Automatic Personal Play List Generation Based on External Factors Such as Weather, Financial Market, Media Sales or Calendar Data
First Claim
1. A method for generating a play list of media items for a media player (100), comprising:
- mapping (360) at least one external factor (314, 324, 334) to a plurality of media items to select at least one of the plurality of media items as at least one matching media item (370); and
generating a play list (380) comprising the at least one matching media item.
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Abstract
A play list of songs or other media items is automatically generated (380) based on external factors (314, 324, 334) such as weather conditions, stock market conditions, sales of songs, or calendar data, e.g., day of week, holidays or user designated dates such as birthdays, anniversaries and the like. External data (310, 320, 330) relating to the external factors can be received (115) from a radio broadcast, Internet link, or link to a vehicle computer, for instance. The external data is mapped (360) to media items to obtain matching media items (370) for the play list. The mapping may also account for user preferences (145). The user may select (305) the external factor, which represents the mood and/or current preferences of the user in a much better way than the conventional criteria such as genre, artist or album alone.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for generating a play list of media items for a media player (100), comprising:
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mapping (360) at least one external factor (314, 324, 334) to a plurality of media items to select at least one of the plurality of media items as at least one matching media item (370); and generating a play list (380) comprising the at least one matching media item. - 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 media player, comprising:
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a user interface (110, 200) for receiving a user command (305) selecting at least one external factor (314, 324, 334); and at least one processor (130), responsive to the user command, for mapping (360) the at least one external factor to a plurality of media items to select at least one of the plurality of media items as at least one matching media item (370), and generating a play list (380) comprising the at least one matching media item.
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19. At least one program storage device tangibly embodying instructions that are executable by at least one processor for performing a method for generating a play list of media items for a media player, the method comprising:
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mapping (360) at least one external factor (314, 324, 334) to a plurality of media items to select at least one of the plurality of media items as at least one matching media item (370); and generating a play list (380) comprising the at least one matching media item.
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