Patent ID: 7805402

Claim:
A system for automatically building a playlist including most recently played digital audio and/or video works, the system comprising: a digital processor; a digital storage medium operatively associated with said digital processor for digitally storing an inventory of digital audio and/or video works, said digital storage medium further digitally storing a plurality of information records, each information record being associated with a particular digital work and further comprising data indicative of the content type and the date and time that the particular digital work was last played; a user input device coupled to said digital processor for accepting a content type; wherein said digital processor builds a play list of digital works associated with the information records having the data indicative of the selected content type having the most recent date and time of play; and said playlist of most recently played works being executable by a user, whereby said digital processor plays one or more digital works identified therein, and wherein said digital processor updates the date and time of last play associated with each digital work played.