Patent ID: 8140601
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing media items with a user computing device coupled to a data communication network, said computing device executing a media player application for rendering one or more of the media items to a user, said method comprising: selecting, via the user computing device, at least one media item from a user-owned library associated with the user computing device, said user-owned library containing one or more media items owned by the user and having a first format; placing the selected at least one media item from the user-owned library into a group basket; selecting, via the user computing device, at least one remote media item from a remote media store containing one or more remote media items, said remote media items not owned by the user and having a second format different from the first format, said remote media items accessible by the user computing device via the network, said remote media store being separate from the user-owned library; placing the selected at least one remote media item from a remote media store into the group basket; and in response to a single action being performed, initiating generation of the selected media items in the group basket including at least one media item from the user-owned library and including at least one remote media item from the remote media store, wherein the initiated generation includes purchasing and downloading the selected at least one remote media item in the group basket to the user computing device without further user interaction, wherein the group of media items corresponds to the selected media item and wherein the generated group of media items corresponds to the selected remote media item, said single action including at least one of requesting that said generated group be played by a media player application, requesting that said generated group be synchronized by a media player application as a new playlist, and requesting that said group be persistently stored to a memory.