Patent ID: 8156139

Claim:
A portable media player method comprising: receiving, by a portable media player, a first request from a user of the portable media player to browse and select media to play, wherein the first request includes a context, indicated by the user, from which the media should be browsed and selected; in response to the first request, displaying, to the user by the portable media player, a list of media associated with the context for browsing and selection by the user, including in the list media associated with the context stored on the portable media player available for selection and play, and remote media associated with the context available from a remote service for acquisition and play; receiving, from the user by the portable media player, a selection of one of the remote media available for selection and play; transmitting from the portable media player to the remote service a second request including an item identifier of the selected remote media, a command indicating the nature of the second request, and item identifiers for any other media related to the request; receiving a response from the remote service; and presenting, to the user by the portable media player, the selected remote media.