US 2015/0319206 A1 · SHARING A MEDIA STATION

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for sharing a media station. A user can share a media station with one or more other users. The sharing user can transmit a share request to share the media station with receiving users. A share link configured to provide access to the shared media station can then be sent to each receiving user. In some embodiments, the shared media station can be tailored or customized for the receiving user. For example, the shared media station can be tailored based on user preference data for the receiving user. To customize the shared media station, a new version of the shared media station can be generated based on one or more media station seeds that define the media station, as well as the user preference data. The newly generated version of the media station can then be provided to the receiving user.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, from a first client device, a share request to share a first media station with a second client device, wherein:
the first media station is defined by at least one media station seed, and
the first client device is presented with a first version of the first media station that was generated based on the at least one media station seed and a first set of user preferences associated with the first client device;
generating, by the processor, a second version of the first media station based on the at least one media station seed and a second set of user preferences associated with the second client device;
and
providing, by the processor, the second version of the first media station to the second client device.

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A system comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive, from a first client device, a share request to share a first media station with a second client device, wherein:
the first media station is defined by at least one media station seed, and
the first client device is presented with a first version of the first media station that was generated based on the at least one media station seed and a first set of user preferences associated with the first client device;
generate a second version of the first media station based on the at least one media station seed and a second set of user preferences associated with the second client device;
and
provide the second version of the first media station to the second client device.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive, from a first client device, a share request to share a first media station with a second client device, wherein:
the first media station is defined by at least one media station seed, and
the first client device is presented with a first version of the first media station that was generated based on the at least one media station seed and a first set of user preferences associated with the first client device;
generate a second version of the first media station based on the at least one media station seed and a second set of user preferences associated with the second client device;
and
provide the second version of the first media station to the second client device.

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A method comprising:

receiving, from a media station service, by a second client device authorized on a second user account, a second version of a first media station that was shared with the second user account by a first user account, wherein:
the first media station is defined by at least one media station seed,
a first client device authorized on the first user account is presented with a first version of the first media station that was generated based on the at least one media station seed and a first set of user preferences associated with the first user account, and
the second version of the first media station was generated based on the at least one media station seed and a second set of user preferences associated with the second user account;
and
presenting, by the second client device, the second version of the first media station.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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