US 12,293,058 B2 · Persistent group of media items for a media device

Abstract

Improved techniques to utilize and manage a group of media items (or media assets) on a computing device are disclosed. The group of media items can be utilized and managed at a host computer for the host computer as well as a media device (e.g., media player) that can couple to the host computer. One popular example of a group of media items is known as a playlist, which can pertain to a group of audio tracks. One aspect pertains to providing a persistent media device playlist at a host computer. Another aspect pertains to imposing capacity limits to a playlist, such as a media device playlist. Still another aspect pertains to a graphical user interface that enables a user to trade-off storage capacity of a media device between media asset storage and data storage. Yet still another aspect pertains to a graphical user interface that assists a user with selecting media items to fill a group of media items.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

presenting, in a user interface on a local device, a media presentation region for concurrently presenting a first set of media items of a playlist, wherein a first subset of the first set of media items are stored locally and wherein a second subset of the first set of media item are unavailable locally;
presenting, concurrently with each of the first subset of the first set of media items in the media presentation region, a first graphical element indicating that a corresponding media item from the first subset is stored locally;
and
presenting, concurrently with each of the second subset of the first set of media items in the media presentation region, a second graphical element indicating that a previously-initiated copying process for the corresponding media item of the second subset is incomplete, wherein the copying process stores the corresponding media item of the second subset from a remote device to the local device.

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A device comprising:

one or more processors;
and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:
present, in a user interface of a local device, a media presentation region for concurrently presenting a first set of media items of a playlist, wherein a first subset of the first set of media items are stored locally and wherein a second subset of the first set of media item are unavailable locally;
present, concurrently with each of the first subset of the first set of media items in the media presentation region, a first graphical element indicating that a corresponding media item from the first subset is stored locally;
and
present, concurrently with each of the second subset of the first set of media items in the media presentation region, a second graphical element indicating that a previously-initiated copying process for the corresponding media item of the second subset is incomplete, wherein the copying process stores the corresponding media item of the second subset from a remote device to the local device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Persistent group of media items for a media device

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Abstract

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