System, apparatus and method for discovery of music within a social network
First Claim
1. A social music network, comprising:
- a plurality of client agents, each client agent associated with a respective network member and configured to communicate and exchange data with a processing platform, wherein each client agent is further configured to provide one or more types of data regarding the respective network member'"'"'s music library to the processing platform;
a processing platform, wherein the processing platform includes a data storage element that includes data regarding each respective member of the network and data regarding each respective member'"'"'s music library; and
a processing module configured to access data contained in the data storage element and process the data to produce an output, the output representing a music discovery tool to assist a member of the network to discover music of interest to that member.
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Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method to assist in the discovery of music or other content by members of a social network. The present invention permits network members to network together and share information about their music collections and listening habits with a processing platform and with each other. The processing platform processes music library content and playback related data to produce similarity and compatibility measures between artists (that is, an artist-to-artist measure) and between network members (that is, a network member-to-network member measure). By combining the content and playback related data with filtering mechanisms, recommendation techniques (which may be based on the calculated measures), and set membership concepts, the present invention provides network members of the network with tools to discover artists and/or songs that are likely to be of interest to them.
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57 Claims
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1. A social music network, comprising:
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a plurality of client agents, each client agent associated with a respective network member and configured to communicate and exchange data with a processing platform, wherein each client agent is further configured to provide one or more types of data regarding the respective network member'"'"'s music library to the processing platform; a processing platform, wherein the processing platform includes a data storage element that includes data regarding each respective member of the network and data regarding each respective member'"'"'s music library; and a processing module configured to access data contained in the data storage element and process the data to produce an output, the output representing a music discovery tool to assist a member of the network to discover music of interest to that member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A social music network server, comprising:
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a communications interface configured to receive data from a plurality of social music clients, wherein each social music client is associated with a respective network member and configured to provide one or more types of data regarding the respective network member'"'"'s music library to the server; a data storage element, wherein the data storage element includes data regarding each respective member of the network and data regarding each respective network member'"'"'s music library; and a processing module configured to access data contained in the data storage element and process the data to produce an output, the output representing a music discovery tool to assist a member of the network to discover music of interest to that member. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method of generating a music discovery tool for a member of a social network, comprising:
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determining data regarding the music library contents or music library contents usage of a plurality of members of the social network; and processing the data to generate an output, wherein the output represents a music discovery tool to assist a member of the network to discover music of interest to that member, the music discovery tool further comprising at least one of the following an indication of music contained in the music library of a first member that is not contained in the music library of a second member; an indication of music that is popular with a first member that is not contained in the music library of a second member; an indication of a song or artist that is common to the music libraries of a first member and a second member; and an indication of music that is similar to music contained in the music library of a first member but is not contained in the music library of the first member. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A social music network client module, comprising:
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a process to determine data regarding contents of a member'"'"'s music library and characteristics of a member'"'"'s usage of the music library contents; a process to communicate the data to a processing module, the processing module configured to process the data received from a plurality of members to produce a music discovery tool to assist the member of the network to discover music of interest to that member; and a process to display the music discovery tool to the member, wherein the music discovery tool further comprises at least one of the following an indication of music contained in the music library of a first member that is not contained in the music library of a second member; an indication of music that is popular with a first member that is not contained in the music library of a second member; an indication of a song or artist that is common to the music libraries of a first member and a second member; and an indication of music that is similar to music contained in the music library of a first member but is not contained in the music library of the first member. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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