System, method and computer program product for intelligent groupwise media selection

An intelligent groupwise media selection system comprising:

• a plurality of personal information devices, each personal information device being associated with an individual user and having retrievably stored therein a data file representing the individual user's media taste preferences;
• a media player including;
• a processor;
• a communications transceiver operatively coupled to the processor and in processing communications with each of the plurality of personal information devices;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• a plurality of media files retrievably stored in the memory;
• a groupwise selection program operatively loaded into the memory having instructions executable by the processor to;
• interrogate the personal information devices to receive a representation of the data files;
• determine a composite of the media taste preferences of the individual users from the received data file representations, select a media file from the plurality of media files in dependence on the determined composite media taste preferences;
• and, play the selected media file to at least a portion of the individual users.