Low storage portable media player
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorMagnus Hansson
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Abstract
A portable media player can play a large number of media files without being required to physically store all of the media files at any given time. In one implementation, the portable media player includes a memory to store a playlist that includes a plurality of entries succinctly representing media files and a media access manager component. The media access manager component receives media files referenced by entries in the playlist over one or more of a plurality of network connections. The media access manager component downloads the media files as they become available over the network connections based on policies preset on the portable media player and policies preset for the media files.
Claims24
A portable media player comprising:
- a memory to store a playlist that includes a plurality of entries identifying media files;
- and
- a media access manager component configured to receive media files referenced by entries in the playlist over one or more of a plurality of network connections, the media access manager component downloading the media files over the network connections based on policies set on the portable media player and policies set for the media files.
A device comprising:
- a network connectivity component configured to be capable of wirelessly connecting to a plurality of network connections;
- and
- a media access manager component coupled to the network connectivity component and configured to manage downloading of desired media files over the plurality of network connections as the media files become available via one of the plurality of network connections.
A method comprising:
- scanning for the availability of at least one potential network connection;
- determining whether a desired media file is available via an available network connection and whether policies associated with the desired media file are consistent with download of the desired media file;
- and
- downloading the media file based on the determined availability of the desired media file and the policies.
A device comprising:
- means for scanning for the availability of a plurality of potential network connections;
- means for determining whether a desired media file is available on an available network connection and whether policies associated with the desired media file are consistent with download of the desired media file;
- and
- means for downloading the media file based on the determined availability of the desired media file and the policies
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.