Audiovisual information management system with seasons

• US 7,194,688 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2004
• Issued: 03/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sezan, Muhammed Ibrahim, Beek, Petrus Van
• Primary Examiner(s): BAUTISTA, XIOMARA L
• Application Number:
  US10/977,885
• Publication Number:
  US 20050091686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716, 715/719, 715/727, 715/733, 715/738, 715/741, 715744-747, 725/37, 725/44, 725/46, 725/47, 725/53
• 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 having a plurality of frames, the method including the step of providing a plurality of usage preferences descriptions, where each of the usage preference descriptions is associated with a different season of the year. The seasons may include at least two of football season, baseball season, and hockey season. The seasons may include at least two of winter, spring, summer, and fall.

Claims

1. A method of using a system with at least one element chosen from audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the step of:

(a) providing a plurality of usage preferences descriptions, where each of said usage preferences descriptions includes a field by which said usage preferences description is associated with a limited portion of the year and where each of said usage preferences 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 description 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 contains descriptors describing at least one of preferred audio and video rendering settings of the presentation device that relates to user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics of the presentation device, said at least one of audio and video rendering settings of said presentation device relating to how the user consumes said at least one of audio and video content; and

(b) a usage history description that is capable of periodically updating one or more of said usage preferences descriptions, and where said updating is prevented for any usage preferences description having a value in said field associating said usage preferences description to a limited portion of a year.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said limited portion of the year includes at least two of football season, baseball season, and hockey season.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said limited portion of the year includes at least two of winter, spring, summer and fall.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said limited portion of the year includes at least three of winter, spring, summer, and fall.