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Method for producing playlists for personalized music stations and for transmitting songs on such playlists

  • US 6,933,433 B1
  • Filed: 11/08/2000
  • Issued: 08/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of producing a playlist of music for a personalized music station, the method comprising the step of:

  • assigning an artist block rating to at least one of a plurality of predefined artist blocks, each artist block comprising a grouping of a plurality of artists related in some way;

    using the artist block rating to produce an artist rating for each artist in the artist block;

    generating a first list of artists from the artist block, wherein the number of times each artist appears in the first list is related to the artist rating for each artist;

    randomly selecting artists from the first list of artists;

    producing a prioritized list of songs for each of the randomly selected artists; and

    selecting songs from the prioritized list of songs for inclusion in a master playlist.

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