System and method for using a list of audio media to create a list of audiovisual media

摘要

A system and a method use a list of audio media to create a list of audiovisual media. A user of a computing device may create, may access, may edit and/or may use a list of audio media objects, such as, for example, an audio playlist. The the user may request generation of a list of audiovisual media objects which correspond to the audio media objects in the list of audio media objects. The user may request generation of the list of audiovisual media objects using a user interface on the computing device. The list of audio media objects may be provided to a list conversion engine which may discover, create, and/or obtain audiovisual media objects which correspond to the audio media objects in the list of audio media objects.

主权项

1. A method for using a list of two or more audio media objects to create a list of audiovisual media objects, the method comprising the steps of:
analyzing the list of audio media objects to obtain metadata descriptive of the audio media objects; searching one or more visual media object databases using the metadata wherein each of the visual media object databases provides access to visual media objects which encode visual content; identifying a set of visual media objects wherein each of the visual media objects in the set corresponds to one of the audio media objects in the list of audio media objects wherein the set of visual media objects is identified based on the searching step without user input selecting the visual media objects in the set; using the set of visual media objects to create the list of audiovisual media objects wherein each of the audiovisual media objects referenced by the list of audiovisual media objects corresponds to one of the audio media objects in the list of audio media objects; playing the audio media objects using the list of audio media objects wherein a user of a computing device controls the playing of the audio media objects using a user interface of the computing device; accepting user input on the computing device wherein the list of audiovisual media objects is created in response to the user input; and playing the audiovisual media objects of the list of audiovisual media objects using a rendering device which is a different device than the computing device wherein the computing device stops playing the audio media objects and instructs the rendering device to begin playing the audiovisual media objects without additional user input requesting playback of the audiovisual media objects subsequent to the user input which prompts creation of the list of audiovisual media objects.