Audiovisual information management system with presentation service
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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 where said usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics;
(b) providing a usage history description where said usage history description includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description where, (i) said browsing history description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing history;
(ii) said filtering and search history descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device usage history description relates to user'"'"'s history regarding presentation characteristics;
(c) updating said usage preferences description based on the content of said usage history description.
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A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprises a plurality of frames comprising the steps of providing a usage preferences description where the usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description. The browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences.
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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 where said usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics;
(b) providing a usage history description where said usage history description includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description where, (i) said browsing history description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing history;
(ii) said filtering and search history descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device usage history description relates to user'"'"'s history regarding presentation characteristics;
(c) updating said usage preferences description based on the content of said usage history description. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. 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 where said usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics;
(b) providing a usage history description where said usage history description includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description where, (i) said browsing history description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing history;
(ii) said filtering and search history descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device usage history description relates to user'"'"'s history regarding presentation characteristics;
(c) maintaining said usage preferences description separate from said usage history description; and
(d) storing said usage preferences description on a removable storage device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. 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 plurality of usage preferences descriptions where each of said usage preference descriptions includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics;
(b) providing a plurality of usage history descriptions where each of said usage history descriptions includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description where, (i) said browsing history description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing history;
(ii) said filtering and search history descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device usage history description relates to user'"'"'s history regarding presentation characteristics;
(c) providing a user identification description which identifies a corresponding set of at least one of said usage preference descriptions and at least one of said usage history descriptions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. 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 plurality of usage preferences descriptions where each of said usage preference descriptions includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics;
(b) providing a first user identification description which identifies a particular user of at least one of said usage preference descriptions where said usage preference description is at least one of created by said user by interaction with said system and provided by said user to said system;
(c) providing a second user identification description which identifies a different particular user of at least one of said usage preference description where said usage preference description is at least one of created by said different user by interaction with said system and provided by said different user to said system; and
(d) wherein said first user identification description and its associated at least one of said usage preference description is disabled prior to said different user using his associated said usage preference description. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. 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 where said usage preference descriptions includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics;
(b) providing a usage history descriptions where said usage history descriptions includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description where, (i) said browsing history description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing history;
(ii) said filtering and search history descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device usage history description relates to user'"'"'s history regarding presentation characteristics;
(c) supplementing the data contained in said usage history description in response to said user interacting with said system; and
(d) providing said data contained in said usage history description to a party other than said user, which in response thereto, provides advertising to said system. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. 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 where said usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics;
(b) providing a usage history description where said usage history description includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description where, (i) said browsing history description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing history;
(ii) said filtering and search history descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device usage history description relates to user'"'"'s history regarding presentation characteristics;
(c) selectively updating said usage preferences description based on the content of said usage history description. - View Dependent Claims (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 descriptions where said usage preference descriptions includes a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description and a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least two of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics;
(b) selecting said at least one of audio, image, and a video based upon said usage preferences description. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. 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 where said usage preference description includes at least a device preferences description that relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics including at least one of;
(i) different settings based on the type of content being presented;
(ii) different settings based on the time of content presentation;
(iii) different settings based on which video presentation device is being used;
(iv) different settings based on which audio presentation device is being used;
(b) modifying said settings of said at least one of audio, image, and a video based upon said usage preferences description. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. 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 where said usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics;
(b) providing a usage history description where said usage history description includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description where, (i) said browsing history description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing history;
(ii) said filtering and search history descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device usage history description relates to user'"'"'s history regarding presentation characteristics;
(c) incorporating within said usage history description at least one of the duration that a particular program has been viewed for a plurality of programs and the duration that a particular program has been viewed in relation to the total duration of said program for a plurality of said programs. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. 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 plurality of usage preferences descriptions where each of said usage preference descriptions includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics; and
(b) providing a plurality of user identification descriptions, each of which identifies at least one of said usage preference descriptions. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 74)
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75. 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 where said usage preference descriptions includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
(ii) said filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and
(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics; and
(b) providing said data contained in said usage preferences description to a party other than said user, which in response thereto, provides a summary of said at least one of said audio, image, and video to said system. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the step of:
(a) providing a plurality of usage preferences descriptions, where each of said usage preference descriptions is associated with a different season of the year. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84)
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