Patent ID: 8005827
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting a control to navigate to a server for a preferred provider of audio content, the method comprising: identifying a first link to an item of audio content in a result set generated in response to a search by a given user for one or more items of audio content, wherein the item of audio content is available from a list of audio providers; presenting the first link to the item of audio content; determining a preferred audio provider from the list of audio providers for the given user based on the user profile; determining one or more installed applications associated with the given user configured to access audio content from one or more given audio providers; if there is no preferred audio provider based on the user profile, assigning a user a default preferred audio provider based on the determination of one or more installed applications configured to access audio content from the one or more given audio providers; determining if the item of audio content is available at the preferred audio provider for the given user; if the item of audio content is available at the preferred audio provider, presenting a second link as a control to navigate to a server of the preferred audio provider from which the item of audio content may be downloaded by or streamed to the given user; and if the item of audio content is not available at the preferred audio provider, presenting an alternative link to the item of audio content from an alternative audio provider from the list of audio providers.