Displaying auto-generated facts about a music library

• US 8,612,442 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2011
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Bilinski, Brandon, Otto, Owen Daniel, Khovanskaya, Vera, Zwiebel, Colin, Sekhon, Yashvir
• Primary Examiner(s): Cao, Phuong Thao
• Application Number:
  US13/297,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 707/736, 707/999.001, 707/999.003, 707/779
• US Class Current: 707/736
• 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: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

A method for surfacing auto-generated facts about a music library is provided. The method initiates with receiving from a client device a request to access an online music library associated with a user, the music library including a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data. The metadata of the audio files in the music library are transmitted to the client device. A music application code is transmitted to the client device, the music application code configured to be executed by a browser application on the client device, the music application code including a fact template defining an analysis to be performed on the transmitted metadata and posting logic configured to display a result of the analysis performed according to the fact template in said browser application on the client device.

Claims

1. A method for surfacing auto-generated facts about an online music library, comprising:

receiving from a client device a request to access an online music library associated with a user, the online music library including a plurality of audio files, each of the plurality of audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data;

transmitting the metadata of the plurality of audio files in the online music library to the client device;

transmitting to the client device a music application code configured to be executed by a browser application on the client device, the music application code including a fact template defining an analysis to be performed on the transmitted metadata and posting logic configured to display a result of the analysis performed according to the fact template in said browser application on the client device;

wherein the fact template defines a threshold requirement for performance of the analysis defined by the fact template.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the posting logic is configured to display the result in a predefined window of a graphical user interface for managing and streaming the plurality of audio files of the online music library.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the result of the analysis defines a fractional amount of the online music library.

4. The method of claim 3,

wherein the posting logic is configured to adjust an icon in accordance with the fractional amount and display said icon on the client device.

5. The method of claim 1,

wherein the analysis defined by the fact template parses one or more of the following from the metadata:

title, genre, artist, duration, rating, number of times played.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein the threshold requirement defines a minimum number of audio files having a specified metadata feature.

7. A method for surfacing auto-generated facts about an online music library on a client device, comprising:

executing a browser application;

sending a request via the browser application to a server to access an online music library associated with a user, the online music library including a plurality of audio files, each of the plurality of audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data;

receiving the metadata of the plurality of audio files in the online music library from the server;

storing the metadata in a local cache on the client device;

receiving a music application code from the server;

executing the music application code in the browser application on the client device;

wherein executing the music application code includes performing an analysis of the stored metadata in the local cache as defined by a fact template included in the music application code, and displaying a result of the analysis in said browser application on the client device;

wherein the fact template defines a threshold requirement for performance of the analysis defined by the fact template.

8. The method of claim 7,

wherein the displaying of the result of the analysis is in a predefined window of a graphical user interface for managing and streaming the plurality of audio files of the online music library.

9. The method of claim 7,

wherein the result of the analysis defines a fractional amount of the online music library.

10. The method of claim 9,

wherein displaying the result of the analysis includes adjusting an icon in accordance with the fractional amount and displaying said icon on the client device.

11. The method of claim 7,

wherein the analysis defined by the fact template parses one or more of the following from the stored metadata in the local cache:

title, genre, artist, duration, rating, number of times played.

12. The method of claim 7,

wherein the threshold requirement defines a minimum number of audio files having a specified metadata feature.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions embodied thereon for surfacing auto-generated facts about an online music library, the program instructions for:

receiving from a client device a request to access an online music library associated with a user, the online music library including a plurality of audio files, each of the plurality of audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data;

transmitting the metadata of the plurality of audio files in the online music library to the client device;

transmitting to the client device a music application code configured to be executed by a browser application on the client device, the music application code including a fact template defining an analysis to be performed on the transmitted metadata and posting logic configured to display a result of the analysis performed according to the fact template in said browser application on the client device;

wherein the fact template defines a threshold requirement for performance of the analysis defined by the fact template.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13,

wherein the posting logic is configured to display the result in a predefined window of a graphical user interface for managing and streaming the plurality of audio files of the online music library.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13,

wherein the result of the analysis defines a fractional amount of the online music library.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15,

wherein the posting logic is configured to adjust an icon in accordance with the fractional amount and display said icon on the client device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13,

wherein the analysis defined by the fact template parses one or more of the following from the metadata:

title, genre, artist, duration, rating, number of times played.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13,

wherein the threshold requirement defines a minimum number of audio files having a specified metadata feature.

19. A system for surfacing auto-generated facts about an online audio library, comprising:

an audio storage device configured to store an online audio library associated with a user, the online audio library including a plurality of audio files, each of the plurality of audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data; and

a server, the server configured to receive from a client device a request to access the online audio library, and in response to receiving the request,

transmit the metadata of the plurality of audio files in the online audio library to the client device, and

transmit to the client device an audio application code configured to be executed by a browser application on the client device, the audio application code including a fact template defining an analysis to be performed on the transmitted metadata and posting logic configured to display a result of the analysis performed according to the fact template in said browser application on the client device;

wherein the fact template defines a threshold requirement for performance of the analysis defined by the fact template.

20. The system of claim 19,

wherein the posting logic is configured to display the result in a predefined window of a graphical user interface for managing and streaming the plurality of audio files of the online audio library.

21. The system of claim 19,

wherein the result of the analysis defines a fractional amount of the online audio library.

22. The system of claim 21,

wherein the posting logic is configured to adjust an icon in accordance with the fractional amount and display said icon on the client device.

23. The system of claim 19,

wherein the analysis defined by the fact template parses one or more of the following from the metadata:

title, genre, artist, duration, rating, number of times played.

24. The system of claim 19,

wherein the threshold requirement defines a minimum number of audio files having a specified metadata feature.

25. A method for surfacing auto-generated facts about an online music library, comprising:

accessing an online music library associated with a user, the online music library including a plurality of audio files, each of the plurality of audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data;

retrieving metadata of the plurality of audio files from the online music library;

retrieving a fact template defining an analysis to be performed on the metadata;

analyzing the metadata according to the fact template; and

providing a result of the analysis for display in a predefined window of a graphical user interface for managing and streaming the plurality of audio files of the online music library;

wherein the fact template defines a threshold requirement for performance of the analysis defined by the fact template.

26. The method of claim 25,

wherein the result of the analysis defines a fractional amount of the online music library;

and

wherein providing the result of the analysis includes providing data for adjusting a display of an icon in the predefined window of the graphical user interface in accordance with the fractional amount.

27. The method of claim 25,

wherein the analysis defined by the fact template parses one or more of the following from the metadata:

title, genre, artist, duration, rating, number of times played.