Patent ID: 6933432
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: G10H,G11B

Abstract:
1. A playback system comprising: a transition filter, operably coupled to a library of songs, that is configured to identify a playlist comprising a sequence of songs from the library of songs that have been selected and arranged such that a pair of sequential songs have a desired transition, and a rendering device, operably coupled to the transition filter and the library of songs, that is configured to playout select songs from the library of songs in the sequence identified by the transition filter; wherein the transition filter is configured to select each subsequent song in the sequence of songs based on one or more characteristics of an immediately prior song and of each subsequent song, the transition filter further configured to modify at least a portion of the immediately prior song to provide a transition piece based on one or more characteristics of the immediately prior song and the one or more characteristics of the subsequent song.