An electronic device generates a respective user queue for each user of a plurality of users participating in a shared listening session. While providing a first media content item for playback, the device receives a second request, from a first user, to add a second media content item to the shared playback queue and updates the respective user queue for the first user. After receiving the second request, the electronic device receives a third request, from a second user, to add a third media content item to the shared playback queue and updates the respective user queue for the second user. The electronic device updates the shared playback queue using the respective user queues of the first user and the second user, including positioning the third media content item in an order of the shared playback queue to be played back before the second media content item.

An example computing device is configured to determine (i) a future start time of an upcoming live media event and (ii) a uniform resource indicator (URI) at which a live media stream of the live media event will be accessible at the future start time. The computing device displays, via the graphical user interface, a notification identifying the upcoming live media event, and the computing device receives, via the graphical user interface, (i) a first selection of the displayed notification and (ii) a second selection of a plurality of playback devices of a media playback system. Based on the first and second selections, the computing device causes, at the start time of the live media event, at least one of the plurality of playback devices to access the live media stream at the URI for synchronous playback by the plurality of playback devices.

The present invention discloses an integrated karaoke device, including a microphone and a sound box. The sound box includes a sound chamber containing a loudspeaker. The integrated karaoke device further includes a connecting part made of flexible material that is fixedly connected between a bottom of the microphone and a top of the sound chamber. The use of a flexible material connecting part rather than a solid structural part reduces the transmission to the microphone of sound vibration generated by the sound box. The beneficial effect of implementing the present invention is that a flexible material connecting part is fixedly connected between the bottom of the microphone and the top of the sound chamber, and meanwhile, a gap is kept between the bottom of a printed circuit board (PCB) and the top of the sound chamber; and because the flexible material connecting part can effectively reduce sound vibration, the transmission of vibration to the microphone from the sound box can be effectively eliminated, thereby preventing squealing, and enabling integration of the microphone and the sound box for use in karaoke.

A computer-implemented method of remotely influencing a performer at a live event via a customer mobile device is disclosed herein. The method includes: displaying a graphical user interface configured to receive user inputs; receiving a first user input including a user request for the performer at the live event; presenting predetermined terms and conditions associated with the user request; receiving a second user input including a user acceptance of the terms and conditions associated with the user request; transmitting the user request to a host server upon receiving the user acceptance of the terms and conditions associated with the user request; receiving a confirmation of the terms and conditions associated with the user request from the host server; and transmitting the user request for receipt by a performer mobile device of the performer during the live event.

A method for making a playlist available to the public, in which the playlist comprises user-defined descriptor information. The user-defined descriptor information is entered as free form text or prose.

In some aspects, the described systems and methods provide for a system for processing a stream for real-time transmission. The system comprises a processor in communication with memory. The processor is configured to execute instructions for an autodirection component stored in memory that cause the processor to receive a real-time stream for an artistic performance, detect one or more human persons in the real-time stream, rank the detected one or more human persons in the real-time stream, select, based on the ranking, a subject from the detected one or more human persons, determine a subject framing for the real-time stream based on the selected subject, process the real-time stream to select a portion of each frame in the real-time stream according to the subject framing, wherein the portion of each frame includes at least the subject, and transmit the processed stream in real-time.

Disclosed herein are computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable storage-medium embodiments for implementing template-based excerpting and rendering of multimedia performances technologies. An embodiment includes at least one computer processor configured to retrieve a first content instance and applying a template that results in transforming the first content instance. The first content instance may include a plurality of structural elements. The first content instance may be transformed by a rendering engine running on the at least one computer processor and/or transmitted to a content-playback device. An embodiment of transforming the first content instance includes trimming the content instance based on requirements provided by social media platforms.

The present disclosure describes techniques for generating content based on rhythm. The techniques comprises acquiring a plurality of images comprising an object with movements in the plurality of images; determining whether at least one portion of the at least one part of the object in a first image aligns with a target image overlaid on the first image and whether the at least one portion aligns with the target image at a time proximate to a first rhythmic point of a playback of a selected piece of music; segmenting the at least one part of the object from the first image in response to determining that the at least one portion aligns with the target image at the time proximate to the first rhythmic point of the playback of the selected piece of music; and generating a first overlay based on the at least one part of the object.

Methods and devices are provided for adding lyrics to a short video. The device obtains a music material required by the short video and obtains a first playback duration of the short video. The device obtains a target music material having a playback duration matching the first playback duration. The device obtains a lyric sticker corresponding to the target music material based on the lyrics extracted from the target music material and displays a processed short video after adding with the lyric sticker.

The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel framework that assembles a musical profile for a user based on the user's musical tastes and experiences, whereby digital relationships can be established based therefrom which enables digital and real-world interactions between users of such relationships. The disclosed framework provides social-based functionality for discovering individuals as well as new forms of music content. The framework combines social networking functionality with music streaming functionality in a novel way that enables users to discover each other based on music renderings, as well as discover additional music to render. The disclosed systems and methods, therefore, provide a novel way for connecting users on a deeper level than previously existed prior to the advent of the disclosed audio and social-based electronic network, which enables cross-demographic, music-based compatibility to drive user engagement, and user and content discovery.