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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYLIST GENERATION BASED ON SIMILARITY DATA

  • US 20100076983A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2008
  • Published: 03/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating a media playlist based at least in part on media library inventory information provided by a plurality of program participants, said method comprising:

  • transmitting, from a program participant'"'"'s client device to a program host'"'"'s on-line data processing center, data representative of media inventory in a media library on the client device and which comprises identification data of individual media items presently contained in the inventory of the media library on the client device;

    receiving, at the program host'"'"'s on-line data processing center, data from a plurality of program participants representative of each respective program participant'"'"'s media inventory and which comprises identification data of individual media items presently contained in the respective participant'"'"'s media library regardless of the individual media item'"'"'s source;

    determining an incidence of co-occurrence of pairs of individual media items in different program participants'"'"' media libraries;

    assigning a similarity rating between the pairs of individual media items based on the determined incidence of co-occurrence in the different program participants'"'"' media libraries;

    transmitting, from the program host'"'"'s on-line data processing center to the program participant'"'"'s client device, similarity ratings for a plurality of the individual media items contained in the inventory of the media library on the client device; and

    generating a media playlist comprising individual media items contained in the inventory of the media library on the client device and having a similarity rating relative to a seed media item selected from the inventory of media items on the client device.

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