Multi-party playlist control including wireless enablement
First Claim
1. A method of creating a universal playlist from one or more user playlists corresponding to one or more users in a digital media communication system, the method comprising:
- detecting the presence of one or more users wishing to access digital media content in the digital media communication system;
accessing each user'"'"'s playlist, each user'"'"'s playlist comprising one or more media selections;
constructing a universal playlist incorporating the media selections of each user'"'"'s playlist; and
transmitting media selections from the universal playlist to the one or more users.
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Abstract
A method and system for controlling one or more user playlists in a digital media communications system. A media control unit that stores or has access to digital media content detects the presence of one or more users of the digital media communications system. The media control unit obtains a playlist containing preferred multimedia selections from each user and stores each playlist. A universal playlist is then constructed where the universal playlist incorporates the preferred media selections form each participating user'"'"'s playlist. Media selections are then played or made available to the users of the system from the universal playlist.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of creating a universal playlist from one or more user playlists corresponding to one or more users in a digital media communication system, the method comprising:
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detecting the presence of one or more users wishing to access digital media content in the digital media communication system;
accessing each user'"'"'s playlist, each user'"'"'s playlist comprising one or more media selections;
constructing a universal playlist incorporating the media selections of each user'"'"'s playlist; and
transmitting media selections from the universal playlist to the one or more users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for creating a universal playlist from one or more user playlists corresponding to one or more users in a digital media communication system, the system comprising:
a media control unit in communication with the one or more users in the digital communication system, the media control unit comprising;
a storage unit storing digital media content and the playlists of the one or more users; and
a processing unit in communication with the storage unit, the processing unit operating to perform the functions of detecting the presence of one or more users wishing to access digital media content and constructing a universal playlist based upon the media selections of each user'"'"'s playlist. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine readable storage device having stored thereon a computer program for creating a universal playlist from one or more user playlists corresponding to one or more users in a digital media communication system, the computer program comprising a set of instructions which when executed by a machine causes the machine to perform a method including:
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detecting the presence of one or more users wishing to access digital media content in the digital media communication system;
accessing each user'"'"'s playlist, each user'"'"'s playlist comprising one or more media selections;
constructing a universal playlist incorporating the media selections of each user'"'"'s playlist; and
transmitting media selections from the universal playlist to the one or more users. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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