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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Francisco J. Martin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jim Shur, Corvallis, OR (US);
Marc Torrens, Corvallis, OR (US);
Rick Hangartner, Corvallis, OR (US);
Guillermo Caudevilla-Laliena, Corvallis, OR (US);
David del Ser Bartolome, Corvallis, OR (US);
Craig Rowley, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for generating composite mediasets from mediasets, each comprising media items, associated with a plurality of users. In some embodiments, individual and/or group recommendations are provided for creating a group playlist by aggregating user taste data for a plurality of users in a group. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided which allow for sharing and playing of a group playlist by users in a group, each of which has a media playback device. In still other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for dynamically building a composite playlist that may be updated as users enter and/or leave the group. One example of an interactive entertainment application also is described for use at a venue to entertain live guests with music selections that are dynamically influenced by the guests' individual tastes.