IP Library Granted Patent US 9,002,879
Granted Patent B2
US 9,002,879 · App. 13/679,711 · Granted Apr 7, 2015

Method for sharing and searching playlists

Inventors: Michael Spiegelman (Los Angeles, CA); David E. Brown (Boston, CA); Lori Ann Sutton (La Jolla, CA); Pierre Schiro (Culver City, CA); Christa Maria Stelzmuller (Long Beach, CA); Siddhartha S. Sahay (Rolling Hills, CA); Daniel Baird (Carlsbad, CA); Adam Korman (Aliso Viejo, CA); Alexander Stephen Toth, III (Venice, CA); Poorna Chandra Gowda Bannikuppe Ramachandra (Bangalore, IN); Bipin Suresh (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,002,879
App. No.
13/679,711
Granted
Apr 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists.

Claims (25)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving an indication of a desire to identify a playlist at a computing platform, wherein the indication includes one or more search criteria; and

searching a playlist storage utilizing a processor of the computing platform to identify a desired playlist result set comprising one or more user-published playlists, the one or more user-published playlists individually comprising user-provided text describing a user's understanding, perception, and feelings toward the playlist, wherein said searching the playlist storage comprises searching the user-provided text according to the one or more search criteria.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a mood associated with the desired playlist result.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more search criteria comprise an event associated with the desired playlist result.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a situation associated with the desired playlist result.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving the indication of the desire to identify a playlist comprises receiving the indication at a server computing device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving the indication of the desire to identify a playlist comprises receiving the indication from a user computing device.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising transmitting the desired playlist result to the user computing device at least in part in response to said searching the playlist storage.

8. A computing device, comprising:

means for receiving an indication of a desire to identify a playlist, wherein the indication includes one or more search criteria; and

means for searching a playlist storage to identify a desired playlist result set comprising one or more user-published playlists, the one or more user-published playlists individually comprising user-provided text describing a user's understanding, perception, and/or feelings toward the playlist, wherein said means for searching the playlist storage comprises means for searching the user-provided text according to the one or more search criteria.

9. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a mood associated with the desired playlist result.

10. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more search criteria comprise an event associated with the desired playlist result.

11. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a situation associated with the desired playlist result.

12. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein said means for receiving the indication of the desire to identify a playlist comprises means for receiving the indication at a server computing device.

13. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein said means for receiving the indication of the desire to identify a playlist comprises receiving the indication from a user computing device.

14. The computing device of claim 13 , further comprising means for transmitting the desired playlist result to the user computing device at least in part in response to said searching the playlist storage.

15. An article, comprising: a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a processor of a computing device to:

obtain an indication of a desire to identify a playlist from a client computing device, wherein the indication includes one or more search criteria; and

search a playlist storage to identify a desired playlist result set comprising one or more user-published playlists, the one or more user-published playlists individually comprising user-provided text describing a user's understanding, perception, and/or feelings toward the playlist, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions to search the playlist storage at least in part by searching the user-provided text according to the one or more search criteria.

16. The article of claim 15 , wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a mood associated with the desired playlist result.

17. The article of claim 15 , wherein the one or more search criteria comprise an event associated with the desired playlist result.

18. The article of claim 15 , wherein the one or more search criteria comprise a situation associated with the desired playlist result.

19. The article of claim 15 , wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the processor to initiate transmission of the desired playlist result to the user computing device at least in part in response to said searching the playlist storage.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2016
From: YAHOO! INC.
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037602/0716 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2015
From: KORMAN, ADAM
To: YAHOO! INC.
Reel/Frame 035026/0375 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2015
From: SPIEGELMAN, MICHAEL; BROWN, DAVID E.; SUTTON, LORI ANN; SCHIRO, PIERRE; STEIZMULLER, CHRISTA MARIA; SAHAY, SIDDHARTHA S.; TOTH, ALEXANDER STEPHEN, III; RAMACHANDRA, POORNA CHANDRA GOWDA BANNIKUPPE; SURESH, BIPIN
To: YAHOO! INC.
Reel/Frame 034974/0630 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2015
From: BAIRD, DANIEL
To: YAHOO! INC.
Reel/Frame 034974/0830 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 11315419 · Dec 21, 2005
Provisional Application 60678718 · May 5, 2005
Provisional Application 60657222 · Feb 28, 2005
Related Publication 20130173656A1 · Jul 4, 2013