Patent ID: 6996390
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04B,H04H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An audio system comprising: a tuner that selectively receives audio information content; a controller that selectively records the audio information content based at least in part upon characteristics of the audio information content; a component that generates a candidate list of seed items iteratively by initializing the candidate list, randomly selecting a number of media items from the audio information content for a random list, removing media items from the random list that fail to have substantial metadata, removing media items from the random list that are uncommon, computing similarities for remaining media items in the random list, and identifying a substantially dissimilar item from the random list and inserting the item into the candidate list; and a playback component that selectively plays a subset of the recorded audio information content similar to at least one seed item.