According to a new patent granted to Apple, this will allow:
"Remote access of media items" from a remote device, like an iPhone (or even an iPod). The remote device would sync the metadata associated with your music library at home—titles, album art, file size, etc.—but not the files themselves. This would allow you to have access to gigs upon gigs of media sitting on your home machine without filling up all the space on your iPod or iPhone. "In this manner, the virtual capacity of an electronic device may be increased," writes Apple in the filing.
When you want to play a song, your device would establish a connection with your home computer, either over WiFi or through the mobile network...."
This sounds surprisingly similar to Orb which I confirmed works great with Sprint Instinct to stream media, iTunes podcasts, streaming online radio and TV from your home PC or from online streaming sites. Hopefully this won't allow Apple to stifle innovation from others and as far as Orb is concerned, I would think that that is prior art. They have it working even before Apple filed the patent!
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