US 11,868,396 B2
Generating and distributing playlists with related music and stories
Rishabh Sharma, San Francisco, CA (US); and Markus Cremer, Emeryville, CA (US)
Assigned to Gracenote, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Gracenote, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/342,150.
Application 17/342,150 is a continuation of application No. 16/294,261, filed on Mar. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,061,960.
Application 16/294,261 is a continuation of application No. 15/043,059, filed on Feb. 12, 2016, granted, now 10,261,963, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/274,591, filed on Jan. 4, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0294844 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/638 (2019.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/06 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 16/639 (2019.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G10L 13/00 (2013.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.05); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.05); H04N 21/44224 (2020.08); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
selecting, by a server device, an audio file containing music;
identifying, by the server device, a mood associated with the audio file containing the music, wherein the mood is based on a tempo of the music and a dynamic range of the music;
selecting, by the server device, an audio file containing a story that is also associated with the mood, wherein the mood of the story is based on (i) one or more keywords in the story and (ii) vocal characteristics of a speaker associated with the story;
generating, by the server device, a playlist for a client device, wherein the playlist includes
(i) a reference to the audio file containing the music, and (ii) a reference to the audio file containing the story; and
transmitting, by the server device, the playlist to the client device, wherein reception of the playlist at the client device causes an audio player application executing on the client device to retrieve and sequentially play out each of the audio file containing the music and the audio file containing the story.