Caching and synching process for a media sharing system
US8484227B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/48
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for caching and/or synching shared media items in a media sharing system are provided. In one embodiment, a user device of a user joins a media sharing system including the user device and one or more other user devices connected via a network such that the user of the user device has access to one or more shared media collections hosted by the one or more other user devices. Shared media items from the one or more shared media collections are scored. The user device then obtains shared media items scored above a defined threshold from the one or more other user devices hosting the one or more corresponding shared media collections and stores those shared media items in local storage. In one embodiment, the local storage is temporary storage, such as a cache.
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