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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2004
Hank Risan, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Edward Vincent Fitzgerald, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Raymond C. Salas, Livermore, CA (US);
Hank Risan, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Edward Vincent Fitzgerald, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Raymond C. Salas, Livermore, CA (US);
Media Rights Technologies, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a media change notification on a computing system. The present method polls a media device of a computing system for a media change wherein the polling of the media device cannot be blocked by the computing system. When a media change is detected on the media device, a media change notification is generated. The media change notification is then output when the media change on the media device is detected. In so doing, the media change notification cannot be blocked by the computing system.