Microsoft patent for auto Zune downloads has major implications

posted by  harris (53)  9 months ago (www.networkworld.com)

Microsoft has applied for a patent that would automatically download content to Zune players based on the content already stored on the device. So, if you had a few songs from Third Eye Blind on your device, and they released a new album, Zune would auto-fetch those songs for you (provided those tracks were flagged to be promoted by being given away -- or that you had agreed to pay for the new songs).

The user could have some control, according to the patent document, by subscribing to various playlists or to playlists of others. An indepth discussion of how the patent works can be found on Russell