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Auto playlist generator

  • US 7,313,571 B1
  • Filed: 10/31/2005
  • Issued: 12/25/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system having processor and memory associated therewith for generating one or more lists, the system comprising:

  • means for learning, the means for learning employing descriptive metadata from a training set of media objects to learn;

    means for generating a fingerprint of a media object from a plurality of descriptive metadata attributes, at least one of the plurality of descriptive metadata attributes being a subjective attribute;

    means for comparing the fingerprint to a reference fingerprint to produce an output indicative of the similarity between the fingerprints;

    means for translating the output into a similarity value, wherein the means for translating is generated at least in part by the means for learning; and

    means for generating a list of similar media objects based on the similarity value, wherein the similarity value is a difference vector, where the difference is taken between two different feature vectors, each of which describes an item in the media library data store and a training item.

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