METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC PLAYLISTS AND TAG-TUNING OF MULTIMEDIA OBJECTS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- in response to receiving an indication that a first user has posted a dynamic playlist item associated with a multimedia object;
adding the dynamic playlist item to a dynamic playlist associated with a second user, the second user having selected the first user as a publisher; and
providing the dynamic playlist to the second user, the dynamic playlist comprising the dynamic playlist item created by the first user.
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Abstract
A user may post items that are associated with multimedia objects, such as audio files and video files. The posted items are automatically added to the dynamic playlists of other users who are “following” the user. A user'"'"'s dynamic playlist is provided to that user for viewing and for accessing the multimedia objects associated with the items in the dynamic playlist. One user may give another user a particular amount of social currency, and a particular'"'"'s user'"'"'s total amount of social currency received through gifts is maintained and displayed in a profile of the particular user. A user may create and modify certain tag settings that are used to filter a plurality of multimedia objects such that only the multimedia objects that satisfy the user'"'"'s tag settings are provided to the user.
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47 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
in response to receiving an indication that a first user has posted a dynamic playlist item associated with a multimedia object; adding the dynamic playlist item to a dynamic playlist associated with a second user, the second user having selected the first user as a publisher; and providing the dynamic playlist to the second user, the dynamic playlist comprising the dynamic playlist item created by the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method comprising:
in response to receiving an indication that a first user wishes to give a second user a particular amount of social currency, performing the steps of; updating the second user'"'"'s lifetime social currency gifts to include the particular amount of social currency; updating an amount in the second user'"'"'s social currency account to include the particular amount of social currency; updating an amount in the first user'"'"'s social currency account to exclude the particular amount of social currency. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A method comprising:
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identifying a multimedia object, of a plurality of multimedia objects, in a multimedia data stream, based on at least one tag associated with the multimedia object and at least one tag setting associated with a user; and providing the identified multimedia object to the user. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An apparatus for providing dynamic playlists, the apparatus comprising a server that is configured to:
in response to receiving an indication that a first user has posted a dynamic playlist item associated with a multimedia object; add the dynamic playlist item to a dynamic playlist associated with a second user, the second user having selected the first user as a publisher; and provide the dynamic playlist to the second user, the dynamic playlist comprising the dynamic playlist item created by the first user.
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46. An apparatus for providing dynamic playlists, the apparatus comprising a server that is configured to:
in response to receiving an indication that a first user wishes to give a second user a particular amount of social currency, performing the steps of; update the second user'"'"'s lifetime social currency gifts to include the particular amount of social currency; update an amount in the second user'"'"'s social currency account to include the particular amount of social currency; update an amount in the first user'"'"'s social currency account to exclude the particular amount of social currency.
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47. An apparatus for providing dynamic playlists, the apparatus comprising a server that is configured to:
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identify a multimedia object, of a plurality of multimedia objects, in a multimedia data stream, based on at least one tag associated with the multimedia object and at least one tag setting associated with a user; and provide the identified multimedia object to the user.
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