Override of automatically shared meta-data of media

• US 20070220081A1
• Filed: 03/15/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: MOG Incorporated (Apple Inc.)
• Inventors: Hyman, David
• Granted Patent: US 8,812,580 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• 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 16/639 using playlists

Abstract

An override of automatically shared meta-data of media method and apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a server device includes automatically populating a hierarchy using a play-list history data associated with a media data of a client device and modifying the heirarchy based on a user override. The hierarchy may be a heirarchy of the play-list history data of the certain items associated with the media data of the client device. A modified heirarchy may be generated based on an addition, deletion and/or an adjust modifying operation of the user override on the hierarchy and may be automatically populated on a new mark-up language file based on the modified heirarchy. A new compatiability rating may be determined between the user and the other users based on the similiar attributes between the modified hierarchy and the other heirarchies and each user of the server device may be enabled to view mark-up language files of the other users.

Claims

1. A method of a server device comprising:

automatically populating a hierarchy using a play-list history data associated with a media data of a client device; and

modifying the hierarchy based on a user override.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the hierarchy is of the play-list history data of the certain items associated with the media data of the client device, and wherein the play-list history data is executable by interested parties as a radio station

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating a modified hierarchy based on application of at least one of an addition, deletion and adjust modifying operation of the user override on the hierarchy;

and automatically populating a new mark-up language file based on the modified hierarchy.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising associating the new mark-up language file and the modified hierarchy 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 modified hierarchy of the particular user and other hierarchies associated with the other users.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

determining a new compatibility rating between the user and the other users based on the similar attributes between the modified hierarchy and the other hierarchies; 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 forming a new group between the user and at least one of the other users based on a threshold parameter of the new compatibility rating.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein the modifying operation can be performed on a widget 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.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein a content data created using the post widget is automatically deleted 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 when the modifying operation is a delete operation on the post widget.

9. 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.

10. A method of a client device comprising:

communicating a media data to a server device including a play-list history data associated with the media data of the client device; and

allowing a user to modify contents associated to the play-list history data based on a user override.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising refreshing a new mark-up language file using a modified play-list history data associated with certain items of the media data.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the user override is facilitated by providing a user interface to allow a user to modify contents associated to the play-list history data.

13. A network comprising:

a client device to modify a hierarchy of a play-list history data based on a user override; and

a server device to automatically update a series of mark-up language files based a modified hierarchy of the play-list history data generated by the user override.

14. The network of claim 13 further comprising:

an admired client device to share an admired play-list history data with the client device and the peer client device.

15. The network of claim 13 further comprising:

a peer client device that is assigned a kin status with the client device based on similarity between the modified play-list history data of the client device and another play-list history data of the peer client device.

16. The network of claim 15 wherein the server device to form a group between a user of the client device and at least one of the other user of a different client device based on a threshold parameter of a compatibility rating generated based on an algorithm that considers the kin status.

17. The network of claim 13 wherein the client device may perform the modification using 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.

18. The network of claim 17 wherein a content data created using the post widget is automatically deleted on the new mark-up language file and at least one of an artist mark-up language file, and a fan club mark-up language file, a particular item mark-up language file, and a fan club mark-up language file when the modifying operation is a delete operation on the post widget.

19. The network of claim 13 wherein the server device to generate a streaming multimedia content based on the play list history.

20. The network of claim 19 wherein the streaming multimedia content is at least one of a radio station, a video station, and a multimedia channel.