Digital media transfer based on user behavior

• US 20060174008A1
• Filed: 01/28/2005
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Abanami, Thamer
• Granted Patent: US 7,707,603 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1787 Details of non-transparently synchronising file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles

Abstract

A collection of digital media is stored at a source device and transferred to a target device. A subset of the collection may be transferred based on a priority related to a points assigned by a user'"'"'s rating of particular digital media and on rules based on particular user actions.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

connecting with a target device;

determining the storage capacity of the target device to store digital media;

assigning points to the digital media based on a set of criteria; and

listing the digital media based on the points to the digital media.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of criteria includes a user rating.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of criteria includes user behavior performed on the digital media.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the user behavior are based on one or more of the following:

play count, association of digital media in different files, creation date, and availability of substitute digital media.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein criteria in the set or criteria are giving a weighted factor.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising sending a transfer list of the digital media based on the points to the digital media.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the sending is further based on the storage capacity of the target device.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising determining a common digital media in a new transfer list and the prior transfer list;

deleting digital media that is on the target device and not on the new transfer list on the target device; and

transferring digital media on the new transfer list that is not on the target device to the target device.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital media comprises one or more of the following:

music, image, video, text, documents, applications, spreadsheets, graphics, play-lists, and data.

10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the method recited in claim 1.

11. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a memory that includes a listing of digital media;

criteria that are applied to the digital media, and a transfer list that includes a subset of the listing; and

a target device storage sync manager that facilitates transfer of the transfer list to the target device.

12. The computing device of claim 11 wherein the transfer list in the memory includes a prioritized list of digital elements based on the criteria.

13. The computing device of claim 11 wherein the criteria include one or more of the following:

play count, association with digital media in different files, creation date, purchase, recording date, time consumed by a user, user rating, and availability of substitute digital media.

14. The computing device of claim 11 further comprising a user input interface to receive input from a user as to user rating.

15. The computing device of claim 14 wherein the user input interface provides input to a user interface displayed by the computing device to the user.

16. In a computing device having a user interface, including a display and a user input device, a method of assigning points to digital media comprising the steps of:

presenting a list of elements to a user, where the elements include particular digital media;

in response to a selection by the user, presenting one of the elements from the list, wherein the particular digital media in the selected elements are presented to the user; and

selectively receiving a rating for a digital element from the user, wherein the digital element is given a point value based on the rating which is combined with points from other criteria.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the presenting illustrates a hierarchical structure of the elements.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the selecting is performed using a pointing icon controlled by a user input device.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein the digital elements are further rated based on actions performed by the user.

20. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the method recited in claim 16.