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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2010
Waymen J. Askey, Cary, NC (US);
Hugh Svendsen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Waymen J. Askey, Cary, NC (US);
Hugh Svendsen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Napo Enterprises, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system are provided for sorting media items in a playlist on a media device that are ranked by score. One embodiment includes changing a user preference associated with a sort criteria selected by the user, wherein each of the media items includes a profile score that is calculated based on user preferences, and a replay score that affects replay of the corresponding media item; recalculating the profile score and the replay score of each of the media items; sorting the media items by the replay scores; and sorting the media items by the sort criteria indicated by a user.