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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:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2011
Albert Y. S. Shum, Portland, OR (US);
William J. Lauby, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Anton O. A. Andrews, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan R. Harris, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Fong, Seattle, WA (US);
Albert Y. S. Shum, Portland, OR (US);
William J. Lauby, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Anton O. A. Andrews, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan R. Harris, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Fong, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments enable a user of a mobile media device to select one or more channels to load onto the device. Each channel comprises a collection of media content files, such as video content, audio content, and so on. Each collection of media content files can be associated with a particular genre (or genres) of media content. A channel can be managed such that its collection of media content can be rearranged, augmented, and/or otherwise edited to produce a refreshed version of the channel. The refreshed version of the channel can be provided to the mobile media device for playback. Thus, a channel associated with a particular genre of media content can provide a user with a dynamic user experience without requiring the user to manipulate specific media content files.