Multimedia mobile personalization system
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1. A method for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
- receiving a signal from a user'"'"'s identification tag on a remote control;
wherein the signal contains an identifier for the user;
sending the identifier from the remote control to a multimedia device; and
wherein the multimedia device configures its operations to the user based on the identifier.
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Abstract
A multimedia mobile personalization system provides a remote control that detects a user'"'"'s electronic tag, e.g. an RFID tag. The remote control notifies a multimedia device of the user'"'"'s identity. The multimedia devices tailors it operations to the user'"'"'s preferences stored locally. Multimedia content such as broadcast or recorded television programs, music play lists, and the like could be sorted, displayed, or restricted, depending on the user identifier.
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63 Claims
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1. A method for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
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receiving a signal from a user'"'"'s identification tag on a remote control;
wherein the signal contains an identifier for the user;
sending the identifier from the remote control to a multimedia device; and
wherein the multimedia device configures its operations to the user based on the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 54, 55)
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9. A method for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
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sending a user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a digital video recorder (DVR) service to a server;
recording multimedia content on the server based on the user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
allowing a local DVR to access the recorded multimedia content on the server; and
wherein the DVR plays the multimedia content to the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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receiving a unique identifier from a remote control at a multimedia device;
wherein the unique identifier identifies a particular user; and
wherein the multimedia device displays a list of recorded multimedia content that the user had directed the multimedia device to record and/or pre-recorded multimedia content that the user is expected to have an interest in based on the unique identifier. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of signals from a plurality of user identification tags on a multimedia device;
wherein a signal contains an identifier for a user;
retrieving user preferences on the multimedia device for the received plurality of signals;
wherein the multimedia device customizes its operations based on a commonalty between said user preferences. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. An apparatus for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
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a module for receiving a signal from a user'"'"'s identification tag on a remote control;
wherein the signal contains an identifier for the user;
a module for sending the identifier from the remote control to a multimedia device; and
wherein the multimedia device configures its operations to the user based on the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
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a module for sending a user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a digital video recorder (DVR) service to a server;
a module for recording multimedia content on the server based on the user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
a module for allowing a local DVR to access the recorded multimedia content on the server; and
wherein the DVR plays the multimedia content to the user. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An apparatus, comprising:
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a module for receiving a unique identifier from a remote control at a multimedia device;
wherein the unique identifier identifies a particular user; and
wherein the multimedia device displays a list of recorded multimedia content that the user had directed the multimedia device to record and/or pre-recorded multimedia content that the user is expected to have an interest in based on the unique identifier. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An apparatus for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
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a module for receiving a plurality of signals from a plurality of user identification tags on a multimedia device;
wherein a signal contains an identifier for a user;
a module for retrieving user preferences on the multimedia device for the received plurality of signals;
wherein the multimedia device customizes its operations based on a commonalty between said user preferences. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for a multimedia mobile personalization system, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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receiving a signal from a user'"'"'s identification tag on a remote control;
wherein the signal contains an identifier for the user;
sending the identifier from the remote control to a multimedia device; and
wherein the multimedia device configures its operations to the user based on the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for a multimedia mobile personalization system, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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sending a user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a digital video recorder (DVR) service to a server;
recording multimedia content on the server based on the user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
allowing a local DVR to access the recorded multimedia content on the server; and
wherein the DVR plays the multimedia content to the user. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53)
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56. A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of, comprising:
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receiving a unique identifier from a remote control at a multimedia device;
wherein the unique identifier identifies a particular user; and
wherein the multimedia device displays a list of recorded multimedia content that the user had directed the multimedia device to record and/or pre-recorded multimedia content that the user is expected to have an interest in based on the unique identifier. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. The computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for a multimedia mobile personalization system, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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receiving a plurality of signals from a plurality of user identification tags on a multimedia device;
wherein a signal contains an identifier for a user;
retrieving user preferences on the multimedia device for the received plurality of signals;
wherein the multimedia device customizes its operations based on a commonalty between said user preferences. - View Dependent Claims (63)
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