Music playlists for geographical regions
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Woolf Phillips, Eric Scott Eisher
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Abstract
Technology is described for generating music playlists tailored to a geographical region. Collective music listening habits may be identified for a geographical region. The collective music listening habits for the geographical region may be categorized into one or more categories of music. Geographical station programming may be generated according to at least one of the categories of music. The geographical station programming may include a music playlist that corresponds to the collective music listening habits for the geographical region.
Claims20
A method for generating music playlists tailored to a geographical region, the method comprising:
- under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions:
- collecting aggregated music behavior information regarding music-related listening behaviors performed in the geographical region;
- identifying collective music listening habits for the geographical region using the aggregated music behavior information;
- generating geographical station programming for at least one category of music, the geographical station programming including a playlist of music corresponding to the collective music listening habits for the geographical region in the category of music;
- providing the geographical station programming to a radio transmitter for transmission over amplitude modulation (AM) radio channels or frequency modulation (FM) radio channels using a terrestrial radio station;
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- providing an announcement to switch to a second terrestrial radio channel when a device receiving the geographical station programming approaches an adjacent geographical region.
A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
- under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions:
- identifying collective music listening habits for a geographical region;
- categorizing the collective music listening habits for the geographical region into one or more categories of music;
- generating geographical station programming according to at least one of the categories of music, the geographical station programming including a music playlist that corresponds to the collective music listening habits for the geographical region;
- providing the geographical station programming over a terrestrial radio channel that is an amplitude modulation (AM) radio channel or a frequency modulation (FM) radio channel;
- and
- providing an announcement to switch to a second terrestrial radio channel when a device receiving the geographical station programming approaches an adjacent geographical region.
A system for generating music playlists tailored to a geographical region, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory device including a data store to store a plurality of data and instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute:
- an aggregated information collection module to collect aggregated music behavior information regarding music-related behaviors performed in the geographical region;
- a music listening habits identification module to identify collective music listening habits for the geographical region using the aggregated music behavior information;
- a geographical station programming module to generate geographical station programming for at least one category of music, the geographical station programming including a playlist of music according to the collective music listening habits for the geographical region in the category of music;
- and
- a music delivery module to provide the geographical station programming to a radio receiver via a terrestrial radio channel that is an amplitude modulation (AM) radio channel or frequency modulation (FM) radio channel, and to provide an announcement to switch to a second terrestrial radio channel when a device receiving the geographical station programming approaches an adjacent geographical region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.