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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Heller, San Jose, CA (US);

Thomas C. Mavrakakis, Atherton, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/5681 (2022.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); G11B 27/11 (2006.01); G11B 27/32 (2006.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 67/59 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/5681 (2022.05); G11B 27/10 (2013.01); G11B 27/11 (2013.01); G11B 27/329 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.05); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.05); H04N 5/765 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/632 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 67/59 (2022.05);
Abstract

Methods and systems that facilitate the downloading of media items to a first network device from a second network device are disclosed. A plurality of media items are identified Media item metadata associated with the plurality of media items is obtained from the second network device and stored on the first network device. Media item content data associate with a first subset of the plurality of media items is obtained from the second network device and stored on the first network device. In this manner, only media item metadata associate with a second subset of the plurality of media items is stored on the first network device.


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