PUBLISHING, BROWSING, RATING AND PURCHASING OF GROUPS OF MEDIA ITEMS

摘要

Improved techniques to create, browse, rate and/or purchase media asset groups are disclosed. Media assets groups can be created by various users and published to a digital assets manager. Thereafter, the media assets groups can be finalized and made available for on-line purchase. Once the media asset groups are made available for on-line purchase, users can browse, rate and/or purchase the media asset groups at an on-line media store. One example of a media asset group (group of media items) is known as a playlist, which can pertain to a group of audio tracks.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining, by a computing device having a processor, a selection of a media asset group comprising a plurality of media assets, each of the plurality of the media assets having a respective graphic image associated with it; selecting a graphic image from respective graphic images associated with the plurality of media assets based on a priority of the graphic image with respect to respective priorities of the respective graphic images, wherein the graphic image is selected to be used as a background image of a media asset group image representing the media asset group; producing, by the computing device, the media asset group image using the respective graphic images from the plurality of media assets, the media asset group image comprising the respective graphic images arranged over the background image based on a fill pattern, the media asset group image resulting in a single image representation for the media asset group; and associating, by the computing device, the media asset group image to the media asset group.