MOBILE PHONE CONTENT-BASED RECOMMENDATION OF NEW MEDIA

• US 20080091722A1
• Filed: 10/27/2006
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snaptrack Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Wendelrup, Heino
• Granted Patent: US 7,698,302 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia

Abstract

A method of recommending new media to a user based on various information stored and/or collected by, for example, a mobile phone is provided. More particularly, the invention provides a method of recommending new media based on information such as, for example, the content of sent and received text messages, previously viewed sound and/or video clips, location, content of emails, environmental information such as temperature or pressure, etc. Accordingly, the invention facilitates the use of information generated by a user during use of a mobile phone for recommending media to the user.

Claims

1. A method of recommending media to a user of an electronic equipment based upon information available from the electronic equipment comprising:

accessing a memory of the electronic equipment, the memory including data related to the operation of the electronic equipment;

analyzing at least the data related to operation of the electronic equipment to determine characteristics thereof,

and generating a list of recommended media based on the characteristics of the data.

2. A method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising searching the internet for media related to the determined characteristics.

3. A method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising searching a media provider for media related to the determined characteristics.

4. A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the accessing the memory includes accessing at least one of call log data, message log data, video/picture log data, MP3 log data, location log data, environmental log data, calendar log data, and voice memo log data.

5. A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the accessing includes accessing location log data and wherein the generating includes generating a list of recommended media including geographically specific media whereby media relating to a user'"'"'s location at a given time is recommended.

6. A method as set forth in claim 4, wherein the geographically specific media is an advertisement.

7. A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the accessing includes accessing environment log data related and wherein the generating a list of recommended media including media relating to a user'"'"'s environment at a given time is recommended.

8. A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the list of recommended media includes advertisements.

9. A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the characteristics determined by the analyzer correspond to attributes of available media.

10. A method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising comparing the determined characteristics to a predetermined list of characteristics.

11. A method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising comparing the list of recommended media to an exclude list, and removing media from the recommended media list that appears on the exclude list.

12. A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the analyzing is performed by a second separate electronic equipment.

13. A method as set forth in claim 12, wherein the second separate electronic equipment is a server in communication with the electronic equipment.

14. An electronic equipment comprising:

a memory for storing at least data corresponding to operation of the electronic equipment;

a media analyzer for analyzing the data corresponding to operation of the electronic equipment and determining characteristic of the data; and

a processor for accessing the internet to search for media based on the characteristics determined by the media analyzer.

15. An electronic equipment as set forth in claim 14, wherein the at least one type of user data includes call log data, message log data, video/picture log data, MP3 log data, location log data, environmental log data, calendar log data, voice memo log data, and media data.

16. An electronic equipment as set forth in claim 14, wherein the electronic equipment is a mobile phone.

17. An electronic equipment as set forth in claim 14, wherein the electronic equipment is at least one of a personal audio device, a personal video device or a personal digital assistant.

18. A computer program embodied in a computer readable medium for recommending media to a user of an electronic equipment based upon information available from the electronic equipment comprising:

code that accesses a memory of the electronic equipment, the memory including data related to the operation of the electronic equipment;

code that analyzes at least the data related to operation of the electronic equipment to determine characteristics thereof;

and code that generates a list of recommended media based on the characteristics of the data.