Selection of preferred content
First Claim
1. A method of providing customized station content to a user device, the method comprising:
- determining, at a content processing system, characteristics of preferred content to be included in a customized station, wherein the characteristics of preferred content are determined based on first user input to establish the customized station with content at least partially drawn from another user'"'"'s personal content library, wherein the another user'"'"'s personal content library is configured to provide the content processing system with access thereto using a remote specified location within a communication network, and wherein the preferred content includes at least music;
determining, at the content processing system, characteristics of perishable content to be included in the customized station, wherein the characteristics of perishable content are determined based on a second input from the first user via the communication network, and wherein the perishable content includes non-music content;
receiving, at the content processing system, server synchronization settings to synchronize, at least one period designated for the preferred content selected based on the first user input and at least one period designated for perishable content selected based on the second input from the first user;
delivering the preferred content to one or more first user devices selected using the content processing system;
delivering the perishable content to the one or more first user devices selected as per the server synchronization settings; and
recording during synchronization, at the content processing system, a history of the preferred content and the perishable content played on the one or more first user devices, wherein the history includes information about the one or more first user devices on which the preferred content and the perishable content was played.
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Abstract
A user can specify particular news, weather, traffic, or other perishable content received on a particular Internet radio station or other media channel. The user can customize the station so that wherever the user is currently located, he can receive perishable content related to a preferred geographic location or other category. In some embodiments, a user can specify that a customized station plays local news from one city at the top of the hour, traffic from another city at 10 minutes past the hour, and music or other content at other times. The user can also customize original content from the personal libraries of specified users. Thus, a user can customize not only the genre of content or select a particular local station, but can also modify the perishable content provided by the customized station.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing customized station content to a user device, the method comprising:
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determining, at a content processing system, characteristics of preferred content to be included in a customized station, wherein the characteristics of preferred content are determined based on first user input to establish the customized station with content at least partially drawn from another user'"'"'s personal content library, wherein the another user'"'"'s personal content library is configured to provide the content processing system with access thereto using a remote specified location within a communication network, and wherein the preferred content includes at least music; determining, at the content processing system, characteristics of perishable content to be included in the customized station, wherein the characteristics of perishable content are determined based on a second input from the first user via the communication network, and wherein the perishable content includes non-music content; receiving, at the content processing system, server synchronization settings to synchronize, at least one period designated for the preferred content selected based on the first user input and at least one period designated for perishable content selected based on the second input from the first user; delivering the preferred content to one or more first user devices selected using the content processing system; delivering the perishable content to the one or more first user devices selected as per the server synchronization settings; and recording during synchronization, at the content processing system, a history of the preferred content and the perishable content played on the one or more first user devices, wherein the history includes information about the one or more first user devices on which the preferred content and the perishable content was played. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing customized station content to a plurality of user devices, the method comprising:
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determining, at a content processing system, characteristics of preferred content to be included in a customized station, wherein the characteristics of preferred content are determined based on first user input to establish the customized station with content at least partially drawn from another user'"'"'s personal content library, wherein the another user'"'"'s personal content library is configured to provide the content processing system with access thereto using a remote specified location within a communication network, and wherein the preferred content includes at least music; determining, at the content processing system, characteristics of perishable content to be included in the customized station, wherein the characteristics of perishable content are determined based on a first user second input via the communication network, and wherein the perishable content includes non-music content; receiving, at the content processing system, server synchronization settings to synchronize, at least one period designated for the preferred content selected based on the first user input and at least one period designated for preferred perishable content selected based on the first user second input, the server synchronization settings configuring a server to recognize a plurality of first user devices selected by the first user and to synchronize the preferred content and the perishable content between the plurality of first user devices based at least on each of first user device capabilities, content format and history of content played across the plurality of first user devices; delivering the preferred content to each of the plurality of first user devices selected using the content processing system; delivering the perishable content to each of the plurality of first user devices selected as per the server synchronization settings; and recording during synchronization, at the content processing system, a history of the preferred content and preferred perishable content played on each of the plurality of first user devices, wherein the history includes information about each of the plurality of first user devices on which the preferred content and perishable content was played. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for providing customized station content to a plurality of user devices, the system including a processor configured to:
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determine, at a content processing system, characteristics of preferred content to be included in a customized station, wherein the characteristics of preferred content are determined based on first user input to establish the customized station with content at least partially drawn from another user'"'"'s personal content library, wherein the another user'"'"'s personal content library is configured to provide the content processing system with access thereto using a remote specified location within a communication network, and wherein the preferred content includes at least music; determine, at the content processing system, characteristics of perishable content to be included in the customized station, wherein the characteristics of perishable content are determined based on a second input from the first user via the communication network, and wherein the perishable content includes non-music content; receive, at the content processing system, server synchronization settings to synchronize, at least one period designated for the preferred content selected based on the first user input and at least one period designated for preferred perishable content selected based on a second input from the first user; deliver the preferred content to one or more first user devices selected using the content processing system; and deliver the perishable content to the one or more first user devices selected as per the server synchronization settings. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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