Audiovisual information management system with multiple user identifications

• US 7,197,709 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2004
• Issued: 03/27/2007
• 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:
  US10/977,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20050091685A1
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716, 715/719, 715/727, 715/733, 715/738, 715/741, 715/744, 715/745, 715/747, 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 an audiovisual system including the steps of providing usage preferences descriptions, providing a first user identification description which identifies a particular user of at least one of the usage preference descriptions where the usage preference description is created by the user by interaction with the system or provided by the user to the system, and providing a second user identification description which identifies a different particular user of at least one of the usage preference descriptions, wherein the first user identification description and its associated usage preference description is disabled prior to the different user using his associated usage preference description. The usage preferences descriptions include at least two of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description.

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 steps of:

(a) providing a plurality of usage preferences descriptions 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 descriptions 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 each relates to a user'"'"'s preferences regarding presentation characteristics of the presentation device specific to a particular one or more of said filtering or search preference descriptions, 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;

(b) providing a first user identification description which identifies a particular user of at least one of said usage preference descriptions where said usage preference description is at least one of created by said user by interaction with said system and provided by said user to said system;

(c) providing a second user identification description which identifies a different particular user of at least one of said usage preference description where said usage preference description is at least one of created by said different user by interaction with said system and provided by said different user to said system; and

(d) wherein said first user identification description and its associated at least one of said usage preference description is disabled prior to said different user using his associated said usage preference description.

2. The method of claim 1 further including a generation module that generates program highlights.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said generation module generates close up views.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said usage preferences description includes at least said browsing preferences description, and said device preferences description.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein said usage preferences description includes at least said filtering preferences description, said search preferences description, and said device preferences description.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said generation module generates key frames.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said generation module generates character profiles.