# US 10,482,125 B1 · Music playlists for geographical regions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,482,125 B1 - Document ID: US10482125B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/351,211 - Filed: 2016-11-14 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-28 - Assignees: Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Christopher Woolf Phillips; Eric Scott Eisher - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482125B1 ## CPC - G06F 16/68: Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually - G06F 16/29: Geographical information databases - G06F 16/60: of audio data - G06F 16/63: Querying - G06F 16/639: {using playlists} - G06F 16/686: {using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title or artist information, time, location or usage information, user ratings} - H04L 67/306: User profiles - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the geographical station programming over AM or FM radio channels to be received at a radio receiver coupled to a vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the geographical station programming to a transceiver for communication to a mobile computing device over a cellular network. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the aggregated music behavior information includes electronic music purchases and music listened to by users via internet that are located within the geographical region. ### Claim 5 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. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising providing the geographical station programming over an AM or FM radio channel to be received at a radio receiver coupled to a vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising providing the geographical station programming over a cellular network. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising providing geographical station programming to a mobile device over a cellular network, the mobile device being capable of retransmitting music included in the geographical station programming to a vehicle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising identifying the collective music listening habits for the geographical region based on aggregated information about music items purchased or listened to at an electronic site by users located within the geographical region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising offering the music included in the geographical station programming for purchase upon a user logging into a user account and selecting the geographical region associated with the user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising providing information about the music included in the geographical station programming upon a user selecting the geographical region associated with the user. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising providing targeted advertisements with the geographical station programming based on the collective music listening habits for the geographical region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising providing personalized advertisements to a mobile device that are personalized for a user based on a viewing history, purchasing history, listening history or account information associated with the user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising: providing the geographical station programming to a vehicle in the geographical region over a first terrestrial radio channel; and providing an announcement for a user to switch to a second terrestrial radio channel when the vehicle approaches an adjacent geographical region, the second terrestrial radio channel providing a same genre of music as the first terrestrial radio channel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising varying the music included in the geographical station programming according to a time of day based on the collective music listening habits for the geographical region. ### Claim 16 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, further comprising providing the geographical station programming over an AM or FM radio channel to be received at a radio receiver coupled to a vehicle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, further comprising a music delivery module to provide the geographical station programming to a mobile computing device over a cellular network. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the aggregated information on music-related behavior includes electronic music purchases and music listened to via internet by users located within the geographical region. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the geographical station programming module is further configured to vary the music included in the geographical station programming according to a time of day based on the collective music listening habits for the geographical region.