Patent ID: 8417573

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for an online music system, the method comprising: at a user recommendation system, communicating to a user a web page which includes user-selected songs, wherein selection of the user-selected songs is based on a current selection of songs by a user or on preferences of the user; at the user recommendation system, selecting one or more additional recommended songs from a set of sponsored music recommendations, each of the set of sponsored music recommendations being associated with an information provider having an account on the online music system and a computer network location, the selection of the additional recommended songs being based on the preferences of the user; at the user recommendation system, providing to the user on the web page information about the one or more additional recommended songs; at the user recommendation system, detecting selection by the user of an additional recommended song; and upon detecting the selection by the user, paying to an operator of the user recommendation system from the account of an information provider associated with the additional recommended song selected by the user.