PROGRAM GENERATION BASED ON USER PLAYBACK INFORMATION

• US 20080077679A1
• Filed: 09/27/2006
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HP Inc.
• Original Assignee: HP Inc.
• Inventors: BAWANY, M. Ali, Bouchier, Paul
• Application Number:
  US11/535,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20080077679A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists

Abstract

A method comprises providing user playback information from a media player to a host computer, generating a program based on the playback information, and providing the program to the media player.

Claims

1. A method, comprising,

providing user playback information from a media player to a host computer;

generating a program based on said playback information; and

providing said program to said media player.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising connecting the media player to a networks

3. The method of claim 1 wherein providing user playback information from a media player to a host computer comprises wirelessly transmitting said playback information.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein providing said user playback information comprises providing information indicative of content to which a user of said media player listens.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein providing said user playback information comprises providing the order in which the user listens to said items.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein providing said user playback information also comprises providing information indicative of a plurality of items of content, said items of content comprise at least one of a podcast, a live radio broadcast, and a pre-stored music file.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the program comprises generating a list of items of content in a particular order based on said playback information.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the program comprises updating an immediately previous program generated.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the program comprises generating a program based on playback information from more than one instance of playing media on said media player.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the program comprises generating the program also based on user input at the host computer.

11. A media player, comprising:

control logic; and

a user preferences monitor coupled to said control logic;

wherein said user preferences monitor records identities of media content selected by a user of said media player.

12. The media player of claim 11 wherein said user preferences monitor also records an order in which the user selects said content to be played

13. The media player of claim 11 further comprising a content synchronization module coupled to said control logic, said content synchronization module causes said recorded identities to be transmitted to a host computer.

14. The media player of claim 13 wherein said content synchronization module causes said recorded identities to be wirelessly transmitted to said host computer.

15. The media player of claim 11 wherein said media player receives a program from a host computer, said program having been generated based on said recorded identities, and said program comprising at least one of a podcast, a live radio broadcast, and a pre-stored music file.

16. A computer-readable medium containing software that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

receive a recorded list of identities of media content previously selected by a user to be played on a media player; and

based on said received recorded list, generate a program including a new list of identities of media content to be offered to the user to be played on said media player

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein said software also causes said processor to cause said program to be provided to said media player.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein said software also causes said processor to download media content from a network based on said received recorded list of identities.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein downloaded media content comprises a podcast.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein said software causing said processor to generate the program comprises causing said processor to automatically download media content after said media content becomes available to be downloaded.