Patent ID: 8200602

Claim:
A peer device in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) media recommendation system comprising: a communication interface; and a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to: initialize a thematic playlist for a first user of the peer device to include one or more media items satisfying one or more parameters for a thematic playback session; begin playback of a first media item from the thematic playlist; during playback of the first media item, receive one or more media recommendations from at least one of one or more peer devices of one or more second users participating in the thematic playback session; update the thematic playlist of the first user to include one or more recommended media items identified by the one or more media recommendations to provide an updated thematic playlist; and upon completion of playback of at least a predetermined amount of the first media item: send a media recommendation for the first media item such that the media recommendation is sent to at least one of the one or more peer devices of the one or more second users participating in the thematic playback session; select a second media item to play from the updated thematic playlist; and begin playback of the second media item.