Dynamic ratings-based streaming media playback system

• US 9,405,753 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2015
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bluebonnet Internet Media Services, LLC
• Original Assignee: George Aposporos
• Inventors: Eyal, Aviv, Aposporos, George
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Krisna
• Application Number:
  US14/935,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20160063002A1
• Time in Patent Office: 267 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A method is provided for playing back media from a network. The method includes receiving a search criteria from a network enabled device. The method further includes accessing a database comprising a plurality of network addresses, where the database associates each address with one or more classes of information. The addresses in the database each access a media network resource. The method further includes selecting at least one address in the database using the search criteria, and signaling the selected address to the network enabled device. The method also includes controlling the network enabled device so as to automatically access and play back the media resource of the selected address.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a playback interface executing on an internet enabled multimedia computing platform including;

a media player that plays media resources delivered over the Internet from a remote server, and

a streaming media clips rating system that receives a rating when a user enters a rating selection by using one or more of an icon or display feature of the playback interface, and signals, via the Internet, the rating to a rating component; and

a rating system including;

a database management component that maintains an organizational data structure that describes rating information for the media resources,

the rating component receives, via the Internet, the rating from the streaming media clips rating system and modifies rating information in the organizational data structure at least based on the rating; and

a play-list generator adapted to automatically and dynamically generate at least one play-list based on rating information in the organizational data structure, wherein the play-list comprises identifiers of one or more media resources selected based on the rating information, wherein the media resources are played back on the media player.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the play-list further comprises one or more of metadata information, or one or more identifiers of metadata information, about the one or more media resources, and further wherein the playback interface presents at least a portion of the metadata information to the user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more ratings are received from one or more playback interfaces.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the selection of one or more media resources further comprises selecting media resource identifiers to be included in the play-list that have similar attributes to one or more media resources that have received a positive rating selection.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a play-list communication component that communicates over the Internet the play-list or an identifier of the play-list to a second user for playback of the play-list on a second interne enabled multimedia computing platform.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of:

a user plays the play-list which contains identifiers of media resources rated according to one or more criteria,

the rating system uses the rating information to programmatically determine which new media resources are selected for playback, wherein the new media resources are added to the play-list by including identifiers of the new media resources in the play-list, and/or

the rating system uses the rating information to programmatically determine which multiple media resources are selected for playback, wherein the multiple media resources are added to the play-list by including identifiers of the multiple media resources in the play-list.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the selection of one or more media resources further comprises not selecting for inclusion in the play-list media resource identifiers that have similar attributes to one or more media resources that received a negative rating selection.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein identifiers of media resources that have received a negative rating selection are no longer selected to be included in the play-list for playback to the user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein an initial playlist is generated by user input requests of a genre, artist or other media resource attribute through a user interface of the media player.

10. A system, comprising:

an Internet-enabled multimedia computing platform comprising a playback interface, the computing platform comprising;

a media player that receives and plays media resources delivered over the Internet from a remote server; and

a streaming media clips rating system that presents a user with an option to rate a media resource and receives a rating from the user in response to the presented option, wherein the streaming media clips rating system also signals, via the Internet, the rating received from the user to a rating component;

a rating system, comprising;

a network interface that receives the rating received from the user via the signaling of the computing platform; and

a database management component that interfaces with an organizational data structure containing rating information for the media resources being delivered by the remote server and further modifies rating information in the organizational data structure based, at least in part, on the rating received from the user; and

a play-list generator that automatically and dynamically generates at least one play-list based on rating information stored in the organizational data structure, wherein the automatically generated play-list is used to control subsequent media resources delivered by the remote server to the media player.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein one or more of:

the play-list generator uses the rating or ratings to programmatically determine an order of play of multiple media resources,

the rating system uses the rating information to programmatically determine which new media resources are selected to be added to the play-list, wherein the new media resources are added to the play-list by including identifiers of the new media resources in the play-list, and/or

the rating system uses the rating information to programmatically determine which multiple media resources are selected to be added to the play-list, wherein the multiple media resources are added to the play-list by including identifiers of the multiple media resources in the play-list.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein one or more ratings are received from one or more computing platforms.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the play-list further comprises one or more of metadata information, or one or more identifiers of metadata information, about the one or more media resources, and further wherein the playback interface presents a first subset of the metadata information to the user and a second subset of the metadata information is used by the media player to control playback of the one or more media resources.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the selection of one or more media resources further comprises selecting media resource identifiers to be included in the play-list that have similar attributes to one or more media resources that have received a positive rating selection.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the system further comprises a play-list communication component that communicates over the Internet the play-list or an identifier of the play-list to a second user for playback of the play-list on a second interne enabled multimedia computing platform.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the selection of one or more media resources further comprises not selecting for inclusion in the play-list media resource identifiers that have similar attributes to one or more media resources that have received a negative rating selection.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein an initial playlist is generated by user input requests of a genre, artist or other media resource attribute through a user interface of the media player.

18. A system comprising:

a client application executing on an internet enabled multimedia computing platform including;

a media player that plays media resources delivered over the Internet from a remote server, and

a media resource rating system that receives a rating when a user enters a rating selection by using one or more of an icon or display feature of the media player, and signals, via the Internet, the rating selection to a rating component; and

a backend system including;

a database management component that maintains an organizational data structure that describes rating information for the media resources; and

the rating component that receives, via the Internet, the rating from the media resource rating system and modifies rating information in the organizational data structure at least based on the rating; and

a play-list generator adapted to automatically and dynamically generate at least one play-list based on rating information in the organizational data structure, wherein the play-list comprises identifiers of one or more media resources selected based on rating information, wherein the media resources are played back on the media player.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein one or more of:

the play-list generator uses the rating information to programmatically determine an order of play of multiple media resources,

the backend system uses the rating information to programmatically determine which new media resources are selected to be added to the play-list, wherein the new media resources are added to the play-list by including identifiers of the new media resources in the play-list, and/or

the backend system uses the rating information to programmatically determine which multiple media resources are selected to be added to the play-list, wherein the multiple media resources are added to the play-list by including identifiers of the multiple media resources in the play-list.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein one or more ratings are received from one or more client application.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the play-list further comprises one or more of metadata information, or one or more identifiers of metadata information, about the one or more media resources, and further wherein the playback interface presents at least a portion of the metadata information to the user.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the selection of one or more media resources further comprises selecting media resource identifiers to be included in the play-list with similar attributes to one or more media resources that have received a positive rating selection.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein the system further comprises a play-list communication component that communicates over the Internet the play-list or an identifier of the play-list to a second user for playback of the play-list on a second interne enabled multimedia computing platform.

24. The system of claim 18, wherein the selection of one or more media resources further comprises not selecting media resource identifiers for inclusion in the play-list that have similar attributes to one or more media resources that have received a negative rating selection.

25. The system of claim 18, wherein an initial playlist is generated by user input requests of a genre, artist or other media resource attribute through a user interface of the media player.

26. A system comprising:

a database management component that maintains an organizational data structure that describes rating information for media resources;

a rating component that receives a rating over the Internet from a media player and modifies rating information in the organizational data structure at least based on the rating;

a play-list generator adapted to automatically and dynamically select one or more media resources based on rating information in the organizational data structure; and

wherein the media player executes on an internet enabled multimedia computing platform and automatically plays media resources delivered over the Internet and the media resources are comprised of the one or more media resources selected by the play-list generator, and wherein the media player further comprises a media resource rating system that receives a rating when a user enters a rating selection by using one or more of an icon or display feature of the media player.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the play-list generator is further adapted to generate at least one play-list comprising one or more of metadata information, or one or more identifiers of metadata information, about the one or more media resources, and further wherein the media player presents at least a portion of the metadata information to the user.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein one or more ratings are received from one or more media player.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein one or more of:

the selection of one or more media resources further comprises selecting media resource identifiers to be included in the play-list with similar attributes to one or more media resources that have received a positive rating selection,

the selection of one or more media resources further comprises not selecting for inclusion in the play-list media resource identifiers that have similar attributes to one or more media resources that have received a negative rating selection, and/or

identifiers of media resources that have received a negative rating selection are no longer selected to be included in the play-list for playback to the user.

30. The system of claim 27, wherein the system further comprises a play-list communication component that communicates over the Internet the play-list or an identifier of the play-list to a second user for playback of the play-list on a second media player.