Portable media device interoperability

• US 20060195864A1
• Filed: 12/16/2005
• Published: 08/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Haynie, Scott, New, Matthew, Hunt, Daniel, Ochenas, Jonathan
• Application Number:
  US11/303,097
• Publication Number:
  US 20060195864A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/637 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialization, adaptation or distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6236 between heterogeneous systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0038 System on Chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/01 Automatic library building
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2113 Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/386 using messaging services or messaging apps using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 : Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 : Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 : applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 : Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 : Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 : Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 : Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 : Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 : for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 : specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 : User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 : involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 : Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 : Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 : Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 : The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 : embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 : Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 : Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 : Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 : for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 : communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 : using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 : Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 : comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 : involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 : Multimedia

Abstract

A method of adding content to a portable entertainment device, comprising identifying DRM capabilities of the portable entertainment device, defining a first set of content, defining a second set of content which is comprised of content selected by a user from the first content set, identifying content which is not compatible with the DRM capabilities of the portable entertainment device, and obtaining rights which allow at least a subset of the identified content to be copied to the portable entertainment device. The method also allows new content to be periodically added to the portable entertainment device. Also disclosed is a user interface through which the user can build a list of content to be copied to the portable entertainment device and through which the user can obtain any necessary rights to such content.

Claims

1. A method of adding content to a portable entertainment device, comprising:

identifying digital rights management capabilities of a portable entertainment device onto which content is to be added;

defining a first content set, wherein at least one content attribute is associated with each member of the first content set;

defining a second content set, wherein the second content set is comprised of content selected from the first content set whose content attributes match those selected by a user;

identifying as a third content set that content in the second content set which is not compatible with the digital rights management capabilities of the portable entertainment device and/or rights of the user;

obtaining rights which allow at least a subset of the third content set to be transferred to the portable entertainment device; and

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allowing the content defined in the second content set and for which appropriate rights have been obtained to be transferred to the portable entertainment device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second content set is represented as a playlist associated with the portable entertainment device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein additional content is added to the second content set based on the playlist.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the additional content is automatically added to the playlist.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the additional content is substituted for the least frequently accessed content in the playlist.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein additional content is added to the second content set based on the attributes selected by the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the additional content is automatically added to the second content set.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the additional content is substituted for the least frequently accessed content in the second content set.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the additional content is substituted for a plurality of content based on content size.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the content attributes are comprised of random, access frequency, size, genre, artist, and album.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the user can select from a plurality of the content attributes.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising allowing the user to order the selected content attributes.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising allowing the user to create rules based on the selected content attributes.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the second content set is further comprised of content whose content attributes are similar to those selected by the user.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the degree of similarity is determined at least in part by user rankings of members of the first content set.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the degree of similarity is determined at least in part by the frequency with which the user has elected to access content from the first content set and attributes associated with the most frequently accessed content.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein rights compatible with the portable entertainment device are automatically obtained for each member of the third content set.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein rights compatible with the portable entertainment device are automatically obtained for at least a subset of the third content set.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein rights compatible with the portable entertainment device are obtained for members of the third content set only after user authorization.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the user authorization applies to all members of the third content set.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the user authorization applies to at least one subset of the third content set.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital rights management capabilities of the portable entertainment device include the ability to support content subscription.

23. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether rights to content stored on the portable media device have expired and prohibiting access to content for which the rights have expired.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising obtaining additional rights to the content for which the rights have expired.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein additional rights are obtained for at least a subset of the content for which the rights have expired.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the additional rights are obtained automatically.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the additional rights are obtained after user authorization.