METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT
First Claim
1. A media device, comprising:
- a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;
receiving a selection of a first media content item for reception from a media content provider;
presenting a graphical user interface comprising a list of second media content items that can be presented at the media device, wherein the graphical user interface presents a relationship between the first media content item and the second media content items;
receiving an interaction with the graphical user interface to identify selected media content items from the list;
generating a playlist from the selected media content items; and
receiving the selected media content items according to the playlist and source location information for the selected media content items, wherein the source location information is determined according to first metadata pointers associated with the selected media content items.
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Abstract
A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving a selection from a media device corresponding to a first media content, generating a play list at a server where the play list includes second media content that is associated with the first media content by at least one of genre, artist and being published in temporal proximity, and providing play list content comprising at least a portion of the first and second media content to the media device, where at least one of the generation of the play list and the providing of the play list content is based on metadata pointers associated with the first and second media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A media device, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising; receiving a selection of a first media content item for reception from a media content provider; presenting a graphical user interface comprising a list of second media content items that can be presented at the media device, wherein the graphical user interface presents a relationship between the first media content item and the second media content items; receiving an interaction with the graphical user interface to identify selected media content items from the list; generating a playlist from the selected media content items; and receiving the selected media content items according to the playlist and source location information for the selected media content items, wherein the source location information is determined according to first metadata pointers associated with the selected media content items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A first communication device, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising; receiving a selection of a first media content item; presenting a graphical user interface comprising a list of second media content items that can be presented at a second media device, wherein the graphical user interface presents a relationship between the first media content item and the second media content items; receiving an interaction with the graphical user interface to identify selected media content items from the list; and generating a playlist from the selected media content items, wherein the playlist enables receiving the selected media content items according to source location information for the selected media content items, wherein the source location information is determined according to metadata pointers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method, comprising:
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presenting, by a system comprising a processor, a listing of related media content items, wherein the listing presents a relationship between the related media content items and a first media content item; generating, by the system, a playlist comprising a second media content item of the related media content items that is selected from the listing; and transmitting, by the system, the playlist to a media device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification