Methods and systems for prompting users of computing devices
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1. A method implemented on a first computing device having a display, the first computing device associated with a user, the method comprising:
- according to a schedule, prompting for a first input from the user;
responding to the first input from the user by instructing an application on the first computing device to play a first media file; and
responding to a second input from the user by making an entry in a play history database.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for prompting a user of a computing device on a scheduled basis and interpreting the user'"'"'s responses to the prompting, are described.
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25 Claims
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1. A method implemented on a first computing device having a display, the first computing device associated with a user, the method comprising:
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according to a schedule, prompting for a first input from the user;
responding to the first input from the user by instructing an application on the first computing device to play a first media file; and
responding to a second input from the user by making an entry in a play history database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method implemented on a first computing device having a display, the first computing device associated with a user, the method comprising:
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according to a schedule, instructing an application on the first computing device to play a first media file; and
responding to an input from the user by making an entry in a play history database, wherein the input from the user is associated with the playing of the first media file. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method of detecting a computer user'"'"'s notice of the playing of a media file, the method comprising:
receiving an input from the computer user within a predetermined time period associated with the playing of the media file, where the predetermined time period starts after the playing of the media file begins.
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25. A system on a first computing device having a display, the first computing device associated with a user, the system comprising:
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a play history database that can store information corresponding to a play history for media files;
a file transfer engine that can send information from the play history database to a second computing device, that can also obtain a schedule from the second computing device, and that can also obtain media files from the second computing device;
a play engine that can prompt for a first input from the user, respond to the first input by playing a first media file or instructing an application to play the first media file, respond to an event by displaying a message, respond to a second user input by storing information in the play history database, the information corresponding to the playing of the first media file; and
a scheduling engine that activates the play engine according to the schedule.
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