CACHING AND SYNCHING PROCESS FOR A MEDIA SHARING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of operation of a user device of a user comprising:
- joining a media sharing system including the user device of the user and one or more other user devices such that one or more shared media collections hosted by the one or more other user devices are available to the user of the user device;
scoring a plurality of shared media items from the one or more shared media collections;
identifying a shared media item from the plurality of shared media items that has a score greater than a defined threshold;
in response to identifying the shared media item having the score greater than the defined threshold, automatically obtaining the shared media item from a second user device of the one or more other user devices hosting one of the one or more shared media collections in which the shared media item is included; and
storing the shared media item at the user device.
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Abstract
A system and method for caching and/or synching shared media items in a media sharing system are provided. In one embodiment, a user device of a user joins a media sharing system including the user device and one or more other user devices connected via a network such that the user of the user device has access to one or more shared media collections hosted by the one or more other user devices. Shared media items from the one or more shared media collections are scored. The user device then obtains shared media items scored above a defined threshold from the one or more other user devices hosting the one or more corresponding shared media collections and stores those shared media items in local storage. In one embodiment, the local storage is temporary storage, such as a cache.
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25 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 including the user device of the user and one or more other user devices such that one or more shared media collections hosted by the one or more other user devices are available to the user of the user device; scoring a plurality of shared media items from the one or more shared media collections; identifying a shared media item from the plurality of shared media items that has a score greater than a defined threshold; in response to identifying the shared media item having the score greater than the defined threshold, automatically obtaining the shared media item from a second user device of the one or more other user devices hosting one of the one or more shared media collections in which the shared media item is included; and storing the shared media item at the user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable medium comprising software for instructing a user device of a user to:
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join a media sharing system including the user device of the user and one or more other user devices such that one or more shared media collections hosted by the one or more other user devices are available to the user of the user device; score a plurality of shared media items from the one or more shared media collections; identify a shared media item from the plurality of shared media items that has a score greater than a defined threshold; in response to identifying the shared media item having the score greater than the defined threshold, automatically obtain the shared media item from a second user device of the one or more other user devices hosting one of the one or more shared media collections in which the shared media item is included; and store the shared media item at the user device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. 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 including the user device of the user and one or more other user devices connected via the network such that one or more shared media collections hosted by the one or more other user devices are available to the user of the user device; score a plurality of shared media items from the one or more shared media collections; identify a shared media item from the plurality of shared media items that has a score greater than a defined threshold; in response to identifying the shared media item having the score greater than the defined threshold, automatically obtain the shared media item from a second user device of the one or more other user devices hosting one of the one or more shared media collections in which the shared media item is included; and store the shared media item at the user device.
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