Patent ID: 7822318
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. An electronic equipment comprising: a playlist with a plurality of media objects, each associated with a ranking from a hierarchy of rankings, wherein the hierarchy of rankings comprises a highest ranking and at least one lower ranking; a media player section configured to play the plurality of media objects, the media player section comprising: a random play function operable to randomly access media objects associated with the highest ranking from the playlist in order to be played by the media player section; and a tracking function to lower the ranking associated with the randomly accessed media objects from the highest ranking to a lower ranking after the media objects have been randomly accessed, and for raising the ranking associated with each of the plurality of the media objects until at least one media object is associated with the highest ranking in the event that each of the plurality of media objects is associated with a lower ranking.