System and method of generating a playlist based on a frequency ratio

• US 8,356,031 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2010
• Issued: 01/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beats Music, LLC (Apple Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Daisy LLC
• Inventors: Hyman, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Spieler, William
• Application Number:
  US12/703,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20110196867A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• Field of Search: 707/728, 707/916
• US Class Current: 707/728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/635 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content

Abstract

Several methods and systems to generate a playlist based on a frequency ratio are disclosed. In one aspect a method includes, presenting a list of a seed data to a user of a music device, selecting a portion of the seed data based on a preference of a user, and determining an identity of a primary song based on a match between the primary song and the preference of the user. The method also includes providing the user streaming access to the primary song in a database and determining a secondary song based on the primary song. A correlation between the secondary song and the primary song is determined based on an algorithm and the user is provided streaming access to the secondary song. A frequency ratio of the primary song and the secondary song is automatically adjusted in responsive to a selection through a selection tool.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

inputting seed data, through a user interface of a music device, based on a preference of a user of the music device;

determining, through a music server, an identity of a number of primary songs based on a match between the number of primary songs and the preference of the user;

providing, through the music server, the user streaming access to the primary songs in a database of the music server;

determining, through the music server, a number of secondary songs based on the number of primary songs, wherein a secondary artist of a secondary song is different than a primary artist of a primary song;

determining, through the music server, that there is a correlation between a secondary song and a primary song based on an algorithm;

identifying, through the music server, the secondary song as being similar to the primary song based on the algorithm;

providing, through the music server, the user streaming access to the number of secondary songs when a secondary song is selected from the database in a playlist having the number of primary songs;

automatically adjusting, through the music server, a frequency ratio of the primary songs and the secondary songs responsive to a selection through a selection tool;

generating the playlist through a processor based on the frequency ratio of the number of primary songs and the secondary songs;

providing access, through the music server, to the number of primary songs and the number of secondary songs similar to the primary song based on the preference of the user; and

displaying the playlist to the user to provide the user a list of songs to be played as a fading gradient of colors from a foreground color to a background color, thereby creating an illusion that the playlist is infinite.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising blending the frequency ratio of the primary songs and the secondary songs in response to a sliding a slider to a desired point along at least one of a vertical, a diagonal, and a horizontal axis line.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting a primary song based on the seed data selected by the user, wherein the seed data is one of a seed artist, a seed album, and a seed song, to provide the user a control of the number of primary songs.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the playlist comprising the primary songs and the secondary songs, wherein a primary artist of the primary songs is the same as the seed artist of the seed data and a secondary artist of a secondary song is different than the primary artist of the primary songs; and

providing the user access to meta-data associated with the secondary songs similar to the primary songs, wherein the meta-data is at least one of a playlist frequency data, a genre data, an artist history data, an image, and a video data.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

selecting the frequency ratio of the primary songs and the secondary songs when a slider is slid to a desired point along an axis; and

controlling exposure to the secondary songs based on the slider value along the axis.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the secondary songs similar to the primary songs based on one of a genre of the primary songs, a time period of the primary songs, and a tone of the primary songs.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising communicating between the music device and the music server through a computer network.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

generating the playlist comprising an equal number of the primary songs and the secondary songs when a slider of a blender is near the center of the blender to provide the user with the equal number of the primary songs and the secondary songs similar to the primary songs, wherein the blender comprises the axis responsive to adjusting the frequency ratio.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising generating the playlist comprising the primary songs when the slider of the blender is near the end of the blender to provide the user with the primary songs, with the primary artist of the primary songs being the same as a seed artist of the seed, to provide the user streaming access to the primary songs of the seed artist of the seed data.

10. A method comprising:

providing, through a server device, streaming access to a first primary song to a user of a music device;

determining, through the server device, an identity of a second primary song, wherein a primary artist of the first primary song is the same as the primary artist of the second primary song;

providing, through the server device, the user streaming access to the second primary song in a database of the server device;

determining, through the server device, a secondary song based on the first primary song, wherein a secondary artist of the secondary song is different than the primary artist of the first primary song;

determining, through the server device, that there is a correlation between the secondary song and the first primary song based on an algorithm;

identifying, through the server device, the secondary song as being similar to the first primary song based on the algorithm;

providing, through the server device, the user streaming access to the secondary song when the secondary song is selected from the database in a playlist having the first primary song;

automatically, through the server device, adjusting a frequency ratio of primary songs and secondary songs in the playlist responsive to a selection through a selection tool by the user;

generating, through the server device, the playlist through a processor based on the frequency ratio of the primary songs and the secondary songs;

providing access to the primary songs and the secondary songs similar to the primary song; and

displaying the playlist to the user to provide the user a list of songs to be played as a fading gradient of colors from a foreground color to a background color, thereby creating an illusion that the playlist is infinite.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising blending the frequency ratio of the primary songs and the secondary songs in response to a sliding a slider to a desired point along at least one of a vertical, a diagonal, and a horizontal axis line.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting the frequency ratio of the primary songs and the secondary songs when a slider is slid to a desired point along an axis;

controlling exposure to the secondary song based on the slider value along the axis.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting the secondary songs similar to the primary songs based on the algorithm comprising an analysis of a genre of the primary songs and the genre of the secondary songs.

14. The method of claim 10, comprising communicating between the music device and the server device through a computer network.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising generating the playlist comprising an equal number of the primary songs and the secondary songs when a slider of a blender is near the center of the blender to provide the user with the equal number of the primary songs and the secondary songs similar to the primary songs, wherein the blender comprises the axis responsive to adjusting the frequency ratio.

16. A system comprising:

a music device to enable a user thereof to input seed data through a user interface based on a preference of the user; and

a music server communicatively coupled to the music device to;

determine an identity of a number of primary songs based on a match between the number of primary songs and the preference of the user,

provide the user streaming access to the primary songs in a database thereof,

determine a number of secondary songs based on the number of primary songs, wherein a secondary artist of a secondary song is different than a primary artist of a primary song,

determine that there is a correlation between a secondary song and a primary song based on an algorithm,

identify the secondary song as being similar to the primary song based on the algorithm,

provide the user streaming access to the number of secondary songs when a secondary song is selected from the database in a playlist having the number of primary songs,

automatically adjust a frequency ratio of the primary songs and the secondary songs responsive to a selection through a selection tool,

generate the playlist through a processor based on the frequency ratio of the number of primary songs and the secondary songs,

provide access to the number of primary songs and the number of secondary songs similar to the primary song based on the preference of the user, and

display the playlist to the user to provide the user a list of songs to be played as a fading gradient of colors from a foreground color to a background color, thereby creating an illusion that the playlist is infinite.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to select the primary songs based on the seed data selected by the user, wherein the seed data is one of a seed artist, a seed album, and a seed song, to provide the user a control of the primary songs.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to provide the user access to meta-data associated with the secondary songs similar to the primary songs, wherein the meta-data is at least one of a playlist frequency data, a genre data, an artist history data, an image, and a video data.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to select the frequency ratio of the primary songs and the secondary songs when a slider is slid to a desired point along an axis, and to control exposure to the secondary songs based on a slider value along the axis.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to select the secondary songs similar to the primary songs based on one of a genre of the primary songs, a time period of the primary songs, and a tone of the primary songs.