BUILDING A DIGITAL MEDIA LIBRARY FROM TWO OR MORE SEPARATE DIGITAL MEDIA SOURCES

摘要

Presented is a method of building a digital media library from separate digital media sources. The method includes providing a location of each of the separate media sources, where each of the media sources stores at least one digital media item, and the media item is either owned, rented, or saved by a user. The method further includes accessing the location of each of the separate media sources and collecting reference location information and metadata associated with the media item stored at each of the media sources. The method further includes consolidating and storing the reference location information and the metadata associated with the media item from each of the media sources into a database, presenting the information stored in the database in readable form, and providing a message indicating the availability of, the expiration of, or the time left before expiration of at least one of the media items.

主权项

1. A method of building a master digital media library from a plurality of separate digital media sources, the method comprising:
providing a location of each of the plurality of separate digital media sources, each of the plurality of separate digital media sources storing at least one digital media item, the at least one digital media item being one of owned by a user, rented by the user, saved to a queue by the user, or bookmarked by the user; accessing the location of each of the plurality of separate digital media sources; collecting from each of the plurality of separate digital media sources reference location information and metadata associated with the at least one digital media item stored at each of the plurality of separate digital media sources; consolidating and storing the reference location information and the metadata associated with the at least one digital media item from each of the plurality of separate digital media sources into a database; and presenting to the user the information stored in the database in readable and searchable form.