such a manner as to encode information in the signal by way of example and not limitation communication media comprises wired media such as a wired network or direct wired connection and wireless media such as acoustic rf infrared and other wireless media combinations of any of the above are also included within the scope of computer readable medium computing functionality 1000 may also comprise an input output module 1012 for receiving various inputs via input modules 1014 and for providing various outputs via one or more output modules one particular output mechanism may be a presentation module 1016 and an associated gui 1018 computing functionality 1000 may also include one or more network interfaces 1020 for exchanging data with other devices via one or more communication conduits 1022 in some aspects one or more communication buses 1024 communicatively couple the above described components together communication conduit s 1022 may be implemented in any manner e g by a local area network a wide area network e g the internet and the like or any combination thereof communication conduit s 1022 may include any combination of hardwired links wireless links routers gateway functionality name servers and the like governed by any protocol or combination of protocols alternatively or in addition any of the functions described herein may be performed at least in part by one or more hardware logic components for example without limitation illustrative types of hardware logic components that may be used include field programmable gate arrays fpgas application specific integrated circuits asics application specific standard products assps system on a chip systems socs complex programmable logic devices cplds etc the terms u201c service u201d u201c module u201d and u201c component u201d as used herein generally represent.