System and method for providing music based on a mood

• US 8,644,971 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2010
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Phil I. Weinstein
• Original Assignee: Phil Weinstein
• Inventors: Weinstein, Phil
• Primary Examiner(s): MCCORD, PAUL C
• Application Number:
  US12/927,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20110112671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,184 Days
• Field of Search: 700/94
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44213 Monitoring of end-user related data arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 on social networks
• 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 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format

Abstract

A system provides music that matches the mood of an e-book when the e-book is read on an e-Reader. The system comprises several sub-components to calculate a user'"'"'s average reading speed, analyze the e-book for moods, match music to each mood, track music played and purchased, record user'"'"'s music preference, and play the matched music based on the user'"'"'s music preference. The moods are indexed as adjectives, adverbs, and onomonopias. A change in mood triggers a change in music played in a wall-to-wall or movie mode. When a user does not have a music preference, the system chooses a default music based on genre, style, and mode based on the analyzed mood. When the system plays music in the movie mode to match a predetermined number of moods, the system fades the music to a pause equal to the predetermined number before resuming the music based on a current mood.

Claims

1. A method for providing music based on mood comprising:

syncing to an e-reader on which an e-book is loaded when a first page of the e-book is displayed on the e-reader, wherein syncing comprises recording a unique identifier of the e-reader;

analyzing the e-book for moods, wherein primary moods are identified as a user progresses through the e-book, and wherein analyzing the e-book comprises;

invoking a special dictionary in a language of the e-book containing adjectives, adverbs and onomatopoeias found in a conventional dictionary;

extracting words from the e-book that match the adjectives, adverbs and onomatopoeias in the special dictionary;

indexing the extracted words into one of a plurality of moods; and

invoking a priority scheme to determine the primary mood of each page;

generating a list of links matching the identified primary moods;

filtering the list of links based on user music preferences; and

selecting music based on the identified primary moods in concert with a parameter designating continuous playback or playback comprising timed pauses;

calculating music playback times based on the locations of the primary moods and calculating a user'"'"'s average reading speed wherein the calculating comprises;

recording a total number of words on the first page of the e-book;

recording a time stamp when the first page of the e-book is displayed on the e-reader;

recording a total number of words on each subsequent page of the e-book;

recording the time stamp when each subsequent page of the e-book is displayed on the e-reader; and

logging and updating a user'"'"'s average turn rate on a server based on the unique identifier and

directing primary mood based playback of digital music propagated from a media source.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the primary moods are selected from the group consisting of a happy mood, a sad mood, a carefree mood, a dreamy mood, a sleepy mood, a scary mood, an intense mood, a loving mood, an intimate mood, a nostalgic mood, an ominous mood, a creepy mood, a regal mood, an adventurous mood, a mysterious mood, a yearning mood, a hopeless mood and a triumphant mood.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the priority scheme is selected from the group consisting of an adjectives scheme wherein the primary mood of the page is the adjective encountered a maximum number of times on the page and wherein if there is more than one adjective encountered a same maximum number of times the primary mood of the page is the adjective in the more than one adjective with a higher priority, an adverbs only scheme wherein the primary mood of the page is the adverb encountered a maximum number of times on the page and wherein if there is more than one adverb encountered a same maximum number of times the primary mood of the page is the adverb in the more than one adverb with a higher priority, an onomatopoeias only scheme wherein the primary mood of the page is the onomatopoeia encountered a maximum number of times on the page and wherein if there is more than one onomatopoeia encountered a same maximum number of times the primary mood of the page is the onomatopoeia in the more than one onomatopoeia with a higher priority, an adjectives outweighing the adverbs scheme wherein the primary mood of the page is the adjective encountered a maximum number of times on the page unless an adverb is encountered more times than the adjective encountered the maximum number of times, and an onomatopoeias outweighing the adjectives and adverbs scheme wherein the primary mood of the page is the onomatopoeia encountered more times than the adjective or adverb encountered a maximum number of times on the page.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein applying a users music preference comprises:

continuously updating the music playback times as each page of text is displayed on the e-book relative to the average reading speed of the user;

using a priority scheme to determine when to change playback music from the current mood select to a new mood select;

applying a user specified music playback preference such as ‘

wall-to-wall’

(continuous music playback), or ‘

movie mode’

(music playback pauses at timed intervals between music selections to create a ‘

movie like’

experience);

applying a user specified music playback preference such as “

lyrics”

(only play music with lyrics) or “

no lyrics”

(only play music without lyrics).

5. The method of claim 4, wherein

combining each mood with a user'"'"'s music preference comprises determining a length of the music to be played for a primary mood and determining a mode of the music, and wherein the length is dictated by the occurrence of a next primary mood and the mode is wall-to-wall mode or movie mode.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the music played in the wall-to-wall mode or the movie mode is dictated by the user'"'"'s music preference of music either with or without lyrics, and wherein the user'"'"'s music preference is set prior to turning on the e-reader or at any time thereafter.