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Systems and methods for incorporating a control connected media frame

  • US 9,473,614 B2
  • Filed: 08/12/2011
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented in a communications device for managing media content, comprising:

  • providing, by the communications device, a user interface for a user to access media content;

    receiving a user input from the user via the user interface, the user input specifying media content to be searched, a location characteristic of the media content, and a reference location;

    searching a media content database in at least one remote entity for media content corresponding to the user input; and

    updating the user interface to include the media content corresponding to the user input and displaying the media content corresponding to the user input in a specified order, wherein updating the user interface to include the media content corresponding to the user input comprises;

    forming clusters of the media content corresponding to the user input based on the location characteristic specified in the user input; and

    sorting the clusters of the media content corresponding to the user input according to the specified order relative to the specified reference location, wherein the clusters are arranged according to distance from the specified reference location with respect to one of;

    east-west directions and north-south directions.

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