PERFORMANCE METADATA FOR MEDIA

• US 20150046814A1
• Filed: 10/27/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Haughay, Allen P. Jr., Rottler, Benjamin
• Granted Patent: US 10,353,952 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/00 Measuring physiological parameters of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

Systems and methods for generating and using performance metadata associated with a media piece (e.g., music or video) are provided. An electronic device can monitor a user'"'"'s workout performance while playing a particular media piece. Workout performance may include the user'"'"'s rate of motion and/or one or more physiological metrics of the user. Based on the user'"'"'s workout performance, the electronic device can create new or modify existing performance metadata associated with the media piece. In some embodiments, the performance metadata based on a particular user'"'"'s workout performance in response to a media piece may be combined with collective performance metadata based on the workout performances of multiple users in response to the media piece. The combined performance metadata may then be stored as new collective metadata Accordingly, the collective performance metadata can represent the average response to a media piece over multiple use.

Claims

1. A method for selecting media pieces based on performance metadata, the method comprising:

receiving a user input specifying an exercise activity profile;

accessing performance metadata associated with a collection of media pieces, wherein the performance metadata is collective performance metadata that represents workout performances of multiple users;

arranging the collection of media pieces in an order so that the performance metadata of each piece corresponds to the specified exercise activity profile; and

providing the media pieces in the arranged order.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessing performance metadata comprises:

accessing performance metadata that represents a user'"'"'s workout performance during different segments of a media piece in the collection.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the arranging comprises:

specifying at least one segment of the media piece based on the performance metadata.

4. A machine readable non-transitory storage medium storing executable instructions which when executed cause a data processing system to perform a method for selecting media pieces based on performance metadata, the method comprising:

receiving a user input specifying an exercise activity profile;

accessing performance metadata associated with a collection of media pieces, wherein the performance metadata is collective performance metadata that represents workout performances of multiple users;

arranging the collection of media pieces in an order so that the performance metadata of each piece corresponds to the specified exercise activity profile; and

providing the metadata pieces in the arranged order.

5. The medium of claim 4, wherein the accessing performance metadata comprises:

accessing performance metadata that represents a user'"'"'s workout performance during different segments of a media piece in the collection.

6. The medium of claim 5, wherein the arranging comprises:

specifying at least one segment of the media piece based on the performance metadata.

7. A data processing system comprising a processing system coupled to a memory and the memory containing program instructions which configure the processing system to:

receive a user input specifying an exercise activity profile;

access performance metadata associated with a collection of media pieces, wherein the performance metadata is collective performance metadata that represents workout performances of multiple users;

arrange the collection of media pieces in an order so that the performance metadata of each piece corresponds to the specified exercise activity profile; and

the media pieces in the arranged order.

8. A method for selecting media pieces, the method comprising:

receiving an input specifying an exercise activity profile;

accessing first performance metadata associated only with a first media piece;

accessing first collection performance metadata associated with a first collection of media pieces comprising at least the first media piece and a second media piece arranged in a first order; and

arranging a second collection of media pieces in a second order based on the exercise activity profile, the first performance metadata, and the first collection performance metadata.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein

the first media piece comprises a first media piece segment and a second media piece segment;

and

the second order comprises at least a portion of the second media piece between the first media piece segment and the second media piece segment.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing the second collection of media pieces in the second order.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the providing comprises crossfading between two media pieces of the second collection of media pieces in the second order.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the providing comprises using a beat-matching algorithm to match the timing of two media pieces of the second collection of media pieces in the second order.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein

the receiving comprises receiving the input from a particular user;

and

at least one of the first performance metadata and the first collection performance metadata is based on a past workout performance of the particular user.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the receiving comprises receiving the input from a particular user; and

at least one of the first performance metadata and the first collection performance metadata is based on past workout performances of multiple users.

15. A machine readable non transitory storage medium storing executable instructions which when executed cause a data processing system to perform a method for selecting media pieces, the method comprising:

receiving an input specifying an exercise activity profile;

accessing first performance metadata associated only with a first media piece;

accessing first collection performance metadata associated with a first collection of media pieces comprising at least the first media piece and a second media piece arranged in a first order; and

arranging a second collection of media pieces in a second order based on the exercise activity profile, the first performance at metadata, and the first collection performance metadata.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein:

the first media piece comprises a first media piece segment and a second media piece segment; and

the second order comprises at least a portion of the second media piece between the first media piece segment and the second media piece segment.

17. The medium of claim 15, further comprising providing the second collection of media pieces in the second order.

19. The medium of claim 17, wherein the providing comprises using a beat-matching algorithm to match the timing of two media pieces of the second collection of media pieces in the second order.

20. The medium of claim 15, wherein:

the receiving comprises receiving the input from a particular user; and

at least one of the first performance metadata and the first collection performance metadata is based on a past workout performance of the particular user.

21. The medium of claim 19, wherein:

the receiving comprises receiving the input from a particular user; and

at least one of the first performance metadata and the first collection performance metadata is based on past workout performances of multiple users.

18. The medium of claim wherein the providing comprises crossfading between two media pieces of the collection of media pieces in the second order.

22. A data processing system comprising a processing system coupled to a memory and the memory containing program instructions which configure the processing system to:

receive an input specifying an exercise activity profile;

access first performance metadata associated only with a first media piece;

access first collection performance metadata associated with a first collection of media pieces comprising at least the first media piece and a second media piece arranged in a first order; and

arrange a second collection of media pieces in a second order based on the exercise activity profile, the first performance metadata, and the first collection performance metadata.