Multimedia mobile personalization system
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1. A method for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
- receiving, at a server, a user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a digital video recorder (DVR) service provider, the user being a subscriber of the DVR service provider, the DVR service provider retrieves the user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a first set-top box comprising a DVR associated with the user;
recording, by the server, multimedia content based on the received user'"'"'s viewing preferences;
allowing, by the server, a second set-top box associated with the user to access the recorded multimedia content on the server, the second set-top box plays the multimedia content;
sending, by the server, a viewing preference update to the DVR service provider, the viewing reference update indicating that a multimedia content recorded by the server was viewed at the second set-top box.
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Abstract
A multimedia mobile personalization system provides a remote control that detects a user'"'"'s electronic tag, e.g. an RFID tag. The remote control notifies a multimedia device of the user'"'"'s identity. The multimedia devices tailors it operations to the user'"'"'s preferences stored locally. Multimedia content such as broadcast or recorded television programs, music play lists, and the like could be sorted, displayed, or restricted, depending on the user identifier.
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1. A method for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
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receiving, at a server, a user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a digital video recorder (DVR) service provider, the user being a subscriber of the DVR service provider, the DVR service provider retrieves the user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a first set-top box comprising a DVR associated with the user; recording, by the server, multimedia content based on the received user'"'"'s viewing preferences; allowing, by the server, a second set-top box associated with the user to access the recorded multimedia content on the server, the second set-top box plays the multimedia content; sending, by the server, a viewing preference update to the DVR service provider, the viewing reference update indicating that a multimedia content recorded by the server was viewed at the second set-top box. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 13, 22, 25)
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5. An apparatus for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
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a user preference receiving subsystem, on a server, that receives a user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a digital video recorder (DVR) service provider, the user being a subscriber of the DVR service provider, the DVR service provider retrieves the user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a first set-top box comprising a DVR associated with the user; a content recording subsystem, on the server, that records multimedia content on the server based on the received user'"'"'s viewing preferences; a content access subsystem, on the server, that allows a second set-top box associated with the user to access the recorded multimedia content on the server, the second set-top box plays the multimedia content; a user preference update subsystem, on the server, that sends a viewing preference update to the DVR service provider, the viewing preference update indicating that a multimedia content recorded by the server was viewed at the second set-top box. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 14, 23, 26)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for a multimedia mobile personalization system, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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receiving, at a server, a user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a digital video recorder (DVR) service provider, the user being a subscriber of the DVR service provider, the DVR service provider retrieves the user'"'"'s viewing preferences from a first set-top box comprising a DVR associated with the user; recording, by the server, multimedia content based on the received user'"'"'s viewing preferences; allowing, by the server, a second set-top box associated with the user to access the recorded multimedia content on the server, the second set-top box plays the multimedia content; sending, by the server, a viewing preference update to the DVR service provider, the viewing reference update indicating that a multimedia content recorded by the server was viewed at the second set-top box. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 15, 24, 27)
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16. A method for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
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receiving, at a server, a list of multimedia content to record for a user from a digital video recorder (DVR) service provider, the DVR service provider deriving the list of multimedia content to record from the user'"'"'s viewing preferences, the user being a subscriber of the DVR service provider; recording, by the server, at least one multimedia content listed in the list of multimedia content to record; allowing, by the server, a set-top box associated with the user to access the recorded multimedia content on the server, the set-top box plays the multimedia content; sending, by the server, a viewing preference update to the DVR service provider, the viewing reference update indicating that a multimedia content recorded by the server was viewed at the second set-top box. - View Dependent Claims (17, 28)
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18. An apparatus for a multimedia mobile personalization system, comprising:
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a user preference receiving subsystem, on a server, that receives a list of multimedia content to record for a user from a digital video recorder (DVR) service provider, the DVR service provider deriving the list of multimedia content to record from the user'"'"'s viewing preferences, the user being a subscriber of the DVR service provider; a content recording subsystem, on the server, that records at least one multimedia content listed in the list of multimedia content to record; a content access subsystem, on the server, that allows a set-top box associated with the user to access the recorded multimedia content on the server, the set-top box plays the multimedia content; a user preference update subsystem, on the server, that sends a viewing preference update to the DVR service provider, the viewing preference update indicating that a multimedia content recorded by the server was viewed at the second set-top box. - View Dependent Claims (19, 29)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for a multimedia mobile personalization system, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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receiving, at a server, a list of multimedia content to record for a user from a digital video recorder (DVR) service provider, the DVR service provider deriving the list of multimedia content to record from the user'"'"'s viewing preferences, the user being a subscriber of the DVR service provider; recording, by the server, at least one multimedia content listed in the list of multimedia content to record; allowing, by the server, a set-top box associated with the user to access the recorded multimedia content on the server, the set-top box plays the multimedia content; sending, by the server, a viewing preference update to the DVR service provider, the viewing reference update indicating that a multimedia content recorded by the server was viewed at the second set-top box. - View Dependent Claims (21, 30)
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