Patent ID: 9678623
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of playlist manipulation comprising: generating, using one or more processors, a first playlist comprising a plurality of media items; providing, using one or more processors, a graphical user interface (GUI) including a collection of icons, each icon representing a media item in the first playlist, and including a playlist icon representing the first playlist; automatically updating positions and sizes of the collection of icons in the GUI in response to playback of the first playlist advancing to a next media item, the updating positions and sizes shifting relative positions of individual icons within the collection of icons; receiving, by the processor, an input of dragging a representation of a media item onto the playlist icon representing the first playlist; and in response to the input dragging the representation of the media item onto the playlist icon representing the first playlist, generating, based on the dragged representation of the media item, a second playlist including a plurality of media items, the second playlist being based at least in part on the media item.