Networked media consumption service

• US 9,966,107 B1
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kraev, Kaloyan K., Freitas, Calvin D., Miles, Steven A., Anderson, David J., Santino, John, Norwood, Kurtis J., Palkar, Sukhada S., Selvaraj, Naveenkumar, Garamfalvi, Olivier Z.
• Primary Examiner(s): Liao, Jason G
• Application Number:
  US13/247,390
• Time in Patent Office: 2,414 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/00 Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting a plurality of files of a plurality of file systems associated with a corresponding plurality of users to each one of the users. In one embodiment, a jukebox service identifies files from file systems associated with each user requesting to consume the transmitted content. In one embodiment, the jukebox service identifies the files based in part on a plurality of disc jockey preferences provided by a disc jockey. The jukebox service then generates a jukebox playlist of the identified files having an order that is generated based at least in part on a playback profile associated with each one of the files. For instance, the playback profile may describe a playback frequency of the respective file. The jukebox service may then transmit the files over a network to clients of requesting users according to the order established by the jukebox playlist.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device, the program comprising machine readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of the computing device, cause the computing device to at least:

receive a request from a plurality of users on a plurality of clients to consume a plurality of media files;

access a plurality of files of a file system associated with each one of the users;

identify the plurality of media files from the files, wherein the media files correspond with a plurality of preferences provided by one of the users;

generate a playlist that includes a plurality of media references, wherein each of the media references points to a respective one of the identified media files and the playlist being generated by at least;

excluding a first subset of the identified media files from inclusion in the playlist based at least in part on the plurality of preferences and

selecting a second subset of the identified media files based at least in part on the plurality of preferences;

determine a playback profile of each one of the media files, wherein the playback profile describes a frequency of playback of the respective media file; and

determine an order for the media references in the playlist based at least in part on the playback profile of each of the files being pointed to by the media references.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the application further comprises machine readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to at least:

provide for the users to participate in managing the playlist by adjusting the order of the media references; and

provide the preferences to identify the media files.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the preferences comprise at least one of a genre of music, an artist, or an age of at least one of the users.

4. A system, comprising:

a computing device comprising a processor and a memory; and

an application executable in the computing device, the application comprising machine readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to at least;

identify a plurality of files within a plurality of file systems associated with a plurality of users, wherein the files correspond with a plurality of preferences stored in a memory accessible by the computing device and the file systems are associated with a respective one of the users;

include a plurality of media references pointing to the identified files in a playlist, wherein the playlist is managed by a designated user;

determine a playback profile for each one of the identified files based on a plurality of attributes associated with each one of the identified files; and

generate the playlist based at least in part on the playback profile of each one of the identified files by at least;

excluding a first subset of the identified files from the playlist based at least in part on the plurality of preferences; and

selecting a second subset of the identified files to include in the playlist based at least in part on the plurality of preferences.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the preferences comprise a type of genre, a name of an artist, a star rating of a file, a popularity of the file, or an age of at least one of the users.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the playback profile comprises a playback frequency, a cumulative number of playbacks, and a most frequent time of playback.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the playlist is further generated according to a vote by the users.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the application further comprises machine readable instructions that cause the computing device to at least provide for the designated user to adjust the playlist.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the application further comprises machine readable instructions that cause the computing device to at least provide for the designated user to insert a placeholder for a media file to be determined at a later time, wherein the media file is selected to replace the placeholder based on a plurality of placeholder preferences.

10. The system of claim 4, wherein the application further comprises machine readable instructions that cause the computing device to at least send the identified files to the users located within a specified distance of a specified location.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the application further comprises machine readable instructions that cause the computing device to at least determine whether one of the users is located within the specified distance of the specified location based on at least one of a quick response code, a geographic location identifier, and a passphrase.

12. The system of claim 4, wherein the application further comprises machine readable instructions that cause the computing device to at least select the designated user from the users.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the designated user is identified according to at least one of a previously determined user, a vote by the users, or a round robin selection.

14. The system of claim 4, wherein the application further comprises machine readable instructions that cause the computing device to at least identify a plurality of additional files from at least one of a preferences list and a consumption list.

15. A method, comprising:

identifying a plurality of files within a plurality of file systems associated with a plurality of users of the media consumption service, wherein the files correspond with a plurality of preferences stored in a memory accessible by the computing device and the file systems are associated with a respective one of the users;

including a plurality of media references pointing to the identified files in a playlist, wherein the playlist is managed by a designated user;

determining a playback profile for each one of the identified files based on a plurality of attributes associated with each one of the identified files; and

generating the playlist based at least in part on the playback profile of each one of the identified files by at least;

excluding a first subset of the identified files from the playlist based at least in part on the plurality of preferences; and

selecting a second subset of the identified files to include in the playlist based at least in part on the plurality of preferences.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the preferences comprise a type of genre, a name of an artist, a star rating of a file, a popularity of the file, or an age of at least one of the users.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the playback profile comprises a playback frequency, a cumulative number of playbacks, or a most frequent time of playback.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein generating the playlist is further based at least in part on a vote by the users.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing for the designated user to adjust the playlist.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising providing for the designated user to insert a placeholder for a media file to be determined at a later time, wherein the media file is selected to replace the placeholder based on a plurality of placeholder preferences.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising sending the identified files to the users located within a specified distance of a specified location.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising determining that one of the users is located within the specified distance of the specified location based on at least one of a quick response code, a geographic location identifier, or a passphrase.

23. The method of claim 15, further comprising selecting the designated user from the users.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising identifying the designated user according to at least one of a previously determined user, a vote by the users, or a round robin selection.

25. The method of claim 15, further comprising identifying a plurality of additional files from at least one of a preferences list and a consumption list.