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United States Patent

Plastina et al.

(io) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent:

US 7,680,824 B2 Mar. 16, 2010

(54) SINGLE ACTION MEDIA PLAYLIST GENERATION

(75) Inventors: Daniel Plastina, Sammamish, WA (US);

Jonathan M. Cain, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Novak, Redmond, WA (US)

(73) Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 105 days.

(21) Appl.No.: 11/201,960

(22) Filed: Aug. 11, 2005

(65) Prior Publication Data

US 2007/0038672 Al Feb. 15, 2007

(51) Int. CI.

G06F17/30 (2006.01)

(52) U.S. CI 707/104.1; 705/27; 715/764;

715/765; 345/792

(58) Field of Classification Search 707/10;

715/65, 810, 764-765; 709/104.1, 204, 219, 709/242; 705/27; 345/792 See application file for complete search history.

(56) References Cited

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

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U.S. Patent

Mar. 16, 2010

Sheet 2 of 15

US 7,680,824 B2

FIG. 2

THE USER SELECTS A SELECTION ELEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A
CURRENTLY PLAYING MEDIA ITEM OF A CURRENTLY PLAYING PLAYLIST,
DESIGNATING IT AS THE SEED MEDIA ITEM

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THE USER SELECTS A SELECTION ELEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH
A PARTICULAR MEDIA ITEM, DESIGNATING IT AS THE SEED

MEDIA ITEM

THE USER SELECTS A MEDIA ITEM AS THE SEED
MEDIA ITEM

RECEIVING A SELECTION OF A SEED MEDIA ITEM FOR USE IN
GENERATING THE LIST OF TWO OR MORE MEDIA ITEMS

DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE AUDIO PROPERTY OF THE SEED MEDIA
ITEM (E.G., LOOKING UP THE AUDIO PROPERTY OF THE SEED MEDIA
ITEM IN A DATA SOURCE)

PROMPTING THE USER FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE NUMBER OF MEDIA
ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE GENERATED LIST, THE TOTAL
MINIMUM PLAYING TIME OF THE MEDIA ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN
THE GENERATED LIST, AND THE TOTAL MAXIMUM PLAYING TIME OF
THE MEDIA ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE GENERATED LIST

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ORDERING THE LIST OF TWO OR MORE MEDIA ITEMS INTO AN
ORDERED LIST BASED UPON THE AUDIO PROPERTIES

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GENERATING THE LIST OF TWO OR MORE MEDIA ITEMS INCLUDING
THE SEED MEDIA ITEM AND THE SELECTED MEDIA ITEMS FROM THE

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