Method, apparatus and computer program product for identifying a playing media file and tracking associated user preferences
First Claim
1. A method of collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording, comprising the steps of:
- gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording;
determining if tags are embedded in the playing media recording and gathering information related to the playing media recording from the tags embedded in the playing media recording, if the tags exist;
determining if table of contents information for a collection of tracks containing the playing media recording exists, where each track in the collection has a respective length, and gathering the table of contents information for the collection by identifying the collection using an identifier computed from concatenating the track lengths, if the table of contents exists;
assembling the gathered descriptive information, from the tags and the table of contents information into an media recording information packet; and
sending the media recording information packet to a server computer, resulting in a collection of user preference information related to the playing media recording.
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Abstract
Collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording is accomplished by gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording and determining if tags are embedded in the media recording and gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from the tags embedded in the playing media recording, if the tags exist. Further, determining if a table of contents exists on the media recording and gathering a table of contents for a collection containing the playing media recording by identifying the collection using a concatenation of track lengths identifier generation technique, if the table of contents exists. Then assembling the descriptive information into a media recording information packet and sending the media recording information packet to a server computer, resulting in a collection of user preference information related to the playing media recording.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording, comprising the steps of:
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gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording; determining if tags are embedded in the playing media recording and gathering information related to the playing media recording from the tags embedded in the playing media recording, if the tags exist; determining if table of contents information for a collection of tracks containing the playing media recording exists, where each track in the collection has a respective length, and gathering the table of contents information for the collection by identifying the collection using an identifier computed from concatenating the track lengths, if the table of contents exists; assembling the gathered descriptive information, from the tags and the table of contents information into an media recording information packet; and sending the media recording information packet to a server computer, resulting in a collection of user preference information related to the playing media recording. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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