Patent ID: 9384509
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G06N,G06Q,H04H,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing an Internet radio service, comprising: receiving requests, from a plurality of individual users serving as DJs for a community of users, to create personalized Internet radio stations shared with the community of users, each individual request including at least one musical preference to select songs of a personalized Internet radio station; generating, for each individual of the plurality of individual users serving as DJs, a personalized Internet radio station to form a plurality of personalized Internet radio stations, wherein each personalized Internet radio station, when accessed, automatically generates a sequence of songs based on the at least one musical preference provided by the individual user serving as the DJ for the personalized Internet radio station; sharing each respective personalized Internet radio station of the plurality of personalized Internet radio stations with a community of users by hosting, via at least one server computer, the plurality of shared personalized Internet radio stations, wherein each individual shared personalized Internet radio station is accessible by members of the community of users; and in response to a request from a member of the community selecting one of the plurality of shared personalized Internet radio stations, transmitting a data stream providing access to songs of the selected personalized Internet radio station to the member of the community.