| US 7,533,091 B2 | ||
| Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating a suggested list of media items based upon a seed | ||
| Daniel Plastina, Sammamish, Wash. (US); Jonathan M. Cain, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Michael J. Novak, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 06, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/100,022. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0230065 A1, Oct. 12, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—5 [707/3; 707/10; 707/104.1; 705/26; 709/219] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A method for suggesting a list of media items utilizing one or more computers by a user, said method comprising:
presenting a user with a selection element for gathering a seed for generating a list of media items related to the seed,
said selection element including a plurality of media items, each of presented media items in the selection element remaining
unselected and un-played by a media player system;
receiving a seed selection from the user, said seed being a starting point for determining what media items to suggest to
the user, said received seed selection remaining un-played by the media player system upon being selected, said seed selection
including at least one of a media item, an artist, an album name, and another media identifier, said selection being displayed
as highlighted and distinguished over other media items in at least one of a playlist, a pull-down menu, a dialog box, and
a search result on the selection element;
in response to the received seed selection, identifying one or more characteristics of said seed;
in response to the identified characteristics of the seed, generating a suggested list of media items with characteristics
corresponding to the one or more characteristics of said seed selection without playing the seed selection, wherein said generating
comprises determining a score for said seed, determining the score for each media item in a candidate list of media items,
and selecting at least one media item from said candidate list based upon the relationship between the score of the seed and
the score of the at least one media item, wherein each of the media items in the generated suggested list remains separate
from any user playlist or group of selected media items until deliberate selection of one of the media items in the suggested
list,
wherein said determining the score for said seed comprises at least one of the following: evaluating at least two characteristics
of media items on an album when said seed is said album; and evaluating at least two characteristics of media items performed
by the artist when said seed is said artist, wherein said evaluating at least two characteristics of media items on the album
when said seed is said album comprises averaging the scores of each media item on the album in candidate list of media items
to create said seed score, and wherein said evaluating at least two characteristics of media items performed by the artist
when said seed is said artist comprises averaging the scores of each media item performed by said artist in said candidate
list of media items to create said seed score; and
on the one computer, presenting the user with the suggested list of media items and presenting the user with the score for
said seed and the scores for each media item in said candidate list of media items.
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