- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for using selected content tracks from two or more program channels to automatically generate a blended mix channel for playback to a user upon selection of a corresponding preset button on a user interface
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Application No.: US14685012Application Date: 2015-04-13
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Publication No.: US10540057B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Richard A. Michalski , Stuart A. Cox , Paul D. Marko , Mark Rindsberg , Greg Nease , Glenn Peffers
- Applicant: Sirius XM Radio Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: Sirius XM Radio Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sirius XM Radio Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/0482
- IPC: G06F3/0482 ; H04H20/74 ; H04H20/40 ; H04H20/26 ; G06F3/0484 ; H04B7/185 ; H04H60/91

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for generating a personalized radio channel playlist by simultaneously buffering multiple received channels from one or more source streams, and then selecting songs or tracks to playback from the buffered channels. Users can specify favorite channels for building their personal playlists, or multiple default playlist channels can be provided by genre or channels related in some other way. Navigation tools permit users to skip ahead and backward in the playback stream. A personalized radio channel playlist can be implemented as (1) content selected from buffered channels based on user preferences for artists, songs and the like, or (2) as a Mix Channel in which content from selected buffered channels is automatically mixed for playback in response to selection of a preset button assigned to the Mix Channel.
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