Audiovisual information management system
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1. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said at least one of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a protection attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating whether said one of said preferences is considered public or private.
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Abstract
A system, may include, at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames. A usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of at least one of the audio, image, and video, where the description normally includes multiple preferences. In one aspect, a protection attribute with respect to at least one of the preferences indicates whether one of the preferences is considered public or private. Other aspects of the user preferences description include other attributes, alone or in combination.
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94 Claims
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1. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said at least one of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a protection attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating whether said one of said preferences is considered public or private. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of using a system with at least one of audio and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said at least one of said audio, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences;
(b) providing a summary preference attribute indicating at least one of, (1) a minimum duration of a summary, (2) a maximum duration of a summary, (3) a duration of a summary, and (4) a fidelity descriptor, of said at least one of said audio and video to be provided to the user, where said summary of said audio and video has less duration than the respective audio and video prior to being summarized. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of using a system with a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said video, where said description includes multiple preferences;
(b) providing a key frame summary preference attribute indicating at least one of, (1) a minimum number of keyframes of a summary, (2) a maximum number of keyframes of a summary, and (3) a total number of keyframes of a summary, of said video to be provided to the user, where said keyframes is a subset of said video having greater representativeness of said video than a random selection of frames of said video. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of using a system with at least one of audio and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a theme preference attribute for said at least one of said audio and video indicating a desirable theme of said at least one of said audio and video.
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36. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a time attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences differentiating said preferences based on the time of day. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a location attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating a difference in the use of said preferences based on the location of the user. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a temporal attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating a difference in the use of said preferences based upon a temporal reference at least as long as one day. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a source attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating a difference in the use of said preferences based on the source of said audio, image and video. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a relevance attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating non-preference of said at least one of said preferences. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A method of using a system with a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a filtering and search preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said video, where said description includes multiple preferences, where said filtering and search preferences description includes at least one of a descriptor indicating a program title, genre, language, actor, and creator of said video; and
(b) using said video based at least in part upon at least one of said descriptors. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A method of using a system with a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a filtering and search preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said video, where said description includes multiple preferences, where said filtering and search preferences description includes at least one of a descriptor indicating a user'"'"'s preference for said video that is reviewed by particular individuals; and
(b) using said video based at least in part upon at least one of said descriptors. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing an emotional attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating the use of said preferences based on the emotional state of the user. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76)
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77. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a persistence attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating the duration of which said preferences are maintained. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79)
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80. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a granularity attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating the amount of detail of information desired within said usage preferences description. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83)
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84. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a media type attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating a difference in the use of said preferences based on the type of media of said audio, image and video. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86)
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87. A method of using a system with a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and
(b) providing a frequency attribute with respect to at least one of said preferences indicating a preference for frame frequency of said video. - View Dependent Claims (88)
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89. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences;
(b) providing a usage history preferences description, and (b) modifying said usage preference description based on the content of said usage history preferences description with a different amount of detail of information based upon a granularity attribute. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92)
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93. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, image, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences;
(b) providing a usage history preferences description, and (b) selectively modifying said usage preference description based on an update attribute that is selectively set by the user to permit updating the content of said usage preferences description based upon the content of said usage history prefrences description. - View Dependent Claims (94)
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