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Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2007
Applicants:

Rajesh Hedge, Redmond, WA (US);

Zicheng Liu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Li-wei He, Redmond, WA (US);

Philip Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);

Christopher Meek, Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Rajesh Hedge, Redmond, WA (US);

Zicheng Liu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Li-wei He, Redmond, WA (US);

Philip Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);

Christopher Meek, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A media recommendation and sharing technique that employs agents on media players/devices to expand the scope of media sharing scenarios. The technique assists a user in discovering media items, such as, for example, music, recordings, play lists, pictures, video games, on nearby media players or devices (devices which are capable of receiving, storing and playing media) which are interesting to the user. The collaborative media recommendation and sharing technique contemporaneously determines a user's media preferences based on media stored on a pair of media devices and recommends media for potential sharing based on these determined user preferences.


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