| abstract |
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INDEPENDENT DEVICE MEDIA TRANSACTIONS. Methods, systems, techniques, and computer readable media for device independent media transaction, such as media transaction, acquisition, presentation, and publication are described. Exemplary embodiments provide a Device Independent Video Transaction System ("DIVTS") that enables a user to transact media such as streaming video on any device that can receive streaming data over a broadband connection and output to video data for a display. In one embodiment, DIVTS comprises a user interface, a transaction engine, a media subsystem and, optionally, a media data repository. The media subsystem further comprises an acquisition engine, a presentation engine and a publishing engine. These components cooperate to enable a third party device to acquire, transact, present and publish media. This summary is provided to meet the rules requiring a summary and is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |