Abstract: A media broker includes a communication interface communicatively coupling the media broker to one or more renderers and a controller associated with the communication interface adapted to receive a request from a user of a renderer to play a media item. The media broker further retrieves at least one resume point record associated with the user and the media item and enables viewing the media item at the renderer beginning at the at least one resume point.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 29, 2010
Publication date:
May 10, 2012
Applicant:
ELOY TECHNOLOGY
Inventors:
Andrew V. Phillips, Scott Curtis, Juan A. Pons
Abstract: Augmentation of media content in a media sharing group is provided for a plurality of devices by receiving an identification of an Internet radio station; establishing communication with the Internet radio station; ripping radio content received from the Internet radio station into storage as a digital file; and adding the ripped radio content to an aggregate media collection of the media sharing group.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 29, 2009
Publication date:
May 10, 2012
Applicant:
ELOY TECHNOLOGY
Inventors:
Christopher M. Amidon, Eugene M. Farrelly