance of favorites lists (165) on the Internet (140). Devices (110) that have access to the Internet (140) have direct access to each of a user's favorites lists (165), and can be configured to facilitate modifying the favorites lists (165). Devices (110) that lack direct access to the Internet (140) are configured to receive ‘downloaded’ copies of lists (165) that are maintained on the Internet (140), and optionally to provide ‘uploadable’ copies of modified lists for updating the favorites lists (165).
Claims20
A method of facilitating access to a favorites list, including:
- facilitating creation of the favorites list,
- facilitating storage of the favorites list at an Internet-accessible server, and
- facilitating subsequent access to the favorites list at the Internet-accessible server via a first device, thereby facilitating selection of content material on the first device based on the favorites list.
A rendering system, comprising:
- a renderer that is configured to render select content material,
- an Internet-access device that is configured to access a favorites list that is stored at an Internet-accessible server, and
- a selector that facilitates selection of the select audio content based on the favorites list.
A method of facilitating creation and maintenance of a favorites list, including:
- providing an Internet server that facilitates
- creation of the favorites list,
- modification of the favorites list, and
- downloading of the favorites list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.