System and method for using a list of audio media to create a list of audiovisual media

A system for using a list of audio media objects to create a list of audiovisual media objects, the system comprising:

• a computing device which plays audio media objects referenced by the list of audio media objects wherein a user of the computing device inputs a request for creation of the list of audiovisual media objects using a user interface provided by the computing device;
• a list conversion engine which responds to the request by analyzing the list of audio media objects to obtain metadata descriptive of the audio media objects wherein the list conversion engine uses the metadata to search a visual media object database which provides access to visual media objects which encode visual content;
• and a set of visual media objects identified by the list conversion engine wherein each of the visual media objects in the set corresponds to one of the audio media objects in the list of audio media objects and further wherein the list of audiovisual media objects is created by the list conversion engine using the set of visual media objects wherein each of the audiovisual media objects in the list of audiovisual media objects corresponds to one of the audio media objects referenced by the list of audio media objects;
• further comprising playing the audio media objects using the list of audio media objects wherein a user of the computing device controls the playing of the audio media objects using the user interface of the computing device;
• accepting user input on the computing device wherein the list of audiovisual media objects is created in response to the user input;
• and playing the audiovisual media objects of the list of audiovisual media objects using a rendering device which is a different device than the computing device wherein the computing device stops playing the audio media objects and instructs the rendering device to begin playing the audiovisual media objects without additional user input requesting playback of the audiovisual media objects subsequent to the user input which prompts creation of the list of audiovisual media objects.

A method for using a list of two or more audio media objects to create a list of two or more audiovisual media objects, the method comprising the steps of:

• for each audio media object in the list of audio media objects:
• obtaining metadata descriptive of the audio media object;
• searching one or more visual media object databases using the metadata, wherein the searching identifies a set of visual media objects which correspond to the audio media object;
• and determining an audiovisual media object for inclusion in the list of audiovisual media objects wherein the audiovisual media object is determined based on examining properties of the visual media objects which correspond to the audio media object;
• creating a list of audiovisual media objects wherein the list references each of the audiovisual media objects determined in the determining step;
• and displaying the list of audiovisual media objects to a user of a computing device;
• further comprising playing the audio media objects using the list of audio media objects wherein a user of a computing device controls the playing of the audio media objects using a user interface of the computing device;
• accepting user input on the computing device wherein the list of audiovisual media objects is created in response to the user input;
• and playing the audiovisual media objects of the list of audiovisual media objects using a rendering device which is a different device than the computing device wherein the computing device stops playing the audio media objects and instructs the rendering device to begin playing the audiovisual media objects without additional user input requesting playback of the audiovisual media objects subsequent to the user input which prompts creation of the list of audiovisual media objects.