Method for sharing and searching playlists

• US 9,002,879 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2012
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stelzmuller, Christa Maria, Schiro, Pierre, Sahay, Siddhartha S., Baird, Daniel, Korman, Adam, Toth, III, Alexander Stephen, Ramachandra, Poorna Chandra Gowda Bannikuppe, Spiegelman, Michael, Suresh, Bipin, Brown, David E., Sutton, Lori Ann
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US13/679,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173656A1
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 707/802, 707/803, 707/809, 707/E17.095, 707/E17.102, 707/E17.103, 707/E17.001, 707/758, 707/999.102, 707/E17.009, 707/769, 707/770, 707/783, 707/706, 707/723, 707/748, 707/785, 707/E17.005, 707/E17.071, 707/E17.084, 725/105, 725/135, 725/143, 725/133, 725/141, 725/34, 725/53, 725/86, 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709/231, 705/14.1, 705/26.1, 705/319, 715/716
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/637 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialization, adaptation or distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6236 between heterogeneous systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0038 System on Chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/01 Automatic library building
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2113 Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/386 using messaging services or messaging apps using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 : Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 : Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 : applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 : Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 : Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 : Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 : Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 : Session protocols
• 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 67/306 : User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 : involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 : Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 : Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 : Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 : The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 : embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 : Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 : Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 : Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 : for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 : using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 : Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 : comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 : involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 : Multimedia

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving an indication of a desire to identify a playlist at a computing platform, wherein the indication includes one or more search criteria; and

searching a playlist storage utilizing a processor of the computing platform to identify a desired playlist result set comprising one or more user-published playlists, the one or more user-published playlists individually comprising user-provided text describing a user'"'"'s understanding, perception, and feelings toward the playlist, wherein said searching the playlist storage comprises searching the user-provided text according to the one or more search criteria.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a mood associated with the desired playlist result.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more search criteria comprise an event associated with the desired playlist result.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a situation associated with the desired playlist result.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving the indication of the desire to identify a playlist comprises receiving the indication at a server computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving the indication of the desire to identify a playlist comprises receiving the indication from a user computing device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting the desired playlist result to the user computing device at least in part in response to said searching the playlist storage.

8. A computing device, comprising:

means for receiving an indication of a desire to identify a playlist, wherein the indication includes one or more search criteria; and

means for searching a playlist storage to identify a desired playlist result set comprising one or more user-published playlists, the one or more user-published playlists individually comprising user-provided text describing a user'"'"'s understanding, perception, and/or feelings toward the playlist, wherein said means for searching the playlist storage comprises means for searching the user-provided text according to the one or more search criteria.

9. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a mood associated with the desired playlist result.

10. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the one or more search criteria comprise an event associated with the desired playlist result.

11. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a situation associated with the desired playlist result.

12. The computing device of claim 8, wherein said means for receiving the indication of the desire to identify a playlist comprises means for receiving the indication at a server computing device.

13. The computing device of claim 8, wherein said means for receiving the indication of the desire to identify a playlist comprises receiving the indication from a user computing device.

14. The computing device of claim 13, further comprising means for transmitting the desired playlist result to the user computing device at least in part in response to said searching the playlist storage.

15. An article, comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a processor of a computing device to;

obtain an indication of a desire to identify a playlist from a client computing device, wherein the indication includes one or more search criteria; and

search a playlist storage to identify a desired playlist result set comprising one or more user-published playlists, the one or more user-published playlists individually comprising user-provided text describing a user'"'"'s understanding, perception, and/or feelings toward the playlist, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions to search the playlist storage at least in part by searching the user-provided text according to the one or more search criteria.

16. The article of claim 15, wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a mood associated with the desired playlist result.

17. The article of claim 15, wherein the one or more search criteria comprise an event associated with the desired playlist result.

18. The article of claim 15, wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a situation associated with the desired playlist result.

19. The article of claim 15, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the processor to initiate transmission of the desired playlist result to the user computing device at least in part in response to said searching the playlist storage.