Patent ID: 7788339

Claim:
A system for automatically retrieving and playing multimedia files, comprising: a network access interface which provides access to a data network; a processing module in a centralized scheduling website to automatically collect information including first identifier of a first multimedia file, a first location of said first multimedia file and a first schedule of the availability of said first multimedia file, wherein said processing module creates first categorization information relating to said first multimedia file; wherein said processing module automatically collects information including a second identifier of a second multimedia file, a second location of said second multimedia file and a second schedule of the availability of said second multimedia file, wherein said processing module creates second categorization information relating to said second multimedia file; wherein said processing module, said first location, and said second location are situated within distinct domains within the data network; wherein said processing module automatically compiles a consolidated Internet program listing containing the collected information; a web browser plug-in selection interface in communication with said processing module which provides for automatic presentation of the collected information, and automatically receives and processes a selection from a client computer for accessing at least the first multimedia file according to the first schedule of the availability of the first multimedia file and the second multimedia file according to the second schedule of the availability of the second multimedia file from the data network and compiles a download schedule; and a file download device in communication with the selection interface which, based on the download schedule, automatically accesses said first and second multimedia files at said location through said network access interface and downloads the selected multimedia files.