Patent ID: 7133924

Claim:
In a personalized audio system comprising a consumer device comprising a user interface for receiving input from a user of the system and a storage device for storing data, a method for providing one or more personalized audio channels, wherein each personalized audio channel has a profile associated therewith and each profile comprises profile information related to or concerning the user's sound recording preferences, the method comprising the steps of: storing a sound recording library on the storage device, the sound recording library comprising a plurality of tracks; receiving from the user an indication that the user desires to listen to a selected one of the one or more personalized audio channels; selecting, in response to the received indication, a track based on the profile associated with the selected personalized audio channel; retrieving the selected track; playing the track for the user; and updating the sound recording library, wherein the step of updating the sound recording library comprises the steps of: transmitting an update request message to a server, wherein, in response to receiving the update request message, the server determines whether a track within a predetermined set of tracks matches the profile associated with one of the one or more personalized audio channels, and, if the server determines that said track matches said profile, then the server responds to the update request message by transmitting (a) an update message comprising a track identifier that identifies said track that matches the profile and/or (b) said track that matches the profile; receiving from the server the update message and/or said track; and adding said track that matches the profile to the library.