Patent ID: 9563703
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for sharing, by a user, playlists of authorized content with contacts of the user, comprising: displaying a user interface on a media viewing device for creating a playlist of content items by a first user; generating the playlist of content items provided by a service provider, wherein the content items comprising the playlist are selected via the user interface displayed on the media viewing device; receiving a name for the playlist of content items from the first user; associating the name with the playlist; storing the playlist using the name associated with the playlist, a first household account number associated with a household of the first user, and a username associated with the first user within the household; configuring parameters for sharing the playlist with a second user who is a contact of the first user, including determining whether the second user is subscribed to the service provider and determining a second household account number associated with the second user; when it is determined that the second user is subscribed to the service provider: when it is determined that the second user is not subscribed to the service provider, the playlist is configured to provide titles of the content items but not including links to the content items by which the content items is viewable from the service provider; and transmitting the playlist as an email to the second user who is not subscribed to the service provider.