System and method for synchronization of a portable media player to a user's profile

• US 20060005226A1
• Filed: 05/10/2005
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Lee, Peter S.
• Application Number:
  US11/126,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20060005226A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/141
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

A system for synchronizing a portable media player for downloading of content to said player and playing the downloaded content on the player including profile synchronizing means associated with the player for synchronizing content downloaded to said player related to the profile of the user of the player.

Claims

1. A system for synchronizing a portable media player for downloading of content to said player and playing said downloaded content on said player comprising:

a) profile synchronizing means associated with said player for synchronizing content downloaded to said player related to the profile of the user of said player.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said profile synchronizing means associated with said player synchronizes content related to a profile of the user of said player entered into said player and conveyed to the provider of said content at the time of initiation of said player for downloading of content.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said profile synchronizing means associated with said player synchronizes content related to a profile of the user of said player developed over a period of time due to the type of content previously downloaded by said user.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said profile associated with said the user of said player synchronizes content on said player depending on the mood of the user of said player.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said profile synchronizing means includes mood sensing means associated with said player for sensing the mood of the user of said player and conveying said sensed mood to the provider of said content.

6. The system of claim 4 wherein said profile synchronizing means is associated with a pad coupled to either said portable media player or to a computer having said mood sensing means therein electronically coupled to either said portable media player or to a computer.

7. The system of claim 4 including temperature detecting means associated with said player for detecting the temperature of the user of said player.

8. The system of claim 5 including temperature detecting means associated with said player for detecting the temperature of the user of said player.

9. The system of claim 6 including temperature detecting means associated with said player for detecting the temperature of the user of said player.

10. The system of claim 4 including pulse monitoring means associated with said player for monitoring the pulse of the user of said player.

11. The system of claim 5 including pulse monitoring means associated with said player for monitoring the pulse of the user of said player.

12. The system of claim 6 including pulse monitoring means associated with said player for monitoring the pulse of the user of said player.

13. The system of claim 4 including perspiration detection means associated with said player for detecting changes in perspiration of the user of said player.

14. The system of claim 5 including perspiration detection means associated with said player for detecting changes in perspiration of the user of said player.

15. The system of claim 6 including perspiration detection means associated with said player for detecting changes in perspiration of the user of said player.

16. The system of claims 4 including fuzzy logic means associated with said synchronizing means for determining the mood of the user of said player.

17. The system of claim 5 including fuzzy logic means associated with said synchronizing means for determining the mood of the user of said player.

18. The system of claim 6 including fuzzy logic means associated with said synchronizing means for determining the mood of the user of said player.

19. The system of claim 1 including profile conveying means associated with said player for conveying said profile to the source of said content.

20. A method for synchronizing a portable media player for downloading of content to said player and playing said content on said player comprising the steps of:

a) synchronizing content downloaded to said player related to the profile of the user of said player;

b) generating selectable playlists based on the user'"'"'s mood, profile and/or past history of playback, said playlist consisting of elements of content (e.g., music, movies, television, personal video or audio, etc) that is packaged together for playback; and

said generated playlist being generated in a manner such that a user may watch said playlist in either consecutive order, randomly, and/or skip/jump between elements in the playlist.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of synchronizing content related to the profile of said user includes the step of synchronizing content related to a profile of the user of said player entered into said player at the time of initiation of use of said player by said user.

22. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of synchronizing content related to the profile of said user includes the step of synchronizing content related to a profile of the user of said player developed over a period of time relating to the content previously downloaded to said player by said user.

23. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of synchronizing content includes the step of synchronizing content on said player relating to the mood of said user of said player.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein the step of synchronizing content relating to the mood of the user of said player includes the step of providing mood sensing means in a pad electronically connected to either a portable media player or a computer adapted to sense the mood of the user of said player and convey it electronically to the portable media player and/or to said computer.

25. The method of claim 23 wherein the step of synchronizing content relating to the mood of the user of said player includes the step of providing mood sensing means for sensing the mood of said user.

26. The method of claim 20 including the step of conveying said profile of said user to the source of said content.

27. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of synchronizing content includes the step of detecting the mood of the user of said player by monitoring the temperature of the user of said player and synchronizing content downloaded to said player based on the mood of said user that is detected.

28. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of synchronizing content includes the step of detecting the mood of the user of said player by monitoring the pulse of the user of said player and synchronizing content downloaded to said player based on the mood of said user that is detected.

29. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of synchronizing content includes the step detecting the mood of the user of said player by monitoring any change in perspiration of the user of said player and synchronizing content downloaded to said player based on the mood of said user that is detected.

30. The method of claim 20 including the step of determining the mood of the user of said player using fuzzy logic.

31. The method of claim 27 including determining the mood of the user of said player using fuzzy logic.

32. The method of claim 28 including determining the mood of the user of said player using fuzzy logic.

33. The method of claim 29 including determining the mood of the user of said player using fuzzy logic.

34. A system for synchronizing a portable media player for downloading of content to said player that is provided by a content provider or resident on a computer coupled to said player and playing said downloaded content on said player comprising:

a) profile synchronizing means associated with said player for synchronizing content downloaded to said player from either said content provider or resident on said computer that is related to the profile of the user of said player.

35. The system of claim 34 wherein said downloaded content and said content resident on said computer provides a playlist on said portable media player that is a combination of both files previously downloaded to said portable media player and files downloaded by both said content provider and previously resident on said computer and downloaded to said portable media player.

36. A method for synchronizing a portable media player for downloading of content to said player that is provided by a content provider or resident on a computer coupled to said player and playing said downloaded content on said player comprising the steps of:

synchronizing content downloaded to said player from either said content provider or resident on said computer that is related to the profile of the user of said player.

37. The method of claim 36 wherein the step of synchronizing said content includes the step of providing a playlist on said portable media player that is a combination of both files previously downloaded to said portable media player and files downloaded by both said content provider and previously resident on said computer and downloaded to said portable media player.