MOBILE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECOMMENDING CONTENTS, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, AND CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD

• US 20120172059A1
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Chang Ho, Kim, Gi Bum, Choi, Seung Kil
• Application Number:
  US13/173,259
• Publication Number:
  US 20120172059A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

Provided are a mobile system for automatically recommending contents, a content recommendation system, and a content recommendation method. The mobile system may include a communication unit to receive playlist information of another user based on at least one of a current position and a position set by a user, and a content recommendation unit to recommend at least one content based on the received playlist information.

Claims

1. A mobile system, comprising:

a communication unit to receive first playlist information based on at least one position of a current position of the mobile system and a set position; and

a content recommendation unit to recommend contents based on the received first playlist information.

2. The mobile system of claim 1, wherein

the communication unit comprises a transmission unit to transmit second playlist information and information about the current position to a server, and a receiving unit to receive the first playlist information from the server, and

wherein the first playlist information comprises playlist information received by the server from a second mobile system in a region corresponding to the at least one position.

3. The mobile system of claim 1, wherein the content recommendation unit selects and recommends a number of contents in a descending order of a number of times the contents are repeatedly included in the received first playlist information.

4. The mobile system of claim 1, further comprising:

a playback unit to play selected contents among the recommended contents.

5. The mobile system of claim 1, further comprising:

a content addition unit to add a content, selected from among the recommended contents, to a playlist information of the mobile system.

6. The mobile system of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit to store a file corresponding to the recommended contents,

wherein the communication unit receives selected contents from among the recommended contents in a file or streaming scheme in response to a file corresponding to the selected contents not existing in the storage unit.

7. The mobile system of claim 1, wherein the first playlist information comprises at least one of information about contents being played in another mobile system and information about contents in a playlist of the another mobile system and waiting to be played.

8. A mobile system, comprising:

a communication unit to transmit information about at least one position of a current position of the mobile system and a set position to a content recommendation server, and to receive recommendation information from the content recommendation server; and

a content recommendation unit to recommend at least one content based on the recommendation information,

wherein the recommendation information is provided by the content recommendation server based on playlist information of another mobile system in a region corresponding to the at the least one position.

9. A content recommendation system, comprising:

a request receiving unit to receive a content recommendation request comprising position information from a first mobile terminal;

a playlist information receiving unit to receive playlist information from at least one second mobile terminal in a region corresponding to the position information;

a content selection unit to select a content based on the received playlist information; and

a recommendation information transmission unit to transmit recommendation information about the selected content to the first mobile terminal.

10. The content recommendation system of claim 9, wherein the position information comprises at least one of a current position of the first mobile terminal and a set position.

11. The content recommendation system of claim 9, wherein the playlist information receiving unit determines whether the at least one second mobile terminal is in the region.

12. The content recommendation system of claim 9, wherein the content selection unit selects a number of contents in a descending order of a number of times the contents are repeatedly included in the received playlist information.

13. The content recommendation system of claim 9, wherein the content is played in the first mobile terminal based on the recommendation information or the content corresponding to the recommendation information is added to playlist information of the first mobile terminal.

14. The content recommendation system of claim 9, wherein the playlist information comprises at least one of information about contents being played in the second mobile terminal and information about contents in a playlist of the second mobile terminal and waiting to be played.

15. A content recommendation system, comprising:

a request receiving unit to receive a content recommendation request comprising position information from a first mobile terminal;

a playlist information receiving unit to receive playlist information from at least one second mobile terminal in a region corresponding to the position information; and

a playlist information transmission unit to transmit the received playlist information to the first mobile terminal,

wherein a content is recommended based on the transmitted playlist information.

16. A mobile system, comprising:

a verification unit to verify at least one of movement velocity information and weather information; and

a content recommendation unit to recommend at least one content based on the verified information.

17. The mobile system of claim 16, wherein the at least one content comprises music, and the content recommendation unit recommends the at least one content based on at least one of a beat, a mood, and lyrics of the music, and based on the movement velocity information.

18. The mobile system of claim 16, wherein the at least one content comprises music and the content recommendation unit recommends the at least one content based on a beat, a mood and lyrics of the music, and based on the weather information.

19. A content recommendation system, comprising:

an information receiving unit to receive position information of a mobile terminal;

an information verification unit to verify at least one of movement velocity information of the mobile terminal and weather information of a region corresponding to the position information, based on the position information;

a content selection unit to select a content based on the verified information; and

a recommendation information transmission unit to recommend recommendation information about the selected content to the mobile terminal.

20. A content recommendation method, comprising:

receiving playlist information of a mobile terminal based on at least one of a current position of the mobile terminal and a set position; and

recommending a content to the mobile terminal based on the received playlist information.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions, which when executed, performs the method of claim 20.

21. A content recommendation method, comprising:

transmitting, to a content recommendation server, information about at least one position of a current position of a mobile system and a set position;

receiving recommendation information from the content recommendation server; and

recommending at least one content to the user based on the recommendation information,

wherein the recommendation information is generated by the content recommendation server based on playlist information of another mobile system in a region corresponding to the at least one position.

22. A content recommendation method, comprising:

receiving a content recommendation request comprising position information from a first mobile terminal;

receiving playlist information from at least one second mobile terminal in a region corresponding to the position information;

selecting at least one content based on the received playlist information; and

transmitting recommendation information corresponding to the selected at least one content to the first mobile terminal.

23. A content recommendation method, comprising:

receiving, from a first mobile terminal, a content recommendation request comprising position information of a first mobile terminal;

receiving playlist information from at least one second mobile terminal in a region corresponding to the position information; and

transmitting the received playlist information to the first mobile terminal,

wherein at least one content is recommended to the first mobile terminal based on the transmitted playlist information.

24. A content recommendation method, comprising:

verifying at least one of movement velocity information and weather information; and

recommending at least one content based on the verified information.

25. A content recommendation method, comprising:

receiving position information of a mobile terminal;

verifying at least one of movement velocity information of the mobile terminal and weather information of a region corresponding to the position information, based on the position information;

selecting at least one content based on the verified information; and

transmitting, to the mobile terminal, recommendation information about the selected at least one content.