(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,584,591 B1 Wee (45) Date of Patent: Feb
USOO9584591B1 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,584,591 B1 Wee (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 28, 2017 (54) METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHARING A (56) References Cited PLAYLISTATA DEDICATED MEDIA PLAYER DEVICE U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,609.227 A 9/1971 Kuljian (71) Applicant: BLACK HILLS MEDIA, LLC, 4,829,500 A 5/1989 Saunders Wilmington, DE (US) 4,920,432 A 4/1990 Eggers et al. (72) Inventor: Martin Weel, Modjeska, CA (US) (Continued) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: Black Hills Media, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US) CN 1493.064 4/2004 EP O663.737 7, 1995 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (Continued) patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 170 days. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl. No.: 14/209,296 Non-Published U.S. Appl. No. 09/653,964 to Steve Perlman, filed Sep. 1, 2000 (first publicly available Mar. 30, 2010) 98 pages. (22) Filed: Mar. 13, 2014 (Continued) Related U.S. Application Data Primary Examiner — Mohamed Wasel (60) Continuation of application No. 13/893,599, filed on May 14, 2013, now abandoned, which is a (57) ABSTRACT continuation of application No. 13/555,557, filed on A playlist is received, based on information identifying a Jul. 23, 2012, now Pat. No. 8,458,356, which is a user-association to the playlist at a remote playlist source, at continuation of application No. 12/114.286, filed on a media player device from the remote playlist source May 2, 2008, now Pat. No. 8,230,099, which is a coupled to the media player device over an Internet network (Continued) connection, the playlist comprising a plurality of item iden tifiers identifying a corresponding plurality of items.
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