Patent ID: 8560553

Claim:
A multimedia device for providing access to media content and storing a plurality of media content, the multimedia device comprising: a user interface (UI) comprising one or more UI controls associated with at least one metadata attribute of a set of metadata attributes and configured to receive a first set of parameters relating to the at least one metadata attribute for selecting the media content, wherein the first set of parameters is received in terms of a position on a scale associated with the at least one metadata attribute, further wherein the at least one metadata attribute is objectively-based; a processor configured to create a first list of media content from the plurality of media content based on a first probabilistic distribution over the plurality of media content, wherein the first probabilistic distribution is based only on the first set of parameters and the plurality of media content; and an output device configured to provide access to media content, wherein the media content is initially selected from the first list of media content; wherein the processor, in response to receiving a second set of parameters at the UI while the output device is providing access to the media content, creates a second list of media content from the plurality of media content based on a second probabilistic distribution over the plurality of media content, and wherein the second probabilistic distribution is based only on the second set of parameters and the plurality of media content.