Digital asset hosting and distribution including playlist browsing and subscription

摘要

A first collection of content that includes digital assets is maintained on a host computer. Based on a determination that a portable media device becomes connected to a client computer that is separate from the host computer and that interacts with the host computer, initiation of a synchronization of the first collection of content resident on the host computer with a second collection of content on the portable media device is automatically triggered. The synchronization of the first collection with the second collection includes a transfer of at least one of the digital assets from the host computer to the client computer to the portable media device and is triggered and conditioned upon the determination that the portable media device has become connected to the client computer.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computer system to:
enable a user to browse a library of digital assets; determine a digital asset playlist associated with the library of digital assets; enable the user to subscribe to the digital asset playlist; identify one or more attributes associated with a second user, wherein the one or more attributes comprise one or more personal preferences; detect one or more attributes associated with the digital asset playlist, wherein the one or more attributes of the digital asset playlist comprise a genre of music corresponding to the digital asset playlist; enable, using at least one processor, the second user to subscribe to the digital asset playlist based on a compatibility between the one or more attributes associated with the second user and the one or more attributes associated with the digital asset playlist; modify the digital asset playlist; and enable the second user to access the modified digital asset playlist based on the second user being subscribed to the playlist.