SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED SMART PLAYLISTS WITH AGGREGATED MEDIA COLLECTIONS
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1. A method of operation of a user device of a user comprising:
- obtaining personalized metadata for each media item of at least a subset of a plurality of media items accessible to the user device via a media sharing system comprising one or more user devices of one or more sharing users hosting the plurality of media items and the user device of the user;
obtaining a smart playlist definition, the smart playlist definition comprising one or more user criteria; and
populating a smart playlist based on a comparison of the one or more user criteria of the smart playlist definition and the personalized metadata for the at least a subset of the plurality of media items.
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Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for providing a smart playlist in a media sharing system. In one embodiment, a user of a user device participates in a media sharing system wherein a media collection of the user is aggregated with one or more shared media collections to provide an aggregate media collection of the user. The user device of the user obtains a playlist definition for a smart playlist. Based on the playlist definition, the smart playlist is populated from the aggregate media collection of the user.
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1. A method of operation of a user device of a user comprising:
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obtaining personalized metadata for each media item of at least a subset of a plurality of media items accessible to the user device via a media sharing system comprising one or more user devices of one or more sharing users hosting the plurality of media items and the user device of the user; obtaining a smart playlist definition, the smart playlist definition comprising one or more user criteria; and populating a smart playlist based on a comparison of the one or more user criteria of the smart playlist definition and the personalized metadata for the at least a subset of the plurality of media items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A user device of a user comprising:
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a communication interface communicatively coupling the user device to one or more user devices of corresponding one or more sharing users; and a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to; obtain personalized metadata for each media item of at least a subset of a plurality of media items accessible to the user device via a media sharing system comprising the one or more user devices of the one or more sharing users hosting the plurality of media items and the user device of the user; obtain a smart playlist definition, the smart playlist definition comprising one or more user criteria; and populate a smart playlist based on a comparison of the one or more user criteria of the smart playlist definition and the personalized metadata for the at least a subset of the plurality of media items.
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18. A computer readable medium comprising software for instructing a user device of a user to:
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obtain personalized metadata for each media item of at least a subset of a plurality of media items accessible to the user device via a media sharing system comprising one or more user devices of one or more sharing users hosting the plurality of media items and the user device of the user; obtain a smart playlist definition, the smart playlist definition comprising one or more user criteria; and populate a smart playlist based on a comparison of the one or more user criteria of the smart playlist definition and the personalized metadata for the at least a subset of the plurality of media items. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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