Patent ID: 7890874

Claim:
A method for facilitating interaction between users, the method comprising: receiving music preferences from a user, wherein the music preferences comprise at least one of: a preferred artist, a preferred genre of music, a preferred song, and a preferred music station; displaying a media player that creates a music station associated with the user based on the received music preferences, wherein the media player provides the user with an opportunity to tune to one of a plurality of music stations created by the user and other users; simultaneously displaying a first set of selectable user images along with a first piece of media played by the media player; and automatically updating the media player, without receiving input from the user, by replacing the first set of selectable user images with a second set of selectable user images upon playing the second piece of media by the media player; wherein: the first set and the second set of selectable user images represent members of a service associated with the media player; each user image of the first set and the second set of selectable user images is selected for display based on media played by the media player; and in response to the user selecting one of the first set and the second set of selectable user images, user information associated with the selected user image is displayed and the user is provided with an opportunity to interact with that user associated with the selected user image.