Graphical user interface for dynamically creating and adjusting playlists

A method of organizing media content on a computer-based system to form a playlist, the method comprising:

• providing a server device, and a client device in data communication with the server device;
• providing, on the server device, a database comprising a plurality of media content items, each of the media content items having associated therewith a feature vector Vf comprising a number n of feature values, each of the feature values representing one characteristic of the media content item concerned;
• displaying, on a display screen of the client device, a graphical user interface, GUI, comprising a number m of GUI elements, each of the GUI elements graphically representing a variable associated with a plurality of the feature values;
• the number m of GUI elements being less than the number n of feature values;
• detecting, through an input interface of the client device, a user interaction with one of the GUI elements;
• determining, on the client device, an input vector Vi comprising input values based on the user interaction;
• communicating the input vector Vi to the server device;
• determining, on the server device, a playlist of the plurality of media content items based on the distance of the associated feature vector Vf of each media content item from the input vector Vi in the vector space;
• and
• displaying, on the GUI of the client device, as a direct response to the user interaction, a queue of selectable items according to the playlist.

A computer-based system for organizing media content to form a playlist, the system comprising:

• a server device having thereon provided a database comprising a plurality of media content items, each of the media content items having associated therewith a feature vector Vf comprising a number n of feature values, each of the feature values representing one characteristic of the media content item concerned;
• and
• a client device in data communication with the server device, the client device comprising:
• a display screen;
• and
• a processor being configured to display a graphical user interface, GUI, on the display screen, the GUI comprising a number m of GUI elements, each of the GUI elements graphically representing a variable associated with a plurality of the feature values;
• wherein the number m of GUI elements is less than the number n of feature values;
• and
• wherein the processor is further configured to
• interpret a user interaction with one of the GUI elements as a change in the variable represented by the GUI element, and to
• display on the GUI, in response to the user interaction, a queue of selectable items ordered according to their associated feature vectors Vf with respect to the changed variable.