Music playlist application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9769863-B2
Application number	US-201415129558-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2014
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

A method for an Application in a M2M Network Node, a M2M Network Node, an Application, and a method for a Music Player Unit and Music Player Unit are presented. A Music Playlist is received from a mobile device and is sent to Application in the M2M Network Node. The Application determines the popularity of the songs, which are included in the received Music Playlist. Determining the popularity is based on determining the occurrence of the songs in a M2M Music Playlist and the Music Playlist received from the Music Player Unit. Information about popularity of at least one song included in the received Music Playlist is then sent back to the Music Player Unit. Finally, the Music Player Unit plays-out the at least one song using a Speaker Unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for a Music Player Unit, the Music Player Unit being provided in a machine-to-machine (M2M) communication network and being connected to an M2M Network Node and to a Speaker Unit, the method comprising:
connecting to a Mobile Device in proximity to the Music Player Unit;
receiving a Music Playlist from the Mobile Device;
sending, to an Application in the M2M Network Node, the Music Playlist and a Music Player Identifier, wherein the Music Player Identifier identifies the Music Player Unit and associates the Music Player Unit with a Service Subscriber;
receiving information, from the Application, about the popularity of at least one song comprised in the received Music Playlist; and
playing-out the at least one song using the Speaker Unit.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
scanning for Mobile Devices in proximity to the Music Player Unit using a short-range communication technology.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, to the Application, an activation message, wherein the activation message comprises the Music Player Identifier.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the information about the popularity of the at least one song comprises information that indicates which song is the most popular among songs comprised in the received Music Playlist and wherein that song is played-out using the Speaker Unit.

5. A machine-to-machine (M2M) Network Node configured to be connectable to an M2M communication network and to a Music Player Unit, comprising:
a processor circuit; and
a memory circuit coupled to the processor circuit and comprising an Application comprising computer readable program code embodied in the memory circuit that when executed by the processor circuit causes the M2M Network Node to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from the Music Player Unit, a Music Playlist and a Music Player Identifier, wherein the Music Player Identifier identifies the Music Player Unit and associates the Music Player Unit with a Service Subscriber;
associating, using the Application, the received Music Playlist with an M2M Music Playlist associated with the Service Subscriber;
determining, using the Application, the popularity of songs included in the received Music Playlist, wherein the popularity is determined based on the occurrence of songs in the M2M Music Playlist and the received Music Playlist, and based on the popularity of the songs; and
sending information about the popularity of at least one song comprised in the received Music Playlist to the Music Player Unit.

6. The M2M Network Node as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, at the M2M Network Node, a request for a service subscription, from a Service Subscriber, for the Application; and
assigning a Service Subscriber Identifier to the Service Subscriber, wherein the Service Subscriber Identifier identifies the Service Subscriber.

7. The M2M Network Node as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:
creating the M2M Music Playlist; and
associating the M2M Music Playlist with the Service Subscriber Identifier.

8. The M2M Network Node as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, from the Music Player Unit, an activation message, wherein the activation message comprises the Music Player Identifier, and wherein the Music Player Identifier comprises information such that the Music Player Unit can be associated with the Service Subscriber; and
associating the Music Player Unit with the Service Subscriber.

9. The M2M Network Node as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:
creating a counter for at least one song, wherein the counter is indicative of the occurrence of the at least one song in music playlists received from the Music Player Unit and in the associated M2M music playlist.

10. The M2M Network Node as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:
merging the received Music Playlist and the M2M Music Playlist into a merged M2M Music Playlist.

11. The M2M Network Node as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
sending information about the most popular song comprised in the merged M2M Music Playlist to the Music Player Unit.

12. A Music Player Unit configured to be connectable to a machine-to-machine (M2M) communication network, to an M2M Network Node, and to a Speaker Unit, the Music Player Unit comprising:
a processor circuit; and
a memory circuit coupled to the processor circuit and comprising a computer readable program code embodied in the memory circuit that when executed by the processor circuit causes the Music Player Unit to perform operations comprising:
connecting to a Mobile Device in proximity to the Music Player Unit;
receiving a Music Playlist from the Mobile Device;
sending, to an Application in the M2M Network Node, the Music Playlist and a Music Player Identifier, wherein the Music Player Identifier identifies the Music Player Unit and associates the Music Player Unit with a Service Subscriber;
receiving information, from the Application, about the popularity of at least one song comprised in the received Music Playlist; and
playing-out the at least one song using the Speaker Unit.

13. The Music Player Unit as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
scanning for Mobile Devices in proximity to the Music Player Unit using a short-range communication technology.

14. The Music Player Unit as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
sending, to the Application, an activation message, wherein the activation message comprises the Music Player Identifier, wherein the Music Player Identifier comprises information such that the Music Player Unit can be associated with the Service Subscriber.

15. The Music Player Unit as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the information about the popularity of the at least one song comprises information that indicates which song is the most popular among songs comprised in the received Music Playlist and wherein that song is played-out using the Speaker Unit.

Assignees

• ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M (publ)

Inventors

• Jamal-Syed Shaheer
• Ljunggren Andreas
• Tam Edwin

Classifications

• G06F16/639

  using playlists · CPC title

• G06F16/686

  using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title or artist information, time, location or usage information, user ratings · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04W76/14 Primary

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title