Method and system for sharing playlists for content stored within a network

摘要

A system and method for sharing playlists within a network includes a first storage device having a first playlist comprising first playlist data corresponding to stored content and a second storage device having a second playlist comprising second playlist data corresponding to stored content. The system also includes an aggregation server in communication with the first storage device and the second storage device that receives the first playlist and the second playlist. The aggregation server aggregates the first playlist data and the second playlist data to form an aggregated playlist having aggregated playlist data and forms an index list corresponding to the aggregated playlist. A first aggregation client is in communication with the aggregation server and receives the index list from the aggregation server.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
forming a first playlist having first playlist data corresponding to stored content within a first storage device; forming a second playlist having second playlist data corresponding to stored content within a second storage device; communicating the first playlist and the second playlist to an aggregation server; aggregating the first playlist data and the second playlist data to form an aggregated playlist having aggregated playlist data; forming an index list corresponding to the aggregated playlist; and communicating the index list to a first aggregation client.