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- Patent Title: Indicating related but absent media content
- Patent Title (中): 指示相关但缺乏媒体内容
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Application No.: US11951743Application Date: 2007-12-06
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Publication No.: US08195635B1Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Woo Jae Lee , Jonathan R. Kindred , Srinivasan Balaji Thenthiruperai , Jonathan Cooper Ochenas
- Applicant: Woo Jae Lee , Jonathan R. Kindred , Srinivasan Balaji Thenthiruperai , Jonathan Cooper Ochenas
- Applicant Address: US KS Overland Park
- Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
- Current Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US KS Overland Park
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
Systems, products, and methods are disclosed for providing an indication of unavailable media products. An illustrative method includes referencing one or more attributes of a currently present media file, based on the attributes, determining a set of absent media files that are related to the present media file but not currently available for presentation via the device, and presenting indications of at least a portion of the absent media files of the set. An indication of one or more absent media files may be presented to a user so that the user may recognize absent media files. In one embodiment, such an indication may include an identifier, such as text or a symbol, that is positioned adjacent a media attribute that describes the absent media file.
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