GRADUAL VISUAL FADING OF SUBSEQUENT SONGS TO REPRESENT A STREAMING PLAYLIST

• US 20120042248A1
• Filed: 02/11/2011
• Published: 02/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Beats Music, LLC (Apple Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Beats Music, LLC (Apple Inc.)
• Inventors: Hyman, David
• Application Number:
  US13/025,958
• Publication Number:
  US 20120042248A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• 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: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

In one embodiment, a system includes a database module to store a seed data and a collection of songs. A music server is configured to generate a playlist based on a preference of a user to hear one of a plurality of songs that are known to the user and a plurality of songs that are unknown to the user. The system also includes a music device, comprising a user interface and a client module. The user device is configured to input a seed data and allow a user to control the playlist. The client module is configured to manage a dynamic change in the playlist and apply a visual effect change to the playlist. Communication between the music server and the music device is enabled through a network.

Claims

1. A method of a music device, comprising:

presenting a list of a seed data to a user of a music device;

selecting at least a portion of the seed data based on a preference of a user;

determining an identity of a primary song based on a match between the primary song and the preference of the user;

providing the user streaming access to the primary song in a database;

retrieving a song selection history of the user from the database;

determining an identity of a secondary song as at least one of a secondary song that is known to the user and a secondary song that is unknown to the user based on a match between the secondary song and the song selection history of the user;

generating a playlist based on a preference of the user to hear at least one of a plurality of the secondary songs that are known to the user and a plurality of the secondary songs that are unknown to the user; and

displaying the playlist to the user to provide the user a list of songs to be played as a fading gradient of colors from a foreground color to a background color, thereby creating an illusion that the playlist is infinite.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the preference of the user to hear at least one of a plurality of the secondary songs that are known to the user and a plurality of the secondary songs that are unknown to the user is indicated by sliding a slider tool to a desired point along at least one of a vertical, horizontal, and a diagonal axis line.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the primary song based on the seed data selected by the user, wherein the seed data is at least one of a seed artist, a seed album, and a seed song, to provide the user control of the primary song.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving a song that has finished playing to the bottom of the playlist; and

changing the foreground color and the background color of the song accordingly.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing a text size on a song to a smaller text size when the song is lower on the playlist;

and

changing a text font on the song to a different text font based on the position of the song on the playlist.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the user to select a song not currently playing in the playlist;

updating the playlist if the user selects the song not currently playing in the playlist.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the user moves the slider to update the playlist while the user is currently listening to the playlist.

8. A system comprising:

a database module to store a seed data and a collection of songs;

a music server to generate a playlist based on a preference of a user to hear at least one of a plurality of songs that are known to the user and a plurality of songs that are unknown to the user;

a music device, comprising a user interface and a client module;

the user interface to input a seed data and allow a user to control the playlist;

the client module to manage a dynamic change in the playlist and apply a visual effect change to the playlist; and

a network to enable communication between the music server and the music device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the communication between the music server and the music device is at least one of wired communication and wireless communication.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the network is at least one of an internet network and a cell phone communication network.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the user interface further comprises an input medium to input the seed data, wherein the input medium is at least one of a touch screen, a keyboard, a button and an external input device.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the user interface further comprises a slider tool that allows a user to choose at least one of a plurality of songs that are known to the user and a plurality of songs that are unknown to the user by moving the slider tool to a desired point along at least one of a vertical, horizontal, and a diagonal axis line.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the playlist comprises a list of songs to be played as a fading gradient of colors from a foreground color to a background color, thereby creating an illusion that the playlist is infinite.

14. A method of a music device, comprising:

presenting a list of a seed data to a user of a music device;

selecting at least a portion of the seed data based on a preference of a user;

determining an identity of a primary song based on a match between the primary song and the preference of the user;

providing the user streaming access to the primary song in a database;

retrieving a song selection history of the user from the database;

determining an identity of a secondary song as at least one of a secondary song that is known to the user and a secondary song that is unknown to the user based on a match between the secondary song and the song selection history of the user;

generating a playlist based on a preference of the user to hear at least one of a plurality of the secondary songs that are known to the user and a plurality of the secondary songs that are unknown to the user;

displaying the playlist to the user to provide the user a list of songs to be played as a fading gradient of colors from a foreground color to a background color, thereby creating an illusion that the playlist is infinite;

moving a song that has finished playing to the bottom of the playlist; and

changing the foreground color and the background color of the song accordingly.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the preference of the user to hear at least one of a plurality of the secondary songs that are known to the user and a plurality of the secondary songs that are unknown to the user is indicated by sliding a slider tool to a desired point along at least one of a vertical, horizontal, and a diagonal axis line.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

selecting the primary song based on the seed data selected by the user, wherein the seed data is at least one of a seed artist, a seed album, and a seed song, to provide the user control of the primary song.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising

changing a text size on a song to a smaller text size when the song is lower on the playlist;

and

changing a text font on the song to a different text font based on the position of the song on the playlist.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

enabling the user to select a song not currently playing in the playlist;

updating the playlist if the user selects the song not currently playing in the playlist.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the user moves the slider to update the playlist while the user is currently listening to the playlist.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

moving a song that has finished playing to the bottom of the playlist; and

changing the text size and the text font of the song accordingly.