System and method for online multi-media discovery and promotion
OwnerMatthew Paulin, Benjimin Chobot +2inventors
InventorsMatthew Paulin, Benjimin Chobot, Jeffrey Davis, Erik Chelstad
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a system and method for facilitating discovery and promotion of musical works via an electronic network. Broadly, the method comprises the steps of receiving the musical works from artists; establishing a virtual room; allowing a user to enter the virtual room and select one or more of the musical works to play; and allowing the user to chat with a second user within the virtual room. To this broad idea can be added, as desired, any one or more of a large number of enhancement features that further facilitate the discovery and promotion of the works.
Claims20
A method of facilitating discovery and promotion of musical works via an electronic network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving and storing the musical works;
- (b) establishing a virtual room;
- (c) allowing a user to enter the virtual room and select one or more of the musical works to play;
- and
- (d) allowing the user to chat with a second user within the virtual room.
The method as set forth in claim 16, further including the steps of—
- allowing the user to arrange the collection;
- allowing the user to identify a recipient;
- packaging the collection on a suitable medium;
- and
- sending the medium to the identified recipient.
A method of facilitating discovery and promotion of musical works via an electronic network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving and storing the musical works;
- (b) establishing a virtual room;
- (c) allowing a user and a second user to enter the virtual room and select one or more of the musical works to play;
- (d) allowing the user to chat with a second user within the virtual room;
- (e) establishing a queue for the one or more user-selected musical works, wherein the one or more user-selected musical works are played substantially in the order in which they appear in the queue;
- (f) allowing the user to spend virtual money to change the order in which the one or more user-selected musical works appear in the queue;
- (g) substantially automatically selecting one or more musical works for the queue, wherein the one or more substantially automatically selected musical works are selected based upon a substantial similarity with the musical works previously played in the room, wherein the one or more substantially automatically selected musical works appear at the end of the queue;
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- (h) allowing the user to attempt to prevent a particular musical work appearing in the queue from playing by initiating a vote by the user and the second user.
A method of facilitating discovery and promotion of musical works via an electronic network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving and storing the musical works;
- (b) establishing a virtual room;
- (c) allowing a user to enter the virtual room and select one or more of the musical works to play;
- (d) allowing the user to arrange one or more of the musical works into a collection;
- (e) allowing the user to identify a recipient;
- (f) packaging the collection on a suitable medium;
- and
- (g) sending the medium to the identified recipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.