Adaptive personalized music and entertainment

• US 8,396,800 B1
• Filed: 10/22/2010
• Issued: 03/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synergy Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: James W. Wieder
• Inventors: Wieder, James W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Trammell, James
• Assistant Examiner(s): GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON
• Application Number:
  US12/910,139
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 705/50, 846/04
• US Class Current: 705/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1014 to tokens
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1015 to users
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A method and system for providing a personalized entertainment experience that is customized for each user. User actions and user control actions may be associated with each played composition and captured as user feedback about each composition. A targeted time between playbacks of a composition may be determined by using said control actions. A customized sequence of compositions may be automatically generated for each user by utilizing a history of the user actions and/or control actions. The personalized sequence may automatically adapt to changing user preferences and feedback over time. The user'"'"'s collection of compositions may be automatically integrated with the generated customized sequence. Additional compositions and samples, that are new to a user, may be automatically chosen based on the prior user feedback/history and may be added to the user'"'"'s collection when indicated by user action(s).

Claims

1. An apparatus-implemented method for personalized music or entertainment, the method comprising:

capturing, at a user-device or user-devices, details of user actions by a user on a composition;

determining, with a processor or processors, a target time between playbacks of the composition by using a relationship or relationships wherein the target time between playbacks of the composition dependently varies with said details of user actions by the user;

selecting, by a processor or processors, the composition for playback, at least partially based upon said target time between playbacks of the composition.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating, with a processor or processors, a playback of the selected composition for said user.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically playing by the user-device or another user-device, a sequence of compositions;

wherein the compositions were custom selected for said user by using said user actions.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship is defined by a curve, lookup table, database, equation, polynomial, digital differential analyzer, mathematical function or formula.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship is non-linear.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship is not monotonic.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the relationship defines an updated target time between playbacks that is dependent on a prior value of the time between playbacks and a newer control action.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the relationship defines an updated target time between playbacks, that is dependent on a prior value of the time between playbacks and a newer control action;

wherein the updated time between playbacks is a scaled amount of the prior value of the time between playbacks.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the relationship defines an updated target time between playbacks, that is dependent on a prior value of the time between playbacks and a newer control action;

wherein the updated time between playbacks also depends on details of a one or more control actions that occurred prior to the newer control action.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship defines the time between playbacks that is dependent on a rating of the user;

wherein the rating is at least partially determined by said user actions.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship defines the time between playbacks that is dependent on a rating of the user that is at least partially determined by said user actions;

wherein the time between playbacks of the composition varies inversely with the rating of the composition.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship defines the time between playbacks that is dependent on a rating of the user that is at least partially determined by said user actions;

wherein an updated value of the rating is determined by adjusting a prior rating by an amount determined by a newer control action.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship defines the time between playbacks that is dependent on a rating of the user that is at least partially determined by said user actions;

wherein an updated value of the rating is determined by adjusting a prior rating by an amount determined by a newer control action, and one or more control actions that occurred prior to the newer control action.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship defines the time between playbacks that is dependent on a rating of the user that is at least partially dependent on a play-count or an amount of usage by the user.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship defines the time between playbacks that is dependent on a play-count of the user.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship or relationships of the time between playbacks is at least partially dependent on a rating of the user that is determined by a plurality of control actions by the user;

wherein a magnitude of the rating for the composition is increased by some control actions, and the magnitude of the rating for the composition is decreased by other control actions.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship or relationships of the time between playbacks is at least partially dependent on a rating of the user that is determined by said user actions;

wherein some user actions cause the rating to be adjusted to a higher magnitude, and other user actions cause the rating to be adjusted to a lower magnitude.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship or relationships of the time between playbacks is at least partially dependent on a rating of the user that is determined by said user actions;

wherein a magnitude of the rating is adjusted to a more favorable preference by control actions that occurred on a first occasion; and

the magnitude of the rating is adjusted to a less favorable preference by control actions that occurred on a second occasion.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein said user actions are processed in their order of occurrence;

wherein the time between playbacks is increased by some user actions; and

wherein the time between playbacks is decreased by other user actions.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, in a memory or memories, the details about individual user actions, for a plurality of user actions on the composition, that occurred on different occasions and/or at different user devices;

processing, in order of user action occurrence, a plurality of said stored details about user actions, to determine the time between playbacks of the composition;

wherein the time between playbacks is increased by some user actions; and

wherein the time between playbacks is decreased by other user actions.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein said relationship includes a plurality of different values for the time between playbacks.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein said selecting is based upon a targeted playback time that is based upon said target time between playbacks of the composition.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein a prior target time between playbacks is increased or decreased, based upon one or a plurality, of said user actions.

24. Apparatus for personalized music or entertainment, said apparatus comprising:

memory or memories that capture at a user-device or user-devices, details of user actions by a user on a composition;

a processor that automatically determines a target time between playbacks of the composition, by using a relationship wherein the time between playbacks of the composition dependently varies with said details of user actions by the user; and

automatically selects the composition for playback, at least partially based upon said target time between playbacks of the composition.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said selecting is based upon a targeted playback time that is based upon said target time between playbacks of the composition.

26. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein a prior target time between playbacks is increased or decreased, based upon one or a plurality, of said user actions.

27. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said processor or another processor, automatically initiates a playback of the selected composition for said user.

28. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said relationship is defined by a curve, lookup table, database, equation, polynomial, digital differential analyzer, mathematical function or formula.

29. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said relationship is non-linear.

30. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said relationship is not monotonic.

31. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the relationship defines an updated target time between playbacks that is dependent on a prior value of the time between playbacks and a newer control action.

32. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said relationship defines the time between playbacks that is dependent on a rating of the user;

wherein the rating is at least partially determined by said user actions.

33. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said relationship defines the time between playbacks that is dependent on a rating of the user that is at least partially determined by said user actions;

wherein an updated value of the rating is determined by adjusting a prior rating by an amount determined by a newer control action.

34. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said relationship defines the time between playbacks that is dependent on a rating of the user that is at least partially dependent on a play-count or an amount of usage by the user.

35. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said relationship or relationships of the time between playbacks is at least partially dependent on a rating of the user that is determined by said user actions;

wherein some user actions cause the rating to be adjusted to a higher amount, and other user actions cause the rating to be adjusted to a lower amount.

36. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said relationship or relationships of the time between playbacks is at least partially dependent on a rating of the user that is determined by said user actions;

wherein a magnitude of the rating is adjusted to a more favorable preference by control actions that occurred on a first occasion; and

the magnitude of the rating is adjusted to a less favorable preference by control actions that occurred on a second occasion.

37. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said user actions are processed in their order of occurrence;

wherein the time between playbacks is increased by some user actions; and

wherein the time between playbacks is decreased by other user actions.

38. One or more computer-readable memories or media, not including carrier-waves, having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more processing devices, implement a method of:

capturing, at a user-device or user-devices, details of user actions by a user on a composition;

automatically determining a target time between playbacks of the composition by using a relationship or relationships wherein the target time between playbacks of the composition dependently varies with said details of user actions by the user;

automatically selecting the composition for playback at least partially based upon said target time between playbacks of the composition.