Patent ID: 6389467
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for playing back media from a network, the method comprising:receiving a search request from a network enabled device to play back media from multiple sites on the network, the search request specifying one or more search criteria; accessing a memory that includes a plurality of network addresses, the memory associating substantially each address with one or more classes of information, each address accessing a media resource; selecting a plurality of addresses in the memory by comparing the one or more search criteria to one or more classes of information associated with the plurality of network addresses; signaling the selected plurality of addresses to the network enabled device; and causing the network enabled device to access sites located by at least some of the selected addresses and to play back the media resources provided at the accessed sites, including to sequentially play back the media resources provided by at least some of the selected addresses substantially automatically.