Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080240373 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING MP3 PLAYER - Communicating an audio message to a listener of an audio player device. An audio message file is generated at a workstation and sent to the audio player device via a network. In response to receipt of the audio message file, the audio player device halts play of a song or other audio content that was being played by the audio player device at a time of receipt of the audio message file, and plays the audio message file. Alternately, the audio player device plays the audio message file after completion of play of the song or other audio content that was being played by the audio player device at a time of receipt of the audio message file. | 10-02-2008 |
20090171487 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING PLAYING OF AN ORDERED LIST OF AUDITORY CONTENT ON MULTIPLE PLAYBACK DEVICES - A method, system and program product for synchronizing playing of a playlist on multiple audio devices. The method includes installing code on multiple audio devices connected to a network, the code being configured to synchronize playing of a playlist on the devices, and configuring, using the code, one device as a primary device for synchronizing playing of the files in the playlist on the other devices located in multiple locations. Further, the method includes communicating data corresponding to a current state of the primary device to each secondary device that is to play the playlist in synchronization with the primary device, synchronizing, using data communicated by the primary device, a current state of the secondary device that is to play the file, and playing the playlist on the secondary device, such that the secondary device plays the playlist at a same time in synchronization with the primary device. | 07-02-2009 |
20090276313 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISING CONTENT ON A MUSIC PLAYER - A method, system and program product for displaying advertising content on a portable music player. A method, system and program product for displaying advertising content on a portable music player based on content stored therein. The method includes checking in a meta tag for a music file being downloaded whether a URL corresponding to a content file containing advertising content associated with the music file being downloaded is specified therein. If a URL is specified, automatically connecting to the URL to download the content file associated with the music file being downloaded, and displaying, on the display of the music player, relevant content of the advertising content downloaded to the music player, where the advertising content downloaded includes at least one of: advertising related to a music file downloaded, advertising related to a music file stored on the music player, additional general information related to the music file downloaded, and additional general information related to a music file stored on the music player. | 11-05-2009 |
20120179974 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM TO MANAGE ALTERNATE BOOKMARKS - System, method and program for managing bookmarks. A user hovers a cursor over a primary bookmark displayed on a client computer. In response, the client computer automatically sends a request to a server corresponding to the primary bookmark to identify one or more alternate bookmarks that correspond to the primary bookmark. In response to receipt of the identification of the one or more alternate bookmarks from the server, the client computer displays the one or more alternate bookmarks adjacent to the primary bookmark. If a user selects one of the alternate bookmarks which is displayed, the client computer sends a request to a web server corresponding to the selected alternate bookmark for a web page corresponding to the selected alternate bookmark. | 07-12-2012 |
20120265860 | Sharing A Hosted Device In A Computer Network - Sharing a hosted device in a computer network that includes at least one hosted device and a plurality of hosts, including: registering a hosted device with a router, wherein the hosted device is hosted by a host; assigning, by the router, a network-wide identifier to the hosted device; and mapping, by the router, the network-wide identifier for the hosted device to an identifier for the host. | 10-18-2012 |
20120278701 | Automatically Generating And Porting A Cascading Style Sheets ('CSS') Style Sheet - Automatically generating and porting a cascading style sheets (‘CSS’) style sheet, including: identifying each node in a structured document; identifying, for each node in the structured document, presentation elements; creating the CSS style sheet; defining, in the CSS style sheet, presentation attributes for each presentation element; and porting the CSS style sheet to a rendering application for rendering the structured document. | 11-01-2012 |
20130080590 | EVENT MEDIA FILE DISCOVERY - A computer implemented method and computer program product provides for announcing file availability. A source device receives a uniform resource locator (URL). The source device reports the URL, the URL corresponding to an event and to a network addressable server. | 03-28-2013 |
20130124971 | REAL TIME WEB SCRIPT REFRESH USING ASYNCHRONOUS POLLING WITHOUT FULL WEB PAGE RELOAD - Enabling the updating of Web pages already received at the Web client station with only the change data, without the need to completely refresh the received Web page by transmitting a Web page from a Web page source site to a requesting receiving display station, and monitoring whether the source Web page of transmitted Web page has been modified. Changes in the Web pages are recorded at the page source site. Polling id done at selected intervals, at said receiving display station, to determine whether said source site monitoring indicates, i.e. has recorded, that the Web page has been modified subsequent to transmitting. In response to a determination that the source Web page has been modified, the recorded data representing the modification is requested by said receiving station from said source site. | 05-16-2013 |
20130346457 | EVENT MEDIA FILE DISCOVERY - A computer implemented method and computer program product provides for announcing file availability. A source device receives a uniform resource locator (URL). The source device reports the URL, the URL corresponding to an event and to a network addressable server. | 12-26-2013 |