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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2005
Vincentius Paulus Buil, Eindhoven, NL;
Mauro Barbieri, Eindhoven, NL;
Fabio Vignoli, Veldhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Multi-user playlist generation is provided. Users submit their playlists; a pie chart (-) is displayed (S) representing the multi-user playlist generated from the plurality of playlists, such that m the pie chart each user playlist is represented as a piece of the pie (--); a first piece of the pie is selected as the user playlist from which a selection is next chosen by displaying (S) a spinning effect with respect to the pie for a random or a pseudorandom period of time; and choosing (S) the selection from the determined user playlist and playing the selection chosen. The selection may include a song, a piece of music, a picture, a video, a film, or a TV program. The user playlists may be provided by a user as a list of songs, a genre, an artist, or a user preference profile.