COMMUNITY PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT
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1. A method for facilitating community ranking of items in a playlist comprising:
- transmitting information to a plurality of user devices, the information including metadata related to media items in a playlist which includes at least the order of the playlist, community ranking information, song title, and artist name;
receiving from at least one of the plurality of user devices a vote on a media item; and
organizing the playlist based on the received votes.
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Abstract
System and method in tangible computer-readable media are disclosed for facilitating community interaction with a playlist. A host system communicates with a plurality of portable devices to transmit information about the items in the playlist. Users of the portable device queue additional selections or vote on media items in the playlist. Based on user voting the playlist is rearranged to accommodate the preferences of the community. Both registered and guest users participate in managing the playlist. Such a system and method can be particularly useful in a variety of social gathering situations.
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1. A method for facilitating community ranking of items in a playlist comprising:
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transmitting information to a plurality of user devices, the information including metadata related to media items in a playlist which includes at least the order of the playlist, community ranking information, song title, and artist name; receiving from at least one of the plurality of user devices a vote on a media item; and organizing the playlist based on the received votes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A processor-implemented method for facilitating community interaction with a playlist on a host device, the method comprising:
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sending a playlist on a host device to a plurality of portable devices for display on a graphical user interface; receiving from at least one portable device a positive or a negative vote for a media item in the playlist; and adjusting a media item position in the playlist based on the received vote, wherein media items receiving positive votes are advanced and media items receiving negative votes are demoted in the playlist. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A processor-implemented method for remotely queuing media items on a host device by a plurality of users, the method comprising:
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providing portable devices with information about a media library on a host device for display as user-selectable objects in a graphical user interface; receiving from the portable devices requests to add items from the available media library to the playlist; and adding the requested media items to the playlist. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A tangible computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code for facilitating community interaction with a playlist on a host device, the computer-readable medium comprising computer program code causing a host device to:
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send information about a playlist on a host device to a plurality of portable devices for display on a graphical user interface; receive, from at least one portable device, a positive or a negative vote for a media item in the playlist; and adjust a media item position in the playlist based on the received vote, wherein media items receiving positive votes are advanced and media items receiving negative votes are demoted in the playlist. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A tangible computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code for remotely queuing media items on a host device by a plurality of users, the computer-readable medium comprising computer code causing a host device to:
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provide portable devices with information about a media library on a host device for display as user-selectable objects in a graphical user interface; receive from the portable devices requests to add items from the available media library to the playlist; and add the requested media items to the playlist. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A playlist host device for facilitating community interaction with a playlist, the device comprising:
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a processor; an electronic communications interface configured to control the processor to send information about a playlist on a host device to a plurality of portable devices for display on a graphical user interface and configured to receive from at least one portable device a positive or negative vote for a media item in the playlist; and a module configured to control the processor to receive data from the electronic communications interface and in response to the data, adjusting playlist by promoting or demoting a media item in the playlist based on the received vote. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A playlist host device for remotely queuing media items by a plurality of users, the host device comprising:
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a processor; a communications interface configured to provide portable devices with information about an available media library on a host device and further configured to receive from the portable devices requests to add items from the available media library to the playlist; and a processor configured to receive data from the communications interface and in response to the data adding media items to the playlist corresponding to the requests from the portable devices. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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