COLLABORATIVE PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT

• US 20100082731A1
• Filed: 09/26/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Haughay, Allen P., Lee, Jeffrey T., Ingrassia, Michael Ignazio JR., Perry, Ryan
• Granted Patent: US 8,392,505 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• 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 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for collaboratively managing a playlist of media items including a communications interface. The communications interface may be configured to receive a user feedback from each of a plurality of portable media devices and may include a processor configured to generate an updated playlist based on the user feedback, The user feedback may be related to a queued media item in a playlist.

Claims

1. A media server comprising:

a communications interface configured to receive a user feedback from each of a plurality of portable media devices, wherein the user feedback is related to a queued media item in a playlist; and

a processor configured to generate an updated playlist based on the user feedback.

2. The media server of claim 1, wherein the communications interface is configured to transmit metadata related to the playlist to the plurality of portable media devices.

3. The media server of claim 1, wherein the communications interface is configured to transmit metadata related to the updated playlist to the plurality of portable media devices.

4. A computer program product including instructions embodied on a computer readable medium for managing a playlist which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps comprising:

receiving a first feedback from a first client device and a second feedback from a second client device, wherein the first feedback and the second feedback are related to a queued media item included in the playlist; and

generating an updated playlist based on the first feedback and the second feedback.

5. The computer program product of claim 4, the steps further comprising:

causing the playlist to be displayed on the first client device and on the second client device;

6. The computer program product of claim 4, the steps further comprising:

causing the updated playlist to be displayed on the first client device and on the second client device.

7. The computer program product of claim 4, the steps further comprising:

adding a new media item to the playlist based on the first feedback and the second feedback.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the adding step comprises streaming the new media item from the first client device.

9. The computer program product of claim 4, the steps further comprising:

deleting a rejected media item from the playlist based on the first feedback and the second feedback.

10. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the generating step comprises reordering media items in the playlist.

11. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the first feedback is a text message.

12. The computer program product of claim 4 the steps further comprising:

causing the first feedback to be displayed on the second client device.

13. A network comprising:

a media server; and

a plurality of portable media devices coupled to the media server, wherein the plurality of portable media devices are configured to receive metadata related to a playlist from the media server, wherein the media server is configured to receive feedback from the plurality of portable media devices, and wherein the feedback is related to a queued media item included in the playlist, and wherein the media server is configured to generate a composite feedback, and wherein the media server is configured to generate an updated playlist based on the composite feedback.

14. A portable media device comprising:

a display;

a user input device;

a communications interface; and

a processor, wherein the processor is configured to present on the display a remote application including metadata associated with a queued media item, and wherein the processor is configured to receive a feedback from the user input device related to the queued media item, and wherein the processor is configured to transmit the feedback to the communications interface.

15. The portable media device of claim 14, wherein the communications interface is configured to receive metadata related to an updated playlist.

16. The portable media device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to display the metadata related to the updated playlist on the display.

17. A method for managing a playlist of media items comprising:

receiving a first feedback from a first media device and a second feedback from a second media device, wherein the first feedback and the second feedback are related to a queued media item included in the playlist;

generating a composite feedback based on the first feedback and the second feedback;

generating an updated playlist based on the composite feedback.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

causing a plurality of metadata associated with the updated playlist to be displayed on the first media device and on the second media device.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the generating step comprises deleting the queued media item from the playlist if the composite feedback is negative.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the generating step comprises promoting the queued media item within the playlist if the composite feedback is positive.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein the first feedback includes a tag.