Visually indicating a replay status of media items on a media device

• US 9,448,688 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2016
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VideoLabs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Napo Enerprises, LLC (Concert Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Askey, Waymen J., Svendsen, Hugh
• Primary Examiner(s): LEGGETT, ANDREA C.
• Application Number:
  US15/056,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20160179299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 204 Days
• Field of Search: 715/789, 715/745, 715/716
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 device is provided for visually indicating a replay status of media items on a media device. Aspects of the device 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.

Claims

1. A device for a media recommendation system, the device having a processor and comprising:

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

a control system operably executed by the processor, the control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to;

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

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

display a replay score for the first media item, wherein the profile score and the replay score are displayed approximately simultaneously; and

remove the display of the replay score when the replay score is equal to the profile score.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein a plurality of the media items are displayed in a playlist with corresponding profile scores and replay scores.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the media items are sorted in the playlist based on the profile scores and the replay scores, wherein the replay scores take precedence over the profile scores.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein a representation of the replay score relative to the profile score is displayed for the first media item.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein a graphic representation is displayed of at least one of the profile score and replay score.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein the graphic representation includes at least one of a graph and a chart.

7. The device of claim 6 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.

8. The device of claim 6 wherein a single bar graph is displayed having a length indicating the profile score and a subsection indicating the replay score.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein the single bar graph also displays numeric values of both the profile score and replay score.

10. The device of claim 4 wherein the profile score and replay score are displayed as text.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein the replay score is displayed as a percentage of the profile score.

12. The device of claim 1 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.

13. The device of claim 12 wherein the replay score changes over time back to a value of the profile score.

14. The device of claim 13 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.

15. The device 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.

16. The device 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.

17. A device for a media recommendation system, the device having a processor and comprising:

means for coupling the device to other devices in a network;

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

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

means for displaying a replay score for the first media item, wherein the profile score and the replay score are displayed approximately simultaneously; and

means for removing the display of the replay score when the replay score is equal to the profile score.