Intelligent Music Track Selection in a Networked Environment

• US 20110126114A1
• Filed: 10/25/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bose Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bose Corporation
• Inventors: Martin, Keith D., Sakalowsky, John Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/911,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20110126114A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections

Abstract

An indication is provided of a state of a body of content, the body of content including at least a portion of a track, the indication being updated based on a user'"'"'s interaction with the content, the state of the body of content including information about the user'"'"'s preferences with respect to the body of content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

calculating a first target score for each track of a plurality of tracks able to be streamed from a server and across a network that reflects a likelihood of a user choosing each track to be the next track to be played;

presenting a first subset of the plurality of tracks to the user based on the first target scores of each track of the first subset to enable the user to choose a track from among the first subset for being played by an endpoint playback device;

caching a first amount of a track of the first subset received across the network from the server in the endpoint playback device;

monitoring an action by the user associated with the next track to be played;

calculating a second target score for each track of the plurality of tracks that reflects a likelihood of a user choosing each track to be the next track to be played in view of the action by the user;

presenting a second subset of the plurality of tracks to the user based on the second target scores of each track of the second subset to enable the user to choose a track from among the second subset for being played by an endpoint playback device, wherein the second subset is smaller than the first subset; and

caching a second amount of a track of the second subset received across the network from the server in the endpoint playback device, wherein the second amount is greater than the first amount.

2. An apparatus comprising a CPU executing a sequence of instructions of a preference engine that causes the CPU to:

calculate a first target score for each track of a plurality of tracks able to be streamed from a server and across a network that reflects a likelihood of a user choosing each track to be the next track to be played;

present a first subset of the plurality of tracks to the user based on the first target scores of each track of the first subset to enable the user to choose a track from among the first subset for being played by an endpoint playback device;

cache a first amount of a track of the first subset received across the network from the server in the endpoint playback device;

monitor an action by the user associated with the next track to be played;

calculate a second target score for each track of the plurality of tracks that reflects a likelihood of a user choosing each track to be the next track to be played in view of the action by the user;

present a second subset of the plurality of tracks to the user based on the second target scores of each track of the second subset to enable the user to choose a track from among the second subset for being played by an endpoint playback device, wherein the second subset is smaller than the first subset; and

cache a second amount of a track of the second subset received across the network from the server in the endpoint playback device, wherein the second amount is greater than the first amount.