Techniques for ordering digital music tracks in a sequence

摘要

Techniques are described for automatically re-ordering digital music tracks in a sequence for playback on a digital device. The sequence of digital music tracks is algorithmically arranged to provide better transitions between the digital music tracks in the sequence.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by one or more computing devices, a request from a client device for playback of musical content by a music delivery service; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a plurality of identifiers, each of the identifiers corresponding to one of a plurality of music tracks selected for playback on the client device; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a sequence of the music tracks with reference to a plurality of track propensity scores, each track propensity score representing a tendency for a particular one of the music tracks to immediately follow another one of the music tracks during playback; and transmitting, by the one or more computing devices, the music tracks to the client device for playback in the sequence.