Apple Inc.

John Andrew McCulloh

Andrew H Vyrros

Patrick G Gates

Arvind S Shenoy

Jeremy Matthew Werner

Payam Mirrashidi

Andrew M Wadycki

Richard Frederick Wagner

Christopher Laurence Bell

Eva Hohei Mok

Jayesh Krishnan

Chelina Vargas

Eric Danforth Strahm

Renée Ross

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for generating an internet radio media station based on metadata available on the user's media library. The media station can be generated in response to a subscription request to an internet radio service. In one example, the media station is generated without a user seed. Metadata related to the user's media library is analyzed and format rules are selected and configured according to the analysis. The format rules are associated with slots in a media station that define the playback sequence of the media station.

Personalized media stations

Methods and arrangements for facilitating generation of media mixes for a program participant based at least in part on media library inventory information provided by a number of program participants. Those individuals that decide to be program participants are interested in organizing, maintaining and playing their music, based at least in part, on data derived from a population of other participants in the program. A program participant must send, and the system, receive, data representative of that program participant's media inventory. The system or program determines a relative similarity of each item from the collection of program participants as compared to each other item and from the similarity information clusters of similar items are identified. The clusters can be used to identify clusters of similar items in an individual program participant's media library and therefrom mixes of similar media items can be created.

Media item clustering based on similarity data

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Belmont, CA, United States of America

John Andrew McCulloh