Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Yahoo! Inc.

Adam Korman

David E Brown

Michael Spiegelman

Pierre Schiro

Bipin Suresh

Daniel Baird

Alexander Stephen Toth

Christa Maria Stelzmuller

Poorna Chandra Gowda Bannikuppe Ramachandra

Lori Ann Sutton

Siddhartha S Sahay

Manish Upendran

Robert A Porter

Ryan Eric King

Kathleen Wilson

A system that provides for the accessing and playing of media files having differing associated rights such as non-DRM media files, purchased and downloaded media files, subscription download files such as tethered downloads, and subscription streamed DRM files. The system also provides a method and user interface for sharing a media collection among computing devices in communication via a network. The system allows access and playback, from each computing device on a network, of all media files in a media collection, regardless of their associated rights.

Method for sharing and searching playlists

A method for making a playlist available to the public, in which the playlist comprises user-defined descriptor information. The user-defined descriptor information is entered as free form text or prose.

The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides for the accessing and playing of media files having differing associated rights such as non-DRM media files, purchased and downloaded media files, subscription download files such as tethered downloads, and subscription streamed DRM files. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method and user interface for sharing a media collection among computing devices in communication via a network. In one embodiment, the disclosed method allows access and playback, from each computing device on a network, of all media files in a media collection, regardless of their associated rights.

Method for sharing a media collection in a network environment

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Aliso Viejo, CA, United States of America

Adam Korman