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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Christopher John Sanders, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy B. Martin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lucas C. Newman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean Boland Kelly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas M. Alsina, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew M. Wadycki, San Mateo, CA (US);
Patrice O. Gautier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher John Sanders, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy B. Martin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lucas C. Newman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean Boland Kelly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas M. Alsina, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew M. Wadycki, San Mateo, CA (US);
Patrice O. Gautier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method at a client device includes displaying media library information corresponding to a set of media items. The media items include one or more local media items stored at the client device, and one or more remote media items stored at a remote system and not at the client device. The method also includes displaying affordances identifying the remote media items and detecting user interaction with an affordance identifying a respective remote media item. The method also includes, in response to detecting the user interaction, initiating a process for downloading a copy of the respective remote media item to the client device for storage at the client device.