Adaptive personalized playback or presentation using cumulative time

• US 9,098,681 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Synergy Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: James W. Wieder
• Inventors: Wieder, James W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Badii, Behrang
• Assistant Examiner(s): GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON
• Application Number:
  US13/793,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20140195919A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: 705/50, 726/28, 846/15, 846/14, 846/25
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1014 to tokens
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1015 to users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for providing a personalized entertainment experience, which may be customized for each user. A user'"'"'s playback/presentation history and/or user actions may be captured and associated with each played/presented composition. A target time for playback/presentation of a composition to the user may be determined by using a user'"'"'s playback/presentation history and/or user actions. A customized sequence of compositions may be automatically generated for each user. The personalized sequence may automatically adapt to changing user actions and preferences over time. In one embodiment, a target time for playback or presentation of a composition to a user, is at least partially based on: a cumulative-time of playback or presentation of the composition to a user, and a time when the composition was previously played or presented to the user.

Claims

1. Apparatus personalized music or entertainment, comprising:

electronic circuitry and/or processor(s) that;

obtain a cumulative-time of playback or presentation, of a composition to a user;

obtain a time when said composition was previously played or presented to said user;

determine a target time for playback or presentation of said composition to said user, that at least partially based on;

said cumulative-time, and said time when said composition was previously played or presented to said user;

initiate a playback or presentation of said composition to said user, at least partially based on said target time for playback or presentation.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said electronic circuitry and/or processor(s) also:

play or present said composition to said user, at least partially based on said target time for playback or presentation.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said electronic circuitry and/or processor(s) also:

play or present a personalized sequence that includes other compositions;

wherein said composition is included in said sequence, at least partially based on said target time for playback or presentation of said composition.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said target time for playback or presentation is at least partially based on a target time between playback or presentation of the composition.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said target time for playback or presentation, is dependent on a previous time played or presented to said user, and a target time between playback or presentation, that is at least partially based on said cumulative-time.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said cumulative-time is a cumulative amount of time that the composition has been played or presented to the user on multiple occasions.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said cumulative-time is a cumulative amount of time said composition was played or presented to the user at a plurality of user-devices.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said cumulative-time is a cumulative amount of time the composition has been viewed or interacted-with, by the user.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said electronic circuitry and/or processor(s) also:

use a relationship or relationships where the target time for playback or presentation, dependently varies with said cumulative-time.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said target time between playback or presentation is at least partially determined by using:

a target time between playback or presentation that varies with said cumulative-time, and a prior time when said composition was played or presented to said user.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said electronic circuitry and/or processor(s) also:

use a relationship or relationship where the target time for playback or presentation, dependently varies with said cumulative-time.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said electronic circuitry and/or processor(s) also:

determine and/or update said cumulative-time.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said target time for playback or presentation, incorporates a target time between playback or presentation of said composition which is at least partially based on a relationship that varies with said cumulative-time.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said relationship is defined by a curve, lookup table, database, equation, polynomial, digital differential analyzer, mathematical function or formula.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said relationship is non-linear.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said relationship is monotonic.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said relationship is not monotonic.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said relationship has three or more values.

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

obtaining, by electronic circuitry and/or processor(s), a cumulative-time of playback or presentation, of a composition to a user;

obtaining, by electronic circuitry and/or processor(s), a time when said composition was previously played or presented to said user;

determining, by electronic circuitry and/or processor(s), a target time for playback or presentation of said composition to said user, that is at least partially based on;

said cumulative-time, and said time when said composition was previously played or presented to said user;

initiating, by electronic circuitry and/or processor(s), a playback or presentation of said composition to said user, at least partially based on said target time for playback or presentation.

20. One or more computer-readable memories or media, not including carrier-waves, having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by electronic circuitry and/or processor(s), implement a method of:

obtaining a cumulative-time of playback or presentation, of a composition to a user;

obtaining a time when said composition was previously played or presented to said user;

determining a target time for playback or presentation of said composition to said user, that is at least partially based on;

said cumulative-time, and said time when said composition was previously played or presented to said user;

initiating a playback or presentation of said composition to said user, at least partially based on said target time for playback or presentation.