AUTOMATIC HIERARCHICAL CATEGORIZATION OF MUSIC BY METADATA

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13029856

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A method, performed by software executing on the processor of a portable music playback device, that automatically files tracks according to hierarchical structure of categories to organize tracks in a logical order. A user interface is utilized to change the hierarchy, view track names, and select tracks for playback or other operations. The user interface uses an overlapping hierarchy of categories. A song title can be accessed in multiple different ways by starting with different categories. A preferred embodiment of the invention uses the top-level categories “Albums”, “Artists”, “Genres” (or styles), and “Play Lists”. Within the Albums category are names of different albums of songs stored in the device. Within each album are the album tracks, or songs, associated with that album. Navigation is performed by presenting a sequence of display screens for each level of the hierarchy.

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CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD609921 SINGAPORE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bristow, David Bainbridge Island, US 6 79
Egan, Howard N Capitola, US 7 436
Goodman, Ron Santa Cruz, US 5 391

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