According to the present invention, a media manager is provided which incorporates an application program interface (API) for converting high-level generic commands into device-level commands for output to a media device. The inventive media manager includes a high-level command processor which decodes...http://www.google.cl/patents/US6516356?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6516356 - Application interface to a media server and a method of implementing the same