Adaptive Personalized Playback or Presentation using Rating

• US 20140195026A1
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synergy Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: James W. Wieder
• Inventors: Wieder, James W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,053,299 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1014 to tokens
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1015 to users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for providing a personalized entertainment experience, which may be customized for each user. A user'"'"'s playback/presentation history and/or user actions may be captured and associated with each played/presented composition. A target time for playback/presentation of a composition to the user may be determined by using a user'"'"'s playback/presentation history and/or user actions. The target time for playback/presentation may incorporate a target time between playbacks/presentations of a composition, which may be at least partially based on a user'"'"'s playback/presentation history and/or user actions. A customized sequence of compositions may be automatically generated for each user. The personalized sequence may automatically adapt to changing user actions and preferences over time. The user'"'"'s collection of compositions may be automatically integrated with the generated customized sequence. In one embodiment, a target time for next playback/presentation may incorporate a time between playback/presentation, which is at least partially based on rating (preference) of the user for the composition. The user rating (preference) may be explicitly provided by the user or may be implicitly determined at least partially based upon controls or action(s) by the user, that are related to the composition.

Claims

1. Apparatus for personalized music or entertainment, the apparatus comprising:

a processor or processors configured to;

obtain a rating of a composition that is associated with a user;

determine a target time for playback or presentation of said composition to said user;

wherein said target time is at least partially based on said rating;

select said composition for playback or presentation to said user, at least partially based upon said target time for playback or presentation.

2. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said processor or processors are configured to also:

initiate the playback or presentation of said selected composition to said user.

3. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said processor or processors are configured to also:

play or present said composition to said user, at least partially based upon said target time for playback or presentation.

4. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said processor or processors are configured to also:

play or present a personalized sequence that includes other compositions;

wherein said composition is included in said sequence, at least partially based upon said target time for playback or presentation of said composition.

5. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said target time for playback or presentation, is at least partially based upon a target time between playback or presentation of the composition.

6. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said target time for playback or presentation, is dependent on a previous time played or presented to said user, and a target time between playback or presentation that is at least partially based on said rating.

7. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said target time for playback or presentation, incorporates a target time between playback or presentation of said composition, which is at least partially based on a relationship that varies said rating.

8. Apparatus as in claim 7 wherein said relationship is defined by a curve, lookup table, database, equation, polynomial, digital differential analyzer, mathematical function or formula.

9. Apparatus as in claim 7 wherein said relationship is non-linear.

10. Apparatus as in claim 7 wherein said relationship is monotonic.

11. Apparatus as in claim 7 wherein said relationship is not monotonic.

12. Apparatus as in claim 7 wherein said relationship has three or more values.

13. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said user manually inputs or selects a value for said rating for said composition.

14. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said rating is at least partially based on user actions that were applied to said composition.

15. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said rating is at least partially based on user actions, at a plurality of user-devices, that were related to said composition.

16. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said rating is at least partially based on a number of times said user has experienced said composition.

17. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said rating is at least partially based on a cumulative amount of time said user has experienced said composition.

18. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the target time between playback or presentation of the composition is shorter when said rating indicates a higher user preference for said composition.

19. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein an updated value of said rating is determined by adjusting a prior rating by an amount determined by a newer control action.

20. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein an updated value of said rating is determined by adjusting a prior rating by an amount determined by a newer control action, and one or more control actions that occurred prior to the newer control action.

21. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein a value of said rating is increased by some control actions, and the value of said rating for the composition is decreased by other control actions.

22. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein, when said rating for said composition is below a defined level of preference, the said composition is not selected again until at least a defined amount of time has elapsed from a prior playback or presentation of the said composition.

23. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein when said rating for said composition is below a defined level of preference, said composition is not selected.

24. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said rating is adjusted to a higher preference, by a user control action that finds, selects or designates, said composition for playback or presentation.

25. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said rating is adjusted to a higher preference, by a user control actions to search or find said composition.

26. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said rating is adjusted to a lower preference, by a user control action or actions that skip or forward-past, an ending portion of said composition.

27. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said rating is adjusted to a lower preference, by a user control action or actions that stopped said composition while being played or presented;

and initiated playback or presentation of another composition.

28. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said rating is adjusted to a higher preference, by a user control action or actions to repeat the playback or presentation of said composition.

29. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the faster the user takes a control action to avoid said composition during playback or presentation, the more said rating for said composition, is adjusted toward a lower preference.

30. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein, once said composition has played or presented for at least a recognition-time, the faster the user takes a control action to avoid said composition, the more said rating is adjusted toward a lower preference.

31. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said rating for said composition is determined by using a plurality of control actions that occurred on a plurality of different occasions, and were applied by the user on said composition.

32. An apparatus-implemented method for personalized music or entertainment, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a processor or processors, a rating of a composition that is associated with a user;

determining, by a processor or processors, a target time for playback or presentation of said composition to said user;

wherein said target time is at least partially based on said rating;

selecting said composition for playback or presentation to said user, by a processor or processors, at least partially based upon said target time for playback or presentation.

33. One or more computer-readable memories or media, not including carrier-waves, having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more processing devices, implement a method of:

obtaining a rating of a composition that is associated with a user;

determining a target time for playback or presentation of said composition to said user;

wherein said target time is at least partially based on said rating;

selecting said composition for playback or presentation to said user, at least partially based upon said target time for playback or presentation.