Patent ID: 8340796
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A digital media player for facilitating music discovery, comprising: a display to display a music recommendation from a recommending user to a digital media user of a digital media player as a recipient, comprising: a processing module to extract from the music recommendation information to describe one or more of an identification of the music recommended, the recommending user, a context of the recommendation, and a rating for the music recommended; a suggestion module to determine placement of the music recommendation, comprising evaluating a degree of interest in the music recommendation by the user of the digital media player, and establishing contextual relevance of whether the digital media player user would be receptive to the recommendation; and a presentation module to place the music recommendation into a display of a collection of music collected by the digital media player user and stored on the digital media player upon finding the degree of interest sufficient and the contextual relevance established, comprising integrating at least part of the information into the display of the music collection on the digital media player; and a control to enable the digital media player user to directly act upon the music recommendation as integrated into the music collection display through the digital media player.