DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING SOCIAL MUSIC DISCOVERY AND COMMERCE
First Claim
1. A digital media player for facilitating music discovery, comprising:
- a display to present a music recommendation in a digital media player, comprising;
a processing module to extract from the music recommendation information to describe one or more of an identification of the music recommended, the recommender, a context of the recommendation, and a rating for the music recommended; and
a presentation module to integrate at least part of the information into a display of music on the digital media player; and
a control to enable the recipient to directly act upon the music recommendation through the digital media player.
6 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A portable digital media player and method for providing convenient music discovery are presented. Music is maintained and includes a multiplicity of music stored in digital media form on a portable digital media player. A music recommendation is displayed to a recipient. A message included is processed for information to describe the music recommended, to identify the recommender, to capture a context of the recommendation, and to specify a rating for the music recommended. At least part of the information is integrated into a display of the music on the portable digital media player. The information is displayed to the recipient as integrated. Action upon the music recommended is facilitated through one or more of playback and addition of the music to the music on the portable digital media player through an external source.
85 Citations
24 Claims
-
1. A digital media player for facilitating music discovery, comprising:
-
a display to present a music recommendation in a digital media player, comprising; a processing module to extract from the music recommendation information to describe one or more of an identification of the music recommended, the recommender, a context of the recommendation, and a rating for the music recommended; and a presentation module to integrate at least part of the information into a display of music on the digital media player; and a control to enable the recipient to directly act upon the music recommendation through the digital media player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A method for facilitating music discovery, comprising:
-
presenting a music recommendation in a digital media player, comprising; extracting from the music recommendation information to describe one or more of an identification of the music recommended, the recommender, a context of the recommendation, and a rating for the music recommended; and integrating at least part of the information into a display of music on the digital media player; and enabling the recipient to directly act upon the music recommendation through the digital media player. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A portable digital media player for providing convenient music discovery, comprising:
-
a storage comprising music, which comprises a multiplicity of music stored in digital media form on a portable digital media player; a display to present a music recommendation to a recipient, comprising; an extraction module to process a message included in the music recommendation for information to describe the music recommended, to identify the recommender, to capture a context of the recommendation, and to specify a rating for the music recommended; an integration module to integrate at least part of the information into a display of the music on the portable digital media player; and an output module to display the information to the recipient as integrated; and an input control to facilitate action upon the music recommended through one or more of playback and addition of the music to the music on the portable digital media player through an external source. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A method for providing convenient music discovery, comprising:
-
maintaining music comprising a multiplicity of music stored in digital media form on a portable digital media player; displaying a music recommendation to a recipient, comprising; processing a message included in the music recommendation for information to describe the music recommended, to identify the recommender, to capture a context of the recommendation, and to specify a rating for the music recommended; integrating at least part of the information into a display of the music on the portable digital media player; and displaying the information to the recipient as integrated; and facilitating action upon the music recommended through one or more of playback and addition of the music to the music on the portable digital media player through an external source. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
-
Specification