REMOTE ACCESS OF MEDIA ITEMS
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Abstract
Methods and systems that facilitate the downloading of media items to a first network device from a second network device are disclosed. A plurality of media items are identified Media item metadata associated with the plurality of media items is obtained from the second network device and stored on the first network device. Media item content data associate with a first subset of the plurality of media items is obtained from the second network device and stored on the first network device. In this manner, only media item metadata associate with a second subset of the plurality of media items is stored on the first network device.
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24 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method, comprising:
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obtaining, by a client device from a network device, metadata associated with a plurality of episodic media items in a media item library, the metadata at least describing the order that the episodic media items are intended to be consumed; after playing an episode from the plurality of the episodic media items; determining, based on the order that the media items are intended to be consumed, that a next respective episode following the played episode is not available locally on the client device and is available from the network device; automatically requesting that the next respective episode in the order be pre-fetched from the media item library without receiving all other episodes in the plurality of episodic media items; and receiving the next respective episode. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
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obtain, from a network device, metadata associated with a plurality of episodic media items in a media item library, the metadata at least describing the order that the episodic media items are intended to be consumed; after playing an episode from the plurality of the episodic media items; determine, based on the order that the media items are intended to be consumed, that a next respective episode following the played episode is not available locally on the client device and is available from the network device; automatically request that the next respective episode in the order be pre-fetched from the media item library without receiving all other episodes in the plurality of episodic media items; and receive the next respective episode. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A portable electronic device configured for obtaining media items from a network device comprising:
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a processor being adapted to; obtain metadata associated with a plurality of episodic media items in a media item library, the metadata at least describing the order that the episodic media items are intended to be consumed; after playing an episode from the plurality of the episodic media items; determine, based on the order that the media items are intended to be consumed, that a next respective episode following the played episode is not available locally on the client device and is available from the network device; automatically request that the next respective episode in the order be pre-fetched from the media item library without receiving all other episodes in the plurality of episodic media items; and receive the next respective episode. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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