Patent ID: 8612387

Claim:
A method for managing media in a network wherein a terminal, a plurality of rendering devices, and a plurality of media servers are connected to the network and further wherein each media server of the plurality of media servers stores media files, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a first plurality of icons wherein each icon of the first plurality of icons represents one of the media servers wherein the terminal displays the first plurality of icons; displaying a second plurality of icons wherein each icon of the second plurality of icons represents one of the rendering devices wherein the terminal displays the second plurality of icons; and displaying a first graphic representation in a first position which extends from a first point adjacent to a first icon of the first plurality of icons to a second point adjacent to a second icon of the second plurality of icons wherein the first icon represents a first media server of the plurality of media servers wherein the second icon represents a first rendering device of the plurality of rendering devices and further wherein the first graphic representation indicates transmission of a first media file from the first media server to the first rendering device wherein the terminal displays the first graphic representation.