Media playlist construction for virtual environments
AssigneeActivision Publishing, Inc.
InventorsCary Lee Bates, Jim Chun-Ta Chen, Zachary Adam Garbow, Gregory Edward Young
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for generating song playlists for use in an immersive virtual environment. Generally, playlists may be generated based on stored music preference data. The music preference data may be generated by storing user interactions with specific songs. The user interactions may be associated with characteristics of the user's situational context within the virtual world. The music preference data may be indexed by song name, and/or by musical properties. Subsequently, the music preference data may be used to generate a playlist adapted to the user's current situation within the virtual world.
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A computer-implemented method of creating a user-specific playlist based on feedback received during playing of a song in a virtual environment, the method being implemented by a computer that includes one or more physical processors, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the computer, an instance of feedback about a song, from a user, during playing of the song in a virtual environment;
- determining, by the computer, a first situational context that corresponds to a first situation of an avatar of the user in the virtual environment at a time of receipt of the instance of feedback;
- populating, by the computer, a data structure with an entry for the instance of feedback, wherein the entry comprises, for the instance of feedback:
- (i) information identifying the song, and (ii) information corresponding to the first situational context;
- determining, by the computer, a second situational context that corresponds to a second situation of the avatar of the user in the virtual environment;
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- generating, by the computer, a playlist specific to the user in the virtual environment based on the instance of feedback responsive to a determination that the second situational context corresponds to the first situational context.
A system for creating a user-specific playlist based on feedback received during playing of a song in a virtual environment, the system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- a memory containing a program which, when executed by the one or more computer processors, is configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an instance of feedback about a song, from a user, during playing of the song in a virtual environment;
- determining a first situational context that corresponds to a first situation of an avatar of the user in the virtual environment at a time of receipt of the instance of feedback;
- populating a data structure with an entry for the instance of feedback, wherein the entry comprises, for the instance:
- (i) information identifying the song, and (ii) information corresponding to the first situational context;
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- determining a second situational context that corresponds to a second situation of the avatar of the user in the virtual environment;
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- generating a playlist specific to the user in the virtual environment based on the instance of feedback responsive to a determination that the second situational context corresponds to the first situational context.
A computer program product to create a user-specific playlist based on feedback received during playing of a song in a virtual environment, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer-readable storage memory device having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising:
- computer-readable program code for causing a processor to determine a first situational context that corresponds to an avatar of a user at a time of receipt, from the user, of an instance of feedback about a song during playing of the song in a virtual environment;
- computer-readable program code for causing a processor to populate a data structure with an entry for the instance of feedback, wherein the entry comprises, for the instance of feedback:
- (i) information identifying the song, and (ii) information corresponding to the first situational context;
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- computer-readable program code for causing a processor to determine a second situational context that corresponds to a second situation of the avatar of the user in the virtual environment;
- and computer-readable program code for causing a processor to generate a playlist specific to the user in the virtual environment based on the instance of feedback responsive to a determination that the second situational context corresponds to the first situational context.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.