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Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2013
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Jeffrey A. Sharkey, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/02 (2013.01); G06F 17/30017 (2013.01); G06F 17/30053 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); H04M 1/72558 (2013.01); H04M 1/72572 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of managing electronic media items includes accessing first geographic information that indicates a first geographic location of a first device; accessing second geographic information that indicates a second geographic location of a second device; determining whether the first device and the second device are within a defined geographic proximity based on the first geographic location and the second geographic location; if the determination indicates that the first device and the second device are within the defined geographic proximity, generating at least one playlist of media items based on a set of media preferences shared between a first user of the first device and a second user of the second device; and sending the playlist to the first device such that the first user is able to select one or more of the media items on the playlist to be output by the first device.


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