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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Joseph A. Zott, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Samuel W. Beal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Osann, Jr., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Joseph A. Zott, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Samuel W. Beal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Osann, Jr., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
According to this invention, a user may capture a media link on any PC and perform this capture function at any physical location, then save the media link in a playlist, and subsequently play the media located at the media link on a TV server. The TV server may be controlled from a local device—typically a PC or a handheld remote control. Playlists may be maintained on a Web playlist function. Software on a local controller device can then select a media link from a Web playlist through the Internet, and the Web playlist function can then pass that link to a local TV server, thus avoiding the need for the controller device and the TV server to communicate through a LAN. Additionally, a playlist may include targeted advertisements shown physically adjacent to related playlist items.