Unified Media Presentation for Media Devices
First Claim
1. A method for presenting a digital media asset on a media playback device, said method comprising:
- obtaining a list of digital media assets that are available to the media playback device, at least one of the digital media assets being stored locally at the media playback device, and at least one of the digital media assets being stored remotely at a remote media management device;
presenting the list of digital media assets to a user of the media playback device;
receiving a selection of at least one of the digital media assets to be played;
determining whether the selected digital media asset is stored locally at the media playback device or stored remotely at the remote media management device;
if said determining determines that the selected digital media asset is stored remotely at the remote media management device, then streaming digital content of the selected digital media asset from the remote media management device to the media playback device so as to playback the selected digital media asset on the media playback device; and
if said determining determines that the selected digital media asset is stored locally at the media playback device, then retrieving digital content of the selected digital media asset from the media playback device so as to playback the selected digital media asset on the media playback device.
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Abstract
Improved methods, systems, computer readable media and graphical user interfaces for presenting digital media assets in a consistent and/or unified manner regardless of whether the digital media assets are located locally or remotely. Users are thus provided with information on those digital media assets that are available to users regardless of whether the digital media assets are located locally or remotely. As digital media assets become available or unavailable, presentations of the digital media assets can be automatically updated. For example, a presentation of digital media assets available to a media device for playback can be dynamically updated.
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1. A method for presenting a digital media asset on a media playback device, said method comprising:
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obtaining a list of digital media assets that are available to the media playback device, at least one of the digital media assets being stored locally at the media playback device, and at least one of the digital media assets being stored remotely at a remote media management device; presenting the list of digital media assets to a user of the media playback device; receiving a selection of at least one of the digital media assets to be played; determining whether the selected digital media asset is stored locally at the media playback device or stored remotely at the remote media management device; if said determining determines that the selected digital media asset is stored remotely at the remote media management device, then streaming digital content of the selected digital media asset from the remote media management device to the media playback device so as to playback the selected digital media asset on the media playback device; and if said determining determines that the selected digital media asset is stored locally at the media playback device, then retrieving digital content of the selected digital media asset from the media playback device so as to playback the selected digital media asset on the media playback device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for dynamically displaying a list of digital media assets at a media playback device, said method comprising:
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determining whether a remote media management device is available to the media playback device via a network connection; obtaining a list of digital media assets that are available to the media playback device, the list including one or more digital media assets stored locally at the media playback device, and the list including at least one or more digital media assets stored remotely at the remote media management device provided it is determined that the remote media management device is available to the media playback device; presenting the list of digital media assets to a user of the media playback device; determining whether the remote media management device is no longer available to the media playback device; and dynamically updating the list of digital media assets being displayed if it is determined that the remote media management device is no longer available to the media playback device, such that the list of digital media assets includes only the one or more digital media assets stored locally at the media playback device and thus no longer includes any digital media assets stored remotely at the remote media management device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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