SOUND SEQUENCES WITH TRANSITIONS AND PLAYLISTS
First Claim
7-1. The method of claim 1, wherein said first song is selected from a library of songs available for purchase.
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Abstract
A home theater system includes construction, presentation, and commerce in, songs. Presentation includes at least one of: metadata about songs or sounds, a function capable of transitioning from one song to a next song, and user preferences; and can determine in what manner to transition from one song to a next song. Construction of songs includes either factors above, or at least one of: a function or a user extension capable of selecting a next song, and an element capable of determining whether the song is perceptually random. A user interface is capable of searching playlists and selecting them for presentation, representing each playlist with a substantially unique pictorial representation, distinguishing in presentation between those playlists licensed to the user and those that are not, and capable of substantially immediate purchase of playlist licenses either individually or in bulk and either automatically or with minimal intervention.
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7-1. The method of claim 1, wherein said first song is selected from a library of songs available for purchase.
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12. A method of generating a playlist, comprising:
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selecting a first song for inclusion in said playlist; selecting a second song for inclusion in said playlist, said selecting comprising; identifying a first possible song, for which a transition between said first song and said first possible song is possible; determining, in response to a first set of data, whether said transition between said first song and said first possible song should be performed; and if said transition should not be performed, repeating said identifying and said determining until a possible song is identified for which a transition should be performed; selecting a third song for inclusion in said playlist, with reference to a second set of data indicating whether a transition should be performed between said second song and said third song. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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