Patent ID: 8922508

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for processing information, comprising: obtaining metadata associated with a plurality of elements of audio content, the obtained metadata comprising values of characteristics of the elements of audio content; generating a display comprising a multidimensional map of the characteristic values, the map comprising a plurality of display elements, the display elements being associated with corresponding ranges of the characteristic values; assigning the elements of audio content to corresponding ones of the display elements, based on a comparison between corresponding ones of the characteristic values and the characteristic value ranges of the display elements; receiving, from a user, a selection of one of the audio content elements and information identifying ranges of characteristic values centered about the characteristic values of a first one of the display elements associated with the selected audio content element; and generating, using at least one processor, information defining a playlist associated with the selected audio content element, the playlist comprising one or more of the elements of audio content associated with second display elements having corresponding characteristic values that fall within the selected ranges.