Sharing Access to Content Items Using Group Information and Item Information
First Claim
1. A method for sharing a user'"'"'s content items, the method comprising:
- generating group information that defines one or more groups, each group including one or more members;
for one or more of the groups, associating the group with item information that allows a set of content items to be accessed by members of the group; and
providing the item information associated with one of the groups to a member of the group to allow the member to access the content items associated with the group.
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Abstract
A user can share media content with others by defining one or more groups, where each group includes members who may access a set of user'"'"'s content item on the online service or on user'"'"'s local device. Item information is generated for content items to be shared and indicates where the content item can be accessed. The item information is provided to the members of the group that was selected to share the content item. The user can conveniently configure or update the group to share the user'"'"'s content items. The content items to be shared can be located on an online service or on the user'"'"'s local device.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for sharing a user'"'"'s content items, the method comprising:
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generating group information that defines one or more groups, each group including one or more members; for one or more of the groups, associating the group with item information that allows a set of content items to be accessed by members of the group; and providing the item information associated with one of the groups to a member of the group to allow the member to access the content items associated with the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium structured to store instructions executable by a processor, the instructions, when executed cause the processor to:
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generate group information that defines one or more groups, each group including one or more members; for one or more of the groups, associate the group with item information that allows a set of content items to be accessed by members of the group; and provide the item information associated with one of the groups to a member of the group to allow the member to access the content items associated with the group. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method facilitating a user to share the user'"'"'s content items with a group of members via a remote server, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a remote server, item information that allows access to one or more content items; receiving, at the remote server, group information associated with the item information, the group information identifying one or more members of the group selected by the user to share the content item; receiving, at the remote server, a request from a member of the group to access a content item associated with the item information; and using the item information to allow access to the content item by the requesting member. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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