# US 2015/0106321 A1 · Internet radio and broadcast method personalized by genre > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0106321 A1 - Document ID: US20150106321A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/578,076 - Filed: 2014-12-19 - Published: 2015-04-16 - Earliest claimed: 1999-11-10 - Assignees: Pandora Media, Inc. - Applicants: Pandora Media, Inc. - Inventors: Jeffrey R. BOULTER; Todd M. BEAUPRE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150106321A1 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0631: {Recommending goods or services} - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G06F 16/4387: {by the use of playlists} - G06F 16/635: Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles - 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} - G06F 16/9535: Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation - G06F 16/9574: {of access to content, e.g. by caching} - G06F 40/134: Hyperlinking - G06N 5/02: Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation - G06Q 20/123: {Shopping for digital content} - G06Q 30/0282: Rating or review of business operators or products - G06Q 30/0641: {utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping} - H04H 60/06: Arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services - H04H 60/25: Arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information - H04H 60/46: for recognising users' preferences - H04H 60/66: for using the result on distributors' side - H04H 60/87: accessed over computer networks - H04H 60/88: which are wireless networks - H04L 51/10: Multimedia information - H04L 65/612: for unicast - H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations} - H04N 21/443: OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB - H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/454: Content {or additional data} filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements - H04N 21/4668: {for recommending content, e.g. movies} - H04N 21/4756: {for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie} - H04N 21/4825: {using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists} - H04N 21/6125: {involving transmission via Internet (transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82)} - H04N 21/6175: {involving transmission via Internet (broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82)} - H04N 21/8113: {comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format} - H04H 20/82: using signals not modulated onto a carrier - H04H 60/82: the transmission system being the Internet - H04L 65/611: for multicast or broadcast (systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06) - H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS - H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Data streams are generally selected according to user preferences and transmitted to the user in general alignment with expressed preferences of the user. Such data streams may be music, including music videos. Users may indicate their general or specific preferences with regards to song, artists, or albums. Any other aspects or factors that might affect the user's preferences can be taken into account. A playlist is created that combines all of these factors. The playlist then serves as the basis for feeding the data streams to the user. Each user is able to express his or her own preferences and receive music corresponding to those preferences on an on-going basis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of providing a personalized Internet radio station, comprising: receiving, in at least one server computer, musical preference information for a user; determining at least one musical genre from the musical preference information; generating an individual song playlist for the user based on the at least one musical genre; and providing, by the at least one server computer, access to songs of the song playlist to a client computing device of the user. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the musical preference information includes a selection of at least one musical genre. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at least one musical genre is inferred from the user musical preference information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method claim 1, further wherein determining the at least one musical genre from the musical preference information comprises inferring the at least one musical genre from a selection of user song ratings. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method claim 1, further wherein determining the at least one musical genre from the musical preference information comprises inferring the at least one musical genre from a selection of user artist ratings. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further wherein determining the at least one musical genre from the musical preference information comprises inferring the at least one musical genre from a selection of Internet radio stations that the user subscribes to. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising generating an individual song playlist for the user based on a mood. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining at least one musical genre further comprises analyzing song ratings of the user and inferring a musical genre preference from the song ratings. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one server computer comprises at least one of a streaming server, a central server, a media server, and a HTTP server. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from the user, a selection of at least one musical genre via a user interface; generating an individual song playlist for the user based on the selected at least one musical genre; and providing, by the at least one server computer, access to songs of the individual song playlist to a client computing device of the user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user interface for the user to enter the at least one musical genre as the musical preference information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the user interface is configured for a user to enter the at least one genre and at least one other musical preference and wherein generating the individual song playlist is based on the combination of the selected at least one musical genre and at least one other musical preference. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one other musical preference comprises an artist preference. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one other musical preference comprises an album preference. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one other musical preference comprises a song preference. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one other musical preference comprises a selection of Internet radio stations, wherein attributes of the selected Internet radio stations influence generation of the song playlist. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one other musical preference comprises a mood preference. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the user interface includes a song rating interface for the user to rate songs and the generating of the individual song playlist is adjusted based on song ratings of the user. ### Claim 19 A method of providing an Internet radio service, including: generating, via at least one server computer, a song playlist based on at least one musical genre preference of a user and song ratings of a user; and providing, via the at least one sever computer, access to songs of the song playlist to a computing device of the user. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19 further comprising transmitting songs of to the song playlist to the computing device of the user. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising providing access to a media file library to access songs for the song playlist. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising inferring the at least one musical genre preference from at least one other musical preference of the user. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising providing a user interface for the user to enter the at least one musical genre preference. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising associating a mood ID with a user profile and generating a song playlist based on the corresponding mood ID. ### Claim 25 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the at least one server computer comprises at least one of a streaming server, a media server, a central server, and a HTTP server. ### Claim 26 An apparatus, comprising: a computing device including a computer, a display, and at least one communication interface to connect to a computer network; and a player application to play songs of a song playlist on the computing device, including: at least one user interface for a user to input at least one musical genre preference and song ratings for an Internet radio service to create a song playlist for a personalized Internet radio station, wherein access to songs of the song playlist is provided to the computing device. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising a user interface for the user to enter at least one musical preference, wherein a genre preference is inferred from the at least one musical preference. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the user interface includes a song ratings interface, wherein the genre preference is inferred from song ratings of the user. ### Claim 29 (depends on 26) The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the computing device accesses the Internet radio service via a wireless communication link. ### Claim 30 (depends on 26) The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the computing device accesses media files for individual songs of the song playlist from a media file library.