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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Patrick Zuili, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Patrick Zuili, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Britesmart LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
The invention shows a method for connecting and sharing content over a plurality of devices, and over a plurality of networks public and private while respecting the content's Digital Rights by implementing a software layer (software alternately integrated into hardware component) that will assign a mac address and an ip address to each device and peripherals and where content can be assign to specific devices inside a network, and can be accessed directly, shared remotely, wireless, or physically connected. The software layer also integrates drivers, players, codec's that can be updated dynamically in order to keep them updated. This software layer can also 'virtualizes' peripherals, devices or group of peripherals and devices into single addressable group of components that will act like one.