Inbox Management
First Claim
1. A method for managing an inbox of a media device having a graphical user interface including an inbox interface and a media library interface, the media device also having a plurality of media object repositories including a content library and an inbox cache, wherein the content library and the inbox cache are independent of each other, the method comprising:
- associating a limited use license with a media object, the media object including content and metadata;
communicating the media object from a computing device to the media device;
storing the media object in the inbox cache, displaying the metadata in the inbox interface, and accessing the content through the inbox interface when the limited use license is satisfied; and
removing the metadata from the inbox interface when the limited use license is not satisfied.
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Abstract
Media devices that transfer content to other devices may man age a user'"'"'s received media files by creating a media device inbox. Shared content may be stored in an inbox cache that is separate from the device'"'"'s main content library to exclude limited-access inbox content from interaction with the device'"'"'s main library. Further, inbox content may be altered upon expiration to reduce resource consumption and inbox clutter.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing an inbox of a media device having a graphical user interface including an inbox interface and a media library interface, the media device also having a plurality of media object repositories including a content library and an inbox cache, wherein the content library and the inbox cache are independent of each other, the method comprising:
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associating a limited use license with a media object, the media object including content and metadata; communicating the media object from a computing device to the media device; storing the media object in the inbox cache, displaying the metadata in the inbox interface, and accessing the content through the inbox interface when the limited use license is satisfied; and removing the metadata from the inbox interface when the limited use license is not satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for managing an inbox of a media device including a media library interface and an inbox interface, the method comprising:
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communicating a media object from a computing device to the media device, the media object including content and metadata; displaying the metadata in the inbox interface; accessing the media object from the inbox interface when an expiration condition associated with the media object is false, wherein the media object may not be accessed from the media library interface; and at least one of eliminating access to the content of the media object and altering a metadata appearance in the inbox interface when the expiration condition is true; wherein the expiration condition is true when at least one of a period of time since communicating the media object from a computing device to the media device has elapsed and the media object has been accessed number of times. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for managing an inbox of a first portable digital media device, the first media device comprising:
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an inbox interface in communication with an inbox cache; a media library interface in communication with a media library; a media object stored in the inbox cache and sent from a second portable digital media device, wherein the media object is only able to be rendered by the first media device and is only accessible through the inbox interface; and a security module, wherein the security module limits the ability of the first media device to render the media object stored in the inbox cache. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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