Patents
US 10028012 B2: Apparatus, systems and methods for audio content shuffling
- Granted
- 2018-07-17
- Filed
- 2014-12-30 application 14586397
- Type
- Utility · 15 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Song shuffling system plays a series of songs selected from a shuffled plurality of predefined audio content sources. An exemplary embodiment concurrently receives, during a shuffle operation, a stream of audio content from each of the predefined audio content sources, wherein each of the streams of audio content comprises a plurality of serially received songs. Each song is stored by the media device as the song is received. A first predefined audio content source is selected from the predefined audio content sources. Then, a first song is selected having a beginning portion that is stored in the memory medium and that was provided by the selected first predefined audio content source. A second predefined audio content source is selected from the predefined audio content sources that is to provide a second song that is to be presented to the user upon conclusion of the presentation of the first song.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg180717.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. 816 patents | US company or organization | Englewood, CO | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Greene | Littleton, CO | 58 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04N | Pictorial communication, e.g. television | H04N21/439 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G11B | Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer | G11B27/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-30 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | DISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION signed 2021-11-26 DISH NETWORK L.L.C. signed 2021-11-26 DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. signed 2021-11-26 | U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT ST. PAUL, MN | 58295/293 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2019-07-02 | Correction Conversion | ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. signed 2018-02-07 | DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. ENGLEWOOD, CO | 49671/857 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2015-02-03 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GREENE, GREGORY signed 2014-12-29 | ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. ENGLEWOOD, CO | 34876/801 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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