Method of and apparatus for rating songs on internet radio and downloading related content

• US 20100057852A1
• Filed: 11/04/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Steven E. Barile
• Original Assignee: Steven E. Barile
• Inventors: Barile, Steven E.
• Application Number:
  US12/590,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20100057852A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• 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 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8193 dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/835 Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method comprising: streaming songs through Internet radio to a portable device; connecting to the portable device through a network; obtaining feedback from a selected group of users of the portable device; providing a license to the songs to the users; and downloading the songs and related content to the portable device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

streaming songs through Internet radio to a portable device;

connecting to the portable device through a network;

obtaining feedback from a selected group of users of the portable device;

providing a license to the songs to the users; and

downloading the songs and related content to the portable device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the connecting is wireless.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the connecting is occasional.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining payment for downloading the songs.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the obtaining the payment is through the Internet.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the downloading comprises at least one of the following:

unpacking, decrypting, decompressing, and decoding the songs.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the network comprises at least one of the following:

a local area network, a wide area network, the Internet, a terrestrial broadcast network, and a wireless network.

8. A method comprising:

occasionally connecting to a portable device through the Internet;

accepting a list of songs from a selected group of users of the portable device;

searching a database for the songs and related content;

downloading the songs and the related content to the portable device; and

caching the songs and the related content on the portable device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the occasionally-connected portable device comprises a computer.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the downloading of the songs comprises at least one of the following:

packaging, encrypting, compressing, and encoding the songs.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the database comprises at least one of static and dynamic multimedia content.

12. A system comprising:

a portable device to play songs from Internet radio;

a selected group of users of the portable device to rate the songs according to a rule;

a network to occasionally connect the portable device to a provider of the songs;

the provider to download the higher-rated songs and related content to the portable device; and

a cache to store the songs and the related content on the portable device.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a play list generating mechanism capable of generating a play list;

a recommendation mechanism capable of expanding the play list by recommending related songs; and

a user feedback uploading mechanism capable of uploading the ratings of the songs.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a communication port;

a database of songs;

a searching mechanism capable of searching the songs in the play list; and

a content processing mechanism capable of at least one of the following;

packaging, encrypting, compressing, and encoding the multimedia files.

15. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a communication port;

a receiving component capable of downloading and receiving the songs from the provider through a network; and

a storage component capable of storing the songs.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the portable multimedia content player comprises:

a multimedia content access module capable of at least one of the following;

unpacking, decrypting, decompressing, and decoding the multimedia files stored in the portable multimedia content cache; and

a multimedia content rendering mechanism capable of rendering the multimedia files to a user.