Appeal 2007-2021
Application 09/790,726
file; and (2) displaying any HTML file other than the one that corresponds to
the SMIL file.
With this interpretation in mind, we turn to the prior art. Wiser
discloses a secure online music distribution system that enables users to
preview and purchase media files, including media files created by artists
and uploaded to the system. To this end, an artist constructs a media data
file 200 using an authoring tool 102. As shown in Fig. 2, the media data file
200 comprises not only audio data (i.e., audio images 208), but also various
other types of data including text and images associated with the audio data
(e.g., cover and promotional art, lyrics, etc.) (Wiser, col. 6, l. 47 – col. 8, l.
17; Fig. 2).1
After the artist creates the media data file, it is uploaded to the content
manager 112 where it is imported and catalogued into the media information
database 106 (Wiser, col. 12, ll. col. 12, ll. 55-60). The media data file is
then available for preview and purchasing (Wiser, Abstract, col. 11, ll. 15-
25; Fig. 1).
Following registration, users can preview media data files prior to
purchase. As shown in Fig. 8, previewing begins with the user viewing a
web page in browser 128 that has a link to preview a desired media file via
HTTP server 122. When the user selects a desired media file on the web
page, a request is sent from the user’s browser 128 to the HTTP server 122.
Ultimately, delivery server 118 streams the media data file to the user’s
1 See also Wiser, col. 3, ll. 50-63 (noting that a single media data file can
combine encrypted and unencrypted versions of a song along with
descriptive text, artwork, and other information).
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