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USOO891848OB2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,918,480 B2 Qureshey et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 23, 2014 (54) METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR THE (56) References Cited DISTRIBUTION OF INTERNET RADO CONTENT U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (75) Inventors: Safi Qureshey, Santa Ana, CA (US); S3. A 's Stille Daniel D. Sheppard, Brea, CA (US) WW-1 (Continued) (73) Assignee: Black Hills Media, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this E. 8:303 E; patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 847 days. (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl. No.: 11/697,833 "A Music Revolution ... SoundServer” imerge, 2 pages. (22) Filed: Apr. 9, 2007 (Continued) (65) Prior Publication Data Primary Examiner — Duyen Doan (57) ABSTRACT US 2007/O18OO63 A1 Aug. 2, 2007 A network-enabled audio device that provides a display device that allows the user to select playlists of music much Related U.S. Application Data like a jukebox is disclosed. The user can compose playlists (63) Continuation of application No. 11/563,227, filed on from disk files, CD’s, Internet streaming audio broadcasts, Nov. 27, 2006 Pat. N s O45 953 hi hi online music sites, and other audio Sources. The user can also OV. Z. f. , now Fal. No. S.U4),932, Which 1S a select a desired Web broadcast from a list of available Web (Continued) broadcasts. In addition, the user can play standard audio CDs and MP3 encoded CD’s and have access to local AM/FM (51) Int. Cl. stations. Further, the Software, the user controls, and the dis G06F 15/16 (2006.01) play in the network-enabled audio device are operably con G06F 7/30 (2006.01) figured and connected Such that the user can listen to playlists that include CD's and other audio sources just as the user (Continued) would choose a playlist in a jukebox. The user accesses a (52) U.S. Cl. server site via a PC and the Internet. From the server site, the CPC. G06F 17/30772 (2013.01); G06F 17/30749 user obtains a list of the devices in his or her Internet Personal (2013.01); G06F 17/30775 (2013.01); Audio Network (IPAN) and what songs are on those devices. s s The IPAN includes an IPAN server, an IPAN client, and IPAN (Continued) software stored on the network-enabled audio device. Thus, (58) Field of Classification Search the network-enabled audio device provides people who are or CPC ................ 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