INTELLIGENT DOWNLOAD OF MEDIA FILES TO PORTABLE DEVICE

• US 20080306909A1
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Vargas, Sandra Irene, Pratt, James Farquharson, Bernard, Peter Andrew
• Application Number:
  US11/760,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20080306909A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/637 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialization, adaptation or distribution
• 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: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

Systems and methods that intelligently download media files from a repository to a portable device of a user (e.g., cell phone), via an intelligent download engine and based on likelihood that such downloaded files are of interest to the user. Accordingly, from a user'"'"'s perspective a seamless access to music depository is provided (e.g., typically all files of the depository seem to be virtually present on the portable device), and a user'"'"'s manual interaction (e.g., selection of files based on memory requirement of the portable unit) is mitigated.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system comprising the following computer executable components:

a depository that stores digital media; and

an intelligent download engine that intelligently downloads the digital media into a user'"'"'s device based on likelihood that such downloaded music is of interest to the user.

2. The computer implemented system of claim 1, the download engine further comprising a contextualization component that analyzes context of user related information.

3. The computer implemented system of claim 1 further comprising a scrolling component that enables a scroll of digital music that is queued for download.

4. The computer implemented system of claim 1 further comprising an artificial intelligence component that facilitates download music of interest to the user.

5. The computer implemented system of claim 1 further comprising a search component that locates digital music files.

6. The computer implemented system of claim 2, the user related information includes physical location of user or activities of user or combination thereof.

7. The computer implemented system of claim 1, the user'"'"'s device is a wireless mobile device.

8. The computer implemented system of claim 7, the intelligent download engine part of the wireless mobile device.

9. A computer implemented method comprising the following computer executable acts:

inferring whether a digital music is of interest to a user;

automatically downloading the digital music to device of the user.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 9 further comprising supplying a seamless access to a music depository that stores the digital music.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 9 further comprising presenting virtually all files on the music depository from a user'"'"'s perspective.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 9 further comprising employing a probabilistic or a statistical based analysis or a combination thereof to select the digital music.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 9 further comprising selecting the digital music by the user.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 10 further comprising locating the digital music file in the music depository.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 10 further comprising streaming the digital music to the user.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 10 further comprising flushing out the digital music from the device.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 16 further comprising replacing the digital music with additional digital music.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 16 further comprising anticipating user likelihood of enjoying a song.

19. The computer implemented method of claim 16 further comprising abstracting a remote versus local storage concept as pertaining to the device.

20. A computer implemented system comprising the following computer executable components:

means for intelligently downloading digital music into device of a user based on likelihood that downloaded music is of interest to the user; and

means for analyzing context of user related information.