Patent ID: 8195635

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon which, when executed by a processing unit of a device, configure the device to perform a method for indicating absent media files comprising: retrieving, by the device, a first media list comprising at least one present media file, wherein the present media file is a file currently available for presentation by the device, and wherein the retrieving of the first media list is based on information provided by a user request; retrieving, by the device, after the retrieving of the first media list, at least one attribute of the at least one present media file; determining, by the device, a set of absent media files related to the at least one present media file, wherein an absent media file is a file not currently available for presentation by the device, and wherein the determining is based on a retrieved attribute of the at least one present media file; and presenting, by the device, a second media list comprising the set of absent media files and indications identifying the absent media files.