METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT A USER'S MEDIA COLLECTIONS FROM MULTIPLE LOGIN POINTS
First Claim
1. A method of obtaining information about a user'"'"'s media collections at a central server owned by a plurality of user devices, comprising the steps of:
- establishing a unique user account for a user;
receiving a connection establishment request from one or more of the plurality of user devices each having a unique machine identifier for the user account;
establishing a connection with the one or more of the plurality of user devices;
receiving information about the user'"'"'s media collection owned by the connected user device; and
storing the received information about the user'"'"'s media collection under a user account associated with the user according to the unique machine identifier of the connected user device.
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Abstract
A system and method for collecting information about a user'"'"'s media collections at a central location from multiple login points and/or multiple devices owned by the user. The user establishes a user account at a central server. A client application may be downloaded to the user'"'"'s device for establishing a connection to the central server. Subsequently, each time the user logs in to the central server, the central server receives a unique machine identifier (MID) for the connected and currently in-use user device. The central server receives information about the user'"'"'s media collection from the user device and stores that media collection by its MID under the user'"'"'s individual account. In this manner, the central server obtains and stores information about all the user'"'"'s media collections owned by user devices connected and in-use and previously connected to the central server rather than only having knowledge of the media collection stored on the currently in-use user device.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining information about a user'"'"'s media collections at a central server owned by a plurality of user devices, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a unique user account for a user; receiving a connection establishment request from one or more of the plurality of user devices each having a unique machine identifier for the user account; establishing a connection with the one or more of the plurality of user devices; receiving information about the user'"'"'s media collection owned by the connected user device; and storing the received information about the user'"'"'s media collection under a user account associated with the user according to the unique machine identifier of the connected user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for obtaining information about a user'"'"'s media collections over a network at a central server owned by a plurality of user devices, comprising:
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a central server operably connected to the network; the central server adapted to; receive a connection establishment request from one or more of the plurality of user devices each having a unique machine identifier; establish a connection with the one or more of the plurality of user devices; receive information about the user'"'"'s media collection owned by the connected user device; and store the received information about the user'"'"'s media collection under a user account at the central server according to the unique machine identifier of the connected user device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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