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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1999
Khurshed Mazhar, Kirkland, WA (US);
David M. Nadalin, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin P. Larkin, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Kevin Warne, , omitted;
Khurshed Mazhar, Kirkland, WA (US);
David M. Nadalin, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin P. Larkin, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Kevin Warne, , omitted;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Radio client/server architectures and graphical user interfaces for toolbars and explorer bars utilized in conjunction with Web browsers providing streaming-media content are disclosed. In one aspect of the present invention, the graphical user interface is of a Web browser with a radio toolbar that displays one or more buttons capable of controlling a source of streaming media. The graphical user interface can also include a menu bar, a standard-buttons toolbar, an address toolbar, horizontal or vertical explorer bars, a links toolbar and/or a status bar. The architecture aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of computer-executable components. One component is a radio server that plays a radio source of streaming-media. Another component is an interface for communicating with the radio server. A third component is at least one radio-client that communicates through the interface in order to provide instructions to the radio server.