Electronic Device and Method For Selecting Content Items

• US 20080188354A1
• Filed: 01/30/2006
• Published: 08/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Pauws, Steffen Clarence, Vignoli, Fabio, Wijnalda, Gertjan Leendert
• Application Number:
  US11/815,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20080188354A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0686 Timers, rhythm indicators or pacing apparatus using electric or electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/42 comprising tone forming circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/385 Speed change, i.e. variations from preestablished tempo, tempo change, e.g. faster or slower, accelerando or ritardando, without change in pitch with repetitive changes in pitch, e.g. scratch DJ effects G10H2210/241
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/371 Vital parameter control, i.e. musical instrument control based on body signals, e.g. brainwaves, pulsation, temperature, perspiration; biometric information signals from body positions or movements G10H2220/321
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set

Abstract

The method of selecting content items of the invention comprises selecting (6) a subset of content items from a collection of content items in dependency of feedback gathered during a previous physical activity of a person (3). The subset is smaller than the collection of content items and the feedback comprises information regarding the previous physical activity. The electronic device of the invention comprises electronic circuitry operative to perform the method of the invention. The software of the invention enables a programmable device to perform the method of the invention.

Claims

1. An electronic device (21) comprising electronic circuitry (23), the electronic circuitry (23) being operative to:

select (6) a subset of content items from a collection of content items in dependency of feedback gathered during a previous physical activity of a person (3), the subset being smaller than the collection of content items and the feedback comprising information regarding the previous physical activity.

2. An electronic device (21) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feedback comprises a physical state of the person (3) during the previous physical activity.

3. An electronic device (21) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feedback comprises a pace of the person (3) during the previous physical activity.

4. An electronic device (21) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feedback comprises a pace associated with a physical state of the person (3) during the previous physical activity.

5. An electronic device (21) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feedback comprises information identifying which ones of the subset of content items have been skipped during a certain type of physical exercise.

6. An electronic device (21) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feedback comprises information identifying an influence of one or more of the subset of content items on a physical state of the person (3).

7. An electronic device (21) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feedback comprises a length of a certain type of physical exercise.

9. Software enabling a programmable device to perform the method of claim 7.

8. A method of selecting content items, comprising the step of:

selecting (6) a subset of content items from a collection of content items in dependency of feedback gathered during a previous physical activity of a person (3), the subset being smaller than the collection of content items and the feedback comprising information regarding the previous physical activity.