COLLABORATIVE EVENT PLAYLIST SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20130191454A1
• Filed: 01/24/2012
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Oliver, Michael R., Roberts, Brian F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,436,929 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Exemplary collaborative event playlist systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary system includes a moderator device located at an event premises, connected to a local area network at the event premises, and hosting a collaborative event playlist for playback at an event at the event premises. The system further includes a participant device located at the event premises, connected to the local area network at the event premises, and configured to communicate with the moderator device by way of the local area network to participate in populating the collaborative event playlist with a song to which the participant device has access rights. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a moderator device located at an event premises, connected to a local area network at the event premises, and hosting a collaborative event playlist for playback at an event at the event premises; and

a participant device located at the event premises, connected to the local area network at the event premises, and configured to communicate with the moderator device by way of the local area network to participate in populating the collaborative event playlist with a song to which the participant device has access rights.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the moderator device and the participant device are associated with different users attending the event at the event premises.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein:

the moderator device is operated by a moderator of the collaborative event playlist; and

the participant device is operated by a participant in the populating of the collaborative event playlist.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein:

the participant device has access to a personal music library of the participant; and

the song is included in the personal music library of the participant.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the personal music library of the participant is stored at least one of by the participant device in local memory and by an online media content hosting server device accessible by the participant device by way of a wide area network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the moderator device:

receives, from the participant device, a request to add the song to the collaborative event playlist;

adds the song to the collaborative event playlist in response to the request; and

accesses and plays the song at the event in accordance with the collaborative event playlist.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the moderator device leverages the access rights of the participant device to access and play the song at the event in accordance with the collaborative event playlist.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the moderator device accesses the song by receiving information associated with the song from the participant device by way of the local area network and using the information to request and receive a stream carrying data representative of the song from a media content server device by way of a wide area network.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the moderator device accesses the song by receiving a stream carrying the song from the participant device by way of the local area network.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the moderator device accesses the song by obtaining a temporary copy of the entire song in advance of the moderator device initiating playback of the song at the event.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising an additional participant device located at the event premises, connected to the local area network at the event premises, and configured to communicate with the moderator device by way of the local area network to participate in the populating of the collaborative event playlist with an additional song to which the additional participate device has access rights.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the moderator device:

receives, from the additional participant device, a request to add the additional song to the collaborative event playlist;

adds the additional song to the collaborative event playlist in response to the request; and

accesses and plays the additional song at the event in accordance with the collaborative event playlist.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the event comprises a party;

the event premises comprises a physical premises at which the party is hosted;

the local area network comprises a Wi-Fi network; and

the participant device comprises a mobile device of a user attending the party.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the moderator device:

receives, from the participant device, a request to add the song to the collaborative event playlist;

adds the song to the collaborative event playlist in response to the request;

notifies one or more participants of the addition of the song to the collaborative event playlist;

receives one or more participant votes provided by the one or more participants and indicating whether to keep the song on the collaborative event playlist; and

selectively plays or does not play the song at the event in accordance with the collaborative event playlist based on the one or more participant votes.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the moderator device:

receives, from the participant device, a request to add the song to the collaborative event playlist; and

selectively adds the song to the collaborative event playlist or blocks the song from the collaborative event playlist based on one or more predefined playlist parameters and one or more attributes of the song.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the moderator device:

receives feedback about the song from one or more participants; and

modifies one or more predefined parameters of the collaborative event playlist based on the feedback.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein after the event ends the moderator device publishes information about the collaborative event playlist to a server device accessible by way of a wide area network.

18. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a collaborative playlist facility configured to direct the processor to;

host a collaborative event playlist for playback at an event at an event premises;

receive, from a participant device located at the event premises and by way of a local area network at the event premises, a request to add a song to the collaborative event playlist, the participant device having access rights to the song;

add the song to the collaborative event playlist; and

leverage the access rights of the participant device to access and play the song at the event in accordance with the collaborative event playlist.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the collaborative playlist facility directs the processor to access the song by requesting and receiving information associated with the song from the participant device by way of the local area network and using the information to request and receive a stream carrying data representative of the song from a media content server device by way of a wide area network.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the media content server device stores data representative of a personal music library of a user of the participant device, the personal music library containing the song.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the collaborative playlist facility directs the processor to access the song by requesting and receiving a stream carrying the song from the participant device by way of the local area network.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the participant device stores data representative of a personal music library of a user of the participant device, the personal music library containing the song.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein the collaborative playlist facility directs the processor to access the song by obtaining a temporary copy of the entire song in advance of the collaborative playlist facility directing the processor to initiate playback of the song at the event.

24. A method comprising:

hosting, by a moderator device located at an event premises, a collaborative event playlist for playback at an event at the event premises;

receiving, by the moderator device from a participant device located at the event premises, a request to add a song to the collaborative event playlist, the participant device having access rights to the song;

adding, by the moderator device, the song to the collaborative event playlist; and

leveraging, by the moderator device, the access rights of the participant device to access and play the song at the event in accordance with the collaborative event playlist.

25. A method comprising:

hosting, by a moderator device located at an event premises, a collaborative event playlist for playback at an event at the event premises;

analyzing, by the moderator device, a plurality of music libraries associated with a plurality of event attendees;

adding, by the moderator device, a song included in the plurality of songs to the collaborative event playlist based on the analyzing of the plurality of music libraries associated with the plurality of event attendees and on one or more predefined parameters of the collaborative event playlist; and

accessing and playing the song at the event premises in accordance with the collaborative event playlist.