Configuring channels for sharing media

摘要

A user interface for sharing media items with others. From a sender's perspective, embodiments of the invention allow for an easy-to-use drag-and-drop technique that is more user-friendly than conventional techniques. From the recipient's perspective, embodiments of the invention allow media items from multiple sources to be aggregated into a single viewport, providing a cohesive and unified approach to media items received from others.

主权项

1. A method for enabling media items to be shared between two or more persons, the method comprising:
receiving a media item from a first computing device; storing the media item in a storage memory; associating the media item with at least a first channel of a plurality of channels, wherein each channel is defined by a first set of media items and a first set of recipients and wherein each channel has an associated set of permissions for granting the recipients access to the first media items; inheriting, by the media item, the first channel permissions to view, download or share the media item; and allowing each of the recipients in the first set of recipients to access each of the media items included in the first set of media items from one or more other computing devices; allowing the recipients to block media content and notifications from a sender; upon receiving an indication from the first computing device to disassociate the first media item from the first channel, removing the first item from the first set of media items so that the recipients included in the first set of recipients are no longer permitted to access the media; and upon receiving an indication from the first computing device to disassociate a first recipient from the first channel, removing a first recipient from the first set of recipients so that the first recipient is no longer permitted to access the media item and notifying the first recipient of changes to the permissions associated with the media item.