System and method for identifying music content in a P2P real time recommendation network

• US 9,292,179 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2013
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Napo Enerprises, LLC (Concert Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Svendsen, Hugh B., Erickson, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Pezzlo, John
• Application Number:
  US13/852,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20130219274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• Field of Search: 370/386, 370/252, 370/329, 370/390, 709/248
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/634 Query by example, e.g. query by humming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/637 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialization, adaptation or distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• 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: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/00 Data switching networks interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units G06F13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass networks security protocols H04L9/40; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4661 Deriving a combined profile for a plurality of end-users of the same client, e.g. for family members within a home user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/00 Television systems details H04N3/00, H04N5/00; methods or arrangements, for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/00; selective content distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A method for media recommendations is provided, including storing, on a peer device, a pre-existing list of media presentations including a plurality of pre-existing media presentations. A plurality of media recommendations are received from a plurality of recommending peer devices in response to a media presentation being played. Each of the plurality of media recommendations comprises an identifier that identifies a recommended media presentation. Each recommended media presentation is automatically added to the list of media presentations in a position determined based user preferences to form an updated list of media presentations. Based on the position of each of the media presentations, a media presentation is selected to play on the peer device from the updated list of media presentations. The selected media presentation is then played on the peer device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

storing, on a peer device, a pre-existing list of media presentations including a plurality of pre-existing media presentations;

receiving, by the peer device, a plurality of media recommendations sent from a plurality of recommending peer devices in response to a media presentation identified by the media recommendation being played on one of the plurality of

recommending peer devices, wherein each of the plurality of media recommendations comprises an identifier that identifies a recommended media presentation;

automatically adding each recommended media presentation to the pre-existing list of pre-existing media presentations, each recommended media presentation added to the pre-existing list of pre-existing media presentations in a position determined based user preferences to form an updated list of media presentations;

automatically selecting, based on the position of each of the media presentations, a selected media presentation to play on the peer device from the updated list of media presentations; and

playing the selected media presentation on the peer device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifier comprises a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID).

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

comparing the GUID from each of the plurality of media recommendations to GUIDs for a plurality of locally stored media presentations to determine whether each of the plurality of media presentations is stored locally by the peer device; and

obtaining at least one of the plurality of media presentations that is not stored locally from a remote content source.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the plurality of media recommendations further comprise references to the plurality of media presentations at the remote content source, and obtaining the ones of the plurality of media presentations comprises obtaining the at least one of the plurality of media presentations from the remote content source using the references.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein receiving the plurality of media recommendations comprises receiving the plurality of media recommendations from the plurality of recommending peer devices via a central server, wherein the central server inserts the references to the plurality of media presentations at the remote content source.

6. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

comparing the GUID from each of the plurality of media recommendations to GUIDs for a plurality of locally stored media presentations to determine whether each of the plurality of media presentations is stored locally by the peer device; and

obtaining a preview for at least one of the plurality of media presentations that is not stored locally.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the plurality of media recommendations further comprise references to previews of the plurality of media presentations at the remote content source, and obtaining the preview of the at least one of the plurality of media presentations comprises obtaining the preview from the remote content source using the references.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein receiving the plurality of media recommendations comprises receiving the plurality of media recommendations from the plurality of recommending peer devices via a central server, wherein the central server inserts the references to the preview of the at least one of the plurality of media presentations at the remote content source.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising filtering the plurality of media recommendations to provide filtered media recommendations, wherein automatically selecting the media presentation comprises automatically selecting the media presentation to play from a group of media presentations including the media presentations identified by the filtered media recommendations.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein filtering the plurality of media recommendations comprises filtering the plurality of media recommendations to remove media recommendations for media presentations that are not stored locally.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein filtering the plurality of media recommendations comprises filtering the plurality of media recommendations to remove media recommendations for media presentations that are not stored locally and are not accessible from a remote content source.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the plurality of media recommendations comprises receiving the plurality of media recommendations from the plurality of recommending peer devices via a central server, wherein the central server filters the plurality of media recommendations prior to sending the plurality of media recommendations to the peer device.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving the plurality of media recommendations comprises receiving the plurality of media recommendations from the plurality of recommending peer devices via a central server.

14. A peer device comprising:

a communication interface communicatively coupling the peer device to a plurality of peer user devices via a communication network, and configured to receive a plurality of media recommendations sent from a plurality of recommending peer devices in response to a media presentation identified by the media recommendation being played on one of the plurality of recommending peer devices, wherein each of the plurality of media recommendations comprises an identifier that identifies a recommended media presentation;

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

store a pre-existing list of media presentations including a plurality of pre-existing media presentations;

automatically add each recommended media presentation to the pre-existing list of pre-existing media presentations, each recommended media presentation added to the pre-existing list of pre-existing media presentations in a position determined based user preferences to form an updated list of media presentations;

automatically select, based on the position of each of the media presentations, a selected media presentation to play on the peer device from the updated list of media presentations; and

play the selected media presentation on the peer device.

15. The peer device of claim 14 wherein the identifier comprises a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID).

16. The peer device of claim 15 wherein the control system is adapted to:

compare the GUID from each of the plurality of media recommendations to GUIDs for a plurality of locally stored media presentations to determine whether each of the plurality of media presentations is stored locally by the peer device; and

obtain at least one of the plurality of media presentations that is not stored locally from a remote content source.

17. The peer device of claim 15 wherein the control system is adapted to:

compare the GUID from each of the plurality of media recommendations to GUIDs for a plurality of locally stored media presentations to determine whether each of the plurality of media presentations is stored locally by the peer device; and

obtain a preview for at least one of the plurality of media presentations that is not stored locally.

18. The peer device of claim 14 wherein the control system is adapted to:

filter the plurality of media recommendations to provide filtered media recommendations; and

automatically select the media presentation to play from a group of media presentations including the media presentations identified by the filtered media recommendations.

19. The peer device of claim 14 wherein the communication interface communicatively couples the peer device to a central server and is adapted to receive the plurality of media recommendations from the plurality of recommending peer devices via a central server.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions for:

storing, on a peer device, a pre-existing list of media presentations including a plurality of pre-existing media presentations;

receiving, by the peer device, a plurality of media recommendations sent from a plurality of recommending peer devices in response to a media presentation identified by the media recommendation being played on one of the plurality of recommending peer devices, wherein each of the plurality of media recommendations comprises an identifier that identifies a recommended media presentation;

automatically adding each recommended media presentation to the pre-existing list of pre-existing media presentations, each recommended media presentation added to the pre-existing list of pre-existing media presentations in a position determined based user preferences to form an updated list of media presentations;

automatically selecting, based on the position of each of the media presentations, a selected media presentation to play on the peer device from the updated list of media presentations; and

playing the selected media presentation on the peer device.