System and method of generating a media item recommendation message with recommender presence information

• US 9,037,632 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2007
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Napo Enerprises, LLC (Concert Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Svendsen, Hugh
• Primary Examiner(s): HOANG, HIEU T
• Application Number:
  US11/757,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301241A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,909 Days
• Field of Search: 709/202, 709/203
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies

Abstract

A system and method of generating a media item recommendation message used to provide a recommendation for a media item by a recommender to a recipient on a media item recommendation system is disclosed. The media item recommendation is generated by including a media item identifier of a media item in a media item recommendation message, presence information of a recommender of the media item, and, optionally, a media item annotation in association with the media item identifier in the media item recommendation message. The media item recommendation message is transmitted to the recipient.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a central server comprising;

a communication interface;

at least one processor in communication with the communication interface;

memory storing software executable by the at least one processor, whereby the central server is adapted to;

receive a media item recommendation message from a first device; and

send the media item recommendation message to a second device; and

the first device comprising;

a first communication interface;

at least one first processor in communication with the first communication interface;

first memory storing software executable by the at least one first processor, whereby the first device is adapted to;

include a media item identifier of a media item in a media item recommendation message;

include presence information of a recommender of the media item in the media item recommendation message, wherein the presence information is associated with the media item identifier and wherein the presence information comprises a plurality of announcement tracks each having an associated metadata; and

send the media item recommendation message to the central server; and

the second device comprising;

a second communication interface;

at least one second processor in communication with the second communication interface;

second memory storing software executable by the at least one second processor, whereby the second device is adapted to

receive the media item recommendation message from the central server;

compare the metadata of a currently playing media item on the second device with the associated metadata of the plurality of announcement tracks of the presence information of the media item recommendation message;

select an announcement track based on the comparison; and

play the announcement track.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the metadata comprises a uniform resource locator.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein to include the media item identifier, the first device is adapted to select the media item to recommend from a media item playlist.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein to include presence information, the first device is adapted to select the presence information from a media item playlist.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the presence information comprises an image component.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of announcement tracks comprises certain characteristics based on tempo, genre, artist, or album.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the presence information comprises the presence information of a plurality of recommenders of the media item.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the first device is further adapted to include a media item annotation in the media item recommendation message in association with the media item identifier.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the media item annotation comprises associated metadata.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the metadata associated with the media item annotation comprises a uniform resource locator.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the control to include the media item annotation, the first device is adapted to select the media item annotation from a media item playlist.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the media item annotation comprises one or more components comprised from a group consisting of:

an audio component, an image component, and a text component.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the media item annotation comprises associated metadata.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein to include the media item annotation, the first device is adapted to select the media item annotation from a media item playlist.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the media item annotation comprises one or more components comprised from a group consisting of:

an audio component, an image component, and a text component.

25. The system of claim 13, wherein the metadata associated with the media item annotation comprises a uniform resource locator.

16. A system comprising:

a first device comprising;

a first communication interface;

at least one first processor in communication with the first communication interface;

first memory storing software executable by the at least one first processor, whereby the first device is adapted to;

include a media item identifier of a media item in a media item recommendation message;

include presence information of a recommender of the media item in the media item recommendation message, wherein the presence information is associated with the media item identifier and wherein the presence information comprises a plurality of announcement tracks each having an associated metadata; and

send the media item recommendation message to a second device; and

the second device comprising;

a second communication interface;

at least one second processor in communication with the second communication interface;

second memory storing software executable by the at least one second processor, whereby the second device is adapted to

receive the media item recommendation message;

compare the metadata of a currently playing media item on the second device with the associated metadata of the plurality of announcement tracks of the presence information of the media item recommendation message;

select an announcement track based on the comparison; and

play the announcement track.

17. The system of claim 16 further comprising:

a central server comprising;

a communication interface;

at least one processor in communication with the communication interface;

memory storing software executable by the at least one processor, whereby the central server is adapted to;

receive the media item recommendation message from a first device; and

send the media item recommendation message to the second device.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the metadata comprises a uniform resource locator.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein to include the media item identifier, the first device is adapted to select the media item to recommend from a media item playlist.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein to include presence information, the first device is adapted to select the presence information from a media item playlist.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein the presence information comprises an image component.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the plurality of announcement tracks comprises certain characteristics based on tempo, genre, artist, or album.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein the presence information comprises the presence information of a plurality of recommenders of the media item.

24. The system of claim 16 wherein the first device is further adapted to include a media item annotation in the media item recommendation message in association with the media item identifier.