System and method for color beat display in a media content environment

A system for color beat display in a media content environment, comprising:

• a media device, that operates as a client device and includes a processor, and that can receive and play media content provided by a media server, or another system or peer device;
• and
• a user interface comprising a visual display provided at the media device, that displays a plurality of displayed media options and is configured to receive a selection of a first displayed media option from within the plurality of displayed media options,
• wherein each of the displayed options is associated with one or more media content items to be played at the media device, and a particular color, and
• wherein the media device is configured to:
• in response to receiving a user selection indicative of selecting the first displayed media option,
• determine one or more media content items and a particular color associated with the first displayed media option,
• while playing the one or more media content items associated with the first displayed media option, determine an audio beat, volume, or other characteristic of the playing media content, and
• modify, as a modified region, a particular region of the visual display associated with the first displayed media option, in accordance with the particular color associated with the first displayed media option, to match the audio beat, volume, or other characteristic of the playing media content, including
• synchronizing a variation in color, brightness, scale, transparency, or intensity of the modified region,
• in response to receiving a user selection indicative of moving between the first displayed media option and a second displayed media option within the plurality of displayed media options,
• determine one or more media content items and a particular color associated with the second displayed media option,
• adjust playback from the one or more media content items associated with the first displayed media option, to the one or more media content items associated with the second displayed media option,
• while playing the one or more media content items associated with the second displayed media option, determine an audio beat, volume, or other characteristic of the playing media content, and
• modify the modified region in accordance with the particular color associated with the second displayed media option, to match the audio beat, volume, or other characteristic of the playing media content, including
• synchronizing a variation in color, brightness, scale, transparency, or intensity of the modified region.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by a device that includes a processor and that receives and plays media content provided by a media server or by another system or peer device, causes the device to perform a method comprising:

• providing a user interface comprising a visual display, that displays a plurality of displayed media options and is configured to receive a selection of a first displayed media option from within the plurality of displayed media options,
• wherein each of the displayed media options is associated with one or more media content items to be played at the media device, and a particular color, and
• in response to receiving a user selection indicative of selecting the first displayed media option,
• determining one or more media content items and a particular color associated with the first displayed media option,
• while playing the one or more media content items associated with the first displayed media option, determining an audio beat, volume, or other characteristic of the playing media content, and
• modifying, as a modified region, a particular region of the visual display associated with the selected media option, in accordance with the particular color associated with the first displayed media option, to match the audio beat, volume, or other characteristic of the playing media content, including
• synchronizing a variation in color, brightness, scale, transparency, or intensity of the modified region with a particular color associated with the selected media option,
• in response to receiving a user selection indicative of moving between the first displayed media option and a second displayed media option within the plurality of displayed media options,
• determining one or more media content items and a particular color associated with the second displayed media option,
• adjusting playback from the one or more media content items associated with the first displayed media option, to the one or more media content items associated with the second displayed media option,
• while playing the one or more media content items associated with the second displayed media option, determining an audio beat, volume, or other characteristic of the playing media content, and
• modifying the modified region in accordance with the particular color associated with the second displayed media option, to match the audio beat, volume, or other characteristic of the playing media content, including
• synchronizing a variation in color, brightness, scale, transparency, or intensity of the modified region.