Patent ID: 8285811

Claim:
A method comprising: discovering, by a first user device, a plurality of shared media collections made available to a first user of the first user device by a plurality of second users of a plurality of second user devices; processing media collection information identifying media items in a local media collection and media collection information identifying media items in one or more shared media collections from the plurality of shared media collections to provide an aggregate media collection of the first user at the first user device, the aggregate media collection comprising: a primary list including a media item entry for each unique media item in the local media collection and the one or more shared media collections; and a sub-list for each media item entry in the primary list, the sub-list comprising a media item entry for each occurrence of the corresponding unique media item in the local media collection and the one or more shared media collections; for each sub-list, scoring each media item entry in the sub-list based on at least one criterion; for each sub-list, selecting a media item entry from the sub-list for use in the primary list based on scores assigned to the media item entries in the sub-list as a result of the scoring; and enabling the first user to utilize the aggregate media collection at the first user device.