Patent ID: 7577678

Claim:
A playable media content generation method, comprising: receiving a playlist having a plurality of playlist items, each one of said plurality of playlist items corresponding to each one of a plurality of playable items and each one of the playable items being displayed according to arrangement of the playlist items; receiving a designation to an inter-item position on the playlist; inserting a new playlist item into said playlist according to said designation; automatically retrieving a previous playlist item and a next playlist item adjacent to the new playlist item; automatically generating a second playable item simulating a transition effect transitioning from the end of a first playable item targeted by the previous playlist item to the beginning of a third playable item targeted by the next playlist item; displaying said second playable item simulating said transition effect transitioning from the end of said first playable item targeted by the previous playlist item to the beginning of said third playable item targeted by the next playlist item; and automatically targeting the new playlist item to the second playable item.