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App. No. 15/180,487

System And Method For Creating Thematic Listening Experiences In A Networked Peer Media Recommendation Environment

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Abstract

Systems and methods for providing a thematic playback experience in a media recommendation system are disclosed.

Claims (79)

1 . A central system comprising:

a communication interface; and

a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to:

receive a request for a thematic playback session from a first device in a media recommendation system;

receive information from the first device that identifies one or more users in the media recommendation system that are permitted to join the thematic playback session;

receive a message from one or more second devices of the one or more users indicating that the one or more users desire to join the thematic playback session;

receive, from the first device, a media recommendation for one or more media items;

send the media recommendation to at least one of the one or more second devices;

receive, from at least one of the one or more second devices, a second media recommendation for one or more media items; and

insert the one or more media items of the second media recommendation into at least one playlist of the thematic playback session.

2 . The central server of claim 1 wherein the control system is further adapted to:

receive, from another device, a first media recommendation to be sent to the first device;

determine whether the other device is part of the thematic playback session; and

if the other device is not part of the thematic playback session, performing a predetermined action with the first media recommendation.

3 . The central system of claim 2 wherein the predetermined action comprises deleting the first media recommendation.

4 . The central system of claim 2 wherein the predetermined action comprises sending the first media recommendation to the first device after the thematic playback session has been completed.

5 . The central system of claim 1 wherein the media recommendation includes a reference to the one or more media items.

6 . The central system of claim 5 wherein the reference enables the one or more media items to be obtained.

7 . The central system of claim 5 wherein the reference enables the media item to be streamed.

8 . The central system of claim 1 wherein the one or more users are enabled to continue the thematic playback session even after a user of the first device has exited the thematic playback session.

9 . The central system of claim 1 wherein the media item recommended by the media recommendation from the first device is available from a content server and satisfies parameters for the thematic playback session.

10 . The central system of claim 1 wherein the media item recommended by the media recommendation from the first device is available from a media collection and satisfies parameters for the thematic playback session.

11 . A central system comprising:

a communication interface; and

a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to:

receive a request for a thematic playback session from a first device in a media recommendation system;

receive information from the first device that identifies one or more users in the media recommendation system that are permitted to join the thematic playback session;

receive a message from one or more second devices of the one or more users indicating that the one or more users desire to join the thematic playback session;

receive, from the first device, a media recommendation for one or more media items;

identify at least one of the one or more users for which the media recommendation is intended;

send the media recommendation to at least one of the one or more second devices of the at least one of the one or more users;

receive, from one of the one or more second devices, a second media recommendation for one or more media items; and

insert the one or more media items of the second media recommendation into at least one playlist of the thematic playback session.

12 . The central system of claim 11 wherein the media recommendation includes a reference to the media item.

13 . The central system of claim 12 wherein the reference enables the media item to be obtained.

14 . The central system of claim 12 wherein the reference enables the media item to be streamed.

15 . The central system of claim 11 wherein the one or more users are enabled to continue the thematic playback session even after a user of the first device has exited the thematic playback session.

16 . The central server of claim 1 wherein the control system is further adapted to:

receive, from another device, a third media recommendation to be sent to the first device;

determine whether the other device is part of the thematic playback session; and

if the other device is not part of the thematic playback session, performing a predetermined action with the third media recommendation.

17 . The central system of claim 16 wherein the predetermined action comprises deleting the third media recommendation.

18 . The central system of claim 16 wherein the predetermined action comprises sending the third media recommendation to the first device after the thematic playback session has been completed.

19 . The central system of claim 11 wherein the media item recommended by the media recommendation from the first device is available from a content server and satisfies parameters for the thematic playback session.

20 . The central system of claim 11 wherein the media item recommended by the media recommendation from the first device is available from a media collection and satisfies parameters for the thematic playback session.

21 . A computer readable medium storing software for instructing a computing device operating as a central system in a media recommendation system to:

receive a request for a thematic playback session from a first device in a media recommendation system;

receive information from the first device that identifies one or more users in the media recommendation system that are permitted to join the thematic playback session;

receive a message from one or more second devices of the one or more users indicating that the one or more users desire to join the thematic playback session;

receive, from the first device, a media recommendation for one or more media items;

send the media recommendation to at least one of the one or more second devices;

receive, from at least one of the one or more second devices, a second media recommendation for one or more media items; and

insert the one or more media items of the second media recommendation into at least one playlist of the thematic playback session.

22 . A computer readable medium storing software for instructing a computing device operating as a central system in a media recommendation system to: