STORYTELLING DELIVERY BASED ON REQUEST

• US 20120316952A1
• Filed: 06/13/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Huang, Yanlin, Wu, Bing, Xu, Ting, Sun, Ricky
• Application Number:
  US13/159,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20120316952A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

A request may be received for information associated with at least one of a plurality of recorded audio stories that each include an audio recording of a human naturally telling a story. Transmission of a list of story attributes associated with the recorded audio story may be initiated. An indication of a story attribute selection associated with the list of story attributes may be received. A selection of one of the recorded audio stories may be initiated based on the indication of the story attribute selection associated with the list of story attributes. A sponsored item may be determined based on at least one of the request, the selected recorded audio story, or a current event. Transmission of the selected recorded audio story to a receiving device via a streaming transmission medium may be initiated. Transmission of the sponsored item to the receiving device may be initiated.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a storytelling delivery engine that includes;

a story database interface engine configured to obtain, via a storytelling delivery processor, story attribute information associated with a plurality of recorded audio stories that each include an audio recording of a human naturally telling a story;

an audio story request manager configured to receive a request associated with a user of an audio story delivery service;

an audio story selection engine configured to

access at least one user profile associated with the request,

obtain a selection of one of the recorded audio stories based on information included in the user profile and the request,

access the story attribute information that is associated with the selected one of the recorded audio stories via the story database interface engine, and

obtain at least one sponsored item based on at least one of the request, the user profile, the story attribute information associated with the selected one of the recorded audio stories, or a current event; and

an audio story delivery manager configured to initiate transmission of a recorded audio story associated with the selection to a receiving device via a streaming transmission medium and initiate transmission of the sponsored item to the receiving device.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a sponsored item database interface engine configured to access sponsored item information, wherein

the audio story selection engine is configured to obtain the at least one sponsored item via the sponsored item database interface engine; and

a user profile database interface engine configured to access at least one user profile associated with at least one user of the audio story delivery service, wherein

the audio story selection engine is configured to access the at least one user profile associated with the request via the user profile database interface engine.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an audio database interface engine configured to access audio information associated with the recorded audio stories, wherein

the audio story delivery manager is configured to initiate transmission of the recorded audio story associated with the selection to the receiving device via the audio database interface engine.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the user profile is associated with at least one of

a registered subscriber user, or

a non-subscriber user, wherein

the user profile associated with the non-subscriber user includes an indication of a user preference of at least one of permission denial of storage of the user profile associated with the non-subscriber user in a user profile repository or permission denial of sharing of user attributes associated with the non-subscriber user.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a sponsored item matching engine configured to determine the sponsored item based on matching characteristics associated with at least two of;

the user profile, the story attribute information associated with the selected one of the recorded audio stories, and the current event, wherein

the current event includes at least one of a time of day, a local event, a national event, a global event, a weather event, a sporting event, a movie event, a product introduction event, a religious event, a historical event, a date, or an artistic event.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the audio story request manager is configured to receive behavioral indicators associated with a behavior of the user and initiate update of one of the user profiles associated with the user based on the received behavioral indicators,

the audio story selection engine is configured to obtain a recommendation list of suggested ones of the plurality of recorded audio stories based on at least one of the request, the user profile, a location associated with the user, a location associated with the receiving device, a weather condition indicator, an indicator of a time of day, a date indicator, a history of selections associated with a plurality of other users, or current events indicators, and

the audio story delivery manager is configured to initiate transmission of the recommendation list to the receiving device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the audio story delivery manager is configured to initiate transmission of the sponsored item to the receiving device based on at least one of;

initiating transmission of a recorded audio clip associated with the sponsored item based on a streaming transmission via the streaming transmission medium to the receiving device, or

initiating transmission of visual image data associated with the sponsored item to the receiving device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein:

at least one of the user profiles includes historical information associated with a history of selections of the recorded audio stories associated with one of the users associated with the at least one of the user profiles.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein:

at least one of the user profiles includes user information received from one of the users associated with the at least one of the user profiles, including at least one of an indicator associated with an age, an indicator associated with a preference of a category of stories, an indicator associated with a preference of a type of receiving device, an indicator associated with a preference of a natural language, an indicator associated with an album of favorite stories, an indicator of a user preference for at least one of the recorded audio stories, an indicator associated with a preference of a category of sponsored items, or an indication of a permission type associated with the at least one of the user profiles.

10. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause at least one data processing apparatus to:

receive a request for information associated with at least one of a plurality of recorded audio stories that each include an audio recording of a human naturally telling a story;

initiate transmission, via a storytelling delivery processor, of a list of story attributes associated with the at least one of the plurality of recorded audio stories;

receive an indication of a story attribute selection associated with the list of story attributes;

initiate a selection of one of the recorded audio stories based on the indication of the story attribute selection associated with the list of story attributes;

determine at least one sponsored item based on at least one of the request, the selected recorded audio story, or a current event;

initiate transmission of the selected recorded audio story to a receiving device via a streaming transmission medium; and

initiate transmission of the sponsored item to the receiving device.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to:

obtain a recommendation list of suggested ones of the plurality of recorded audio stories based on at least one of;

the request, a user profile, a location associated with the user, a location associated with the receiving device, a weather condition indicator, an indicator of a time of day, a date indicator, or current events indicators; and

initiate transmission of the recommendation list to the receiving device.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to:

receive an indication of a selected item associated with the recommendation list, wherein

initiating the selection of the one of the recorded audio stories includes initiating the selection of the one of the recorded audio stories based on the indication of the selected item associated with the recommendation list.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to:

receive an indication of a selected item associated with the recommendation list; and

initiate an update event associated with the user profile based on the indication of the selected item associated with the recommendation list.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to:

receive an indication of a selected item associated with the recommendation list, wherein

determining the at least one sponsored item includes determining the at least one sponsored item based on the indication of the selected item associated with the recommendation list.

15. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein:

the at least one sponsored item includes at least one item associated with advertising.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to:

initiate transmission of the selected recorded audio story to a receiving device that includes a mobile device via a streaming transmission medium; and

initiate transmission of the sponsored item to the receiving device that includes the mobile device.

17. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause at least one data processing apparatus to:

receive, via a user device processor, a user request for a streaming transmission of at least one of a plurality of recorded audio stories that each include an audio recording of a human naturally telling a story;

send a device request that includes at least one device identification, a user identification associated with the user, and request information indicating the user request for the streaming transmission of the at least one recorded audio story, to a storytelling delivery service device;

initiate a streaming audio input session associated with the requested streaming transmission of the at least one recorded audio story; and

initiate an output of a transmission of a sponsored item associated with the requested streaming transmission to a recipient of the streaming audio input session associated with the requested streaming transmission.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to:

initiate a display of a list of story attributes associated with the plurality of recorded audio stories on a display device associated with the user; and

receive a story selection that includes an indication of at least one of the story attributes,

wherein the device request includes a device indication of the story selection.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein:

the list of story attributes associated with the plurality of recorded audio stories includes at least one of;

a list of story titles, a list of story categories, a list of listener age ranges, a list of story ratings ranges, a list of story authors, a list of storyteller names, or a list of storyteller attributes; and

the device indication of the story selection includes an indication of a story selection input received from the user.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein:

the at least one device identification includes a device identification associated with a story receiving device and a device identification associated with a request submission device; and

initiating the streaming audio input session associated with the requested streaming transmission of the at least one recorded audio story includes initiating the streaming audio input session to the story receiving device.