Audiovisual information management system

• US 20040261095A1
• Filed: 07/19/2004
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sezan, Muhammed Ibrahim, Beek, Petrus Van, Yoshikawa, Kohei, Tomioka, Yoshiaki, Shibao, Tadahide
• Application Number:
  US10/894,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20040261095A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• 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 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A system, may include, at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames. A usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of at least one of the audio, image, and video, where the description normally includes multiple preferences. In one aspect, a protection attribute with respect to at least one of the preferences indicates whether one of the preferences is considered public or private. Other aspects of the user preferences description include other attributes, alone or in combination.

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35. A method of using a system with at least one of audio and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a usage preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said audio, and video, where said description includes multiple preferences; and

(b) providing a theme preference attribute for said at least one of said audio and video indicating a desirable theme of said at least one of said audio and video.

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62. The method of claim 61 wherein said preferences description includes said program title.

63. The method of claim 61 wherein said preferences description includes said genre.

64. The method of claim 61 wherein said preferences description includes said language.

65. The method of claim 61 wherein said preferences description includes said actor.

66. The method of claim 61 wherein said preferences description includes said creator of said video.

67. The method of claim 61 wherein said filtering and search preferences further includes a descriptor indicating a user'"'"'s preference for said video that is reviewed by particular individuals

68. A method of using a system with a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a filtering and search preferences description, describing preferences of a user with respect to the use of said video, where said description includes multiple preferences, where said filtering and search preferences description includes at least one of a descriptor indicating a user'"'"'s preference for said video that is reviewed by particular individuals; and

(b) using said video based at least in part upon at least one of said descriptors.

69. The method of claim 68 wherein said preferences description further includes a program title.

70. The method of claim 68 wherein said preferences description further includes a genre.

71. The method of claim 68 wherein said preferences description further includes a language.

72. The method of claim 68 wherein said preferences description further includes an actor.

73. The method of claim 68 wherein said preferences description further includes a creator of said video.

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