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A method and system are provided for enabling users in shared physical places to collaboratively rate the music playing within such places by using portable computing devices on their person. In one embodiment, the portable computing devices are mobile phones and each user may independently rate a c

A method and system are provided for enabling users in shared physical places to collaboratively rate the music playing within such places by using portable computing devices on their person. In one embodiment, the portable computing devices are mobile phones and each user may independently rate a currently playing musical piece within the physical place by sending an electronic message from their phone, for example in SMS format. The method and system further enables the receipt of a plurality of such rating messages, the computing of a statistical result, and the providing of the statistical result to each of the plurality of portable computing devices. In this way a group of people may collectively listen to a currently playing musical piece in a physical place, may each provide a subjective rating of the musical piece, and may each receive an indication of the collaborative result of the provided ratings.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed is: 1. A method for enabling collaborative rating of musical media in a physical environment, the method comprising:receiving media selection data over a wireless communication link from a first portable computing device of a first user, the media selection data indicating a piece of

What is claimed is: 1. A method for enabling collaborative rating of musical media in a physical environment, the method comprising:receiving media selection data over a wireless communication link from a first portable computing device of a first user, the media selection data indicating a piece of musical media content for requested play within the physical environment;playing the piece of musical media content over an audio system within the physical environment, the playing being based at least in part upon the received media selection data;receiving subjective rating data over a wireless communication link from each of a plurality of portable computing devices, the subjective rating data from each portable computing device indicating a subjective partiality that a user of that portable computing device has towards the piece of musical media content currently playing within the physical environment, wherein the subjective rating data received over the wireless communication link from each of the plurality of portable computing devices includes a unique identifier that indicates a particular physical environment to which the rating relates;computing a statistical result based upon the subjective rating data received from the plurality of portable computing devices, the statistical result indicating a central tendency of partiality towards the piece of musical media content across a plurality of users of the plurality of portable computing devices; andproviding a representation of the statistical result to the first user as an electronic message sent via a wireless communication link to the first portable computing device.