Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, systems and methods for audio content shuffling
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Application No.: US14586397Application Date: 2014-12-30
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Publication No.: US10028012B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Gregory Greene
- Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US CO Englewood
- Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Englewood
- Agency: Lowe Graham Jones PLLC
- Main IPC: H04N21/439
- IPC: H04N21/439 ; H04N21/482 ; G11B27/00

Abstract:
Song shuffling system plays a series of songs selected from a shuffled plurality of predefined audio content sources. An exemplary embodiment concurrently receives, during a shuffle operation, a stream of audio content from each of the predefined audio content sources, wherein each of the streams of audio content comprises a plurality of serially received songs. Each song is stored by the media device as the song is received. A first predefined audio content source is selected from the predefined audio content sources. Then, a first song is selected having a beginning portion that is stored in the memory medium and that was provided by the selected first predefined audio content source. A second predefined audio content source is selected from the predefined audio content sources that is to provide a second song that is to be presented to the user upon conclusion of the presentation of the first song.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160188286A1 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDIO CONTENT SHUFFLING Public/Granted day:2016-06-30
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