Personalized Media Recommendations
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1. A method comprising:
- obtaining media preferences of a user of a portable media device based on a history of individual media items previously selected by the user;
identifying one or more streaming media sources currently available to the portable media device, the one or more streaming media sources being identified based on geographic location of the portable media device;
recommending one or more of the identified streaming media sources to the user based on the media preferences; and
playing one of the recommended streaming media sources selected by the user.
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Abstract
Techniques for recommending over-the-air radio stations and other streaming media to a user are described herein.
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining media preferences of a user of a portable media device based on a history of individual media items previously selected by the user; identifying one or more streaming media sources currently available to the portable media device, the one or more streaming media sources being identified based on geographic location of the portable media device; recommending one or more of the identified streaming media sources to the user based on the media preferences; and playing one of the recommended streaming media sources selected by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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identifying over-the-air radio channels receivable by a portable media device at its current geographic location; and recommending one or more of the identified over-the-air radio channels based on media preferences learned from a history of individual media items previously selected by a user of the portable media device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A telecommunications device comprising:
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a broadcast receiver that is tunable to receive over-the-air broadcasts on different channels depending on geographic location; a user interface; device operational logic configured to; scan the broadcast receiver to detect channels receivable by the telecommunications device at its current geographic location; select one or more of the detected over-the-air broadcast channels based on learned media preferences of a device user, the learned media preferences being based on a history of individual media items previously selected by the user; present a menu of the selected over-the-air broadcast channels to the device user via the user interface; receive a selection from the device user via the user interface of a particular one of the selected over-the-air broadcast channels; and tune the broadcast receiver to the particular one of the selected over-the-air broadcast channels. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. One or more computer-readable storage media having stored thereon instructions that are executable by a telecommunications device to perform actions comprising:
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determining the current geographic location of the telecommunications device; identifying over-the-air broadcast channels that can be received at the current geographic location; obtaining learned preferences that are based on a history of individual media items previously selected by a user of the telecommunications device; presenting a recommended channel list identifying one or more of the identified over-the-air broadcast channels that correspond to the learned preferences; receiving a selection from a device user of a desired channel from the recommended channel list; and playing the desired channel. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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