Patent ID: 7500011
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A client networked device for connection with one or more remote computers providing delivery of digital encoded audio data and related video via a communication network, said related video is synchronized with said digital encoded audio data, the client networked device comprising: a first and a second data buffer to store the digital encoded audio data and related video, respectively; and a processor communicatively coupled with the data buffers and a computer readable storage medium; said computer-readable storage medium operative to contain one or more unique file identifiers related to one or more locations or addresses in a memory of the one or more remote computers where the digital encoded audio data and related video is stored, information corresponding to said unique file identifiers being capable of being displayed by the client networked device and of being selected using an input device coupled to the client networked device, said processor operative in response to a selection of a unique file identifier to generate a request via the communication network to receive digital encoded audio data and related video from the one or more locations or addresses in the memory of the one or more remote computers where said digital encoded audio data and related video is stored, said data buffers operative, in response to a receipt of the request to receive digital encoded audio data and related video from the one or more locations or addresses in the memory of the one or more remote computers, to store digital encoded audio data and the related video received via the communication network, and said processor further operative to decode the received digital encoded audio data and related video and render said decoded digital audio data and related video on the client networked device during receipt of at least the digital encoded audio data, and wherein said processor is operative to selectively initiate transmission of at least one indication to the remote server via the network in response to at least one marker identified in the received digital encoded audio data to regulate a rate at which the digital encoded audio data is received, the at least one marker having been interleaved in the received digital encoded audio data.