METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERSONALIZED RENDERING OF DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT

• US 20080162570A1
• Filed: 10/24/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Slacker, Inc. (LiveOne, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Slacker, Inc. (LiveOne, Inc.)
• Inventors: Milbrandt, Celite, Kindig, Bradley D.
• Application Number:
  US11/923,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20080162570A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/436 using biological or physiological data of a human being, e.g. blood pressure, facial expression, gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/106 Receiver-side switching
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/85 which are mobile communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing devices capable of the reception and playback of one or more crafted media channels transmitted over an intermittent connection. The one or more channels may be customized by the end user to bias the programming towards individual tastes or moods. The channels may be delivered over an intermittent, unidirectional link, for example a Satellite Radio receiver in a home or car. Content may also be delivered over an intermittent, bidirectional link, for example to a portable media player via a wireless 802.11 or other networked connection.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating personalized rendering of media files through on a device configured to access a data link, the method comprising:

receiving, over the data link, a plurality of media files and associated file metadata, wherein the file metadata defines one or more attributes of the media files; and

storing, in a memory of the device, ones of the media files and associated file metadata consistent with one or more channel profiles maintained within the memory of the device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising discarding, based upon the file metadata associated with said ones of the media files, one or more media files that are non-responsive to the one or more channel profiles;

categorizing the media files stored in the memory of the device into one or more categories; and

sequencing the media files for rendering responsive to the one or more categories.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the media files selected responsive to the category are selected responsive to a measure to which the attributes of the media file match a set of attributes related to the category.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the media files selected responsive to the category are additionally selected responsive to the degree to which the attributes of the media files match one or more attribute biases selectable by a user.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein sequencing for playback is responsive to a set of user preferences, said preferences including user identification of a user preference attribute of the media file as a favorite.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein sequencing for playback is responsive to a set of user preferences, said preferences including user identification of a user preference attribute of the media file as banned.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein said user preference attribute is further associated with an artist.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the amount of storage devoted to local files associated with a channel is allocated responsive to the characteristics of the channel.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the amount of storage devoted to the local files associated with a channel is allocated responsive to the characteristics of the categories associated with the channel.

10. A method for managing inventory of media files on a user personalized media file rendering device, comprising the steps of:

receiving at the user device, over a communication link, a plurality of media files and associated metadata;

determining a value metric of each of said plurality of media files, said determining based at least in part on said metadata;

selecting, based on said determining a value metric, one or more media files of said plurality of media files for storage; and

storing, in a memory of the device, said one or more selected media files.

11. A method for sequencing media files for rendering on a user personalized media file rendering device, comprising the steps of:

storing, in a memory of said device, a plurality of media files and associated metadata;

retrieving, from said memory, said metadata associated with ones of said plurality of media files;

determining, for each retrieved metadata, a rendering value metric; and

sequencing, based on said rendering value metric, one or more of said media files for rendering.