MEDIA PLAYER

摘要

A method of assigning a popularity rating to a media recording, the method comprising generating a play instruction in response to movement of a switch into an ON position; starting playback of the media recording in response to the play instruction; generating a stop instruction in response to movement of the switch into an OFF position; stopping playback of the media recording in response to the stop instruction; recording a play duration indicative of the time lapse between receipt of the play instruction and receipt of the stop instruction; and assigning a popularity rating to the media recording at least partially in accordance with the play duration. A method of selecting and playing a media recording, the method comprising assigning play histories to two or more media recordings, the play histories recording the order in which the media recording were last played; assigning probability values to the media recordings at least partially in accordance with their play histories; selecting one of the media recordings, the probability of selection of each recording being determined by its probability value; playing the selected media recording; and assigning a new play history to the selected media recording.