US 9,286,384 B2 · Methods and systems to share media

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to share file(s)/recommendation(s) are disclosed. An example method includes verifying a first service used by a first user recommending a file and encoding a first service identification code with the file based on the first service, verifying a second service used by a second user upon receipt of a file request by the second user and/or detection of a mention of the second user in the file recommendation, searching for a second service identification code associated with the file based on the second service and encoding the second service identification code with the file, and providing the file recommendation with the first service identification code to the second user where the second service and the first service are the same or providing the file recommendation with the second service identification code to the second user where the second service and the first service are different.

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Dependent claims

A method for facilitating playback of multimedia content across different content providers, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a first service identification code corresponding to a multimedia content item, wherein the multimedia content item is accessible, based at least on the first service identification code, from a first content provider, the first service identification code including a pointer to the multimedia content item from the first content provider;
identifying, in a database by the computing device, a second service identification code which corresponds to the first service identification code, wherein the multimedia content item is accessible, based at least on the second service identification code, from a second content provider, the second service identification code including a pointer to the multimedia content item from the second content provider, and wherein the second content provider is different than the first content provider;
and
playing, by the computing device, the multimedia content item from the second content provider based on the second identification code.

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A tangible machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

receive a first service identification code corresponding to a multimedia content item, wherein the multimedia content item is accessible, based at least on the first service identification code from a first content provider, the first service identification code including a pointer to the multimedia content item from the first content provider;
identify in a database a second service identification code which corresponds to the first service identification code, wherein the multimedia content item is accessible, based at least on the second service identification code from a second content provider, the second service identification code including a pointer to the multimedia content item from the second content provider, and wherein the second content provider is different than the first content provider;
and
playing the multimedia content item from the second content provider based on the second identification code.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Methods and systems to share media

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