Patent ID: 8346867
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06F,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing electronic media items, the method comprising: accessing first geographic information that indicates a geographic location of a first device; accessing second geographic information that indicates a geographic location of a second device; determining based on the geographic location of the first device and the geographic location of the second device, that the first device and the second device are located within a defined geographic proximity; in response to determining that the first device and the second device are located within the defined geographic proximity, generating a playlist of media items based on a first set of media preferences that are shared between a user of the first device and a user of the second device, wherein the playlist is generated by selecting media items from a media library of the user of the first device, based on the set of media preferences, such that the playlist includes media items included in the media library and does not include media items not included in the media library; and sending the playlist to the first device such that the user of the first device is able to select one or more of the media items on the playlist to be output by the first device; after sending the playlist to the first device, determining that a third device has entered the defined geographic proximity with the first device and the second device; in response to determining that the third device has entered the defined geographic proximity with the first device and the second device: