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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2007
Lawrence S. Rich, Cary, NC (US);
Lawrence S. Rich, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and system for applying ratings to digital music and for playing back digital music conforming to a rating level. A method for playing back digital music conforming to a rating level, includes: sending a request for metadata from a music player to a metadata service; receiving metadata sent back from the metadata service in response to the request, the metadata comprising information regarding at least one explicit interval of the track; playing the track on the music player; and selectively applying an edit to each explicit interval of the playing track identified in the metadata, based on a predetermined rating level.