MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING USER-CONTROLLED FEATURES RELATING TO MEDIA CONTENT IN MULTIPLE ONLINE MEDIA COMMUNITIES AND NETWORKS

• US 20160127436A1
• Filed: 11/05/2015
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bradly Freeman Rich
• Original Assignee: Bradly Freeman Rich
• Inventors: Rich, Bradly Freeman
• Granted Patent: US 10,491,646 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating playlist assistance and sharing of media content over multiple media communities according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes receiving, at a first computing device, a request relating to media content. The request may be placed by a user at a second computing device. The method may further include researching a plurality of media playlists at a plurality of media communities for the media content, selecting one or more of the plurality of media playlists at one or more of the media communities having the media content, and transmitting, from the first computing to the second computing device, the one or more media playlists having the media content.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method comprising:

displaying an interactive user interface while playing a media item at a computing device, wherein the media item comprises an audio item or a video item; and

selecting a playlist assistance function using the user interface, wherein the playlist assistance function allows for at least one of locating, identifying, playing, or shuffling of a plurality of playlists having a plurality of media items based on one or more categories including at least one of titles, artists, albums, or genre relating to the media item.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the playlist assistance function is represented as an icon on the user interface.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the computing device comprises a media player, wherein the media player is synchronized with a native music library associated with a user having access to the media player, wherein the synchronization is based one the one or more categories.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the selection of the playlist assistance function to facilitate performance of one or more tasks, wherein the one or more tasks comprise interactively displaying, by the user interface, one or more of:

a first set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, wherein each playlist of the first set of playlists includes the media item;

a second set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, wherein each playlist of the second set of playlists includes one or more media items by an artist associated with the media item;

a third set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, where each playlist of the third set of playlists includes one or more media items contained in an album having the media item; and

a fourth set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, wherein each playlist of the fourth set of playlists includes one or more media items based on a genre of the media item.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the one or more tasks further comprise shuffling multiple media items of a playlist of at least one of the first set of playlists, the second set of playlists, the third set of playlists, or the fourth set of playlists.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the media item comprises at least one of an audio item or a video item, wherein the audio and video items comprise one or more of songs, lectures, plays, and movies, wherein the songs include audio songs or audio/video songs.

27. An apparatus comprising:

a computing device having a processing device and memory coupled to the processing device, wherein the processing device to facilitate;

displaying of an interactive user interface while playing a media item, wherein the media item comprises an audio item or a video item; and

selecting of a playlist assistance function using the user interface, wherein the playlist assistance function allows for at least one of locating, identifying, playing, or shuffling of a plurality of playlists having a plurality of media items based on one or more categories including at least one of titles, artists, albums, or genre relating to the media item.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the playlist assistance function is represented as an icon on the user interface.

29. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the computing device comprises a media player, wherein the media player is synchronized with a native music library associated with a user having access to the media player, wherein the synchronization is based one the one or more categories.

30. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the selection of the playlist assistance function to facilitate performance of one or more tasks, wherein the one or more tasks comprise interactively displaying, by the user interface, one or more of:

a first set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, wherein each playlist of the first set of playlists includes the media item;

a second set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, wherein each playlist of the second set of playlists includes one or more media items by an artist associated with the media item;

a third set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, where each playlist of the third set of playlists includes one or more media items contained in an album having the media item; and

a fourth set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, wherein each playlist of the fourth set of playlists includes one or more media items based on a genre of the media item.

32. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the media item comprises at least one of an audio item or a video item, wherein the audio and video items comprise one or more of songs, lectures, plays, and movies, wherein the songs include audio songs or audio/video songs.

33. At least one machine-readable medium having instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

displaying an interactive user interface while playing a media item at the computing device, wherein the media item comprises an audio item or a video item; and

selecting a playlist assistance function using the user interface, wherein the playlist assistance function allows for at least one of locating, identifying, playing, or shuffling of a plurality of playlists having a plurality of media items based on one or more categories including at least one of titles, artists, albums, or genre relating to the media item.

34. The machine-readable medium of claim 33, wherein the playlist assistance function is represented as an icon on the user interface.

35. The machine-readable medium of claim 33, wherein the computing device comprises a media player, wherein the media player is synchronized with a native music library associated with a user having access to the media player, wherein the synchronization is based one the one or more categories.

36. The machine-readable medium of claim 33, wherein the selection of the playlist assistance function to facilitate performance of one or more tasks, wherein the one or more tasks comprise interactively displaying, by the user interface, one or more of:

a first set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, wherein each playlist of the first set of playlists includes the media item;

a second set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, wherein each playlist of the second set of playlists includes one or more media items by an artist associated with the media item;

a third set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, where each playlist of the third set of playlists includes one or more media items contained in an album having the media item; and

a fourth set of playlists of the plurality of playlists, wherein each playlist of the fourth set of playlists includes one or more media items based on a genre of the media item.

37. The machine-readable medium of claim 36, wherein the one or more tasks further comprise shuffling multiple media items of a playlist of at least one of the first set of playlists, the second set of playlists, the third set of playlists, or the fourth set of playlists.

38. The machine-readable medium of claim 33, wherein the media item comprises at least one of an audio item or a video item, wherein the audio and video items comprise one or more of songs, lectures, plays, and movies, wherein the songs include audio songs or audio/video songs.