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Methods and systems for repairing playlists

  • US 7,672,975 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2004
  • Issued: 03/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system comprising:

  • a computer readable storage medium; and

    a playlist of media content stored on the computer readable storage medium, the playlist having a file format comprising;

    a first portion containing data associated with one or more users of the playlist; and

    a second portion containing data associated with the playlist, the second portion comprising;

    a first path to the media content in a first file system;

    a static portion that contains one or more lists of media content for the one or more users of the playlist;

    one or more individual identifiers associated with individual media content and configured to update an existing path to the media content that is a subject of the playlist; and

    wherein the one or more individual identifiers comprise at least one universal content identifier associated with a particular piece of media content or a file system tracking identifier associated with a particular piece of media content;

    wherein the computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processor;

    to use the individual identifiers to update the first path to the media content in the playlist to create a second path to the same media content in the playlist using the universal content identifier if the media content is stored in a different location in the first file system or in a second file system.

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