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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Applicants:
Ian E. Mcdowall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark T. Bolas, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Smith, Sonoma, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ian E. McDowall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark T. Bolas, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Smith, Sonoma, CA (US);
Assignee:
IM Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for supplying streaming media or other media sources to clients, which provides for selection of internet based audio contest providers based on arbitrarily assigned numbers that function as proxies for the URL or IP address of the audio content providers.