Patent ID: 7555539

Claim:
In a system wherein a user of a consumer device has created a set of customized stations, a method comprising: storing a plurality of recordings; in response to the user selecting a customized station from the set of customized stations created by the user, receiving from the consumer device a message containing information identifying the selected customized station; and in response to receiving the message, (1) selecting a set of one or more recordings from the plurality of recordings, wherein the selected set of recordings suit the customized station associated with the selected customized station; and (2) transmitting a recording from the selected set of recordings to the consumer device, wherein the consumer device is operable to receive the recording and play for the user the recording while receiving the recording or after receiving the recording; and (3) repeating step (2) one or more times, wherein, the consumer device is configured such that, for each recording played in step (2), no information about the artist(s) who created the recording is displayed to the user until (a) such time as the recording is played for the user or (b) a point in time immediately prior to the playing of the recording, and the user can not directly control which of the recordings from the plurality of recordings are selected in step (1).