Audiovisual information management system with user identification

• US 20050131727A1
• Filed: 10/28/2004
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sezan, Muhammed Ibrahim, Beek, Petrus Van
• Granted Patent: US 7,194,687 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/719
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances

Abstract

A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprises a plurality of frames comprising the steps of providing a usage preferences description where the usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description. The browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences. The filtering and search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of the at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of the at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of the at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of the at least one of audio, image, and video. The device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics. A usage history description is provided where the usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description. The browsing history description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences. The filtering and search history descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content usage history of the at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification usage history of the at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword usage history of the at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation usage history of the at least one of audio, image, and video. The device usage history description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics. The usage preferences description and the usage history description are used to enhance system functionality.

Claims

1-84. -84. (canceled)

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

(a) providing a plurality of usage preferences descriptions where each of said usage preference descriptions includes at least two of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where,

(i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing preferences;

(ii) said filtering preferences descriptions and said search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and

(iii) said device preferences description relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics of the presentation device;

(b) providing a plurality of usage history descriptions where each of said usage history descriptions includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description, wherein said at least one usage history description category corresponds to said preferences description category, where,

(i) said browsing history description relates to a user'"'"'s viewing history;

(ii) said filtering history description and said search history descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation usage history of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and

(iii) said device usage history description relates to user'"'"'s history regarding presentation characteristics of the presentation device;

(c) providing a user identification description which identifies a corresponding set of at least one of said usage preference descriptions and at least one of said usage history descriptions.

86. The method of claim 85 wherein said user identification description identifies a corresponding set of at least two of said usage preference descriptions and at least two of said usage history descriptions.

87. The method of claim 85 wherein said system includes multiple user identification descriptions.

88. The method of claim 87 wherein each of said multiple user identification descriptions identifies a different corresponding set of at least one of said usage preference descriptions and at least one of said usage history descriptions.

89. The method of claim 87 wherein each of said multiple user identification descriptions identifies an overlapping set of at least one of said usage preference descriptions and at least one of said usage history descriptions.

90. The method of claim 85 wherein said user identification description is included within said usage preference descriptions and said usage history descriptions.

91. The method of claim 85 wherein said usage preferences description is separate from said usage history description, and storing said usage preferences description on a removable storage device.

92. The method of claim 85, further comprising updating said usage preferences description based on the content of said usage history description.

93. The method of claim 85 wherein said usage preferences description includes at least two of said browsing preferences description, said filtering preferences description, said search preferences description, and said device preferences description.

94. The method of claim 93 wherein said usage preferences description includes said browsing preferences description, said filtering preferences description, said search preferences description, and said device preferences description.

95. The method of claim 93 wherein said usage preferences description includes at least said browsing preferences description, said filtering preferences description, and said search preferences description.

96. The method of claim 93 wherein said usage preferences description includes at least said browsing preferences description, and said device preferences description.

97. The method of claim 93 wherein said usage preferences description includes at least said filtering preferences description, said search preferences description, and said device preferences description.