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US 2009/0158382 A1Published application
System and Method for Using Mobile Media Players in a Peer-to-Peer Network
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsShmuel Shaffer, Ramanathan T. Jagadeesan, Bich Tu Nguyen, Gregory D. Pelton, Labhesh Patel
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a system comprises a first mobile media player and a second mobile media player. The first mobile media player stores first media files, and the second mobile media player stores second media files. The first mobile media player and second mobile media player communicate with one another in a peer-to-peer network to generate a playlist and to play media files from the playlist.
Claims21
A mobile media player, comprising:
- a memory operable to store a plurality of media files;
- a network interface operable to communicate with other mobile media players in a peer-to-peer network;
- and
- a processing module operable to receive selection information relating to at least one other mobile media player and to use the selection information to generate a playlist identifying one or more media files.
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A system, comprising:
- a first mobile media player operable to store first media files;
- a second mobile media player operable to store second media files;
- and
- wherein the first mobile media player and second mobile media player are further operable to communicate with one another in a peer-to-peer network to generate a playlist.
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A method for comprising:
- storing first media files on a first mobile media player;
- receiving selection information from a second mobile media player over a peer-to-peer network;
- and
- generating a playlist of media files using the selection information.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- means for storing media files;
- means for receiving selection information from a mobile media player over a peer-to-peer network;
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- means for generating a playlist of media files using the selection information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.