Beats Music, LLC

Apple Inc.

Michael Trent Reznor

Fredric Vinna

Rob Sheridan

James Temple

Scott Elliot Shaw

Lucio Moreno Rufo

Ayse Kulahci

Stephen Garcia

Jeffrey L Robbin

Taylor Gerard Carrigan

William Martin Bachman

Thomas M Alsina

Monika E Gromek

Steve Saro Gedikian

Ofer Morag

Brendon Elias Manwaring

Ryan D Walsh

Joel Brosjo

Brian Frank

Shaun C Lind

Ola Sars

Scott Plagenhoef

Justin G Wismer

A streaming media service can permit artists or other users to create and upload 'posts' to the service. Posts can include text, references to content items in the catalog of the streaming media service, and/or non-catalog media content items that are created by the artist and uploaded as part of the post. Posts can be presented to users as they browse the catalog of the streaming media service and/or in a dedicated feed. The rendering of a post on a user device can include graphical user interface controls that allow the user to access content items referenced by or included in the post.

Social interaction in a media streaming service

Systems and methods are provided for distributing a playlist of a user. The systems and methods receive an indication from the user of a song to add to the playlist and adds the song to the playlist. In aspects, the systems and methods analyze the playlist to determine whether an attribute of the playlist meets a specified parameter. In some cases, the specified parameter can be met if a musical attribute of the song is similar to a music profile of one of the users, or if an amount of songs on the playlist meets or exceeds a specified threshold. The systems and methods can enable the user to distribute the playlist either publicly or to a specified set of users if the specified parameter of the playlist is met.

Systems and methods for distributing a playlist within a music service

Techniques of determining user preferences are described. One embodiment can include a user's electronic device receiving, from a server, icons assigned to a category. The icons may be presented on a display associated with the electronic device. Next, the device may receive inputs via a user interface associated with the device. Each of the inputs may correspond to a selected one of the icons and includes at least one of a plurality of input types. In response to each input, a display status of a selected icon may be adjusted on the display based on the corresponding input type. The display status of each icon indicates a user preference level for the category assigned to the icon. The device can send the user preference levels for the plurality of categories to the server. Other embodiments are also described.

Systems and methods for determining user preferences using a graphical user interface

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface

Systems and methods for compiling personal preferences of a user are provided. A method comprises simultaneously displaying a plurality of icons in a clustered arrangement, each icon being assigned to a respective one of a plurality of values; receiving a first input in association with a first icon, the first input indicating a preference for the value assigned to the first icon; adjusting a size of the first icon in response to the first input; redistributing, within the clustered arrangement, the remaining icons to accommodate the size adjustment; receiving a second input in association with a second icon, the second input indicating a dislike for the value assigned to the second icon; deleting, from the clustered arrangement, the second icon in response to the second input; and redistributing, within the clustered arrangement, the remaining icons to fill a space emptied by the deletion.

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Beverly Hills, CA, United States of America

Michael Trent Reznor