diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php
index 47dd1fafe..1fb871f60 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class PlaylistController extends Zend_Controller_Action
                     ->addActionContext('set-playlist-description', 'json')
                     ->addActionContext('playlist-preview', 'json')
                     ->addActionContext('get-playlist', 'json')
+                    ->addActionContext('smart-playlist-criteria-save', 'json')
+                    ->addActionContext('smart-playlist-generate', 'json')
                     ->initContext();
 
         $this->pl_sess = new Zend_Session_Namespace(UI_PLAYLIST_SESSNAME);
@@ -438,5 +440,19 @@ class PlaylistController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             $this->playlistUnknownError($e);
         }
     }
+    
+    public function smartPlaylistCriteriaSaveAction()
+    {
+        $request = $this->getRequest();
+        $params = $request->getPost();
+        Application_Model_Playlist::saveSmartPlaylistCriteria($param['data']);
+    }
+    
+    public function smartPlaylistGenerateAction()
+    {
+        $request = $this->getRequest();
+        $params = $request->getPost();
+        Application_Model_Playlist::generateSmartPlaylist($params['data']);
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Playlist.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Playlist.php
index 86985b1b3..6465e50d3 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Playlist.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Playlist.php
@@ -806,6 +806,53 @@ class Application_Model_Playlist {
     {
         CcPlaylistQuery::create()->findPKs($p_ids)->delete();
     }
+    
+    
+    // smart playlist functions start
+    /**
+     * Saves smart playlist criteria
+     * @param array $p_criteria
+     */
+    public static function saveSmartPlaylistCriteria($p_criteria)
+    {
+        $data = self::organizeSmartPlyalistCriteria($p_criteria);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Get smart playlist criteria
+     * @param array $p_playlistId
+     */
+    public static function getSmartPlaylistCriteria($p_playlistId)
+    {
+        
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * generate list of tracks. This function saves creiteria and generate
+     * tracks.
+     * @param array $p_criteria
+     */
+    public static function generateSmartPlaylist($p_criteria)
+    {
+        self::saveSmartPlaylistCriteria($p_criteria);
+    }
+    
+    public static function organizeSmartPlyalistCriteria($p_criteria)
+    {
+        $fieldNames = array('sp_criteria', 'sp_criteria_modifier', 'sp_criteria_value');
+        $output = array();
+        foreach ($p_criteria as $ele) {
+            $index = strrpos($ele['name'], '_');
+            $fieldName = substr($ele['name'], 0, $index);
+            if (in_array($fieldName, $fieldNames)) {
+                $rowNum = intval(substr($ele['name'], $index+1));
+                $output['criteria'][$rowNum][$fieldName] = $ele['value'];
+            }else{
+                $output['etc'][$ele['name']] = $ele['value'];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // smart playlist functions end
 
 } // class Playlist