Patent ID: 7028082
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: H04H,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A personalized audio system, comprising: a user interface that enables a user of the personalized audio system to specify a profile for a personalized audio channel; a sound recording library comprising a plurality of sound recordings; a playlist generator that (a) selects one or more sound recording identifiers from a set of sound recording identifiers, wherein each of the selected one or more sound recording identifiers identifies a sound recording that matches the profile and that is stored in the library, and that (b) creates a playlist that lists the selected one or more sound recording identifiers in a particular order; and a sound recording reproducing device for reproducing each of the identified sound recordings according to the particular order in which the selected one or more sound recording identifiers are listed in the playlist so that the user can listen to the sound recordings, wherein for each sound recording identifier included in the playlist, the personalized audio system does not provide the user with information about the artist(s) who created the sound recording identified by the identifier until (a) such time as the sound recording is played by the audio system or (b) a point in time immediately prior to the playing of the sound recording by the audio system, and the personalized audio system does not provide the user with a way to directly control which sound recording identifiers in the set are selected by the playlist generator to be included in the group of selected one or more sound recordings identifiers.