IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,262,973
Granted Patent B2
US 11,262,973 · App. 16/226,212 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Accessibility management system for media content items

Inventors: Dariusz Dziuk (Stockholm, SE); Rahul Sen (Stockholm, SE); Matilda Hannäs (Stockholm, SE); Nikolaos Toumpelis (Stockholm, SE)
Assignee: Spotify AB
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Patent No.
US 11,262,973
App. No.
16/226,212
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system operates to manage accessibility of media content items based on a user's performance of a repetitive motion activity. The system can generate rule data based on a rule designed to permit access to certain media content items. The rule data can include information about various conditions to be satisfied to make the media content items accessible for playback. Such conditions can be associated with a user's performance or status of a repetitive motion activity.

Claims (44)

1. A media-playback device for controlling access to media content based on a performance of an activity, the media-playback device comprising:

at least one processing device;

a display device connected to the at least one processing device; and

at least one computer readable data storage device storing software instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the media-playback device to:

obtain at least one accessibility condition relating to performance of a motion activity;

determine whether the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied by monitoring the performance of the motion activity;

display on a user interface a first media content item in a first manner as inaccessible for selection and playback before the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied by the performance of the motion activity, wherein display the first media content item in the first manner includes to display a message informing a user of the accessibility condition for unlocking the first media content item, wherein the accessibility condition includes a condition and a threshold for the condition that must be satisfied to unlock the first media content item, wherein the condition is at least one of speed, distance, duration, and heart rate, and wherein the threshold is a numerical value for the at least one of speed, distance, duration, and heart rate;

display on the user interface a second media content item in a second manner as accessible for selection and playback, wherein the first and second media content items are displayed in a list of media content items that includes the first media content item displayed in the first manner and more than one media content item displayed in the second manner; and

display on the user interface the first media content item in the second manner as accessible for selection and playback after the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied by the performance of the motion activity.

2. The media playback device of claim 1 , wherein the user interface includes more than one media content item displayed in the first manner, and more than one media content item displayed in the second manner.

3. The media-playback device of claim 1 , wherein the software instructions further cause the media-playback device to:

retrieve the first media content item; and

playback the first media content item.

4. The media-playback device of claim 1 , wherein the software instructions further cause the media-playback device to:

display a message that the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied and the first media content item associated with the at least one accessibility condition is permitted for playback.

5. The media-playback device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second media content items are playlists, each playlist including a plurality of tracks.

6. The media-playback device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second media content items are tracks that belong to a playlist.

7. The media playback device of claim 2 , wherein the user interface includes a different message for each media content item displayed in the first manner, each message identifying an accessibility condition for unlocking a media content item.

8. A method of managing accessibility of media content items based on a performance of an activity, the method comprising:

obtaining at least one accessibility condition relating to performance of a motion activity;

displaying on a user interface a first media content item in a first manner as inaccessible for selection and playback before the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied, wherein displaying the first media content item in the first manner includes displaying a message informing a user of the accessibility condition for unlocking the first media content item, wherein the accessibility condition includes a condition and a threshold for the condition that must be satisfied to unlock the first media content item, wherein the condition is at least one of speed, distance, duration, and heart rate, and wherein the threshold is a numerical value for the at least one of speed, distance, duration, and heart rate;

displaying on the user interface a second media content item in a second manner as accessible for selection and playback, wherein the first and second media content items are displayed in a list of media content items that includes the first media content item displayed in the first manner and more than one media content item displayed in the second manner;

determining whether the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied by monitoring the performance of the motion activity; and

displaying the first media content item in the second manner when the performance of the motion activity satisfies the at least one accessibility condition.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

displaying a message that the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied and the first media content item associated with the at least one accessibility condition is permitted for playback when the performance of the motion activity satisfies the at least one accessibility condition.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

displaying more than one media content item in the first manner; and

displaying more than one media content item in the second manner.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

displaying a different message for each media content item displayed in the first manner, each message identifying an accessibility condition for unlocking a media content item.

12. A media-playback device for controlling access to media content based on a performance of an activity, the media-playback device comprising:

at least one processing device;

a display device connected to the at least one processing device; and

at least one computer readable data storage device storing software instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the media-playback device to:

obtain at least one accessibility condition associated with at least one media content item, the at least one accessibility condition relating to performance of a motion activity;

display on a user interface a first media content item in a first manner as inaccessible for selection and playback before the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied by the performance of the motion activity, wherein display the first media content item in the first manner includes to display a message informing a user of the accessibility condition for unlocking the first media content item, wherein the accessibility condition includes a condition and a threshold for the condition that must be satisfied to unlock the first media content item, wherein the condition is at least one of speed, distance, duration, and heart rate, and wherein the threshold is a numerical value for the at least one of speed, distance, duration, and heart rate;

display next to the first media content item on the user interface, a second media content item in a second manner as accessible for selection and playback;

determine whether the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied by monitoring the performance of the motion activity; and

display on the user interface the first media content item in the second manner as accessible for selection and playback after the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied by the performance of the motion activity.

13. The media-playback device of claim 12 , wherein the software instructions further cause the media-playback device to:

display a message that the at least one accessibility condition is satisfied and the first media content item associated with the at least one accessibility condition is permitted for playback.

14. The media-playback device of claim 12 , wherein the user interface includes more than one media content item displayed in the first manner, and the user interface includes a different message for each media content item displayed in the first manner.

15. The media-playback device of claim 1 , wherein the motion activity is a recreational fitness activity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: DZIUK, DARIUSZ; SEN, RAHUL; HANNAS, MATILDA; TOUMPELIS, NIKOLAOS
To: SPOTIFY AB
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