Method of and apparatus for playing, rating, and downloading songs from internet radio

• US 20100185662A1
• Filed: 11/04/2009
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Steven E. Barile
• Original Assignee: Steven E. Barile
• Inventors: Barile, Steven E.
• Application Number:
  US12/590,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20100185662A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8193 dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/835 Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method comprising: playing songs on Internet radio; rating the songs; occasionally connecting to a network; gathering the songs that are higher rated; downloading the songs that are higher rated to a portable device; disconnecting the portable device from the network; and playing the songs that are higher rated on the portable device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

playing songs on Internet radio;

rating the songs;

occasionally connecting to a network;

gathering the songs that are higher rated;

downloading the songs that are higher rated to a portable device;

disconnecting the portable device from the network; and

playing the songs that are higher rated on the portable device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the rating of the songs depends on matching a rule.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the downloading of the songs requires payment of a fee.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the portable device comprises a computer.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the gathering of the songs comprises at least one of the following:

unpacking, decrypting, decompressing, and decoding multimedia content.

6. The method for claim 1 wherein the network comprises at least one of the following:

a local area network, a wide area network, the Internet, a terrestrial broadcast network, and a wireless network.

7. A method comprising:

occasionally connecting to a portable device through the Internet;

accepting a list of songs from the portable device;

searching a database for the songs on the list;

creating a play list from the songs; and

transferring the songs to the portable device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the occasionally-connected portable device comprises a computer.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the searching of the database comprises at least one of the following:

packaging, encrypting, compressing, and encoding multimedia files.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the database comprises at least one of static and dynamic multimedia content.

11. A system comprising:

a play list creator to compile songs listened to and rated by a user;

a multimedia content provider to provide the songs on the play list;

a portable device to receive the songs through a network while occasionally connected; and

a cache to store the songs.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the play list creator comprises:

a play list generating mechanism capable of generating a play list;

a pre-determining mechanism capable of at least one of the following;

receiving parameters specifying the user'"'"'s preferences, loading a user pre-defined play list, and providing a number of play lists pre-determined by the multimedia content provider;

a recommendation mechanism capable of expanding the play list by recommending additional multimedia files; and

a user feedback uploading mechanism capable of uploading the user feedback to refine the play list.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the multimedia content provider comprises:

a database of songs;

a searching mechanism capable of searching the database for the songs; and

a content processing mechanism capable of at least one of the following;

packaging, encrypting, compressing, and encoding the songs.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the cache comprises:

a storage component capable of storing the songs.