SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PERSONALIZED RENDERING OF DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT

• US 20080215645A1
• Filed: 10/24/2007
• Published: 09/04/2008
• 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:
  US11/923,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20080215645A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/205
• 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 device for personalized rendering of media content, comprising:

a receiver capable of receiving, over a data link, media files and file metadata defining attributes of the media files;

memory disposed to store ones of the media files characterized by file metadata consistent with one or more channel profiles; and

a processor operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes instructions stored in the memory to;

automatically store certain of the ones of the media files stored within the memory,

automatically remove certain of the ones of the media files stored within the memory, and

automatically sequence the ones of the media files stored within the memory for rendering based upon one or more of the channel profiles.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the removal of the media files is triggered by a storage utilization profile of the device reaching pre-configured thresholds.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the removal of the media files is responsive to the inverse of the anticipated playback order of substantially all of the media files stored on the device.

4. The device of claim 2 wherein the removal of the media files is responsive to the anticipated percent of total device playback allocated to the channel or category associated with the media files.

5. The device of claim 2 wherein a predetermined anticipated rendering sequence of a channel or category is periodically adapted based on observations of actual content rendered.

6. A digital media rendering device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to send, over a data link, one or more channel profiles to a remote computer having access to the data link and to receive, over the data link, media files and file metadata based upon the channel profiles;

a memory; and

a processor operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes instructions stored in the memory to;

automatically store within the memory ones of the media files consistent with certain ones of the channel profiles,

automatically delete certain of the ones of the media files stored within the memory, and

automatically sequence the ones of the media files stored within the memory for playback based upon a selected one of the channel profiles.

7. A computer readable media including instructions for execution on a processor in a digital media rendering device, comprising instructions to:

receive at the device, over a data link, media files and file metadata, wherein the file metadata defines attributes of the media files;

store, in a memory of the device, ones of the media files characterized by file metadata consistent with one or more channel profiles maintained within the memory of the device; and

sequence the ones of the media files for playback based upon one or more of the channel profiles.

8. A system for providing personalized digital content for rendering comprising:

a plurality of devices configured to receive a plurality of media files and associated metadata over one or more network connections; and

a content management system configured to provide said media files and associated metadata to a plurality of devices, said metadata relating to a plurality of characteristics of said media files, wherein said plurality of devices are disposed to render said media based at least in part on a set of user specific criteria in conjunction with a set of content specific criteria.