Mobile phone content-based recommendation of new media
First Claim
1. A method of recommending media to a user of an electronic equipment based upon information available from the electronic equipment comprising:
- accessing a memory of the electronic equipment, the memory including data related to the operation of the electronic equipment;
analyzing at least the data related to operation of the electronic equipment to determine characteristics thereof;
generating a list of recommended media based on the characteristics of the data; and
displaying the list of recommended media to the user on a display of the electronic equipment;
wherein the determined characteristics correspond to attributes of available media; and
wherein the accessing the memory includes accessing at least one of call log data, message log data, video/picture log data, environmental log data, calendar log data, and voice memo log data.
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Abstract
A method of recommending new media to a user based on various information stored and/or collected by, for example, a mobile phone is provided. More particularly, the invention provides a method of recommending new media based on information such as, for example, the content of sent and received text messages, previously viewed sound and/or video clips, location, content of emails, environmental information such as temperature or pressure, etc. Accordingly, the invention facilitates the use of information generated by a user during use of a mobile phone for recommending media to the user.
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1. A method of recommending media to a user of an electronic equipment based upon information available from the electronic equipment comprising:
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accessing a memory of the electronic equipment, the memory including data related to the operation of the electronic equipment; analyzing at least the data related to operation of the electronic equipment to determine characteristics thereof; generating a list of recommended media based on the characteristics of the data; and displaying the list of recommended media to the user on a display of the electronic equipment; wherein the determined characteristics correspond to attributes of available media; and wherein the accessing the memory includes accessing at least one of call log data, message log data, video/picture log data, environmental log data, calendar log data, and voice memo log data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic equipment comprising:
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a memory for storing at least data corresponding to operation of the electronic equipment; a media analyzer for analyzing the data corresponding to operation of the electronic equipment and determining characteristic of the data; a processor for accessing the internet to search for media based on the characteristics determined by the media analyzer; and a display for displaying a list of recommended media; wherein the characteristics determined by the analyzer correspond to attributes of available media; wherein the data corresponding to operation of the electronic equipment includes at least one of call log data, message log data, video/picture log data, environmental log data, calendar log data, and voice memo log data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer program embodied in a computer readable medium for recommending media to a user of an electronic equipment based upon information available from the electronic equipment comprising:
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code that accesses a memory of the electronic equipment, the memory including data related to the operation of the electronic equipment; code that analyzes at least the data related to operation of the electronic equipment to determine characteristics thereof; code that generates a list of recommended media based on the characteristics of the data; and code that displays the list of recommended media to the user on a display of the electronic device; wherein the characteristics determined by the code that analyzes correspond to attributes of available media; and wherein the data related to the operation of the electronic equipment includes at least one of call log data, message log data, video/picture log data, environmental log data, calendar log data, voice memo log data, and media data.
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