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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2012
Applicant:

Beats Music, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Trent Reznor, Beverly Hills, CA (US);

Rob Sheridan, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Joel Brosjo, Heleneborgsgatan, SE;

Fredric Vinna, Stockholm, SE;

Brian Frank, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);

Ola Sars, Stockholm, SE;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); G06F 17/30772 (2013.01); H04M 1/72558 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for implementing and managing a music service. According to certain aspects, the systems and methods present an interface to a user that indicates an additional user of the music service and allows the user to select certain properties or attributes associated with a desired playlist. The systems and methods identify a music profile of the additional user and detect an input selection to generate the playlist. In aspects, the systems and methods identify songs based on the music profile of the additional user and optionally a music profile of the user, as well as the properties or attributes selected by the user, and provides the playlist to the user that includes the identified songs.


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