IP Library Granted Patent US 10,911,504
Granted Patent B1
US 10,911,504 · App. 16/555,690 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Social media music streaming

Inventor: Debashish Paul (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
H04L65/4084G06F16/632G06F16/636G06F16/639G06F16/686
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Patent No.
US 10,911,504
App. No.
16/555,690
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems and methods for social media music streaming may include (1) providing a music service within a social media platform, (2) presenting, via the music service, a music consumption interface that displays a collection of personal music stations, each of which is dedicated to music content associated with a different user of the social media platform, (3) receiving user input selecting one of the personal music stations, and (4) in response to receiving the user input, playing music content from the selected personal music station. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Claims (55)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

presenting, via a music service of a social media platform, a music consumption interface that displays a plurality of personal music stations, wherein:

each personal music station is dedicated to music content associated with a different user of the social media platform; and

each personal music station is created by (1) providing, to a user to whom the personal music station is dedicated, an interface that displays information relating to music compositions currently being played via the music service, the interface comprising a broadcast push button, (2) monitoring, via the music service, the listening behavior of the user while the broadcast push button is in an on-state, and (3) selecting music compositions for the personal music station that correspond to the monitored listening behavior based only on listening behavior monitored while the broadcast push button is in the on-state;

receiving user input selecting one of the personal music stations; and

in response to receiving the user input, playing music content from the selected personal music station.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein each personal music station is a public-facing station.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:

monitoring the listening behavior while the broadcast push button is in the on-state comprises identifying one or more music compositions played for the user to whom the personal music station is dedicated; and

selecting the music compositions for the personal music station comprises adding the identified music compositions to the personal music station.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring the listening behavior of the user comprises monitoring the listening behavior in response to receiving user input selecting the on-state for the broadcast push button.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising providing the music service within the social media platform by providing the music service as a passive layer within another service provided by the social media platform.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the other service comprises at least one of:

a newsfeed;

a digital stories service; or

a messaging application.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising creating, for a user of the music service, a poly-user station dedicated to the user and at least one additional user by:

identifying an overlap between a music preference of the user and a music preference of the additional user; and

adding, to the poly-user station, one or more music compositions that correspond to the identified overlap.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising creating a most-popular station for a user of the music service by:

identifying one or more contacts of the user;

identifying a plurality of music compositions that are most popular with the user's contacts based on a popularity metric; and

adding the music compositions identified as most-popular to the most-popular station.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a user of the music service with a periodic music digest that includes music-related information relating to a current time period.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically creating a music award based on aggregated listening behavior of a plurality of users of the music service.

11. A system comprising:

a presenting module, stored in memory, that presents, via a music service of a social media platform, a music consumption interface that displays a plurality of personal music stations, wherein:

each personal music station is dedicated to music content associated with a different user of the social media platform; and

each personal music station is created by (1) providing, to a user to whom the personal music station is dedicated, an interface that displays information relating to music compositions currently being played via the music service, the interface comprising a broadcast push button, (2) monitoring, via the music service, the listening behavior of the user while the broadcast push button is in an on-state, and (3) selecting music compositions for the personal music station that correspond to the monitored listening behavior based only on listening behavior monitored while the broadcast push button is in the on-state;

an input module, stored in memory, that receives user input selecting one of the personal music stations;

a music player module, storied in memory, that in response to the input module receiving the user input, plays music content from the selected personal music station; and

at least one physical processor configured to execute the presenting module, the input module, and the music player module.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein each personal music station is a public-facing station.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein:

monitoring the listening behavior while the broadcast push button is in the on-state comprises identifying one or more music compositions played for the user to whom the personal music station is dedicated; and

selecting the music compositions for the personal music station comprises adding the identified music compositions to the personal music station.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein monitoring the listening behavior of the user comprises monitoring the listening behavior in response to receiving user input selecting the on-state for the broadcast push button.

15. The system of claim 14 , further comprising a providing module, stored in memory, that provides the music service within the social media platform by providing the music service as a passive layer within another service provided by the social media platform.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the other service comprises at least one of:

a newsfeed; or

a messaging application.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the other service comprises a digital stories service.

18. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a station module that creates, for a user of the music service, a poly-user station dedicated to the user and at least one additional user by:

identifying an overlap between a music preference of the user and a music preference of the additional user; and

adding, to the poly-user station, one or more music compositions that correspond to the identified overlap.

19. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a station module that creates a most-popular station for a user of the music service by:

identifying one or more contacts of the user;

identifying a plurality of music compositions that are most popular with the user's contacts based on a popularity metric; and

adding the music compositions identified as most-popular to the most-popular station.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

present, via a music service of a social media platform, a music consumption interface that displays a plurality of personal music stations, wherein:

each personal music station is dedicated to music content associated with a different user of the social media platform; and

each personal music station is created by (1) providing, to a user to whom the personal music station is dedicated, an interface that displays information relating to music compositions currently being played via the music service, the interface comprising a broadcast push button, (2) monitoring, via the music service, the listening behavior of the user while the broadcast push button is in an on-state, and (3) selecting music compositions for the personal music station that correspond to the monitored listening behavior based only on listening behavior monitored while the broadcast push button is in the on-state;

receive user input selecting one of the personal music stations; and

in response to receiving the user input, play music content from the selected personal music station.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059191/0695 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COMMA OF THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 050330 FRAME: 0764. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT . Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: PAUL, DEBASHISH
To: FACEBOOK, INC.
Reel/Frame 058906/0565 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2019
From: PAUL, DEBASHISH
To: FACEBOOK, INC.,
Reel/Frame 050330/0764 →
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