PLAYLIST SHARING METHODS AND APPARATUS
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Abstract
A player device uses playlists having names of contents. Users can update the playlists via network. The player device includes a storage device for storing digital data of the contents, a reception/reception circuit for downloading playlists, a display for displaying the titles of contents included in the playlists, a pointing device for specifying displayed titles, a circuit for retrieving digital data from the storage device in the event that digital data of a content specified by the pointing device is stored within the storage device, and an output circuit for outputting the retrieved digital data.
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51 Claims
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34. A server device, comprising:
a communication unit configured to; receive information related to a playlist from a first player device, the playlist including titles of content; receive a selection of the playlist from a second player device; indicate one or more of the titles of content in the playlist to the second player device in response to the selection of the playlist; receive a request, from the second player device, to provide a sample of content of at least one of the titles of content in the playlist in relation to the indicated titles of content in the playlist; and provide the sample of content to the second player device in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method, comprising:
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receiving information related to a playlist from a first player device, the playlist including titles of content; receiving a selection of the playlist from a second player device; indicating one or more of the titles of content in the playlist to the second player device in response to the selection of the playlist; receiving a request, from the second player device, to provide a sample of content of at least one of the titles of content in the playlist in relation to the indicated titles of content in the playlist; and providing the sample of content to the second player device in response to the request.
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42. A storage device encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed by a controller of a server, perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving information related to a playlist from a first player device, the playlist including titles of content; receiving a selection of the playlist from a second player device; indicating one or more of the titles of content in the playlist to the second player device in response to the selection of the playlist; receiving a request, from the second player device, to provide a sample of content of at least one of the titles of content in the playlist in relation to the indicated titles of content in the playlist; and providing the sample of content to the second player device in response to the request.
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43. A player device, comprising:
a communication unit configured to; send to a server, a selection of a playlist; receive one or more of the titles of content in the playlist from the server in response to the selection of the playlist; send a request to the server, to provide a sample of content of at least one of the titles of content in the playlist in relation to the received titles of content in the playlist; and receive the sample of content from the server in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method, comprising:
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sending to a server, a selection of a playlist; receiving one or more of the titles of content in the playlist from the server in response to the selection of the playlist; sending a request to the server, to provide a sample of content of at least one of the titles of content in the playlist in relation to the received titles of content in the playlist; and receiving the sample of content from the server in response to the request.
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51. A storage device encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed by a controller of a player device, perform a method, the method comprising:
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sending to a server, a selection of a playlist; receiving one or more of the titles of content in the playlist from the server in response to the selection of the playlist; sending a request to the server, to provide a sample of content of at least one of the titles of content in the playlist in relation to the received titles of content in the playlist; and receiving the sample of content from the server in response to the request.
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