Method and apparatus for managing a playlist by metadata

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10268352
APP PUB NO 20130254207A1
SERIAL NO

11126871

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Techniques for managing a playlist in a multimedia system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, the playlist is structured to be able to include as many items as desired. To facilitate the manageability of such playlist, the playlist is built with a plurality of items. Each of the items is associated with metadata that includes information related to, for example, artist, album, genre, composer, and track number. The metadata for each item may be parsed, updated or logically operated upon to facilitate the management of the playlist. In another embodiment, each of the items is either a single item or a group item. A single item contains metadata of a corresponding source. A group item contains metadata of accessing other constituent items, which again may be single items or group items. As a result, the playlist can accommodate as many items as desired in a limited memory space without compromising the manageability of the playlist. Each of the items can be removed from, added to, or moved around in the playlist without concerning that an item may further include many items therein.

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  • SONOS INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Coburn,, IV Arthur L Lexington, US 106 965
Lambourne, Robert A Santa Barbara, US 84 6708
Lang, Jonathan P Santa Barbara, US 83 4917
Millington, Nicholas A J Santa Barbara, US 159 8894
Schulert, Andrew J Cambridge, US 33 1599
Wren, Paul Montecito, US 8 255

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