ACTIVITY INDICATORS IN A MEDIA SHARING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of operation of a user device of a user comprising:
- joining a media sharing system with a plurality of other user devices of a corresponding plurality of other users such that the user device shares a local media collection of the user hosted by the user device with one or more first user devices of the plurality of other user devices and has access to one or more shared media collections hosted by corresponding one or more second user devices of the plurality of other user devices;
receiving playback information from at least a subset of the plurality of other user devices;
based on the playback information, determining one or more activity levels selected from a group consisting of;
an overall activity level of the local media collection shared by the user device in the media sharing system, an activity level of each of the one or more shared media collections shared by one or more of the plurality of other user devices in the media sharing system, and an activity level of each of one or more playlists in the media sharing system; and
presenting one or more activity indicators representative of the one or more activity levels to the user at the user device.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for generating and displaying one or more indicators indicative of a level of activity within a media sharing system. In one embodiment, with respect to a user participating in the media sharing system, an indicator representative of an activity level of a media collection shared by the user in the media sharing system may be generated and presented to the user. In addition or alternatively, indicators representative of activity levels of media collections shared by other users participating in the media sharing system may be generated and presented to the user. Still further, in addition or alternatively, indicators representative of activity levels with respect to playlists in the media sharing system may be generated and presented to the user.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of operation of a user device of a user comprising:
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joining a media sharing system with a plurality of other user devices of a corresponding plurality of other users such that the user device shares a local media collection of the user hosted by the user device with one or more first user devices of the plurality of other user devices and has access to one or more shared media collections hosted by corresponding one or more second user devices of the plurality of other user devices; receiving playback information from at least a subset of the plurality of other user devices; based on the playback information, determining one or more activity levels selected from a group consisting of;
an overall activity level of the local media collection shared by the user device in the media sharing system, an activity level of each of the one or more shared media collections shared by one or more of the plurality of other user devices in the media sharing system, and an activity level of each of one or more playlists in the media sharing system; andpresenting one or more activity indicators representative of the one or more activity levels to the user at the 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, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A user device of a user comprising:
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a communication interface communicatively coupling the user device to a network; and a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to; join a media sharing system with a plurality of other user devices of a corresponding plurality of other users via the network such that the user device shares a local media collection of the user hosted by the user device with one or more first user devices of the plurality of other user devices and has access to one or more shared media collections hosted by corresponding one or more second user devices of the plurality of other user devices; receive playback information from at least a subset of the plurality of other user devices; based on the playback information, determine one or more activity levels selected from a group consisting of;
an overall activity level of the local media collection shared by the user device in the media sharing system, an activity level of each of the one or more shared media collections shared by one or more of the plurality of other user devices in the media sharing system, and an activity level of each of one or more playlists in the media sharing system; andpresent one or more activity indicators representative of the one or more activity levels to the user at the user device.
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33. A computer readable medium storing software for instructing a user device of a user to:
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join a media sharing system with a plurality of other user devices of a corresponding plurality of other users such that the user device shares a local media collection of the user hosted by the user device with one or more first user devices of the plurality of other user devices and has access to one or more shared media collections hosted by corresponding one or more second user devices of the plurality of other user devices; receive playback information from at least a subset of the plurality of other user devices; based on the playback information, determine one or more activity levels selected from a group consisting of;
an overall activity level of the local media collection shared by the user device in the media sharing system, an activity level of each of the one or more shared media collections shared by one or more of the plurality of other user devices in the media sharing system, and an activity level of each of one or more playlists in the media sharing system; andpresent one or more activity indicators representative of the one or more activity levels to the user at the user device.
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