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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1. (canceled)
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2. A method comprising:
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obtaining, from a first network device, metadata identifying a collection of media items available to the first network device; playing a first media item from the collection of media items; and during the playing of the first media item from the collection of media items, fetching at least a portion of a second media item from the collection of media items available to the first network device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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