Pruning an aggregate media collection
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- discovering, by a first user device, a plurality of shared media collections made available to a first user of the first user device by a plurality of second users of a plurality of second user devices, the first user and the plurality of second users being participants in a social network;
aggregating, by the first user device, one or more shared media collections from the plurality of shared media collections and a local media collection of the first user to provide an aggregate media collection for the first user at the first user device by providing a primary list including a single media item entry for each unique media item;
scoring media items in the aggregate media collection based on user preferences of the first user to provide a desirability score for each of the media items;
filtering the aggregate media collection based on a threshold score and the desirability scores for the media items in the aggregate media collection to provide a filtered version of the aggregate media collection; and
enabling the first user to utilize the filtered version of the aggregate media collection at the first user device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for aggregating a local media collection of a user with one or more shared media collections shared with the user to provide an aggregate media collection for the user. In general, one or more shared media collections shared with the user are first discovered. Optionally, the user may select one or more of the shared media collections for aggregation with the local media collection of the user. The shared media collections selected by the user, or alternatively all of the shared media collections, are then aggregated with the local media collection of the user to provide an aggregate media collection for the user. The aggregate media collection of the user may then be pruned or filtered based on user preferences of the user.
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17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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discovering, by a first user device, a plurality of shared media collections made available to a first user of the first user device by a plurality of second users of a plurality of second user devices, the first user and the plurality of second users being participants in a social network; aggregating, by the first user device, one or more shared media collections from the plurality of shared media collections and a local media collection of the first user to provide an aggregate media collection for the first user at the first user device by providing a primary list including a single media item entry for each unique media item; scoring media items in the aggregate media collection based on user preferences of the first user to provide a desirability score for each of the media items; filtering the aggregate media collection based on a threshold score and the desirability scores for the media items in the aggregate media collection to provide a filtered version of the aggregate media collection; and enabling the first user to utilize the filtered version of the aggregate media collection at the first user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A user device comprising:
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a) a communication interface communicatively coupling the user device to a network; and b) a control system, associated with the communication interface, adapted to; i) discover a plurality of shared media collections made available to a first user of the user device by a plurality of second users of a plurality of second user devices, the first user and the plurality of second users being participants in a social network; ii) aggregate one or more shared media collections from the plurality of shared media collections and a local media collection of the first user to provide an aggregate media collection for the first user at the user device by providing a primary list including a single media item entry for each unique media item; iii) score media items in the aggregate media collection based on user preferences of the first user to provide a desirability score for each of the media items; iv) filter the aggregate media collection based on a threshold score and the desirability scores for the media items in the aggregate media collection to provide a filtered version of the aggregate media collection; and v) enable the first user to utilize the filtered version of the aggregate media collection at the user device.
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing software adapted to instruct a control system of a user device to:
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discover a plurality of shared media collections made available to a first user of the user device by a plurality of second users of a plurality of second user devices; aggregate one or more shared media collections from the plurality of shared media collections and a local media collection of the first user to provide an aggregate media collection for the first user at the user device by providing a primary list including a single media item entry for each unique media item; score media items in the aggregate media collection based on user preferences of the first user to provide a desirability score for each of the media items; filter the aggregate media collection based on a threshold score and the desirability scores for the media items in the aggregate media collection to provide a filtered version of the aggregate media collection; and enable the first user to utilize the filtered version of the aggregate media collection at the user device.
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