Patent ID: 7778258

Claim:
A method of generating a theme-based channel of music for an Internet Radio station, the method comprising: determining a score for one content element within a set of content elements that share a theme of the theme-based channel of music, the score being responsive to a predicted recipient interest in the one content element; determining a number of times that the one content element was perceived by the requestor over a predetermined time period; comparing the number of times with a count threshold; determining, based on the comparison of the number of times with the count threshold, if the number of times is equal to or greater than the count threshold; and adjusting, based on the determination that the number of times is equal to or greater than the count threshold, the score for the one content element to decrease the likelihood that the one content element is selected; comparing the score for the one content element with a threshold; selecting, based on the comparing of the score for the one content element with the threshold, the one content element; scheduling the selected one content element to be available to users requesting the theme-based channel of music; receiving a request from a requestor for access to the theme-based channel of music; and enabling perception, based in part on the received request from the requestor for access to the theme-based channel of music, of the scheduled one content element by the requestor.