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Media search engine for a personal media network

  • US 8,626,923 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2011
  • Issued: 01/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of code sections, each code section comprising a plurality of instructions executable by a processor for searching media storage, the method comprising:

  • causing display of a graphical user interface on a first display device of a system of a first member of the group of users, at a first location, the graphical user interface having at least one view and comprising a representation of criteria for searching media storage of systems of one or more other members of a group of users at one or more second locations, systems of the members of the group of users being geographically dispersed, having respective network protocol addresses, and having membership administered by at least one group member;

    communicating a search request to search software, the search request comprising one or more search criteria defined by the first member of the group of users to cause searching of media storage at systems of the one or more other members of the group of users; and

    presenting, to the first member of the group of users via the first display device, results of the search, the results comprising information identifying media content available to the first member of the group of users from the media storage of the systems of the one or more other members of the group of users.

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