METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA-PLAYLISTS
First Claim
1. A system for selecting and playing musical media in response to a user'"'"'s geospatial location, the system comprising:
- a portable electronic device adapted play musical media files to a user;
a spatial media database including a set of geospatial playlists, each geospatial playlist comprising a listing of a plurality of musical media files, each geospatial playlist being relationally associated with at least one geospatial location or geospatial area;
one or more processors to implement a spatial music application, the spatial music application configured to;
select a geospatial playlist from the set of geospatial playlists based at least in part upon a correlation between a determined current geospatial location of the portable electronic device and the at least one geospatial location or geospatial area associated with the selected geospatial playlist;
identify for play, using an automated media file selection process, a particular musical media file from the plurality of musical media files listed in the selected geospatial playlist; and
cause to play on the portable electronic device, at least a portion of the identified particular musical media file.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for selecting musical media files from a plurality of available musical media files for play to a user based at least in part upon a current location of the user. In an embodiment, a spatial media server stores a set of geospatial playlists, each of which is associated with at least one designated location or area within the physical world. A processor implements a spatial media selection application configured to select a particular geospatial playlist from the set of geospatial playlists based on a current location of a portable electronic device of the user. In an embodiment, the spatial media selection application selects the particular geospatial playlist from the set of geospatial playlists based also on a current environmental condition proximal to the electronic device. An automated selection process is then used to select and play a particular media file from the selected geospatial playlist. The automated selection process may include a weighted random selection routine.
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47 Claims
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1. A system for selecting and playing musical media in response to a user'"'"'s geospatial location, the system comprising:
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a portable electronic device adapted play musical media files to a user;
a spatial media database including a set of geospatial playlists, each geospatial playlist comprising a listing of a plurality of musical media files, each geospatial playlist being relationally associated with at least one geospatial location or geospatial area;
one or more processors to implement a spatial music application, the spatial music application configured to;
select a geospatial playlist from the set of geospatial playlists based at least in part upon a correlation between a determined current geospatial location of the portable electronic device and the at least one geospatial location or geospatial area associated with the selected geospatial playlist;
identify for play, using an automated media file selection process, a particular musical media file from the plurality of musical media files listed in the selected geospatial playlist; and
cause to play on the portable electronic device, at least a portion of the identified particular musical media file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for selecting and playing musical media to a user based at least in part upon the user'"'"'s geospatial location, comprising:
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determining a current geospatial location of a portable electronic device of the user;
accessing a stored set of geospatial playlists, each geospatial playlist comprising a listing of a plurality of musical media files, and each geospatial playlist being relationally associated with at least one geospatial location or geospatial area;
selecting a geospatial playlist from the set of geospatial playlists based at least in part upon a determined correlation between the current geospatial location of the portable electronic device and the at least one geospatial location or geospatial area associated with the selected geospatial playlist;
identifying for play, using an automated media file selection process, a particular musical media file from the plurality of musical media files listed in the selected geospatial playlist; and
causing the play of the identified musical media file on the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for selecting and playing musical media on an electronic device, the method comprising:
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determining a current geospatial location of the electronic device;
determining a current environmental condition proximal to the electronic device;
accessing an index of a plurality of musical media files, each musical media file being relationally associated with at least one geospatial location and at least one environmental condition;
selecting a particular musical media file from the plurality of musical media files based at least in part upon a correlation between the current geospatial location and the at least one geospatial location associated with the particular musical media file and based at least in part upon a correlation between the current environmental condition and the at least one environmental condition associated with the particular musical media file; and
playing the selected musical media file on the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for selecting and playing musical media on an electronic device, the method comprising:
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accessing current location data of a user of the electronic device;
accessing musical genre preference data from the user of the electronic device;
accessing an index of a plurality of musical media files, each musical media file being relationally associated with at least one location and at least one musical genre;
selecting a particular musical media file from the plurality of musical media files based at least in part upon a correlation between the current location data and the at least one location associated with the particular musical media file and based at least in part upon a correlation between the musical genre preference data and the at least one musical genre associated with the particular musical media file; and
playing the selected musical media file to the user. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for selecting and playing musical media on an electronic device, the method comprising:
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accessing current location data of a user of the electronic device;
accessing at least one of age and gender data associated with the user;
selecting a particular musical media file from a plurality of stored musical media files based at least in part upon a correlation between the current location data and at least one location parameter associated with the particular musical media file, and based at least in part upon a correlation between the at least one of age and gender data of the user and the at least one age or gender parameter associated with the particular musical media file; and
playing the selected musical media file to the user. - View Dependent Claims (47)
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