Like processing of owned and for-purchase media

US8140601B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Daniel Plastina · Sammamish, US
• Michael J. Novak · Redmond, US
• Kipley J. Olson · Mercer Island, US
• Michael M. Tse · Bellevue, US
• David M. Nadalin · Redmond, US
• Phillip Lu · Kirkland, US
• Dennis Kiilerich · Kirkland, US
• Andrew Silverman · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 14, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for managing a group of owned and for-purchase media items in response to a single user action. The method treats the owned media items and the for-purchase media items similarly with respect to the user's interaction with them, facilitating a user paradigm-shift from thinking about two stores of media items to a single store of media items available for use. A media item grouping generic to both types of media items is provided, permitting sharing of media item collections between users having different access rights with respect to the media items.