Method for sharing and searching playlists

• US 10,019,500 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2016
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Spiegelman, Michael, Brown, David E., Sutton, Lori Ann, Schiro, Pierre, Stelzmuller, Christa Maria, Sahay, Siddhartha S., Baird, Daniel, Korman, Adam, Toth, Alexander Stephen, Ramachandra, Poorna Chandra Gowda Bannikuppe, Suresh, Bipin
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US15/072,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20160210345A1
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/637 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialization, adaptation or distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6236 between heterogeneous systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0038 System on Chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/01 Automatic library building
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2113 Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/386 using messaging services or messaging apps using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 : Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 : Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 : applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 : Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 : Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 : Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 : Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 : Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 : for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 : specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 : User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 : involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 : Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 : Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 : Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 : The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 : embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 : Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 : Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 : Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 : for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 : communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 : using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 : Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 : comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 : involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 : Multimedia

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists.

Claims

1. A method for managing information, comprising:

providing, by an apparatus, one or more playlists stored in a storage of the apparatus, each playlist associated with a status indicating that the playlist is not updated to the network;

in response to receiving a first triggering event, sending, by the apparatus, a particular one of the playlists to the network, the particular one playlist associated with a particular status indicating that the particular one playlist is not updated to the network, the particular status indicating a need to update the particular one playlist to the network, wherein the particular one playlist includes a plurality of identifiers of media files sharable to a plurality of devices, and wherein a media service is available to subscribers of the media service via the apparatus and the plurality of devices;

in response to a success of updating the particular one playlist to the network, updating, by the apparatus, the particular status for the particular one-playlist to indicate that the particular one playlist is-updated;

in response to receiving a second triggering event, sending, by the apparatus, a download request to the network, wherein the download request is configured to request at least one playlist shared by a particular one of the plurality of devices from the network and the download request includes an identifier identifying the apparatus;

receiving, by the apparatus, a playlist corresponding to the download request from the network, wherein the received playlist identifying media files sharable to the apparatus; and

storing, by the apparatus, the received playlist in the storage.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received playlist is associated with a status indicating that the received playlist is not updated.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the playlist is updated to a network comprises:

the playlist is updated to a playlist storage in the network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the playlist is updated to a network comprises:

the playlist is updated to a playlist index in the network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more playlists stored in the storage of the apparatus are a portion of all playlists in the storage or are all playlists in the storage.

6. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory storage comprising computer-executable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to;

provide one or more playlists stored in a storage of the apparatus, each playlist associated with a status indicating that the playlist is not updated to the network;

in response to receiving a first triggering event, send a particular one of the playlists to the network, the particular one playlist associated with a particular status indicating that the particular one playlist is not updated to the network, wherein the particular one playlist includes a plurality of identifiers of media files sharable to a plurality of devices, and wherein a media service is available to subscribers of the media service via the apparatus and the plurality of devices;

in response to a success of updating the particular one playlist to the network, update the particular status for the particular one playlist to indicate that the particular one playlist is updated;

in response to receiving a second triggering event, send a download request to the network, wherein the download request is configured to request at least one playlist shared by a particular one of the plurality of devices from the network and the download request includes an identifier identifying the apparatus;

receive a playlist corresponding to the download request from the network, wherein the received playlist identifying media files sharable to the apparatus; and

store the received playlist in the storage.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the received playlist is associated with a status indicating that the received playlist is not updated.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the playlist is updated to a network comprises:

the playlist is updated to a playlist storage in the network.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the playlist is updated to a network comprises:

the playlist is updated to a playlist index in the network.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the one or more playlists stored in the storage of the apparatus are a portion of all playlists in the storage or are all playlists in the storage.