Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Jeffrey Christopher Abraham

Joseph Lloyd McClanahan

Mark D Schwesinger

Andrew L Silverman

Cory J Cirrincione

Sean E Kollenkark

Zach Johnson

Bruno Kraychete Da Costa

Rodrigo Maialle Bomfim

Luke Wabaunsee McCullough

Chad Wesley Wahlin

Shane McRoberts

Robert N Pulliam

Various embodiments related to the ability to find content for consumption across all endpoint computing devices in a computing system are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method for presenting content including aggregating endpoint metadata for each endpoint computing device in a computing system and content metadata of content stored on each of a plurality of endpoint computing devices, receiving a request for a content item on a selected endpoint computing device, querying aggregated endpoint metadata and content metadata to find instances of the content item and corresponding endpoint computing device locations, generating a ranked list of instances of the content item based on selection criteria, and selecting an instance of the content item from the ranked list for playback by the selected endpoint computing device.

Media content location awareness and decision making

Techniques are disclosed herein for managing the transfer of digital media that is recorded on a source device (e.g., personal video recorder) to a target device (e.g., portable media player). In one aspect, a user interface is provided for scheduling recording of digital media content on a source device and for inputting user preferences for transferring digital media content to be recorded on the source device to a target device. A user request is received in the user interface to schedule recording of digital media on the source device. User preferences for transferring digital media from the source device to the target device are also received in the user interface. The digital media is recorded on the source device per the user's request. Synchronization of the recorded digital media from the source device to the target device is managed based on the user preferences.

Managing synchronization of media programs to portable devices

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Jeffrey Christopher Abraham