Patents Assigned to Spotify AB
  • AUTOMATED LOW POWER MODE BASED UPON ASPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220100460
    Abstract: An example system is provided for playing media content with a media playback device in a vehicle The example system can obtain vehicle movement data indicative of movement of the vehicle and sound data indicative of sound in the vehicle. The example system can also determine that the vehicle movement data and the sound data are at a given level, and switch the media playback device to a low power consumption mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Jimmy Wahlberg, Thorbiörn Fritzon
  • Multi-track playback of media content during repetitive motion activities
    Publication number: 20220100264
    Abstract: A system for multi-track playback of media content includes: a media device; a user interface, provided at the media device, which displays a visual array of media options, a playback logic, provided within the media device, which is configured so that, while a selected point or region is determined by the user interface as being moved in response to user input, within the visual array of media options, the system determines media options that are proximate to the selected point or region, and adjusts playback parameters for corresponding media content items, by crossfading or otherwise combining playback to reflect the media options relative distances from the selected point or region; and a tempo logic, provided within the media device, which is configured to provide or receive a selected tempo and provide the one or more media content items associated with the selected tempo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Dariusz Dziuk, Rahul Sen
  • Plagiarism risk detector and interface
    Patent number: 11289059
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for testing a lead sheet for plagiarism. A test lead sheet receiving having a plurality of passages is received at receiving a plagiarism detector. A set of annotations describing a level of plagiarism of a plurality of elements (e.g., chord sequence, subsequences, melodic fragments (i.e., notes), rhythm, harmony, etc.) of the test lead sheet in relation to the preexisting lead sheets are generated and output via an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: François Pachet, Pierre Roy
  • DESCRIPTIVE MEDIA CONTENT SEARCH
    Publication number: 20220092103
    Abstract: A descriptive media content search solution is provided to allow a user to search for media content that better matches a user's descriptive search request. The descriptive media content search solution utilizes an extensive catalog of playlists each having a playlist description, such as a playlist title or other descriptive text, and identifies additional descriptive information for media content items to be searched. The descriptive media content search solution can set up a descriptive search database and utilize the descriptive search database to conduct a descriptive search responsive to the user's descriptive search request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Kurt Jacobson, Paul Lamere
  • Systems and methods for selecting images for a media item
    Patent number: 11281710
    Abstract: An electronic device obtains a collection of images, where each image in the collection of images is associated with a first set of scores. The set of first scores includes text descriptors associated with each image. The electronic devices obtains a media item associated with a second score. The second score is associated with each respective text descriptor of the set of text descriptors. The electronic device then selects a subset of the collection of images based on the first set of scores and the second set of scores. The electronic device concurrently presents a respective image of the subset of the collection of images and the media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventor: Mikael Simon David Klamra
  • Systems and methods for joining a shared listening session
    Patent number: 11283846
    Abstract: A server system receives from a first electronic device, an indication that the first electronic device has shared a first listening session playing back on a second electronic device. The server system receives, from a third electronic device, a first request for one or more shared listening sessions playing back on the second electronic device. The request includes an identifier of the second electronic device. In response to the first request, the server system transmits, to the third electronic device, a session identifier for the first listening session. The server system receives, form the third electronic device, a second request to join the first listening session using the session identifier for the first listening session. The server system then provides, to the third electronic device, access to the first listening session playing back on the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Erik Broberg, Claes Johan Daniel Collin
  • CLOUD-BASED PRESET FOR MEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK
    Publication number: 20220086208
    Abstract: A system is provided for streaming media content in a vehicle. The system includes a personal media streaming appliance system configured to connect to a media delivery system and receive media content from the media delivery system at least via a cellular network. The personal media streaming appliance system includes one or more preset buttons for playing media content associated with the preset buttons. Data about the preset buttons and the media content associated with the preset buttons can be stored in the media delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Richard Mitic, Horia Jurcut, Daniel Bromand, David Gustafsson
  • Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Associating Media Content Having Different Modalities
    Publication number: 20220083583
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for associating a media content clip(s) with other media content clip(s) having a different modality by determining first embedding vectors of media content items of a first modality, receiving a media content clip of a second modality, determining a second embedding vector of the media content clip of the second modality, ranking the first embedding vectors based on a distance between the embedding vectors and the second embedding vector, and selecting one or more of the media content items of the first modality based on the ranking, thereby pairing media content clips based on emotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Bochen LI, Aparna KUMAR
  • CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK OF MEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20220075505
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling playback of media content items on a media playback device. A graphical user interface displays media playback controls including an automatic playback switch. The switch is configured to enable or disable automatic playback of an autoplay queue of media content items. An initial queue of media content is selected for playback on the media playback device. When automatic playback is enabled, the system automatically generates a queue of media that is related to the initial queue and initiates playback on the media playback device after the initial queue concludes. Automatic playback options can also include repeating the initial queue or a single track within the initial queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Daniel Herzog, Glenn James Gentzke, Jeffrey Paul Baxter, Kylan McBride, Mark Kizelshteyn, Thomas Gayno
  • Modifying a stream media service for a mobile radio device
    Patent number: 11272315
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed in a network server system of a service provider providing a service comprising media streaming. The method comprises receiving a detection message from a mobile radio device running the service for a user registered with the service provider, said message comprising an indication that said radio device has detected that it is within a predefined geographical area. The method also comprises determining that the predefined geographical area is registered with the service provider and associated with one or more actions. The method also comprises electing an action of the one or more actions. The method also comprises sending an instructions message to the radio device, said message comprising instructions to modify the service such that the radio device performs the elected action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Nikolaos Toumpelis, Lingyu Wang, Michael Becker, Shannon Cusick, Nicholas Konstantinidis
  • MEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK WITH STATE PREDICTION AND CACHING
    Publication number: 20220066981
    Abstract: Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for predicting user and media-playback device states are provided. Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for representing cached, user-selected, and streaming content are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Simon Hofverberg, Fredrik Schmidt, Johan Oskarsson, Ariel Marcus, Chris Doyle, Joseph Tam, Minchull Kim
  • MEDIA CONTENT ITEM RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220067100
    Abstract: A media content item recommendation system recommends media content items based on one or more attributes of a seed playlist. The recommended media content items can be determined from a plurality of existing playlists that have been created over a period of time. Such existing playlists can be selected based on similarity to the seed playlist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Paul Lamere, Jonathan Marmor, Michelle Ackerman, Per Lindstrand, Oscar Söderlund, Mattias Johansson, Jacob Colin Waller, Felipe Oliveira Carvalho, Camilla Westraeus, Michael Öhman
  • SEARCH MEDIA CONTENT BASED UPON TEMPO
    Publication number: 20220067114
    Abstract: A media system includes: a media-playback device including: a media-output device that plays media content items; and a tempo control engine to: select media content based upon suitability for a repetitive-motion activity; place each media content item from the media content into two or more pools of media content, with a first pool including media content which the user has previously indicated as being relevant, and a second pool including media content that the user has not previously indicated as being relevant; and sort the media content in each of the first pool and the second pool based upon tempo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Tristan Jehan, Nicola Montecchio
  • System for managing transitions between media content items
    Patent number: 11262974
    Abstract: A system for playing media content items operates to provide smooth transitions between the media content items to continuously support a user's repetitive motion activity. The system can generate crossfade data containing information for transitions between media content items. The mix-in and mix-out points for the transitions are calculated to eliminate one or more portions of media content items that have lower musical energy than a majority portion of the items, and to maintain substantially consistent and/or stable musical energy (e.g., audio power or sound power) throughout the media content items including transitions therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Tristan Jehan, Sten Garmark, Nicola Montecchio
  • Accessibility management system for media content items
    Patent number: 11262973
    Abstract: A system operates to manage accessibility of media content items based on a user's performance of a repetitive motion activity. The system can generate rule data based on a rule designed to permit access to certain media content items. The rule data can include information about various conditions to be satisfied to make the media content items accessible for playback. Such conditions can be associated with a user's performance or status of a repetitive motion activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Dariusz Dziuk, Rahul Sen, Matilda Hannäs, Nikolaos Toumpelis
  • Automatic metadata detector based on images
    Patent number: 11263493
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for accessing content. The method comprises processing at least one image with a classifier, and, in response to the at least one image being processed by the classifier, outputting from the classifier a value indicative of the likelihood that the at least one image belongs to at least one classification. The method also comprises determining whether the at least one image belongs to the at least one classification, based on the value, and accessing predetermined content when it is determined that the at least one image belongs to the at least one classification. Images may be classified by, e.g., genre, musical album, concept, or the like, and, in cases where an image belongs to any such classes, predetermined content (e.g., metadata and/or an audio track) relating thereto is identified and presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventor: Vidhya Murali
  • System and method for breaking artist prediction in a media content environment
    Patent number: 11263532
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for predicting artists that create media content who are more likely to increase in popularity. Users are determined who requested playback of media content items associated with one or more generators of popular media content within a window of time. One or more early adopters are determined from these users based on a quantity of the one or more generators of popular media content whose media content items were requested for playback by the users. Artists that create media content who are more likely to increase in popularity than other artists that create media content are then predicted based on following further requested playback of media content items by the one or more early adopters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
    Inventor: Ludvig Fischerström
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PLAY CONTEXT RECOGNITION USING ULTRASOUND CODES
    Publication number: 20220060791
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer products are provided for retrieving play context. Media content associated with the media content is transmitted over a network. A first media playback device broadcasts an ultrasound code to one or more second media playback devices, where the ultrasound code corresponds to a play context code. The play context code is obtained from a second media playback device and in response the second media playback device receives a play context based on the play context code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: SPOTIFY AB
    Inventors: Victor Delépine, Ryan Clough, Samuel Ngahane, Carlos Rodriguez Castillo, Peter Milan Thomson Sobot
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR MICROSERVICE ARCHITECTURE TYPE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220060526
    Abstract: Systems and methods for auto-scaling computing resources for applications that rely on microservices, such as media streaming applications. In example embodiments, the systems and methods use a hybrid approach that takes into account proactive and reactive metrics to predict future processing needs. The proactive metrics use data obtained from the microservices pipeline. In example embodiments, computing units are deployed or removed from a cluster of computing units in anticipation of a future computational need and in consideration of quality of service requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Arnthór Jóhann Jónsson, Emil B. L. Pedersen
  • Media content selection based on physiological attributes
    Patent number: 11256471
    Abstract: A media-playback device includes: a media-output device that plays media content items; a physiological measurement device programmed to measure at least one physiological measurement of a user of the media-output device; and a physiological control engine configured to: identify a current physiological measurement for the user; and cause the media-output device to modify playback of the media content items based upon the current physiological measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Owen Smith, Sten Garmark, Gustav Söderström