To make the dataset user-friendly, it is available on the web through a sophisticated online data visualisation and manipulation tool called the Live AccessServer.
The patent describes a central media server and a "plurality of media player devices" that access the server over various networks -- but it was filed for on September 20th, 2005, which, you'll note, is after the 2003 launch of the iTunes Store.
Netflix uses hundreds of ELBs, but only "a handful" failed -- devices using these specific ELBs, including game consoles, were unable to access the server.