Audiovisual management system

• US 20030206710A1
• Filed: 09/14/2001
• Published: 11/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ferman, Ahmet Mufit, Errico, James H., van Beek, Petrus J.L.
• Application Number:
  US09/952,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20030206710A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/46
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 8/00 Dummies, busts or the like, e.g. for displaying garments tailors' dummies A41H5/00; artificial limbs A61F; dolls in general A63H
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4332 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. local EPG data repository interfaces, Database management systems or updating for information retrieval G06F16/23; details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/466 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies services using the results of monitoring in broadcast systems H04H60/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
• 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 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

A system for structuring usage history for audiovisual materials.

Claims

1. A usage history description scheme for at least one of an audio, an image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising:

(a) said usage history description scheme containing information about a user with respect to said at least one of said audio, image, and video based upon previous usage of said at least one of said audio, image, and video; and

(b) said usage history description scheme including at least one type defined by, at least in part, a data table containing multiple said types.

2. The usage history description scheme of claim 1 wherein said usage history description scheme describes information of said user with respect to said audio.

3. The usage history description scheme of claim 1 wherein said usage history description scheme describes information of said user with respect to said image.

4. The usage history description scheme of claim 1 wherein said usage history description scheme describes information of said user with respect to said video.

5. A usage history description scheme for at least one of an audio, an image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising:

(a) said usage history description scheme containing information about a user with respect to said at least one of said audio, image, and video based upon previous usage of said at least one of said audio, image, and video;

(b) said usage history description scheme including a plurality of types defined by, at least in part, a data table containing said types; and

(c) wherein said types comprise;

(i) play content from a recording;

(ii) play content from input stream;

(iii) record input stream top local storage media;

(iv) view or listen to a summary of the input stream;

(v) pause the input stream;

(vi) fast forward the input stream;

(vii) rewind the input stream;

(viii) skip forward over a portion of the input stream;

(ix) skip backward over a portion of the input stream;

(x) turn sound off;

(xi) increase volume;

(xii) reduce volume;

(xiii) repeat/loop (part of) the input stream;

(xiv) randomly select next track;

(xv) go to the beginning of the stream;

(xvi) go to the end of the stream;

(xvii) copy all or part of a CD.

6. The usage history description scheme of claim 5 wherein said data table may be extended.

7. The usage history description scheme of claim 5 wherein each type within said data table includes a unique identifier.

8. A usage history description scheme for at least one of an audio, an image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising:

(a) said usage history description scheme containing information about a user with respect to said at least one of said audio, image, and video based upon previous usage of said at least one of said audio, image, and video;

(b) said usage history description scheme including a plurality of types defined by, at least in part, a data table containing said types; and

(c) wherein said types comprise;

(i) zoom to the on-screen image or sequence;

(ii) view input stream in slow motion;

(iii) closed caption is on;

(iv) advance to next frame;

(v) return to previous frame.

9. The usage history description scheme of claim 8 wherein said data table may be extended.

10. The usage history description scheme of claim 8 wherein each type within said data table includes a unique identifier.

11. A usage history description scheme for at least one of an audio, an image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising:

(a) said usage history description scheme containing information about a user with respect to said at least one of said audio, image, and video based upon previous usage of said at least one of said audio, image, and video;

(b) said usage history description scheme including a plurality of types defined by, at least in part, a data table containing said types; and

(c) wherein said types comprise;

(i) follow an available link;

(ii) scroll up in a web page or composite page;

(iii) scroll down in a web page or composite page;

(iv) view program or resource guide;

(v) save web page or composite page;

(vi) print web page or composite page;

(vii) search the web or local resources;

(viii) submit a form with requested information;

(ix) submit a query;

(x) archive content to persistent local storage media.

12. The usage history description scheme of claim 11 wherein said data table may be extended.

13. The usage history description scheme of claim 11 wherein each type within said data table includes a unique identifier.

14. A usage history description scheme for at least one of an audio, an image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising:

(a) said usage history description scheme containing information about a user with respect to said at least one of said audio, image, and video based upon previous usage of said at least one of said audio, image, and video;

(b) said usage history description scheme including a plurality of types defined by, at least in part, a data table containing said types; and

(c) wherein said types comprise;

(i) purchase a product or item;

(ii) designate a product or item as possible future purchasing item;

(iii) designate a product or item as potential immediate purchase item.

15. The usage history description scheme of claim 14 wherein said data table may be extended.

16. The usage history description scheme of claim 14 wherein each type within said data table includes a unique identifier.