Human-machine interfaces for utterance-based playlist selection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12248735-B2
Application number	US-202318359173-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2023
Priority date	Jul 18, 2018
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices for human-machine interfaces for utterance-based playlist selection are disclosed. In one method, a list of playlists is traversed and a portion of each is audibly output until a playlist command is received. Based on the playlist command, the traversing is stopped and a playlist is selected for playback. In examples, the list of playlists is modified based on a modification input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a human-machine interface of a device, first utterance data including descriptor data;
determining the first utterance data includes a request to provide a list of playlists;
receiving the list of playlists, the list of playlists being associated with the first utterance data;
modifying the list of playlists based on the descriptor data, thereby resulting in a modified list of playlists; and
audibly outputting an introduction including a description of each playlist of the modified list of playlists, the description of each playlist describing: (i) one or more artists, (ii) one or more albums, (iii) one or more genres, or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), and (iii).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the list of playlists includes reordering the list of playlists based on the descriptor data.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein modifying the list of playlists includes reordering the playlists in the list of playlists such that playlists that are more similar to the descriptor data are ahead of the playlists that are less similar to the descriptor data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the list of playlists includes filtering the list of playlists based on the descriptor data.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the human-machine interface of the device, modification input that includes new descriptor data.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the human-machine interface of the device, second utterance data;
determining the second utterance data includes a playlist command; and
executing the playlist command.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the descriptor data includes one or more of a title, the description, or tag of a respective playlist.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions including instructions that when executed by a computer system causes the computer system to perform:
receiving, by a human-machine interface of a device, first utterance data including descriptor data;
determining the first utterance data includes a request to provide a list of playlists;
receiving the list of playlists, the list of playlists being associated with the first utterance data;
modifying the list of playlists based on the descriptor data, thereby resulting in a modified list of playlists; and
audibly outputting an introduction including a description of each playlist of the modified list of playlists, the description of each playlist describing: (i) one or more artists, (ii) one or more albums, (iii) one or more genres, or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), and (iii).

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein modifying the list of playlists includes reordering the list of playlists based on the descriptor data.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein modifying the list of playlists includes reordering the playlists in the list of playlists such that playlists that are more similar to the descriptor data are ahead of the playlists that are less similar to the descriptor data.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein modifying the list of playlists includes filtering the list of playlists based on the descriptor data.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , further having stored thereon a sequence of instructions for causing the computer system to perform receiving, by the human-machine interface of the device, modification input that includes new descriptor data.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , further having stored thereon a sequence of instructions for causing the computer system to perform:
receiving, by the human-machine interface of the device, second utterance data;
determining the second utterance data includes a playlist command; and
executing the playlist command.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the descriptor data includes one or more of a title, the description, or tag of a respective playlist.

15. A device, comprising:
a human-machine interface;
one or more processor devices; and
a computer readable medium device coupled to the one or more processor devices and having instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processor devices, cause the one or more processor devices to:
receive, by the human-machine interface of the device, first utterance data including descriptor data;
determine the first utterance data includes a request to provide a list of playlists;
receive the list of playlists, the list of playlists being associated with the first utterance data;
modify the list of playlists based on the descriptor data, thereby resulting in a modified list of playlists; and
audibly output an introduction including a description of each playlist of the modified list of playlists, the description of each playlist describing: (i) one or more artists, (ii) one or more albums, (iii) one or more genres, or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), and (iii).

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein modifying the list of playlists includes reordering the list of playlists based on the descriptor data.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein modifying the list of playlists includes reordering the playlists in the list of playlists such that playlists that are more similar to the descriptor data are ahead of the playlists that are less similar to the descriptor data.

18. The device of claim 15 , wherein modifying the list of playlists includes filtering the list of playlists based on the descriptor data.

19. The device of claim 15 , having additional instructions stored thereon that further cause the one or more processor devices to receive modification input that includes new descriptor data.

20. The device of claim 15 , wherein the descriptor data includes one or more of a title, the description, or tag of a respective playlist.

Assignees

• Spotify Ab

Inventors

• Bromand Daniel
• Mitic Richard
• Jurcut Horia-Dragos
• Cramer Henriette Susanne Martine
• Brillman Ruth

Classifications

• G06F16/639

  using playlists · CPC title

• G10L15/26

  Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• G10L15/22

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title

• G06F3/167 Primary

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title