Automatic meta-data sharing of existing media

• US 20070220025A1
• Filed: 03/15/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beats Music, LLC (Apple Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MOG Incorporated (Apple Inc.)
• Inventors: Hyman, David
• Granted Patent: US 7,685,132 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An automatic meta-data sharing of existing media method and apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a server device includes analyzing a media data of a client device to determine at least one meta-data identifier associated with the media data and automatically populating a new mark-up language file using a existing media-collection data associated with certain items of the media data. The meta-data identifier may be generated by a client application that is agnostic of a type of media player application compatible with the media data. The new mark-up language file may include an arrangement of existing media-collection data of the certain items associated with the media data of the client device. A compatibility rating may be determined between the user and the other users based on the similar attributes between the arrangement (e.g., hierarchy) and the other arrangements and enabling each user of the server device to view mark-up language files of the other users.

Claims

1. A method of a server device comprising:

analyzing a media data of a client device to determine at least one meta-data identifier associated with the media data; and

automatically populating a new mark-up language file using an existing media-collection data associated with certain items of the media data.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the meta-data identifier is generated by a client application that is agnostic of a type of media player application compatible with the media data.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the new mark-up language file includes a 30 second media segment of certain items of the media data that is associated with the existing media-collection data.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data is a multimedia data and wherein the meta-data identifier is determined primarily based on an audio data embedded in the multimedia data.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the existing media-collection data is generated by analyzing a usage pattern of at least one of the client device and a peripheral device.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the peripheral device is a portable media player, and wherein the client device is a two-way mobile communication device.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising applying a widget chosen from a group comprising of a party widget, a personal detail widget, a tag widget, a guestbook widget, an internal messaging widget, a share widget, a photo widget, a tuned-in now widget, a post widget, a reviews widget, and a live event widget to the new mark-up language file.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the widget is a drag and drop widget, and wherein a content data created using the post widget is automatically displayed on the new mark-up language file and at least one of an artist mark-up language file, an album mark-up language file, a particular item mark-up language file, and a fan club mark-up language file.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the content data is displayed before other content data when a peer client device affiliated with the client device reaches the at least one of the artist mark-up language file, the album mark-up language file, the particular item mark-up language file, and the fan club mark-up language file through the new mark-up language file.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

processing a payment from an interested party when the new mark-up language file develops a patron base above a threshold value; and

displaying an advertisement of the interested party on the new mark-up language file.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising localizing the new mark-up language file in at least one of a plurality of languages comprising English, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, German, French, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Italian.

18. The method of claim 1 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 1.

3. The method of claim I wherein the new mark-up language file includes an arrangement of the existing media-collection data of the certain items associated with the media data of the client device, and wherein the existing media-collection data is executable by interested parties as a radio station.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising associating the new mark-up language file and the arrangement with a particular user;

and associating the particular user with other mark-up language files associated with other users based on similar attributes in the arrangement of the particular user and other arrangements associated with the other users.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

determining a compatibility rating between the user and the other users based on the similar attributes between the arrangement and the other arrangements; and

enabling each user of the server device to view mark-up language files of the other users.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising registering a particular one of the other users when the particular one of the other users responds to a hook data in a communication between the user and the other users.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising forming a group between the user and at least one of the other users based on a threshold parameter of the compatibility rating.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the other users include an admired user whose contribution is shared with the group.

19. A method of a client device comprising:

communicating a media data to a server device to determine at least one meta-data identifier associated with the media data; and

automatically refreshing a new mark-up language file using a existing media-collection data associated with certain items of the media data.

22. A network comprising:

a client device to apply at least one meta-data identifier such that it is agnostic of a type of media player application compatible with the media data; and

a server device to automatically populate a new mark-up language file using a existing media-collection data associated with at least some content identified by the at least one meta-data identifier.

20. The method of claim 22 further comprising applying the at least one meta-data identifier such that it is agnostic of a type of media player application compatible with the media data.

21. The method of claim 22 further comprising developing an arrangement of the existing media-collection data associated with the certain items of the media data.

23. The network of claim 25 further comprising:

a peer client device that is assigned a kin status with the client device based on similarity between the existing media-collection data of the client device and another existing media-collection data of the peer client device.

24. The network of claim 25 further comprising:

an admired client device to share an admired media-collection data with the client device and the peer client device.