Media management for groups of media items

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7958441
APP PUB NO 20060156236A1
SERIAL NO

11097591

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Improved techniques to utilize and manage a group of media items (or media assets) on a computing device are disclosed. The group of media items can be utilized and managed at a host computer for the host computer as well as a media device (e.g., media player) that can couple to the host computer. One popular example of a group of media items is know as a playlist, which can pertain to a group of audio tracks. One aspect pertains to a graphical user interface that enables a user to trade-off storage capacity of a media device between media asset storage and data storage. Another aspect pertains to a graphical user interface that assists a user with selecting media items to fill a group of media items. Still another aspect pertains to providing a persistent media device playlist at a host computer. Yet still another aspect pertains to imposing capacity limits to a playlist, such as a media device playlist.

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APPLE INC1 INFINITE LOOP CUPERTINO CA 95014

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Heller, David San Jose, US 112 8557
Jobs, Steven P Palo Alto, US 213 16171
Miller, Jeff Mountain View, US 91 2264
Robbin, Jeffrey L Los Altos, US 260 21991
Wasko, Timothy High River, CA 21 2262

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