IP Library Granted Patent US 11,316,911
Granted Patent B1
US 11,316,911 · App. 17/114,538 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Social media music streaming

Inventor: Debashish Paul (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
H04L65/4084G06F16/632G06F16/636G06F16/639G06F16/686
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,316,911
App. No.
17/114,538
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
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 and each of which is selected based on a user's listening behavior identified while the user is listening to music via the music service of the social media platform in a broadcasting mode, 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 (67)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing a music service within a social media platform;

presenting, via the music service, 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

music content for a user's personal music station is selected based on the user's listening behavior identified while the user is listening to music via the music service of the social media platform in a broadcasting mode;

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 , further comprising, prior to presenting the music consumption interface, creating each personal music station by:

monitoring, via the music service, the listening behavior of a user to whom the personal music station is dedicated while the user is listening to music in the broadcasting mode; and

selecting music compositions for the personal music station that correspond to the monitored listening behavior.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein:

monitoring the listening behavior 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 providing the music service within the social media platform comprises providing, within an interface of another service of the social media platform, a persistent entry point that navigates to an interface of the music service.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein providing the music service within the social media platform comprises 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 automatically creating a shared music station for members of a group chat in response to the creation of the group chat.

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 personal station interface corresponding to the selected personal music station; and

providing, within the personal station interface, at least one of:

a like push button;

a bookmark push button;

a push button to digital share a music composition from the selected personal music station via at least one of a digital story composition or a private message; or

a push button to send a digital message to the user to whom the selected personal music station is dedicated.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising creating a periodic music digest comprising a summary of digital social reactions to music compositions that is based on social media comments associated with the music compositions during a designated period.

11. A system comprising:

a providing module, stored in memory, that provides a music service within a social media platform;

a presenting module, stored in memory, that presents, via the music service, 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

music content for a user's personal music station is selected based on the user's listening behavior identified while the user is listening to music via the music service of the social media platform in a broadcasting mode;

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

a music player module, stored 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 providing module, the presenting module, the input module, and the music player module.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein, prior to the presenting module presenting the music consumption interface, a station module creates each personal music station by:

monitoring, via the music service, the listening behavior of a user to whom the personal music station is dedicated while the user is listening to music in the broadcasting mode; and

selecting music compositions for the personal music station that correspond to the monitored listening behavior.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein:

monitoring the listening behavior 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 12 , wherein providing the music service within the social media platform comprises providing, within an interface of another service of the social media platform, a persistent entry point that navigates to an interface of the music service.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein providing the music service within the social media platform comprises 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;

a digital stories service; or

a messaging application.

17. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a station module automatically creates a shared music station for members of a group chat in response to the creation of the group chat.

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:

provide a music service within a social media platform;

present, via the music service, 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

music content for a user's personal music station is selected based on the user's listening behavior identified while the user is listening to music via the music service of the social media platform in a broadcasting mode;

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 (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 11, 2022
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058685/0901 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2021
From: PAUL, DEBASHISH
To: FACEBOOK, INC.
Reel/Frame 054850/0401 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 16555690 · Aug 29, 2019