Graphical user interface for dynamically creating and adjusting playlists

A method, device (1) and system (15) for organizing media content on a computer-based system to form a playlist, wherein the device (1) has access to a database (3) with a plurality of media content items (4) and associated feature vectors comprising values (6A) representing different characteristics of a media content item (4). A GUI (8) displayed on the device (1) comprises GUI elements (9), each representing a variable (7) associated with a plurality of the vector values (6A). A user interaction with one of the GUI elements (9) is interpreted as a change in the variable (7) and, in response, a queue of selectable items (11) ordered according to their associated feature vectors with respect to the changed variable (7) is displayed on the GUI (8).

Annotation method and device in media file playing process

Audio playing scheduling method and system for an intelligent story machine

System and method for generating a playlist in a music service

GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING PLAYLISTS WITH MUSIC AND STORIES HAVING RELATED MOODS

Guiding creation for music-related content

Playlist selection for audio streaming

An example embodiment may involve determining that a client device (such as a smartphone, tablet, or in-automobile audio device) is in an automobile and that the client device has access to a playlist of audio content. Possibly based on the client device being in the automobile and having access to the playlist of audio content, the client device may request a stream of the audio content. As a consequence of making the request, the client device may receive the stream of the audio content and begin audible playout of the audio content.

Playback device queue access levels

Based on a credential, an access level of a playback queue for a first control interface and a first subset and second subset of media items in the playback queue may be determined. Media items in the playback queue that were added via a second control interface may be included in the first subset. Media items that were added via a control interface different from the second control interface may be included in a second subset. Information may be provided which identifies the first subset of the media items in the playback queue and the second subset of the media items in the playback queue.

System for Streaming

The present invention relates to systems, methods, software applications and devices for the broadcasting of short-lived personal internet radio stations. Embodiments include software applications for live broadcasting over an internet network comprising a host mode and a recipient mode, wherein the software application may be executed on a connected mobile device to broadcast to many other recipients in a substantially synchronous manner. Embodiments provide for the live broadcasting of music and video content from a personal device to many listener or viewer devices, where content may be sourced from any number of locally stored or cloud-based content repositories.

Audio streaming based on in-automobile detection

An example embodiment may involve determining that a client device (such as a smartphone, tablet, or in-automobile audio device) is in an automobile and that the client device has access to a playlist of audio content. Possibly based on the client device being in the automobile and having access to the playlist of audio content, the client device may request a stream of the audio content. As a consequence of making the request, the client device may receive the stream of the audio content and begin audible playout of the audio content.

KARAOKE QUERY PROCESSING SYSTEM

Computer systems and methods are provided for processing audio queries. An electronic device receives an audio clip and performs a matching process on the audio clip. The matching process includes comparing at least a portion of the audio clip to a plurality of reference audio tracks and identifying, based on the comparing, a first portion of a particular reference track that corresponds to the audio sample. Upon identifying the matching portion, the electronic device provides a backing track for playback which corresponds to the particular reference track, and an initial playback position of the backing track.

Method for Sharing and Searching Playlists

A method for making a playlist available to the public, in which the playlist comprises user-defined descriptor information. The user-defined descriptor information is entered as free form text or prose.

VOICE ASSISTANT WITH CONTEXTUALLY-ADJUSTED AUDIO OUTPUT

A voice assistant has a contextually-adjusted audio output. The audio output can be adjusted, for example, based on media content characteristics.

MEDIA SELECTION

Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for receiving a first taste profile of a first user based on at least a first profile criteria and receiving a second taste profile of a second user based on at least a second profile criteria. An area of interest may be determined based on the first and second taste profiles. A playlist containing one or more media items (e.g., audio, video, text, etc.) may be generated based on the determined area of interest.

CONTEXTUAL INDEXING OF MEDIA ITEMS

СИСТЕМА И СПОСОБ ДЛЯ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ РЕКОМЕНДАЦИЙ ЦИФРОВЫХ ЭЛЕМЕНТОВ

Изобретение относится к области вычислительной техники. Технический результат заключается в снижении времени задержки сервера при рекомендации цифровых элементов. Технический результат достигается за счет формирования сервером на основе прошлых пользовательских действий на рекомендательной онлайн-платформе набора цифровых элементов, рекомендуемых пользователю, при этом набор цифровых элементов содержит подмножество основных цифровых элементов, выбранных для пользователя на основе прошлых пользовательских действий, а для основного цифрового элемента из подмножества основных цифровых элементов набор цифровых элементов дополнительно содержит по меньшей мере один вспомогательный цифровой элемент, предоставляемый пользователю в ответ на действие пользователя с основным цифровым элементом во время его оценивания и определенный на основе (а) прошлых пользовательских действий пользователя со множеством цифровых элементов и (б) предположения о том, что пользователь осуществил пользовательское действие ...

Reading scoring method and electronic equipment

A control device for realizing the protection voice curing with the broadcasting method

Incubator-based user data analysis method and related device

The invention relates to the field of big data, and discloses an incubator-based user data analysis method and a related device, which are used for improving the analysis accuracy of incubator user data. The method comprises the following steps: respectively carrying out character recognition on scene text data and audio text data to obtain a first character string set and a second character string set; performing image acquisition on the target entrepreneurial service scene to obtain multiple groups of point cloud images; performing similarity analysis on the first character string set and the second character string set to obtain a similarity analysis result, and determining a plurality of target character strings according to the similarity analysis result; performing entrepreneurship service scene theme analysis through the scene theme analysis model to obtain a target entrepreneurship service scene theme; performing three-dimensional space reconstruction to obtain target entrepreneurship ...

SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CLOUD BASED CUSOMIZED MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION SERVICE USING VOICE MIX

A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MUSIC

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON ATTRIBUTE VECTORS

Methods and apparatus are disclosed to generate a recommendation, including an attribute vector aggregator to form a resultant attribute vector based on an input set of attribute vectors, the set of attribute vectors containing at least one of a media attribute vector, an attendee attribute vector, an artist attribute vector, an event attribute vector, or a venue attribute vector, and a recommendation generator, the recommendation generator including: a vector comparator to perform a comparison between an input attribute vector and other attribute vectors and a recommendation compiler to create one or more recommendations of at least one of media, an artist, an event, or a venue based on the comparison.

Cloud Queue Access Control

An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving, from a media playback system, a request to initiate playback of a cloud queue. The cloud queue may currently have a first access status that authorizes a first set of queue operations, which may include playback of the cloud queue. After receiving the request to initiate playback, the computing system may cause audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in a local queue of the media playback system such that the media playback system may playback audio tracks of the cloud queue via the local queue. The computing system may modify the access status of the cloud queue to a second access status. This second access status may authorize a second set of queue operations on the cloud queue. The computing system may cause access to the local queue to be restricted to the second set of queue operations.

Player and playing method and program

A player includes a playing section configured to play contents data based on a list selected from multiple lists each having multiple pieces of contents data, and a play control section configured to: cause the playing section to play contents data based on a first list selected from the multiple lists, determine whether all of contents data on the first list have been played by the playing section or not, extract attribute information of contents data, which satisfies a predetermined condition, from the first list based on the determination result, select a second list, which is not the first list, including contents data corresponding to the extracted attribute information from the multiple lists, and control the playing section to automatically start playing the contents data on the selected second list.

DIGITAL DOWNLOADING JUKEBOX WITH REVENUE-ENHANCING FEATURES

Certain exemplary embodiments described herein relate to digital downloading jukebox systems of the type that typically include a central server and remote jukebox devices that communicate with the central server for royalty accounting and/or content updates. More particularly, certain exemplary embodiments relate to jukebox systems that have revenue-enhancing features such as for example, music recommendation engines and bartender loyalty programs. Such innovative techniques help to both increase per jukebox revenue as well as keep jukebox patrons engaged with the jukebox.

Generating and Distributing a Replacement Playlist

An embodiment may involve a server device transmitting, over a wide area network, a first playlist with a first duration to a client device. Possibly while the client device is playing out a current audio file of a first plurality of audio files in the playlist, the server device may receive an instruction from the client device and generate a second playlist. The second playlist may include references to a second plurality of audio files, where playout of the second plurality of audio files may have a duration that is less than the duration of the playout of the first plurality of audio files. The server device may transmit, over the wide area network, the second playlist to the client device. Reception of the second playlist at the client device may cause the audio player application to retrieve and play out the second plurality of audio files.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND PRESENTING CONTENT-BASED SUMMARIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The provider computing system includes a network interface configured to facilitate communication between the provider computing system, a content source, and a user device. The provider computing system includes a processing system that includes a processor and memory. The memory is structured to store instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the processor to monitor content from the content from the content source to detect relevant content relating to a user, extract a plurality of relevant pieces of content from the monitored content, assemble the relevant pieces of content to create a presentation, generate a recommendation based on the relevant pieces of content, incorporate the recommendation in the presentation, and provide the presentation to the user device.

Application program control method and electronic equipment

Information processing method and device

Song recommendation method and device

Artificial intelligence methodology to automatically generate interactive play along songs

A method and system of using Artificial Intelligence to automatically create and generate an interactive play-along song from a selected audio file/song imported from either a music streaming service, a personal music library and the like, that can later be played on an interactive music engine.

Systems and Methods for Generating Playlists in a Music Service

Systems and methods for generating a playlist on a device for a user of a music service are provided. In embodiments, a method includes initiating an online mode of the music service, where the device is connected to a music service server, and storing, in a cache memory of the device, at least one media object accessed by the user using the music service. The method further includes identifying the at least one media object as satisfying a pre-designated condition, and in response, automatically adding the at least one media object to a playlist stored in the cache memory. The method also includes receiving an indication, via a user interface of the device, to initiate an offline mode of the music service, where the device is not connected to the music service server, and upon initiating the offline mode, enabling playback of the playlist from the cache memory.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING MUSIC CONTENT BASED ON MUSIC AGE

A method for recommending music content is provided. The method includes obtaining account information about an account of a service which provides music content, obtaining content information associated with properties of music content consumed in response to the account information and usability information about a manner which uses the music content in response to the account information, based on the account information, estimating a music age corresponding to the account information, based on the account information, the content information, and the usability information, and recommending music content based on the music age.

TELECONFERENCE RECORDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

An example operation may include one or more of generating a local audio file comprising audio captured of a user participating in a teleconference, receiving one or more other local audio files of the teleconference captured by one or more other audio devices that participated in the teleconference, determining a synchronized playback order for audio portions of the generated local audio file and audio portions of the one or more received local audio files based on timing information included in the generated local audio file and the received timing information, and outputting a playback of the audio portions of the generated local audio file and the detected audio portions of the one or more received local audio files synchronized together based on the determined synchronized playback order.

Retroactive sound identification system

A method for identifying at least one characteristic of a sound-producing object includes storing, in a memory, audio data acquired from an auditory environment via at least one microphone; receiving an input indicating a user request to identify a characteristic of a sound-producing object included in the auditory environment; determining, via a processor and based on a portion of the audio data acquired from the auditory environment prior to the user request, the characteristic of the sound-producing object; and causing information corresponding to the characteristic of the sound-producing object to be output via at least one output device.

DIAGNOSTICS CAPABILITIES FOR CUSTOMER CONTACT SERVICES

Systems and methods to support searching and diagnostics capabilities in a customer contact service. Contacts data may be encoded as text (e.g., chat logs), audio (e.g., audio recordings), and various other modalities. A computing resource service provider may implement a service to receive, from a client, a request to perform a search with a specified set of parameters on a plurality of outputs associated with a plurality of contacts data, wherein the plurality of outputs are generated based at least in part by: transcripts generated based on audio data of the plurality of contacts data, metadata determined based the transcripts using one or more natural language processing (NLP) techniques, categories that are matched based at least in part on the transcripts, and search the plurality of outputs to obtain a search result determined based at least in part on the transcripts, metadata, and categories, and provide the search result to the client.

Media content identification and playback

Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for identifying and playing media content are provided. An example media-playback device for identifying and playing media content for a user traveling in a vehicle includes an audio identification engine and a media playback engine. Audio content is recorded and identified by comparison to media content databases. The audio content is identified and immediately played on the same device. Additional media content is selected for playback based on user listening preferences.

System and method for identifying content relevant to a user based on lyrics from music

A song may be matched with information in a song categorization database so that one or more categories associated with the song are identified. Specifically, a method and system for associating one or more advertising categories with a song includes receiving a set of child categories and receiving a wordnet graph. Synsets from the wordnet graph are assigned to function as activators for one or more categories. Next, a set of parent categories relative to the child categories are received. One or more scores are assigned to the parent categories based on their relationships to the child categories. Synsets from a work, such as a song lyric, are compared to the wordnet graph. Relevant child categories are identified based on synsets which match one or more activators. Matching activators are found by using only hypernym relationships between a synset from a work and an activator.

METHOD FOR GENERATING A PLAYLIST

The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a music playlist. The method may be applied to a mobile device and include obtaining an audio file. The audio file may include at least one song. The mobile device may also obtain metadata of the audio file. The mobile device may further display information about the at least one song based on the metadata. The mobile device may, in addition, add the at least one song to a playlist based on the display information.

The music playing in the interest point interactive method, system, electronic terminal and storage medium

Method and apparatus for analyzing music toxicity based on block chain

VOICE MESSAGE SEARCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A voice message searching method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: segmenting an obtained complete voice message to form a plurality of segmented voice messages, and sending to a target terminal the plurality of segmented voice messages and a text message corresponding to the complete voice message (S101); saving the complete voice message and the text message corresponding to the complete voice message (S102); if a first message searching instruction is received, searching the saved text message for a text message matching the first message searching instruction as a first text message (S103); and displaying the voice message searching result corresponding to the first text message as a first searching result, the first searching result comprising the complete voice message corresponding to the first text message (S104).

Dynamic jukebox

Methods and systems for improving a music experience are described. Multiple users can provide their musical preferences (e.g., favorite artist, group, genre, era, etc.). When the users come within the vicinity of a jukebox, the users' musical preferences are retrieved or determined. Using the combined or shared preferences of the users in the vicinity of the jukebox, the system is able to create or adjust the current playlist of songs, tailoring the music played based on the users listening nearby.

Adding to a Remote Playlist

Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate discovery and remote configuration of content for playback via a multimedia playback network are disclosed. An example method includes facilitating identification of multimedia content being played, the identification including at least one of a content identifier associated with the content and the content itself. An example method includes relaying at least one of the content identifier and the content to a playback system located remotely from a location of the multimedia content playback, at least one of the content identifier and the content remotely added for playback at the playback system.

NETWORK-ASSISTED REMOTE MEDIA LISTENING

Improved approaches for media listening amongst different users are disclosed. For example, methods, systems or computer program code can enable users to have a remote listening experience in real time. Advantageously, a remote user at a remote client device can in effect listen to a particular digital media asset that is being played at a local client device of a local user. Media information and/or user profiles can also be provided about themselves and shared with other users.

Methods and systems for adapting playlists

A server receives a request to play a selected playlist from a first electronic device associated with a host listener. The playlist includes audio items having a common attribute. The server also receives an identity of a guest listener having a second electronic device and retrieves an indication of taste of the guest listener based on the received identity. The server selects an additional audio item based at least in part on the indication of taste of the guest listener and the common attribute of the audio items of the selected playlist, and incorporates the additional audio item into the selected playlist.

Method and system for exploring similarities

A method and computer readable medium for exploring similar users and items of a media service includes generating a user interface. The user interface displays a user selectable indicia representing a similar member function for allowing a user to search a media service for at least one other user. The one other user has a degree of similarity with respect to the searching user. Another method includes facilitating the search of such a similar user within a media service.

MECHANISM TO HANDLE INTERRUPTED PLAYBACK EXPERIENCE FOR MEDIA ITEMS IN PLAYLISTS

A method may include in response to a user request for a playlist, identifying, by a processing device, a plurality of media items from the playlist, for each of the plurality of media items, determining whether a respective media item is available for a playback on a user device, in response to a determination that the respective media item is not available for the playback on the user device, causing the use device to advance to a next media item on the playlist without user interaction, and in response to a determination that the respective media item is available for the playback on the user device, causing the user device to play the respective media item.

Playback Device

A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements. The system includes a task distribution device that distributes tasks to a synchrony group comprising a plurality of devices that are to perform the tasks distributed by the task distribution device in synchrony. The task distribution device distributes each task to the members of the synchrony group over a network. Each task is associated with a time stamp that indicates a time, relative to a clock maintained by the task distribution device, at which the members of the synchrony group are to execute the task. Each member of the synchrony group periodically obtains from the task distribution device an indication of the current time indicated by its clock, determines a time differential between the task distribution device's clock and its respective clock and determines therefrom a time at which, according to its respective clock, the time stamp indicates ...

Transferring playback from a mobile device to a playback device

A network device is configured to (i) play back a media item indicated by a remote playback queue provided by a cloud-based computing system, (ii) receive an indication that a playback device is available for playback, (iii) display a now playing screen including (a) information identifying the media item, and (b) an icon that indicates that the network device is not in a connected state with any other network device, (iv) receive a first input selecting the icon, (v) in response to the first input, display a list of one or more available network devices including the playback device, (vi) receive a second input selecting the playback device from the list (vii) after receiving the second input, update the list to indicate that the playback device is selected for playback of the remote playback queue, and (viii) transfer playback of the remote playback queue from the network device to the playback device.

RECOMMENDING NEW MUSICAL TRACKS FOR PLAYLISTS

An electronic device and method for recommending new musical tracks for playlists. The electronic device detects a playback of a musical track associated with a first music listening service and identifies a list of tracks by accessing user data associated with a second music listening service that is different from the first music listening service. The list of tracks includes at least one of a set of playlists or a music library of favorite tracks. The electronic device determines the musical track as a missing list item in content of the list of tracks and generates a notification that includes information associated with the musical track and a prompt to add the musical track as a list item of the list of tracks. The notification is generated based on a determination that the musical track is the missing list item. A display is thereafter controlled to render the generated notification.

System and method for evaluating semantic closeness of data files

The invention provides for the evaluation of semantic closeness of a source data file relative to candidate data files. The system includes an artificial neural network and processing intelligence that derives a property vector from extractable measurable properties of a data file. The property vector is mapped to related semantic properties for that same data file and such that, during ANN training, pairwise similarity/dissimilarity in property is mapped, during towards corresponding pairwise semantic similarity/dissimilarity in semantic space to preserve semantic relationships. Based on comparisons between generated property vectors in continuous multi-dimensional property space, the system and method assess, rank, and then recommend and/or filter semantically close or semantically disparate candidate files from a query from a user that includes the data file. Applications of the categorization and recommendation system apply to search tools, including identification of illicit materials ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING MUSIC BASED ON AUDITORY MEMORY AND GENERATING PLAYLISTS

A method for recognizing audio data based on auditory memory includes determining at least one filter to be utilized in the identification of one more audio tracks. The at least one filter includes information related to the one or more audio tracks. The method also includes determining, using one or more machine-learning algorithms, a set of audio clips to be played based on at least one filter. The method includes outputting the set of audio clips in a sequential order. Further, the method includes receiving, from a user, an indication of acceptance of a first audio clip from the set of audio clips. The method includes adding an audio track corresponding to the audio clip to a playlist based on the indication of acceptance.

PLAYLIST UPDATE IN A MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEM

Embodiments are provided for updating a playlist that has been added to a playback queue in response to changes to the playback queue. The playback queue may be associated with a zone of a network media system such that items in the playback queue are to be rendered by the zone. The playlist may include one or more items playable by the zone, and may be stored separately from where the playback queue is maintained. Embodiments are also provided for updating a playback queue in response to modifications to a playlist included in the playback queue, in some cases, a user modifying the playlist or playback queue may be prompted upon making the modifications whether to also apply the modification to the playback queue or playlist, respectively.

Song play queue management method, device, terminal device and storage medium

Song classification method based LDA model

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING A SHARED LISTENING SESSION

A server system receives from a first electronic device, an indication that the first electronic device has shared a first listening session playing back on a second electronic device. The server system receives, from a third electronic device, a first request for one or more shared listening sessions playing back on the second electronic device. The request includes an identifier of the second electronic device. In response to the first request, the server system transmits, to the third electronic device, a session identifier for the first listening session. The server system receives, form the third electronic device, a second request to join the first listening session using the session identifier for the first listening session. The server system then provides, to the third electronic device, access to the first listening session playing back on the second electronic device. The server system provides to the first and third electronic devices, a common set of controls for controlling ...

Systems, methods, and computer readable medium for generating playlists

Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for generating a playlist. An application programming interface (API) receives a request to generate a playlist, where the request includes a set of rule-primitives. A playlist engine evaluator evaluates a rule corresponding to each rule-primitive in the set of rule-primitives across a catalog of media content, calculates a cost associated with each item in the catalog of media content, and generates a playlist based on the items of the catalog having the lowest costs.

Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods

Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, to systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features and improved user interfaces. For instance, a smart search may be provided, e.g., where search results vary based on the popularity of songs within the venue, in dependence on songs being promoted, etc. As another example, a tile-based approach to organizing groupings of songs is provided. Groupings may involve self-populating collections of songs that combine centrally-promoted songs, songs in a given genre that are popular across an audiovisual distribution network, and songs that are locally popular and match up with the given genre (e.g., because of shared attributes such as same or similar genre, artist, etc.). Different tile visual presentations also are contemplated, as are different physical jukebox designs. In certain example embodiments, a sealed core unit with the “brains” of the jukebox is insertable into a docking station.

AUDIO ENCODING FOR FUNCTIONAL INTERACTIVITY

Some examples include a computing device that receives media content to distribute to a plurality of electronic devices. The computing device may receive an indication of first data to relate to the media content for distribution to the plurality of electronic devices. A portion of the multimedia content may be decoded to enable a determination that the media content already has second data embedded in the media content. A psychoacoustic mask may be extracted from the media content and subtracted from the received media content to remove the embedded second data. The first data may be associated with the media content by either embedding third data in the media content, or by embedding the first data in the media content.

PERSONALIZED SHARED CONTENT GENERATION AND DELIVERY

Software replaces album art stored in metadata of a music file with a personalized picture that is displayed when the music file is played on a music player device. The personalized picture may be selected from diverse sources such as social media sites or hard drives on computers. The personalized music file may be gifted to intended recipients and downloaded to their music player devices. The personalized picture is displayed when the personalized music file is played on the music player device.

Action based on repetitions of audio signals

Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring a sound are described. An audio signal is obtained and the audio signal is analyzed to generate an audio signature. An object type is identified based on the audio signature and an action corresponding to the object type is identified.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTING PLAYLISTS

A server receives a request to play a selected playlist from a first electronic device associated with a host listener. The playlist includes audio items having a common attribute. The server also receives an identity of a guest listener having a second electronic device and retrieves an indication of taste of the guest listener based on the received identity. The server selects an additional audio item based at least in part on the indication of taste of the guest listener and the common attribute of the audio items of the selected playlist, and incorporates the additional audio item into the selected playlist.

Expansion of a question and answer database

A system and method for expanding a question and answer (Q&A) database. The method includes obtaining a set of Q&A documents and speech recognition results, each Q&A document in the set having an identifier, and each speech recognition result having an identifier common with the identifier of a relevant Q&A document, and adding one or more repetition parts extracted from the speech recognition results to a corresponding Q&A document in the set to generate an expanded set of Q&A documents for increasing Q&A document extraction accuracy.

AUDIO SETTINGS

Techniques are provided for a playback device to play a media item using an audio setting corresponding to the media item and characteristics of the playback device. An example implementation involves a first playback device transmitting, to a first computing device, information indicating one or more characteristics of the first playback device and queue information indicating one or more media items in a playback queue to be played by the first playback device. The example implementation may further involve receiving, from the first computing device, one or more audio settings associated with the one or more media items, the one or more audio settings corresponding to the one or more media items and the one or more characteristics of the first playback device and playing a first media item of the one or more media items according to a first audio setting of the one or more audio settings.

Voice Query Handling in an Environment with Multiple Users

A method includes detecting multiple users, receiving a first query issued by a first user, the first query including a command for a digital assistant to perform a first action, and enabling a round robin mode to control performance of actions commanded by queries. The method also includes, while performing the first action, receiving audio data corresponding to a second query including a command to perform a second action, performing speaker identification on the audio data, determining that the second query was spoken by the first user, preventing performing the second action, and prompting at least another user to issue a query. The method further includes receiving a third query issued by a second user, the third query including a command for the digital assistant to perform a third action, and when the digital assistant completes performing the first action, executing performance of the third action.

CLOUD QUEUE MANAGEMENT

An example implementation may involve a playback device of a media playback system sending a request for an indication of at least one media item from a remote queue of media items and an indication of a particular media item that is being played by the playback device. The implementation may also involve the playback device receiving an indication of one or more media items from the remote queue of media items. The one or more media items may include the particular media item is being played by the playback device. The implementation may further involve the playback device incorporating an indication of the one or more media items into a local queue of media items.

Information display method and device and method and device for information search

Language domain model self-adaptive classification method oriented to court trial record automatic generation

The invention provides a court trial record automatic generation-oriented language domain model adaptive classification method and device, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining a court trial voice stream which comprises at least one court trial voice; based on the recognition text of the historical court hearing voice before the court hearing voice of the current segment, performing court hearing field classification to obtain a classification result, or obtaining a preset field of the court hearing voice stream as the classification result; based on a language domain model corresponding to the classification result, performing voice recognition on the court hearing voice of the current section to obtain a recognition text of the court hearing voice of the current section, and adding the court hearing voice of the current section into historical court hearing voice to perform classification result updating until the court hearing voice stream stops updating; and generating a court ...

Audio recommendation method and device, electronic equipment, storage medium and program product

The invention provides an audio recommendation method and apparatus, an electronic device, a storage medium and a program product. The method comprises the steps of determining a to-be-played target audio type; determining a target audio recommendation list corresponding to the target audio type from an audio recommendation list set; determining a to-be-played recommended audio based on the target audio recommendation list; wherein the audio recommendation list corresponding to any audio type in the audio recommendation list set is obtained by sorting a plurality of to-be-scored audios based on scoring results of the plurality of to-be-scored audios; the scoring result is determined based on a weighting result of preference scores and appropriate scores of the multiple to-be-scored audios, the preference scores are determined based on user operation habits, and the appropriate scores are determined based on user sign data. According to the invention, the accuracy of audio recommendation ...

SCHEDULING MULTIMEDIA FOR DISTRIBUTION WITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION

A method for a data processing system includes retrieving a first set of multimedia content identifiers having a first sequential order and a first category, retrieving a second set of multimedia content identifiers having a second sequential order and a second category and combining the first and second set of the multimedia content identifiers to produce a chronological scheduling order. The method continues with the data processing system determining whether one or more conflicts exist in the chronological scheduling order and based on a determination that one or more conflicts exist, exchanging a slot position of either of the one of the first set and the one of the second set with another corresponding one of either of the first set and the second set of the multimedia content identifiers based upon a predetermined number of slot value to resolve the conflict and to modify the chronological scheduling order.

MANAGING ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS

Managing access to digital content at a server system in communication with relevant gaming devices, including: receiving a user account identifier and performance information from a relevant gaming device; accessing a collectible database storing collectible records; comparing the received performance information with the performance information in the collectible records; accessing a user account database that stores user account records; adding the retrieved collectible identifier to the identified user account record; retrieving a music-related asset identifier from the identified collectible record; and sending a confirmation to the relevant gaming device that indicates the collectible asset has been collected and indicates the retrieved music-related asset identifier.

EXPANSION OF A QUESTION AND ANSWER DATABASE

A system and method for expanding a question and answer (Q&A) database. The method includes obtaining a set of Q&A documents and speech recognition results, each Q&A document in the set having an identifier, and each speech recognition result having an identifier common with the identifier of a relevant Q&A document, and adding one or more repetition parts extracted from the speech recognition results to a corresponding Q&A document in the set to generate an expanded set of Q&A documents for increasing Q&A document extraction accuracy.

Media Playback Device and System

A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements. The system includes a task distribution device that distributes tasks to a synchrony group comprising a plurality of devices that are to perform the tasks distributed by the task distribution device in synchrony. The task distribution device distributes each task to the members of the synchrony group over a network. Each task is associated with a time stamp that indicates a time, relative to a clock maintained by the task distribution device, at which the members of the synchrony group are to execute the task. Each member of the synchrony group periodically obtains from the task distribution device an indication of the current time indicated by its clock, determines a time differential between the task distribution device's clock and its respective clock and determines therefrom a time at which, according to its respective clock, the time stamp indicates ...

Media playback device and system

A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements. The system includes a task distribution device that distributes tasks to a synchrony group comprising a plurality of devices that are to perform the tasks distributed by the task distribution device in synchrony. The task distribution device distributes each task to the members of the synchrony group over a network. Each task is associated with a time stamp that indicates a time, relative to a clock maintained by the task distribution device, at which the members of the synchrony group are to execute the task. Each member of the synchrony group periodically obtains from the task distribution device an indication of the current time indicated by its clock, determines a time differential between the task distribution device's clock and its respective clock and determines therefrom a time at which, according to its respective clock, the time stamp indicates ...

RECORDING RECOMMENDATION METHOD, DEVICE, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

Disclosed are a recording recommendation method, device, apparatus and computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: determining whether a current user is a new user, if an instruction of the current user to view sales call recordings is received; selecting corresponding call records from sales call recording records as call records to be recommended according to a first preset rule, if the current user is a new user, wherein, the call record includes a call recording; acquiring call records satisfying a preset condition from the sales call recording records, if the current user is not a new user; selecting corresponding call records from the call records satisfying the preset condition as call records to be recommended according to a second preset rule; displaying the call records to be recommended to the current user.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING MEDIA CONTENT IN A PLAYBACK QUEUE

A computer-implemented method and system for managing media content in a playback queue. A processing system receives a plurality of data samples generated from a media application in a user device for a plurality of media files, where the plurality of data samples may be based on a plurality of contextual features associated with a a user's interaction with a least one media file of the plurality of media files. The plurality of contextual features can be collected utilizing at least one sensing module in communication with the user device. Further, one or more of the data samples can be associated with an affinity measure indicative of a user's interaction with at least one of the plurality of media files.

Secure searchable media object

A searchable media object comprises means for playing a media file; an audio file processor operable to receive a standard audio file and convert the standard audio file into machine coding; an Automatic Speech Recognition processor, operable to receive the standard audio file, determine each spoken word and output a string of text comprising each of the determined words, wherein each word in the string is accorded a time indicative of the time of occurrence of the word in the string; an assembler, operable to receive the machine coding, the string of text and the relevant topics and therefrom, assemble the self contained searchable media object comprising a media player operable without connection to the internet; and, a search engine operable to receive a user word search enquiry, search the string of text for the word search enquiry, determine the accorded time of the occurrence of each word enquiry in the string of text, display the occurrences of the determined word search enquiry ...

METHOD FOR CONTENT SYNCHRONIZATION AND REPLACEMENT

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method, including: receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a request to play content; querying, by the processing system, for matches between the content and a user library; receiving, by the processing system, recommendations for alternate content of the user library and associated cue points in the content; and presenting, by the processing system, portions of the content and presenting other portions of the content replaced with the alternate content at the associated cue points. Other embodiments are disclosed.

User interface for streaming spoken query

Methods and systems for information retrieval include analyzing audio data to produce word hypotheses. Displaying the word hypotheses in motion at different respective speeds at once across a graphical display. Information is retrieved in accordance with one or more selected terms from the displayed word hypotheses.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A PERSONALIZED PLAYLIST OF SOUNDS

A method for generating for a subject a personalized playlist of sounds, notably songs, using the analysis of the subject's electroencephalographic signal, the method including the following steps: receiving at least one segment of electroencephalographic signal acquired from at least one electrode while the subject is listening to at least one proposed sound; extracting at least one EEG index from the electroencephalographic signal segment so as to characterize brain patterns correlated to the emotions evoked by the music and the level of appreciation of the sound; evaluating the valence of sounds listening on the basis of the EEG index; receiving a score of appreciation on the sound from the subject; including the sound in the personalized playlist (P) of the subject whenever the valence matches a predefined valence and/or the score of appreciation is higher than a predefined threshold.

MUSIC PLAYING METHOD AND DEVICE

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a music playing method and device, where the method includes: receiving a first operation instruction in a first application with a function of video playing; and invoking a music player to play music in the first application in response to the first operation instruction. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, music can be played in a first application through a first operation instruction of a user, avoiding that the user exits from the first application and then enters the music application to play music, and reducing an operation complexity of the user.

Methods and systems for managing media content in a playback queue

A computer-implemented method and system for managing media content in a playback queue. A processing system receives a plurality of data samples generated from a media application in a user device for a plurality of media files, where the plurality of data samples may be based on a plurality of contextual features associated with a user's interaction with a least one media file of the plurality of media files. The plurality of contextual features can be collected utilizing at least one sensing module in communication with the user device. Further, one or more of the data samples can be associated with an affinity measure indicative of a user's interaction with at least one of the plurality of media files.

Music playing method and device

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a music playing method and device, where the method includes: receiving a first operation instruction in a first application with a function of video playing; and invoking a music player to play music in the first application in response to the first operation instruction. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, music can be played in a first application through a first operation instruction of a user, avoiding that the user exits from the first application and then enters the music application to play music, and reducing an operation complexity of the user.

Cloud Queue Access Control

An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving, from a media playback system, a request to initiate playback of a cloud queue. The cloud queue may currently have a first access status that authorizes a first set of queue operations, which may include playback of the cloud queue. After receiving the request to initiate playback, the computing system may cause audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in a local queue of the media playback system such that the media playback system may playback audio tracks of the cloud queue via the local queue. The computing system may modify the access status of the cloud queue to a second access status. This second access status may authorize a second set of queue operations on the cloud queue. The computing system may cause access to the local queue to be restricted to the second set of queue operations.

Distributed live performance scheduled audio recording, cloud-based audio content editing and distribution of audio tracks and associated metadata

Audio content search of registered audio content sources in a media playback system

Embodiments are described herein that provide searches, including a multi-dimensional search, a cross-source search, or both in a media playback system. The search can be initiated by way of a selection of a location on user interface of a controller. The location corresponds to one or more metadata that is used in the search. Results are sorted and displayed. In some embodiments, metadata is used to filter and/or sort the results.

Method and system for optimizing voice recognition and information searching based on talkgroup activities

A method and system for optimizing voice recognition and information searching. The method includes determining context data associated with a particular talkgroup (140) that includes a plurality of communications devices (120) and creating a list of talkgroup-specific keywords associated with the context data, the list of talkgroup-specific keywords including a first characteristic for each talkgroup-specific keyword. The method also includes receiving, from a first communications device (120A) of the plurality of communications devices (120), audio data associated with a user of the first communications device (120A) and processing the audio data to generate an initial output term. The method further includes determining a second characteristic of the initial output term and determining whether the first characteristic of a talkgroup-specific keyword from the list of talkgroup-specific keywords matches the second characteristic of the initial output term. The method also includes outputting ...

Update method and update apparatus

An update method includes acquiring a list of plural pieces of content selected from a library including plural pieces of content, selecting, from the list, first content to be deleted from the list, selecting, from the library, second content to be interchanged with the first content based on details of the list, and interchanging the first content with the second content in the list.

Adaptive recommendations of user-generated mediasets

This disclosure relates to adaptive recommendations for user-generated mediasets. A mediaset component provides for users to generate mediasets. A user-generated mediaset can include a user-generated playlist or a user-generated media channel. A monitoring component monitors consumption of media, e.g., by a consumer. A relatedness component determines a set of the user-generated mediasets that are related to the media consumed by the consumer. A recommendation component recommends a subset of the user-generated mediasets based on a set of criteria. A rights management component determines a set of authorizations of the consumer for respective media content associated with the set of user-generated mediasets, and takes at least one action based on the set of authorizations, e.g., updating one of the mediasets based on the set of authorizations.

UNORDERED MATCHING OF AUDIO FINGERPRINTS

A method includes computing match scores for each portion of multiple portions of a first audio fingerprint. The match scores are based on a comparison of the portion with each of multiple portions of a second audio fingerprint. The method includes generating a list of runs based on the highest score for each portion of the multiple portions of the first audio fingerprint. The method includes determining, based on the list of runs, an unordered match between a set of consecutive portions of the first audio fingerprint and a set of non-consecutive portions of the second audio fingerprint. The method includes, in response to determining that a length of the unordered match satisfies a length criterion, outputting an indicator that the first audio fingerprint matches the second audio fingerprint.

Audio encoding for functional interactivity

Some examples include receiving audio content through a microphone of an electronic device and determining whether embedded data is included in the received audio content. The electronic device may decode the received audio content to extract the embedded data. In addition, the electronic device may perform at least one of: sending a communication to a computing device over a network based on the extracted embedded data, or presenting information on a display of the electronic device based on the extracted embedded data.

Motion-based music recommendation for mobile devices

A method comprising acquiring a plurality of measurements from at least one sensor in a mobile device, determining an activity classification of a user of the mobile device based on the plurality of measurements, acquiring an audio file for the mobile device, wherein the audio file is selected based on the activity classification, and playing the audio file by the mobile device.

Music recommendations from trending queries

A plurality of entities relating to popular search queries are identified. A set of entities representing musical artists or events is selected from the plurality of entities. Based on a history of online actions of a user, a subset of the selected set of entities that is relevant to the user is determined, and personalized music recommendations are created for the user, where the personalized music recommendations comprise music content associated with the determined subset of entities that each represent a musical artist or event relating to the popular search queries. The personalized music recommendations are provided for presentation to the user.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ORGANIZING MUSIC TRACKS

A method, device and system for organizing media content on a computer-based system to form a playlist, wherein the device has access to a database with a plurality of music tracks and associated feature vectors including feature values representing different semantic characteristics of a music track, as well as metadata including at least one type of metadata record representing associated information about the respective music track. The playlist is determined based on a query from the client device that includes an input vector, and at least one input metadata record, using an additional similarity matrix representing a measure of similarity between different metadata records of the same type.

Music streaming, playlist creation and streaming architecture

A system and method for making categorized music tracks available to end user applications. The tracks may be categorized based on computer-derived rhythm, texture and pitch (RTP) scores for tracks derived from high-level acoustic attributes, which is based on low level data extracted from the tracks. RTP scores are stored in a universal database common to all of the music publishers so that the same track, once RTP scored, does not need to be re-RTP scored by other music publishers. End user applications access an API server to import collections of tracks published by publishers, to create playlists and initiate music streaming. Each end user application is sponsored by a single music publisher so that only tracks capable of being streamed by the music publisher are available to the sponsored end user application.

Audio distributor selection

A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements. The system includes a task distribution device that distributes tasks to a synchrony group comprising a plurality of devices that are to perform the tasks distributed by the task distribution device in synchrony. The task distribution device distributes each task to the members of the synchrony group over a network. Each task is associated with a time stamp that indicates a time, relative to a clock maintained by the task distribution device, at which the members of the synchrony group are to execute the task. Each member of the synchrony group periodically obtains from the task distribution device an indication of the current time indicated by its clock, determines a time differential between the task distribution device's clock and its respective clock and determines therefrom a time at which, according to its respective clock, the time stamp indicates ...

DISPLAY APPARATUS, BACKGROUND MUSIC PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF AND BACKGROUND MUSIC PROVIDING SYSTEM

A background music providing method includes: based on a user command for executing a content recognition mode being received, obtaining a data corresponding to the content, reproduced on the display apparatus, in the content recognition mode; transmitting the obtained data to an external source; obtaining information corresponding to the content based on the data from the external source; and displaying a result UI corresponding to the obtained information on the display apparatus.

DIGITAL JUKEBOX DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

An improved jukebox user interface that includes standard and simplified interface screens is provided. A home screen includes control elements arranged along a first axis. At least a first one of these elements displays a search screen, at least a second one displays a curated list of songs and/or artists via a first selection screen, and at least a third one displays a curated list of curated lists of songs via a second selection screen. The home screen also includes user-selectable song objects arrangeable along a second axis generally perpendicular to the first axis; user-selectable song list objects arrangeable along a third axis generally parallel to the second axis; and a status area extending along a peripheral edge thereof. Some/all standard interface screens include the control elements of the home screen in a position that is common across all such screens, but the simplified interface screens lack them.