Patent ID: 8234261

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving input information from a client machine, the input information being received via a single user interface and identifying a plurality of data sources from which to retrieve digital content, the received input information including a first data source identifying a first content provider and a second data source identifying a second content provider, the plurality of data sources including a plurality of search engines; responsive to the receiving of the input information, retrieving search result information, over a network, from the plurality of search engines corresponding to the plurality of data sources based on metadata generated from the input information, the retrieving of the search result information includes filtering the search result information based on a media type including at least one of a music video, a digital sample, or a streaming video; responsive to the retrieving of the search result information, retrieving the digital content, over the network, from at least one of the plurality of data sources based on the search result information and the metadata, the retrieving of the digital content includes determining whether predetermined criteria is exceeded, the predetermined criteria includes a storage limitation and a purchase limitation; and responsive to the retrieving of the digital content, communicating the digital content to the client machine.