Patent ID: 9230029
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method of identifying tracks for playback from a playlist of tracks, the method comprising: providing a plurality of tracks in the playlist; determining user preference data for each of the plurality of tracks based on the user's conduct when each of the plurality of tracks is accessed for playback, wherein the user preference data is determined automatically from the user's conduct in playing or skipping and not in separately adding or removing at least one of the plurality of tracks; providing a reordered listing of tracks in the playlist after at least one track is accessed based on the user preference data; associating with each track a track usage attribute reflecting a frequency of access to the track over a predetermined time period; and selecting a subset of the playlist as candidates for playback based on the reordered listing of tracks and the track usage attribute.