Patent ID: 8429530

Claim:
A method of playlist manipulation comprising: providing, by a processor, a graphical user interface in the form of a receding v-shape made up of a collection of icons, each icon representing a media item in a playlist, wherein the collection of icons in the receding v-shape automatically update their position and size in the receding v-shape when playback of the playlist advances to a next media item such that a first set of icons representing yet-to-be-played media items in the playlist move into the foreground and a second set of icons representing previously-played media items in the playlist move into the background; providing, by the processor, an icon in a region separate from the v-shape representing the entire playlist; and receiving, by the processor, an input representative of dragging a representation of a media item into the region separate from the v-shape; generating a new playlist including a plurality of media items, the new playlist being based on the media item; and displaying a new receding v-shape representing the new playlist.