Patent ID: 9412417
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06F,G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: displaying, on a display associated with a first computing device, a device indicator associated with a second computing device, the device indicator being associated with a media playlist on the second computing device; receiving a selection of the device indicator; displaying, on the display screen associated with the first computing device, a list of digital items that are in the media playlist associated with the second computing device, the digital items being stored locally on the first computing device and at least a portion of the digital items being also stored locally on the second computing device; displaying, on the display screen, an indicator proximate to each digital item from the list of the digital items to visually indicate, for each digital item, whether the digital item is stored on the second computing device; determining whether the second computing device is connected to the first computing device; presenting, on the display screen, a graphical control element for defining relative storage capacity limits on the second computing device for different types of digital items; receiving, via the graphical control element, a first storage capacity limit and a second storage capacity limit set for the second computing device, the first storage capacity limit corresponding to a first type of digital items and the second storage capacity limit corresponding to a second type of digital items, wherein the first storage capacity limit for the first type of digital items is relative to the second storage capacity limit for the second type of digital items; adding or removing one or more digital items to or from the media playlist, regardless of whether the second computing device is connected to the first computing device and even if the one or more digital items were previously added to the media playlist and transferred to the second computing device for storage thereon, wherein a number of the one or more digital items added or removed to or from the media playlist is influenced by at least one of the first storage capacity limit or the second storage capacity limit; and when the second computing device is connected to the first computing device, updating digital items stored on the second computing device once the user has added or removed the one or more digital items to or from the media playlist.