System and method for transferring playlists

• US 9,292,841 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2014
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Klein, Eric N. Jr., Hug, Joshua D.
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAW, PELING ANDREW
• Application Number:
  US14/539,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20150074240A1
• Time in Patent Office: 496 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/334 Query execution G06F16/335 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/45 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1011 to devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1015 to users
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0637 Approvals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/10 : Architectures or entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 : Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 : at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 : Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 : User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 : Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 : using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 : Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 : from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A method, computer program product and computing device for selecting at least one playlist for transfer, the at least one playlist being stored on a first personal media device. The at least one playlist is converted to a common format, thus generating a first common format playlist. Communication is established with a second personal media device. The first common format playlist is transferred to the second personal media device.

Claims

1. At least one electronic device capable of wirelessly communicating with a server system and also of being used in association with at least one other electronic device, the at least one electronic device comprising:

storage capable of storing at least one media content list generated by the at least one other electronic device and provided to the at least one electronic device via wireless communication;

the at least one media content list identifying at least one media content item stored at the server system;

the at least one electronic device being capable of, in response to at least one request, wirelessly requesting the at least one media content item from the server system;

wherein the at least one media content list is associated with a user identification and also wherein the user identification is associated with a subscription;

also wherein the at least one electronic device is capable of providing a prompt for user consent to purchase at least one other media content item previously selected for future purchase from the server system, the prompt to be provided after the at least one electronic device has received user request to identify the at least one other media content item for the future purchase.

2. The at least one electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

prior to the requesting of the at least one media content item, the at least one media content item is not stored at the at least one electronic device.

3. The at least one electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one electronic device comprises at least one of;

a cellular telephone;

a handheld computing device; and

a laptop computing device.

4. The at least one electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the electronic device includes;

an interface to permit the at least one electronic device to be coupled to a Universal Serial Bus of a computer, the computer to communicate with the server system via the Internet;

a wireless communication interface;

internal speakers;

a user interface; and

a display to display a title and artist associated with the at least one media content item.

5. The at least one electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one media content item comprises at least one song.

6. The at least one electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the storage comprises flash storage.

7. The at least one electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

in response to the requesting, the at least one media content item is to be provided to the at least one electronic device via one of streaming and downloading from the server system.

8. At least one computer readable memory storing instructions that when executed by at least one machine result in performance of operations comprising:

storing, by storage of at least one electronic device, at least one media content list generated by at least one other electronic device and provided to the at least one electronic device via wireless communication;

the at least one media content list identifying at least one media content item stored at a server system;

the at least one electronic device being capable of, in response to at least one request, wirelessly requesting the at least one media content item from the server system;

wherein the at least one media content list is associated with a user identification and also wherein the user identification is associated with a subscription;

also wherein the at least one electronic device is capable of providing a prompt for user consent to purchase at least one other media content item previously selected for future purchase from the server system, the prompt to be provided after the at least one electronic device has received user request to identify the at least one other media content item for the future purchase.

9. The at least one computer readable memory of claim 8, wherein:

prior to the requesting of the at least one media content item, the at least one media content item is not stored at the at least one electronic device.

10. The at least one computer readable memory of claim 8, wherein:

the at least one electronic device comprises at least one of;

a cellular telephone;

a handheld computing device; and

a laptop computing device.

11. The at least one computer readable memory of claim 8, wherein:

the electronic device includes;

an interface to permit the at least one electronic device to be coupled to a Universal Serial Bus of a computer, the computer to communicate with the server system via the Internet;

a wireless communication interface;

internal speakers;

a user interface; and

a display to display a title and artist associated with the at least one media content item.

12. The at least one computer readable memory of claim 8, wherein:

the at least one media content item comprises at least one song.

13. The at least one computer readable memory of claim 8, wherein:

the storage comprises flash storage.

14. The at least one computer readable memory of claim 8, wherein:

in response to the requesting, the at least one media content item is to be provided to the at least one electronic device via one of streaming and downloading from the server system.