Processing system for recording media content

• US 7,809,647 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2005
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Berstis, Viktors, Morgan, Fabian F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fischer; Andrew J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCINTYRE, CHARLES AARON
• Application Number:
  US11/044,448
• Publication Number:
  US 20060167806A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,077 Days
• Field of Search: 725/31
• US Class Current: 705/52
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/28 for radio apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/17 on recording information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/22 per use
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/74 using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4185 for payment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A method and system are provided in which a user is enabled to record, for example, a song or other radio and/or video content, on demand, and to account for and process appropriate payment for the use of the recorded content. The recorded material is saved and indexed by title and is retrievable for subsequent review, tabulation and/or playing at the user'"'"'s convenience. In one example, a user is enabled to record received media content by pressing a single “ADD” button at any time while a favorite song is being received and played. The song then being played together with the title of the song or video presentation are then saved to memory for subsequent retrieval and playing. The received content is accounted for and tabulated and a payment for the use of the recorded song is processed by the user in accordance with a predetermined payment schedule.

Claims

1. A method for processing compensation to a first party for use of a broadcast unencrypted audio file being broadcast from a radio station, said unencrypted audio file being effective to cause a playing of said unencrypted audio file on an audio playing device of said user, said method comprising:

receiving said broadcast unencrypted audio file by said user;

providing an identifying indicium for said broadcast unencrypted audio file;

providing a selection device, said selection device being operable by said user to select one of said broadcast unencrypted audio files as said one of said audio files is being played on said audio playing device;

saving said selected one of said broadcast unencrypted audio files in its entirety only upon detection of an actuation of said selection device by said user;

using said identifying indicium to determine a payment amount corresponding to a use of said broadcast unencrypted audio file; and

processing said payment amount to effect payment of said payment amount wherein said identifying indicium is a title of said broadcast unencrypted audio file, said method further including storing said identifying indicium in a wireless memory device and reading said identifying indicium from said wireless memory device prior to said using, wherein said using comprises comparing said identifying indicium to a database of similar indicia to determine a payment amount corresponding to said identifying indicium, wherein wireless memory device includes pre-payment means by which said wireless memory device is programmable to operate in combination with a user recording device to selectively enable a user recording device to record a predetermined quantity of said broadcast unencrypted audio files, wherein said wireless memory device is selectively operable in combination with a reading device to determine said payment amount corresponding to said identifying indicium read from said memory device, and wherein said identifying indicium for said broadcast unencrypted audio files recorded by said user is wirelessly transmitted from a user playing device to a processing center, said processing center being operable for determining said payment amount corresponding to said identifying indicium.