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US 2006/0149813 A1Published application
System and method for providing content, management, and interactivity for client devices
AssigneeSimple Devices
InventorCraig Janik
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Abstract
A system and a method for providing content, management and interactivity for client devices are provided. Digital data based on user specified preferences is automatically obtained and transferred from a wide area network to a computer. The digital data is then automatically sent from the computer to a client device using a wireless data transceiver. In one embodiment, the client device is a television.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- using previously provided user specified preferences to automatically obtain and transfer digitally encoded, playable media content from a wide area network to a computer;
- and
- at a specified time based on the user specified preferences, turning on a media playback device in communication with the computer via a wireless data transceiver and causing the media playback device to play a representation of the digitally encoded, playable media content.
A computer readable media having computer executable instructions, the instructions performing steps comprising:
- using previously provided user specified preferences to automatically obtain and transfer digitally encoded, playable media content from a wide area network to a computer;
- and
- at a specified time based on the user specified preferences, turning on a media playback device in communication with the computer via a wireless data transceiver and causing the media playback device to play a representation of the digitally encoded, playable media content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.