Music/video messaging

Abstract

Device(s) and computer program products for creating custom music/video messages to facilitate and/or improve social interaction. The created music/video messages include at least portions of: music, video, pictures, slideshows, and/or text. The music/video messages enable feelings or emotions to be communicated by the user of the device to one or more recipient device(s).

1 . A computer comprising instructions residing on a computer-readable storage medium, the instructions that when executed, configure the computer to:
 receive user input indicating selected content representative of the user's feelings and/or emotions;   obtain representation(s) of the selected content;   combine the representations of the selected content to create a single music/video message that represents the user's feelings and/or emotions;   receive recipient device information; and   send the music/video message to be displayed and/or played on one or more recipient device(s).   
     
     
         2 . The computer of  claim 1 , comprising: a mobile phone, laptop, PC, smart phone, portable media player and/or PDA. 
     
     
         3 . The computer of  claim 1 , comprising at least one of: a server or mainframe. 
     
     
         4 . The computer of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the selected content corresponds to music. 
     
     
         5 . The computer of  claim 1 , wherein the selected content corresponds to two or more of: music, text, video, voice, slideshow and images. 
     
     
         6 . The computer of  claim 1 , wherein the representation(s) of selected content corresponds to at least one of a: url, link, tag, file, label, or pointer. 
     
     
         7 . The computer of  claim 1 , wherein the representation(s) of selected content corresponds to at least one of a: frame, clip, image, soundbyte, or streaming media. 
     
     
         8 . The computer of  claim 1 , wherein the music/video message is sent such that it may be displayed and/or played in streaming format for immediate and real time playback on recipient device(s). 
     
     
         9 . A computer program product residing on a computer-readable storage medium and containing a set of instructions executable on a user computer, such that the instuctions when executed configure the computer to:
 receive user input indicating selected content representative of the user's feelings and/or emotions;   obtain representation(s) of the selected content;   combine the representations of the selected content into a single music/video message that represents the user's feelings and/or emotions;   receive recipient device information; and   send the music/video message to be displayed and/or played on one or more recipient device(s).   
     
     
         10 . The computer program product of  claim 9 , wherein the user computer corresponds to: a mobile phone, laptop, PC, smart phone, portable media player, and/or PDA. 
     
     
         11 . The computer program product of  claim 9 , wherein at least a portion of the selected content corresponds to music. 
     
     
         12 . The computer program product of  claim 9 , wherein the selected content corresponds to two or more of: music, text, video, voice, slideshow and images. 
     
     
         13 . The computer program product of  claim 9 , wherein the representation(s) of selected content corresponds to at least one of a: url, link, tag, file, label, or pointer. 
     
     
         14 . The computer program product of  claim 9 , wherein the representation(s) of selected content corresponds to at least one of a: frame, clip, image, soundbyte, or streaming media. 
     
     
         15 . The computer program product of  claim 9 , wherein the music/video message is sent such that it may be displayed and/or played in streaming format for immediate and real time playback on recipient device(s). 
     
     
         16 . A computer program product residing on a computer-readable storage medium and containing a set of instructions executable on a centralized computer, such that when executed configure the computer to:
 receive input from the user indicating selected content representative of the user's feelings and/or emotions;   obtain representation(s) of the selected content;   combine the representations of the selected content into a single music/video message that represents the user's feelings and/or emotions;   receive recipient device information; and   send the music/video message to be displayed and/or played on one or more recipient device(s).   
     
     
         17 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein the central computer corresponds to at least one of: a server or mainframe. 
     
     
         18 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein at least a portion of the selected content corresponds to music. 
     
     
         19 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein the selected content corresponds to two or more of: music, text, video, voice, slideshow and images. 
     
     
         20 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein the representation(s) of selected content corresponds to at least one of a: url, link, tag, file, label, or pointer. 
     
     
         21 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein the representation(s) of selected content corresponds to at least one of a: frame, clip, image, soundbyte, or streaming media. 
     
     
         22 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein the music/video message is sent such that it may be displayed and/or played in streaming format for immediate and real time playback on recipient device(s).