Historical media recommendation service

• US 20090077052A1
• Filed: 06/21/2006
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Farrelly, Eugene M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,903,843 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles

Abstract

A media recommendation system for recommending media content that is historically related to seed media content is provided. The recommended media content may be songs, television programs, movies, or a combination thereof, and the seed media content may be a song, television program, or movie.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving information identifying seed media content;

obtaining historical information regarding the seed media content;

identifying media content historically related to the seed media content based on the historical information; and

recommending the media content historically related to the seed media content to a user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the seed media content is one of a group consisting of:

a seed song, a seed music album, a seed television program, and a seed movie.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content comprises identifying songs historically related to the seed media content, and recommending the media content comprises recommending at least a subset of the songs historically related to the seed media content.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content comprises identifying music albums historically related to the seed media content, and recommending the media content comprises recommending at least a subset of the music albums historically related to the seed media content.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content comprises identifying television programs historically related to the seed media content, and recommending the media content comprises recommending at least a subset of the television programs historically related to the seed media content.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content comprises identifying movies historically related to the seed media content, and recommending the media content comprises recommending at least a subset of the movies historically related to the seed media content.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content comprises:

determining a time window for the seed media content based on the historical information; and

identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content based on the time window for the seed media content.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the historical information comprises at least one of the group consisting of:

a release date of the seed media content, an initial date the seed media content entered at least one media popularity chart, an ending date the seed media content exited the at least one media popularity chart, a range of dates that the seed media content was on the at least one media popularity chart, a beginning position of the seed media content on the at least one media popularity chart, a peak position the seed media content obtained on the at least one media popularity chart, and a position at which the seed media content was located immediately prior to exiting the at least one media popularity chart.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the historical information comprises a release date of the seed media content and determining the time window for the seed media content comprises selecting a time period including the release date as the time window for the seed media content.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the historical information comprises information defining a range of dates during which the seed media content was on at least one media popularity chart and determining the time window for the seed media content comprises selecting a time period substantially corresponding to the range of dates as the time window for the seed media content.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein the historical information comprises a date that the seed media content first entered at least one media popularity chart and determining the time window for the seed media content comprises selecting a time period including the date as the time window for the seed media content.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein the historical information comprises a date that the seed media content reached a peak position on at least one media popularity chart and determining the time window for the seed media content comprises selecting a time period including the date as the time window for the seed media content.

13. The method of claim 7 wherein the historical information comprises a date that the seed media content exited at least one media popularity chart and determining the time window for the seed media content comprises selecting a time period including the date as the time window for the seed media content.

14. The method of claim 7 wherein:

identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises querying a music database based on the time window to identify songs historically related to the seed media content; and

recommending the media content comprises recommending at least a subset of the songs historically related to the seed media content.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein querying the music database comprises querying the music database to identify songs on at least one media popularity chart during the time window for the seed media content.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises randomly

identifying other television programs related to the television programs historically related to the seed media content;

and

identifying songs associated with the other television programs;

wherein recommending the media content further comprises recommending at least a subset of the songs associated with the other television programs.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein querying the music database comprises querying the music database to identify artists of songs on at least one media popularity chart during the time window for the seed media content.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises querying the music database based on the time window and at least one attribute of the seed media content to identify songs historically related to the seed media content.

19. The method of claim 7 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content comprises identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content based on the time window for the seed media content and profiles of a plurality of users having media collections including the seed media content.

20. The method of claim 7 wherein:

identifying media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises querying a television database based on the time window to identify songs associated with television programs historically related to the seed media content; and

recommending the media content comprises recommending at least a subset of the songs associated with the television programs historically related to the seed media content.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises:

identifying other television programs related to the television programs historically related to the seed media content; and

identifying songs associated with the other television programs;

wherein recommending the media content further comprises recommending at least a subset of the songs associated with the other television programs.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein identifying the other television programs comprises identifying television programs having at least one of the group consisting of:

an actor, an actress, a director, and a producer in common with the television programs historically related to the seed media content.

23. The method of claim 7 wherein:

identifying media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises querying a television database based on the time window to identify television programs historically related to the seed media content; and

recommending the media content comprises recommending at least a subset of the television programs historically related to the seed media content.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises identifying other television programs related to the television programs historically related to the seed media content, and recommending the media content further comprises recommending at least a subset of the other television programs.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein identifying the other television programs comprises identifying television programs having at least one of the group consisting of:

an actor, an actress, a director, and a producer in common with the television programs historically related to the seed media content.

26. The method of claim 7 wherein:

identifying media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises querying a movie database based on the time window to identify songs associated with movies historically related to the seed media content; and

recommending the media content comprises recommending at least a subset of the songs associated with the movies historically related to the seed media content.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises:

identifying other movies related to the movies historically related to the seed media content; and

identifying songs associated with the other movies;

wherein recommending the media content further comprises recommending at least a subset of the songs associated with the other movies.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein identifying the other movies comprises identifying movies having at least one of the group consisting of:

an actor, an actress, a director, and a producer in common with the movies historically related to the seed media content.

29. The method of claim 7 wherein:

identifying media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises querying a movie database based on the time window to identify movies historically related to the seed media content; and

recommending the media content comprises recommending at least a subset of the movies historically related to the seed media content.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content further comprises identifying other movies related to the movies historically related to the seed media content, and recommending the media content further comprises recommending at least a subset of the other movies.

31. The method of claim 30 wherein identifying the other movies comprises identifying movies having at least one of the group consisting of:

an actor, an actress, a director, and a producer in common with the movies historically related to the seed media content.

32. The method of claim 1 further comprising filtering the media content historically related to the seed media content, wherein recommending the media content comprises recommending the filtered media content.

33. The method of claim 32 wherein filtering the media content historically related to the seed media content comprises filtering the media content based on at least one attribute of the seed media content.

34. The method of claim 32 wherein filtering the media content historically related to the seed media content comprises filtering the media content based on profiles of a plurality of users having media collections including the seed media content.

35. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the information identifying the seed media content comprises receiving metadata describing the seed media content.

36. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the information identifying the seed media content comprises receiving fingerprints identifying the seed media content.

37. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the information identifying the seed media content comprises receiving at least one sample of the seed media content.

38. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content comprises obtaining information identifying media content historically related to the seed media content from a plurality of servers based on the historical information, and recommending the media content historically related to the seed media content comprises aggregating the information identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content from the plurality of servers to provide a list of recommended media content.

39. The method of claim 38 wherein recommending the media content further comprises sorting the list of recommended media content based on comparisons of attributes of the seed media content and attributes of the media content historically related to the seed media content from the plurality of servers.

40. The method of claim 1 wherein recommending the media content further comprises providing information identifying the media content historically related to the seed media content to a user device associated with the user to be presented to the user.

41. A central server in a system for recommending media content comprising:

a communication interface communicatively coupling the central server to a user device via a network; and

a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to;

receive information identifying seed media content from the user device;

obtain historical information regarding the seed media content;

identify media content historically related to the seed media content based on the historical information; and

provide a response to the user device recommending the media content historically related to the seed media content to an associated user.