Patent ID: 7853712
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of operation of a user device of a user comprising: joining a media sharing system with a plurality of other user devices of a corresponding plurality of other users such that the user device shares a local media collection of the user hosted by the user device with one or more first user devices of the plurality of other user devices and has access to one or more shared media collections hosted by corresponding one or more second user devices of the plurality of other user devices; receiving playback information from at least a subset of the plurality of other user devices; based on the playback information, determining one or more activity levels selected from a group consisting of: an overall activity level of the local media collection shared by the user device in the media sharing system, an activity level of each of the one or more shared media collections shared by one or more of the plurality of other user devices in the media sharing system, and an activity level of each of one or more playlists in the media sharing system; and presenting one or more activity indicators representative of the one or more activity levels to the user at the user device.