Collaborative rejection of media for physical establishments
First Claim
1. A collaborative media selection system for physical establishments comprising:
- a media server comprising;
a processor; and
a computer readable storage medium operatively coupled to the processor comprising;
a plurality of establishment descriptors, each establishment descriptor having associated therewith, a unique establishment identifier indexed to a physical establishment; and
a set of logical instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to;
receive a plurality of media rejection messages over the network, each media rejection message being received from one of a plurality of portable computing devices and indicative of customer dissatisfaction with a currently playing media file within a physical establishment each media rejection message including a unique establishment identifier and a unique customer identifier associated therewith;
determine if a threshold number of media rejection messages have been received associated with a currently playing media file within a particular physical establishment, wherein the threshold determination is performed separately for each of a plurality of physical establishments; and
cause the currently playing media file within the particular physical establishment to halt play prior to completion based at least in part upon the threshold determination for the currently playing media file within that establishment being affirmative.
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Abstract
A system, computer implemented method, and computer readable storage medium is provided which enables customers of an establishment to collaboratively reject a media file that is currently playing and/or pending to be played within that establishment by entering data into a personal wireless portable computing device on their person, for example a cellular telephone. Upon entering a rejection request, and where necessary an establishment identifier, a message is sent over a wireless link to a media server which performs a series of logical tests to determine if the media file is actually terminated prior to full completion of play. In this way, a plurality of separate customers may use their portable computing devices to collaboratively reject specific musical media file selections that are currently playing or currently pending for play within a particular physical establishment.
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13 Claims
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1. A collaborative media selection system for physical establishments comprising:
a media server comprising; a processor; and a computer readable storage medium operatively coupled to the processor comprising; a plurality of establishment descriptors, each establishment descriptor having associated therewith, a unique establishment identifier indexed to a physical establishment; and a set of logical instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to; receive a plurality of media rejection messages over the network, each media rejection message being received from one of a plurality of portable computing devices and indicative of customer dissatisfaction with a currently playing media file within a physical establishment each media rejection message including a unique establishment identifier and a unique customer identifier associated therewith; determine if a threshold number of media rejection messages have been received associated with a currently playing media file within a particular physical establishment, wherein the threshold determination is performed separately for each of a plurality of physical establishments; and cause the currently playing media file within the particular physical establishment to halt play prior to completion based at least in part upon the threshold determination for the currently playing media file within that establishment being affirmative. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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