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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Ian Cameron Mercer, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kevin Leigh Lachapelle, Redmond, WA (US);
Harutoshi Miyamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Kawachinagano, JP;
Chiyoko Matsumi, Suita, JP;
Ian Cameron Mercer, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Redmond, WA (US);
Harutoshi Miyamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Kawachinagano, JP;
Chiyoko Matsumi, Suita, JP;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists.