Network media device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJeffrey L. Robbin, David Heller
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Abstract
A network media device is described that pulls multimedia data from one or more sources (e.g., a multimedia website or a multimedia server computer) at a first time, stores it to long-term storage within the device and transmits the stored multimedia data to one or more designated multimedia playback devices at a second time.
Claims20
A method of retrieving multimedia content from a content source, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a first playback device, an indication of content to be sent to a second playback device;
- accessing, via the first playback device;
- the content from a content source;
- and
- sending, via the first playback device, the content to the second playback device.
A playback device, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive an indication of content to be sent to a second playback device;
- access the content from a content source;
- and
- send the content to the second playback device.
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause one or more processors to perform a method for receiving content from a content source by a first playback device, the method comprising:
- receiving, via the first playback device, an indication of content to be sent to a second playback device;
- accessing, via the first playback device, the content from the content source;
- and
- sending, via the first playback device, the content to the second playback device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.