Method and system for visually indicating a replay status of media items on a media device

• US 8,839,141 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2007
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Napo Enerprises, LLC (Concert Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Askey, Waymen J., Svendsen, Hugh
• Primary Examiner(s): LEGGETT, ANDREA C.
• Application Number:
  US11/757,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20090046101A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,664 Days
• Field of Search: 715/744, 715/727, 715/978, 715/789
• US Class Current: 715/789
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/08 Sorting, i.e. grouping record carriers in numerical or other ordered sequence according to the classification of at least some of the information they carry by merging two or more sets of carriers in ordered sequence G06F7/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/978 Audio interaction as part of an operator interface

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and system are provided for visually indicating a replay status of media items on a media device. Aspects of the method and system include displaying in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the media device a representation of a first media item; displaying a profile score of the first media item that is based on user preferences; and displaying a replay score for the first media item that affects replay of the first media item.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for visually indicating a replay status of media items on a media device, comprising:

displaying in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the media device a representation of a first media item;

displaying a profile score of the first media item that is based on user preferences; and

displaying a replay score for the first media item that affects replay of the first media item.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the profile score and the replay score simultaneously.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a plurality of the media items in a playlist along with corresponding profile scores and replay scores.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 further comprising sorting the media items in the playlist based on the profile scores and the replay scores, wherein the sorting is controlled by the replay scores.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising displaying for the first media item, a representation of the replay score relative to the profile score.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 further comprising displaying a graphic representation of at least one of the profile score and the replay score.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 wherein the graphic representation includes at least one of a graph and a chart.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 further comprising:

displaying a first bar graph of the profile score relative to a maximum profile score; and

displaying a second bar graph of the replay score.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 further comprising displaying a single bar graph having a length indicating the profile score and a subsection indicating the replay score.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 wherein the single bar graph also displays numeric values of both the profile score and the replay score.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 further comprising displaying the profile score and the replay score as text.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 further comprising displaying the replay score as a percentage of the profile score.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

in response to each one of the media items being played, calculating a respective replay score for the corresponding media item if the corresponding media item does not already have a corresponding replay score; and

recalculating the replay scores for previously played media items.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 wherein the replay score recharges over time back to a value of the profile score.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 wherein once the replay score of the first media item reaches the value of the profile score, only the profile score for the first media item is shown in the GUI.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the profile score is based upon at least one preference associated with a user and comprising at least one category weight.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the replay score is a function of the profile score and an amount of time since the first media item was last played.

18. A peer device for a peer-to-peer (P2P) media recommendation system comprising:

a communication interface communicatively coupling the peer device to other peer devices in a P2P network; and

a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to;

display in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the peer device a representation of a first media item;

display a profile score of the first media item that is based on user preferences; and

display a replay score for the first media item that affects replay of the first media item.

19. The peer device of claim 18 wherein the profile score and the replay score are displayed simultaneously.

20. The peer device of claim 18 wherein a plurality of media items are displayed in a playlist along with corresponding profile scores and replay scores.

21. The peer device of claim 20 wherein the plurality of media items are sorted in the playlist based on the corresponding profile scores and the corresponding replay scores, wherein the sorting is controlled by the corresponding replay scores.

22. The peer device of claim 18 wherein a representation of the replay score relative to the profile score is displayed for the first media item.

23. The peer device of claim 22 wherein a graphic representation is displayed of at least one of the profile score and the replay score.

24. The peer device of claim 23 wherein the graphic representation includes at least one of a graph and a chart.

25. The peer device of claim 24 wherein the control system is further adapted to:

display a first bar graph of the profile score relative to a maximum profile score; and

display a second bar graph of the replay score.

26. The peer device of claim 24 wherein a single bar graph is displayed having a length indicating the profile score and a subsection indicating the replay score.

27. The peer device of claim 26 wherein the single bar graph also displays numeric values of both the profile score and the replay score.

28. The peer device of claim 22 wherein the profile score and the replay score are displayed as text.

29. The peer device of claim 28 wherein the replay score is displayed as a percentage of the profile score.

30. The peer device of claim 18 wherein in response to each one of the media items being played, a respective replay score is calculated for the corresponding media item if the corresponding media item does not already have a corresponding replay score;

and the replay scores for previously played media items are recalculated.

31. The peer device of claim 30 wherein the replay score recharges over time back to a value of the profile score.

32. The peer device of claim 31 wherein once the replay score of the first media item reaches the value of the profile score, only the profile score for the first media item is shown in the GUI.

33. The peer device of claim 18 wherein the profile score is based upon at least one preference associated with a user and comprising at least one category weight.

34. The peer device of claim 18 wherein the replay score is a function of the profile score and an amount of time since the first media item was last played.

35. An executable software product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program instructions for visually indicating a replay status of media items on a media device, the program instructions for:

displaying in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the media device a representation of a first media item;

displaying a profile score of the first media item that is based on user preferences; and

displaying a replay score for the first media item that affects replay of the first media item.

36. The executable software product of claim 35 wherein the profile score is based upon at least one preference associated with a user and comprising at least one category weight.

37. The executable software product of claim 35 wherein the replay score is a function of the profile score and an amount of time since the first media item was last played.