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US 2004/0167890 A1Published application
System and method for media search and playback
OwnerAviv Eyalinventor
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Abstract
A playback system is provided to located and playback streaming media from network resources. The playback system includes a search module that signals a query to a network site, and receives in return a search result. The search result identifies one or more links that are selectable to open media files. A media player couples to the search module to automatically play back streaming media contained in media files located by the search result.
Claims20
A media playback system comprising:
- a search module that signals a user-query to a first network site to receive a search result, and in response to receiving the search result, identifies a first link contained in the search result that is selectable to open media files;
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- a media player coupled to the search module to automatically play back streaming media contained in a first media file of the first link contained in the search result.
A media playback system operated on a terminal coupled to a network, the media playback system comprising:
- a search module that signals a user-query to a plurality of network sites to receive a plurality of search results, and in response to receiving the plurality of search results, identifies a plurality of links that are selectable to open media files;
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- a media player coupled to the search module to automatically access and load the media files of the plurality of links.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.