ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CREATING A SEQUENCE OF CONTENT ITEMS

• US 20100153469A1
• Filed: 06/29/2006
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Mckinney, Martin Franciscus, Leemans, Frederik Johan Leon, Breebaart, Dirk Jeroen
• Application Number:
  US11/993,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20100153469A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content

Abstract

The method of creating a sequence of content items of the invention comprises a first step of determining a second content item having a second value (51) for a feature, the second value lying within a predetermined distance from a first intermediate value (42). A second step comprises determining a third content item having a third value (55) for the feature, the third value lying within a predetermined distance from a second intermediate value (46). Both the first intermediate value (42) and the second intermediate value (46) lie between a first value (41) of the feature and a fourth value (47) of the feature, the first value being designated for a first content item and the fourth value being designated for a fourth content item. The first intermediate value (42) lies closer to the first value (41) than to the fourth value (47) and the second intermediate value (46) lies closer to the fourth value (47) than to the first value (41). A third step comprises creating a sequence of content items, the sequence of content items comprising the second content item and the third content item. The third content item succeeds the second content item in the sequence. The electronic device of the invention comprises electronic circuitry which is operative to perform the method of the invention. The software of the invention enables a programmable device to perform the method of the invention.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. Electronic circuitry (63) being operative to:

to select or to enable a user to select at least a content item to be used as a first content item (23) and a content item to be used as a fourth content item (35);

determine a second content item (25) having a second value (51) for a feature, the second value lying within a predetermined distance from a first intermediate value (42), the first intermediate value lying between a first value (41) of the feature and a fourth value (47) of the feature, the first value being designated for the first content item (23) and the fourth value being designated for the fourth content item (35);

determine a third content item (33) having a third value (55) for the feature, the third value lying within a predetermined distance from a second intermediate value (46), the second intermediate value lying between the first value (41) and the fourth value (47), the first intermediate value (42) lying closer to the first value (41) than to the fourth value (47) and the second intermediate value (46) lying closer to the fourth value (47) than to the first value (41); and

create a sequence of content items (23-37), the sequence of content items comprising the second content item (25) and the third content item (33), the third content item (33) succeeding the second content item (25) in the sequence.

11. The electronic circuitry as claimed in claim 10, wherein the sequence of content items further comprises the first content item and the fourth content item, the second content item succeeding the first content item in the sequence and the fourth content item succeeding the third content item in the sequence.

12. The electronic circuitry as claimed in claim 10, wherein the feature comprises a plurality of features.

13. The electronic circuitry as claimed in claim 10, wherein the content items are songs.

14. An electronic device (61) comprising the electronic circuitry of claim 10.

15. A method of creating a sequence of content items, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting or enabling (1) a user to select at least a content item to be used as a first content item and a content item to be used as a fourth content item;

determining (3) a second content item having a second value for a feature, the second value lying within a predetermined distance from a first intermediate value, the first intermediate value lying between a first value of the feature and a fourth value of the feature, the first value being designated for the first content item and the fourth value being designated for the fourth content item;

determining (5) a third content item having a third value for the feature, the third value lying within a predetermined distance from a second intermediate value, the second intermediate value lying between the first value and the fourth value, the first intermediate value lying closer to the first value than to the fourth value and the second intermediate value lying closer to the fourth value than to the first value; and

creating (7) a sequence of content items, the sequence of content items comprising the second content item and the third content item, the third content item succeeding the second content item in the sequence.

16. Software for making a programmable device operative to perform the method of claim 15.