Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Shane McRoberts

Andrew L Silverman

Sean E Kollenkark

Joseph Lloyd McClanahan

John Hillary Zybura

Zach Johnson

Rodrigo Maialle Bomfim

Bruno Kraychete Da Costa

Jeffrey Christopher Abraham

Robert N Pulliam

The selection of a media content item having preferred instance attributes includes finding a preferred instance of a media content item having two or more different instances by recognizing a first instance of the media content item having a first set of instance attributes and recognizing a second instance of the media content item having a second set of instance attributes. The selection of a media content item having preferred instance attributes further includes selecting either the first instance of the media content item or the second instance of the media content item based on differences between the first set of instance attributes and the second set of instance attributes.

Selection of media content item having preferred instance attributes

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

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