PROVIDING MULTIPLE MEDIA ITEMS TO A CONSUMER VIA A SIMPLIFIED CONSUMER INTERACTION

• US 20080154955A1
• Filed: 12/21/2006
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: DECARLO, JAMES, BEAUPRE, TODD
• Granted Patent: US 8,356,039 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• 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: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering

Abstract

Methods and systems of providing media to a media consumer are disclosed herein. A media rating for at least one media item can be received from a consumer and stored on a consumer profile. Using a consumer interaction, the media consumer can request to import all available media having a consumer rating higher than a predetermined threshold to an online media library of the consumer. In another embodiment, using a consumer interaction, the media consumer can request to add to an online music library all media items associated with an artist, a genre, or other media item attribute.

Claims

1. A method of providing a media item to a media consumer, comprising:

receiving from the media consumer a media rating for at least one media item, the media rating being indicative of the consumer'"'"'s opinion of the at least one media item;

storing the media rating on a consumer profile;

receiving from the media consumer a consumer interaction that represents a request to receive all available media having a consumer rating higher than a predetermined threshold;

retrieving the media rating from the consumer profile to determine whether the media rating of the at least one media item is higher than the predetermined threshold; and

providing the at least one media item to the consumer if it is determined that the rating of the at least one media item is greater than the predetermined threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media rating is received at first Internet media service, and the at least one media item is provided at a second Internet media service.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first Internet media service is a non on-demand media delivery service, and the second Internet media service is an on-demand media delivery service.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first Internet media service is an Internet radio station, and the second Internet media service is a media subscription-based media service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the at least one media item to the consumer comprises adding the at least one media item to an online media library of the consumer.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein adding the at least one media item to the online media library of the consumer comprises storing on a consumer profile a pointer to a media file corresponding to the at least one media item.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the consumer interaction comprises:

receiving a first consumer selection that establishes the predetermined threshold; and

receiving a second consumer selection of a user interface button in order to import the available media to an online media library of the consumer.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the consumer interaction comprises receiving a single consumer selection of a user interface button that allows the user to import the available media to an online media library of the consumer.

9. A system of providing a media item to a media consumer, comprising:

a ratings module that receives from the media consumer media rating for at least one media item, the media rating being indicative of the consumer'"'"'s opinion of the at least one media item, the ratings module further configured to store the media rating on a consumer profile;

a user interface module that receives from the media consumer a consumer interaction representing a request to retrieve all available media having a consumer rating higher than a predetermined threshold;

a search engine that retrieves the media rating from the consumer profile to determine whether a rating of the at least one media item is higher than a predetermined threshold; and

a media delivery module that provides the at least one media item to the consumer if it is determined that the rating of the at least one media item is greater than the predetermined threshold.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the media rating is received at first Internet media service, and the at least one media item is provided at a second a second Internet media service.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first Internet media service is an Internet radio station, and the second Internet media service is a media subscription-based service.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the media delivery module is configured to add at least one media item an online library of the consumer.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the consumer interaction comprises:

a first consumer selection that establishes the predetermined threshold; and

a second consumer selection of a user interface button that allows the user to import the available media to an online media library of the consumer.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the consumer interaction comprises a single consumer selection of a user interface button that allows the user to import the available media to an online media library of the consumer.

13. (canceled)

16. A method of providing a media item to a media consumer, comprising:

receiving from a media consumer a consumer interaction that represents a request to receive all available media associated with a selected artist, the request of the media consumer being received at a media server;

identifying at least one media item associated with the selected artist;

storing an identifier of the at least one media item in a consumer profile; and

providing the at least one media item to the consumer via addition to a media library associated with the consumer.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein identifying at least one media item associated with the selected artist comprises searching in a media database for media associated with the selected artist.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein receiving the consumer interaction comprises receiving a single consumer interaction in order to import the available media to the media library of the consumer.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising, subsequent to the interaction and provision of media items, automatically adding to the media library new media items associated with the selected artist as the new media items become available.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein providing the at least one media item to the consumer comprises adding the at least one media item to the media library of the consumer.

21-22. -22. (canceled)

23. A system of providing a media item to a media consumer, comprising:

a user interface module that receives from a media consumer a consumer interaction that represents a request to receive all available media associated with a selected artist;

a search engine that searches a media database to identify at least one media item associated with the selected artist; and

a media delivery module that provides the at least one media item, the media delivery module further configured to provide the at least one media item to the consumer via addition of the at least on media item to a media library associated with the consumer.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein identifying at least one media item associated with the selected artist comprises searching in a media database for media associated with the selected artist.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the search engine is further configured to searching for new media items associated with the selected artist as the new media items become subsequently available.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein providing the at least one media item to the consumer comprises adding the at least one media item to the media library of the consumer.

27-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A method of populating a media library of a media consumer, comprising:

receiving an indication from the media consumer of a desire to import into the media library at least one media item that has been rated by the media consumer in connection with a non-on-demand internet radio service of a service provider;

locating the at least one media item rated by the media consumer in connection with the internet radio service; and

importing the located at least one media item into the media library of the media consumer such that the consumer may access the media item at a time and in a manner of the media consumer'"'"'s choosing.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein receiving the consumer interaction comprises receiving a single consumer interaction in order to import the available media to the media library of the consumer.

31-32. -32. (canceled)