System and method for determining a location-based preferred media file
First Claim
1. A mobile communications device that determines location-based preferred media files, the communications device comprising:
- a display having a display screen;
a camera viewfinder;
a position module; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the display, camera viewfinder, and position module, the processor configured to execute instructions to;
selectively determine a current position of the communications device based at least partially on position data obtained from the position module and on using a camera viewfinder of the communication device for automatically identifying a landmark within a vicinity of the communications device, wherein the landmark can be one of a monument, a building sign, a building exterior, a street sign, or other identifying landmark associated with a particular venue;
establish data communication with two or more other communication devices located within a predetermined distance from the determined current position of the communications device;
request playback data from each of the two or more other communications devices, the playback data identifying a number of times each of the two or more other communication devices played each of a collection of media files at the determined current position or within the predetermined distance from the determined current position;
responsive to selectively determining the current position of the communication device, automatically determine a preferred media file based on a total number of times that is indicated by the playback data of unique play counts of the preferred media file representative of a total number of unique playback devices that have played the preferred media file obtained from the two or more other communication devices at the current position or within a predetermined distance from the current position of the communication device to provide a location-based preferred media file; and
in response to the selectively determining the current position of the communication device and the determining the preferred media file, automatically display on the display screen data representative of the preferred media file for playback on the communications device.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining a location-based preferred media file includes a position module and a processor communicatively coupled to the position module. The processor configured to execute instructions to determine a current position of the mobile device based at least partially on data from the position module, to request data for a preferred media file associated with the determined current position of the mobile device, and to receive data representative of the preferred media file. The preferred media file can be a video file or an audio file that is selected based upon frequency that the media file has been played within a predetermined distance from the determined current position of the mobile device. The frequency can be based upon the total number of plays of the media file, the number of unique plays of the media file, or from trend data received from an external resource.
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19 Claims
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1. A mobile communications device that determines location-based preferred media files, the communications device comprising:
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a display having a display screen; a camera viewfinder; a position module; and a processor communicatively coupled to the display, camera viewfinder, and position module, the processor configured to execute instructions to; selectively determine a current position of the communications device based at least partially on position data obtained from the position module and on using a camera viewfinder of the communication device for automatically identifying a landmark within a vicinity of the communications device, wherein the landmark can be one of a monument, a building sign, a building exterior, a street sign, or other identifying landmark associated with a particular venue; establish data communication with two or more other communication devices located within a predetermined distance from the determined current position of the communications device; request playback data from each of the two or more other communications devices, the playback data identifying a number of times each of the two or more other communication devices played each of a collection of media files at the determined current position or within the predetermined distance from the determined current position; responsive to selectively determining the current position of the communication device, automatically determine a preferred media file based on a total number of times that is indicated by the playback data of unique play counts of the preferred media file representative of a total number of unique playback devices that have played the preferred media file obtained from the two or more other communication devices at the current position or within a predetermined distance from the current position of the communication device to provide a location-based preferred media file; and in response to the selectively determining the current position of the communication device and the determining the preferred media file, automatically display on the display screen data representative of the preferred media file for playback on the communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of determining location-based preferred media files using a mobile communications device that communicates with other communication devices, the method comprising:
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selectively determining, via a processor communicatively coupled to a display having a display screen, a camera viewfinder, and a position module, of the communications device, a current position of the communications device based at least partially on position data obtained from the position module and on using the camera viewfinder of the communication device for automatically identifying a landmark within a vicinity of the communications device, wherein the landmark can be one of a monument, a building sign, a building exterior, a street sign, or other identifying landmark associated with a particular venue; establishing data communication with two or more other communication devices located within a predetermined distance from the determined current position of the communications device; requesting playback data from each of the two or more other communications devices, the playback data identifying a number of times each of the two or more other communication devices played each of a collection of media files at the determined current position or within the predetermined distance from the determined current position; responsive to selectively determining the current position of the communication device, automatically determining a preferred media file based on a total number of times that is indicated by the playback data of unique play counts of the preferred media file representative of a total number of unique playback devices that have played the preferred media file obtained from the two or more other communication devices at the current position or within a predetermined distance from the current position of the communication device to provide a location-based preferred media file; and responsive to the selectively determining the current position of the communication device and the determining the preferred media file, automatically displaying on the display screen data representative of the preferred media file at the communications device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a processing device, cause a mobile communications device to perform a method comprising:
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selectively determining a current position of the communications device based at least partially on position data obtained from a position module of the communication device and on using a camera viewfinder of the communication device for automatically identifying a landmark within a vicinity of the communications device, wherein the landmark can be one of a monument, a building sign, a building exterior, a street sign, or other identifying landmark associated with a particular venue; establishing data communication with two or more other communication devices located within a predetermined distance from the determined current position of the communications device; requesting playback data from each of the two or more other communication devices, the playback data identifying a number of times each of the two or more other communication devices played each of a collection of media files at the determined current position or within the predetermined distance from the determined current position; responsive to selectively determining the current position of the communication device, automatically determining a preferred media file based on a total number of times that is indicated by the playback data of unique play counts of the preferred media file representative of a total number of unique playback devices that have played the preferred media file obtained from the two or more other communication devices at the current position or within a predetermined distance from the current position of the communication device to provide a location-based preferred media file; and responsive to the selectively determining the current position of the communication device and the determining the preferred media file, automatically displaying on a display screen of a display of the communications device data representative of the preferred media file at the communications device. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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