Personalization services for entities from multiple sources

• US 20040220926A1
• Filed: 06/02/2004
• Published: 11/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sonic Solutions (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Interactual Technologies Incorporated A California Corpor
• Inventors: Collart, Todd R., Gewickey, Gregory I., Lamkin, Allan B.
• Application Number:
  US10/860,351
• Publication Number:
  US 20040220926A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• 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: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/022 Control panels
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/12 by sensing distinguishing features of or on records, e.g. diameter end mark
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/16 Manual control
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal 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 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23614 : Multiplexing of additional data and video streams arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information H04H20/28
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 : PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 : for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 : Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 : Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4381 : Recovering the multiplex stream from a specific network, e.g. recovering MPEG packets from ATM cells transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4408 : involving video stream encryption, e.g. re-encrypting a decrypted video stream for redistribution in a home network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/441 : Acquiring end-user identification , e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 : Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 : OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• 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 21/4782 : Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/60 : Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client , e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 : IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 : involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed

Abstract

A method comprising receiving a request for content; searching for a plurality of entities in response to the received request, the plurality of entities each having entity metadata associated therewith; and creating a collection, the collection comprises the plurality of entities and collection metadata. A data structure embodied on a computer readable medium comprising a plurality of entities; entity metadata describing each of the plurality of entities; a collection containing each of the plurality of entities; and collection metadata describing the collection.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for content;

searching for a plurality of entities in response to the received request, the plurality of entities each having entity metadata associated therewith; and

creating a collection, the collection comprising the plurality of entities and collection metadata.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

locating the plurality of entities;

analyzing the entity metadata associated with each of the plurality of entities; and

downloading only the entities that meet a set of criteria.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the set of criteria include at least one of a system criteria and a request criteria.

4. A data structure for storing data embodied on a computer readable medium comprising:

a plurality of entities;

entity metadata associated with each of the plurality of entities; and

a collection containing each of the plurality of entities, the collection comprising collection metadata for playback of the plurality of entities.

5. The data structure of claim 4 wherein the computer readable medium is a portable storage medium.

6. The data structure of claim 4 wherein the computer readable medium is a plurality of storage devices.

7. The data structure of claim 6 wherein the plurality of storage devices are local storage devices.

8. The data structure of claim 6 wherein at least one of the plurality of storage devices is a remote storage device.

9. The data structure of claim 4 wherein the computer readable medium is a local storage medium.

10. The data structure of claim 4 wherein the computer readable medium is a remote storage medium.

11. A method comprising:

receiving a request for content;

creating a collection comprising a plurality of entities meant for display with a first system and at least one entity meant for display on a second system; and

outputting the collection comprising the plurality of entities meant for display on the first system and the at least one entity meant for display on the second system to the first system.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the collection further comprises collection metadata.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising using presentation rules that are based at least upon the collection metadata.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the plurality of entities meant for display with the first system and the at least one entity meant for display on the second system each have entity metadata.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising using presentation rules that are based at least upon the entity metadata.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprising using presentation rules that are based at least upon a set of system criteria.

17. A method for searching for content comprising the steps of:

receiving at least one search parameter;

translating the search parameter into a media identifier; and

locating the content associated with the media identifier.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the content comprises an entity;

wherein the media identifier is an entity identifier.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the content comprises a collection;

wherein the media identifier is a collection identifier.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising creating a set of presentation rules for the content.

21. The method of claim 20 further playing back the content on a presentation device.

22. The method of claim 20 further comprising acquiring access rights to the content.

23. The method of claim 17 wherein the content is a collection comprising a plurality of entities, the method further comprising:

determining one of the plurality of entities can not be viewed; and

locating an entity for replacing the one of the plurality of entities that can not be viewed.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein the step of determining one of the plurality of entities can not be viewed comprises determining that there are not access rights for the entity.

25. The method of claim 23 wherein the step of determining one of the plurality of entities can not be viewed comprises determining that one of a set of presentation rules are not compatible with the entity.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein the presentation rules are based upon system information.

27. The method of claim 25 wherein the presentation rules are based upon a user request.

28. The method of claim 25 wherein the presentation rules are base upon a user profile.

29. A system for locating content comprising:

a playback runtime engine for constructing a request from a set of search parameters;

a collection name service for translating the request into a collection identifier; and

a content search engine for searching for content associated with the collection identifier.

30. The system of claim 29 further comprising an access rights manager for determining if access rights are needed for the content.

31. The system of claim 29 further comprising a presentation layout manager for creating rules for presentation.

32. The method of claim 31 wherein the presentation rules are based upon system information.

33. The method of claim 31 wherein the presentation rules are based upon a user request.

34. The method of claim 31 wherein the presentation rules are base upon a user profile.

35. The system of claim 31 wherein the presentation layout manager additionally sets up a playback subsystem according to the presentation rules.

36. The system of claim 31 wherein the presentation layout manager provides a collection identifier to a playback runtime engine.

37. The system of claim 36 wherein the playback runtime engine outputs the content to a display device.

38. A method comprising:

receiving a request for content;

searching for a plurality of entities in response to the received request, the plurality of entities each having entity metadata associated therewith;

creating a first group of entities that meet the received request, each entity within the first group of entities having entity metadata associated therewith;

comparing the first group of entities that meet the received request or the associated entity metadata to a user profile; and

creating a collection comprising at least one entity from the first group of entities.

39. The method of claim 38 wherein the collection further comprises collection metadata.

40. The system of claim 38 further comprising an access rights manager for determining if access rights are needed for any of the first group of entities.

41. The system of claim 38 further comprising a presentation layout manager for creating rules for presentation.

42. The method of claim 41 wherein the presentation rules are based upon system information.

43. The method of claim 41 wherein the presentation rules are based upon the received request.

44. The method of claim 41 wherein the presentation rules are base upon the user profile.

45. The system of claim 41 wherein the presentation layout manager additionally sets up a playback subsystem according to the presentation rules.

46. The system of claim 41 wherein the presentation layout manager provides a collection identifier to a playback runtime engine.

47. The system of claim 46 wherein the playback runtime engine outputs the content to a display device.