System and method for associating a media recommendation with a media item

Abstract

A first peer device includes a communication interface and a controller associated with the communication interface configured to receive a selection of a media item recommendation of a media item, the media item recommendation including media item metadata and originating at a second peer device, and execute a search of one or more publicly accessible third party media content providers utilizing the media item metadata based upon one or more search content preferences. The search results thusly obtained are then received and displayed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A first peer device comprising:
 a communication interface; and   a controller associated with the communication interface configured to:
 receive a selection of a media item recommendation of a media item, the media item recommendation comprising media item metadata and originating at a second peer device; 
 execute a search of one or more publicly accessible third party media content providers utilizing the media item metadata based upon one or more search content preferences; and 
 receive and display one or more search results associated with the executed search. 
   
     
     
         2 . The first peer device of  claim 1  wherein the one or more publicly accessible third party media content providers is established by a user of the first peer device. 
     
     
         3 . The first peer device of  claim 1  wherein at least one of the one or more search content preferences is established by a user of the first peer device. 
     
     
         4 . The first peer device of  claim 1  wherein at least one of the one or more search content preferences is selected from a group consisting of title, artist, album, score, and genre. 
     
     
         5 . The first peer device of  claim 1  wherein the controller is further configured to determine if a location of the media item can be locally resolved and, if the location can be locally resolved, to locally resolve the location of the media item and play the media item. 
     
     
         6 . The first peer device of  claim 1  wherein the controller is further configured to locally resolve the location of the media item by accessing a client services repository comprising one or more links to an instance of the media item on one or more publicly accessible third party media content providers. 
     
     
         7 . The first peer device of  claim 1  wherein the controller is further configured to execute the search based, at least in part, upon information retrieved from a client services repository. 
     
     
         8 . The first peer device of  claim 7  wherein the information comprises one or more destination specific query formats for searching one or more third party media content providers. 
     
     
         9 . The first peer device of  claim 7  wherein the client services repository forms a part of a client services server. 
     
     
         10 . The first peer device of  claim 1  wherein the selection is automatically generated. 
     
     
         11 . The first peer device of  claim 1  wherein the controller is further configured to enable browsing of the one or more search results by a user of the first peer device. 
     
     
         12 . The first peer device of  claim 11  wherein the browsing is hierarchical. 
     
     
         13 . A computer readable medium embodied in an article of manufacture encoded with instructions for directing a processor of a first peer device to:
 receive a selection of a media item recommendation of a media item, the media item recommendation comprising media item metadata and originating at a second peer device;   execute a search of one or more publicly accessible third party media content providers utilizing the media item metadata based upon one or more search content preferences; and   receive and display one or more search results associated with the executed search.   
     
     
         14 . The computer readable medium of  claim 13  wherein the one or more publicly accessible third party media content providers is established by a user of the first peer device. 
     
     
         15 . The computer readable medium of  claim 13  wherein at least one of one or more search content preferences is established by a user of the first peer device. 
     
     
         16 . The computer readable medium of  claim 13  wherein at least one of the one or more search content preferences is selected from a group consisting of title, artist, album, score, and genre. 
     
     
         17 . The computer readable medium of  claim 13  wherein the processor is further directed to determine if a location of the media item can be locally resolved and, if the location can be locally resolved, to locally resolve the location of the media item and play the media item. 
     
     
         18 . The computer readable medium of  claim 13  wherein the processor is further directed to locally resolve the location of the media item by accessing a client services repository comprising one or more links to an instance of the media item on one or more publicly accessible third party media content providers. 
     
     
         19 . The computer readable medium of  claim 13  wherein the processor is further directed to execute the search based upon information retrieved from a client services repository. 
     
     
         20 . The computer readable medium of  claim 19  wherein the information comprises one or more destination specific query formats for searching one or more third party media content providers. 
     
     
         21 . The computer readable medium of  claim 19  wherein the client services repository forms a part of a client services server. 
     
     
         22 . The computer readable medium of  claim 13  wherein the selection is automatically generated. 
     
     
         23 . The computer readable medium of  claim 13  wherein the processor is further directed to enable browsing of the one or more search results by a user of the first peer device. 
     
     
         24 . The computer readable medium of  claim 23  wherein the browsing is hierarchical. 
     
     
         25 . A method comprising:
 receiving a selection of a media item recommendation of a media item, the media item recommendation comprising media item metadata and originating at a peer device;   executing a search of one or more publicly accessible third party media content providers utilizing the media item metadata based upon one or more search content preferences; and   receiving and displaying one or more search results associated with the executed search.