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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Daniel Plastina, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jonathan M. Cain, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael J. Novak, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Plastina, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jonathan M. Cain, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael J. Novak, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for establishing a filtering engine for generating an ordered list of one or more media items selected from a library of media items. A user can select multiple filters and assign a weight to the filters according to the importance of each filter. In response, the playlist engine will generate a playlist of media items according to the weighted filters. A user interface includes elements for selecting and weighting filters for generating such a playlist.