INTERNET RADIO AND BROADCAST METHOD PERSONALIZED BY SOCIAL CURATION
First Claim
1. A method of providing an Internet radio service, comprising:
- utilizing a first set of users to provide musical preferences and act as curators for a set of shared Internet radio stations hosted by an Internet radio service having a musical database and at least one server computer;
providing a user interface for an individual user in a second set of users to create a personalized Internet radio station, based on at least one musical preference of the individual user, wherein the personalized Internet radio station is hosted by the Internet radio service; and
providing a user interface for the individual user to subscribe to one or more of the set of shared Internet radio stations.
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Abstract
Data streams are generally selected according to user preferences and transmitted to the user in general alignment with expressed preferences of the user. Such data streams may be music, including music videos. Users may indicate their general or specific preferences with regards to song, artists, or albums. Any other aspects or factors that might affect the user'"'"'s preferences can be taken into account. A playlist is created that combines all of these factors. The playlist then serves as the basis for feeding the data streams to the user. Each user is able to express his or her own preferences and receive music corresponding to those preferences on an on-going basis.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of providing an Internet radio service, comprising:
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utilizing a first set of users to provide musical preferences and act as curators for a set of shared Internet radio stations hosted by an Internet radio service having a musical database and at least one server computer; providing a user interface for an individual user in a second set of users to create a personalized Internet radio station, based on at least one musical preference of the individual user, wherein the personalized Internet radio station is hosted by the Internet radio service; and providing a user interface for the individual user to subscribe to one or more of the set of shared Internet radio stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of providing a socially curated Internet radio service, comprising:
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receiving a request of a user to subscribe to at least one Internet radio station hosted by an Internet radio service to form a set of subscribed Internet radio stations for the user, wherein each individual Internet radio station of the set of subscribed Internet radio stations has a playlist of songs based on at least one musical preference and musical ratings selected by a human user responsible for curating the respective Internet radio station; receiving a request of the user to play an individual one of the set of subscribed Internet radio stations; providing access to a client device of the user, via at least one server computer, to a song playlist of a selected individual subscribed radio station. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing a socially curated Internet radio service, comprising:
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hosting a multiplicity of shared Internet radio stations, via an Internet radio service including a musical database and at least one server computer, wherein each shared Internet radio station has a playlist reflecting musical preferences selected by a human user responsible for curating an individual shared Internet radio station; providing a user interface for a user to search the multiplicity of shared Internet radio stations and receive station recommendations; and providing a user interface for a user to select to one or more of the multiplicity of shared Internet radio stations. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for providing a socially curated Internet radio service, comprising:
a musical database and at least one server to host Internet radio stations and receive user inputs via a set of user interfaces displayed on client devices, the set of user interfaces including; a user interface to access a plurality of shared Internet radio stations where each individual shared Internet radio station has a playlist of songs based on at least one musical preference selected by a user responsible for curating a particular Internet radio station; a user interface to search the plurality of shared Internet radio stations and receive station recommendations; and a user interface to subscribe to one or more of the plurality of the shared Internet radio stations. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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