Provided is a server device that enables a straightforward search for a person who is equipped with expert knowledge or a person who is highly relevant to a statement by a participant. The server device includes: a management unit; and a search request processing unit. The management unit manages an expert database that stores, for each system user, statements at a conference. The search request processing unit receives, from a terminal, an expert search request that includes a designated keyword. The search request processing unit calculates the respective degrees of expertise of the users by analyzing the statements stored in the expert database. The search request processing unit specifies an expert pertaining to the designated keyword, on the basis of the calculated degrees of expertise. The search request processing unit transmits, to the terminal, information about the specified expert.

A system which integrates digital music sharing, broadcasting, dissemination, and sales so that a single software application on a communications device such as a smartphone or laptop will allow an end user to access, distribute (stream), broadcast, or sell music across all platforms including live radio broadcasts. A key aspect of the invention is that a user may decide upon a geographical or cultural preference when seeking music.

A method and computer readable medium for exploring similar users and items of a media service includes generating a user interface. The user interface displays a user selectable indicia representing a similar member function for allowing a user to search a media service for at least one other user. The one other user has a degree of similarity with respect to the searching user. Another method includes facilitating the search of such a similar user within a media service.

An apparatus comprising: means for causing selection of spatial audio content in dependence upon a position of a user in a virtual space; • means for causing rendering, for consumption by the user, of the selected spatial audio content including a first spatial audio content; • means for causing, after user consumption of the first spatial audio content, recording of data relating to the first spatial audio content; • means for using, at a later time, the recorded data to detect a new event relating to the first spatial audio content, the new event comprises that the first spatial audio content has been adapted for which a new spatial content is created, for example in the form of a limited preview; and • means for providing a user-selectable option to enable rendering, for consumption by the user, of the first spatial audio content by rendering a simplified sound object representative, which can be a downmix or clustered audio objects.

A system and method of managing user engagement with a musical playlist provides feedback for a host and allows attendees to directly engage with the host to adjust a playlist for an event or social gathering. The system includes at least one remote server, a corresponding user personal computing (PC) device, and a corresponding host PC device. The method begins by prompting the at least one host account to initiate an event session for a plurality of attendee accounts and then to designate a plurality of playlist songs with the corresponding host PC device. The event session is managed in between the host account and the plurality of attendee accounts through the remote server. A current song is played during the event session and feedback is relayed for the current song with the corresponding user PC device. The feedback is then outputted with the corresponding host PC device.

A method and computer readable medium for exploring similar users and items of a media service includes generating a user interface. The user interface displays a user selectable indicia representing a similar member function for allowing a user to search a media service for at least one other user. The one other user has a degree of similarity with respect to the searching user. Another method includes facilitating the search of such a similar user within a media service.

Music pushing method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium are provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, for the method, firstly, a user end displays user information that satisfies a preset association relationship with music currently on a music playing interface in response to an operation acting on the music playing interface. In the present embodiments, upon inputting an operation instruction on target music by a user, information of other users who have taken an associated operation instruction to the target music and have an unrestricted friend relationship with the user is displayed, and by presenting music lists corresponding to other users, the user is guided to acquire music pushing information, and thus, ways for the user to acquire the music pushing information are expanded, and problems that music pushing is single and centralized as well as the pushing depends on a friend relationship are overcome.

In accordance with the present invention, an interactive user display application is provided. The application displays and refreshes images that are intended to represent users or members of a social network or other web-based service. Using these images, the interactive user display application allows a user of the application to interact with other users or their profiles while viewing their images or while interacting with or consuming media.

A web-based system for providing (i) online feedback to artists and performers and (ii) online competition between artists is disclosed. Methods of using the web-based system for providing (i) online feedback to artists and performers and (ii) online competition between artists are also disclosed.

Systems and methods are described for responding to a search query with a contextually relevant voice output. An illustrative method receives a search query, determines an answer to the search query, identifies a media content reference included in the search query, determines, based on the media content reference, a personality associated with the media content reference, identifies a voice profile of the personality, and generates audio output using the voice profile of the personality, the audio output including the answer to the search query.