Patent ID: 6735628
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for playing media, the method comprising:receiving a search request from a network enabled device, the search request specifying one or more search criteria; accessing a memory medium that comprises one or more memory components, wherein the memory medium stores data corresponding to a plurality of media resource identifiers, wherein each media resource identifier identifies a media resource located in a corresponding network location, and wherein the one or more memory components stores data that corresponds to a set of information items that are associated with each media resource identifier; selecting one or more information items from the set of information items using the one or more search criteria; communicating the one or more information items to the network enabled device, wherein the one or more information items are used to at least partially configure one or more programmatically displayed interfaces on the network enabled device; receiving selection data based on a user interaction with the one or more displayed interfaces; identifying a set of media resource identifiers from the plurality of media resource identifiers based on the selection data and the one or more information items; causing a media player on the network enabled device to sequentially play back media resources identified by media resource identifiers in the set of media resource identifiers, wherein each of the media resources that is played back is retrieved from a corresponding network location; wherein in response to termination of a first playback of a first media resource having a first network location and identified by one of the media resource identifiers in the set of media resource identifiers, automatically initiating a second playback of a second media resource from a second network location that is different from the first network location, wherein the second media resource is identified by another one of the media resource identifiers in the set of media resource identifiers.