公开(公告)号：US20100050202A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-25

申请号：US12193844

申请日：2008-08-19

申请人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： H04H60/32 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30722 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30244 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04H60/80 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04L67/30 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4661 ,  H04N21/4756 ,  H04N21/8113

摘要： A method and system for constructing and presenting a consumption profile, a rating profile, or both a consumption profile and a rating profile for a media item are provided. In general, consumption of a media item by a number of first users is tracked. Thereafter, before and/or during playback of the media item by a second user, a consumption profile for the media item is constructed and presented to the second user. In addition to or as an alternative to tracking consumption of the media item by the first users, ratings for the media item may be obtained from all or a subset of the first users. Thereafter, before and/or during playback of the media item by the second user, a rating profile for the media item is constructed and presented to the second user.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于构建和呈现用于媒体项目的消费简档，评级简档或消费简档和评级简档的方法和系统。 通常，跟踪多个第一用户的媒体项目的消费。 此后，在由第二用户重放媒体项目之前和/或期间，构建媒体项目的消费简档并将其呈现给第二用户。 除了作为第一用户跟踪消费媒体项目的替代方案之外，媒体项目的评级可以从第一用户的全部或一部分获得。 此后，在由第二用户重放媒体项目之前和/或期间，构建媒体项目的评级简档并将其呈现给第二用户。

公开(公告)号：US20090287763A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-19

申请号：US12120676

申请日：2008-05-15

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L51/32 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04L67/306

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for facilitating contact or communication between users or participants. A profile matching process is performed to match a user profile of a first user to a user profile of a second user. A number of questions to ask the second user are automatically selected. In addition, an answer to one or more of the questions may be suggested to the second user. The questions and any suggested answers are then sent to the second user at an associated user device. A reward to be revealed to the second user in response to answering the questions may also be provided. A summary of the answers given by the second user may be provided to the first user. In response, the first user may choose to share his or her full or partial user profile, contact information, or the like with the second user.

摘要翻译： 提供了系统和方法来促进用户或参与者之间的联系或通信。 执行简档匹配处理以将第一用户的用户简档与第二用户的用户简档相匹配。 自动选择要询问第二个用户的一些问题。 此外，可以向第二用户建议对一个或多个问题的答案。 然后将问题和任何建议的答案发送到相关联的用户设备的第二用户。 还可以提供响应于回答问题向第二用户显示的奖励。 可以将第二用户给出的答案的摘要提供给第一用户。 作为响应，第一用户可以选择与第二用户共享他或她的完整或部分用户简档，联系人信息等。

公开(公告)号：US20090271484A1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-29

申请号：US12111456

申请日：2008-04-29

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L51/28 ,  H04L51/066 ,  H04L51/14

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for generating, sending, and delivering a message addressed using an image of an intended message recipient of the message. In one embodiment, a sending user captures or otherwise obtains an image of an intended message recipient. A message to the intended message recipient is then generated, addressed using the image of the intended message recipient, and sent to a central server. The central server identifies the intended message recipient based on the image of the intended message recipient and optionally a location and time at which the image was captured. Optionally, the identity of the intended message recipient may be verified by one or more users such as one or more friends of the intended message recipient. The central server then sends the message to the intended message recipient using known contact information such as a username or email address of the intended message recipient.

摘要翻译： 提供了系统和方法，用于生成，发送和传递使用消息的预期消息接收者的映像寻址的消息。 在一个实施例中，发送用户捕获或以其他方式获得预期消息接收者的图像。 然后，使用预期消息接收者的映像生成到预期消息接收者的消息，并发送到中央服务器。 中央服务器基于预期消息接收者的图像以及可选地捕获图像的位置和时间来识别预期消息收件人。 可选地，预期消息接收者的身份可由一个或多个用户（例如预期消息接收者的一个或多个朋友）来验证。 然后，中央服务器使用已知的联系信息（例如预期消息接收者的用户名或电子邮件地址）将消息发送到预期消息收件人。

公开(公告)号：US20090265417A1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-22

申请号：US12104684

申请日：2008-04-17

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Harold Sutherland

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Harold Sutherland

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F17/30029 ,  G06F17/30038

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for aggregating a local media collection of a user with one or more shared media collections shared with the user to provide an aggregate media collection for the user. In general, one or more shared media collections shared with the user are first discovered. Optionally, the user may select one or more of the shared media collections for aggregation with the local media collection of the user. The shared media collections selected by the user, or alternatively all of the shared media collections, are then aggregated with the local media collection of the user to provide an aggregate media collection for the user. The aggregate media collection is provided as a primary list including an entry for each unique media item in the aggregate media collection. Sorted sub-lists are utilized to populate the primary list.

摘要翻译： 提供了系统和方法，用于将用户的本地媒体集合与用户共享的一个或多个共享媒体集合聚合，以为用户提供聚合媒体集合。 通常，首先发现与用户共享的一个或多个共享媒体集合。 可选地，用户可以选择用于与用户的本地媒体集合进行聚合的一个或多个共享媒体集合。 然后，由用户选择的共享媒体集合或者所有共享媒体集合被与用户的本地媒体集合聚合，以为用户提供聚合媒体集合。 聚合媒体集合作为主列表提供，包括聚合媒体集合中每个唯一媒体项目的条目。 排序的子列表用于填充主列表。

公开(公告)号：US20090164429A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-25

申请号：US12192682

申请日：2008-08-15

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30035 ,  Y10S707/913 ,  Y10S707/919

摘要： Methods and systems are provided for identifying one or more media items played within a geographic area selected by a user. In one embodiment, a media service tracks play histories for a number of users registered with the media service, where each play history identifies media items played by the corresponding user as well as the locations at which at least a subset of the media items were played by the corresponding user. The media service enables a requesting user to select or otherwise define one or more geographic areas of interest. Then, based on the play histories, the media service identifies one or more media items played within the one or more geographic areas of interest. The media service then provides data reflecting the one or more media items played within the one or more geographic areas of interest to a device of the requesting user.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于识别在用户选择的地理区域内播放的一个或多个媒体项目的方法和系统。 在一个实施例中，媒体服务跟踪用于向媒体服务注册的多个用户的播放历史，其中每个播放历史识别由相应用户播放的媒体项以及媒体项目的至少一个子集播放的位置 由相应的用户。 媒体服务允许请求用户选择或以其他方式定义一个或多个感兴趣的地理区域。 然后，基于播放历史，媒体服务识别在感兴趣的一个或多个地理区域内播放的一个或多个媒体项目。 媒体服务然后提供反映在一个或多个感兴趣的地理区域内播放的一个或多个媒体项目的数据给请求用户的设备。

公开(公告)号：US20090083362A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US11609945

申请日：2006-12-13

申请人： Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04N7/17336 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G11B27/10 ,  H04L12/00 ,  H04L29/00 ,  H04N7/00 ,  H04N21/23106 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/4788

摘要： The present invention provides a peer-to-peer (P2P) network for providing real time media recommendations. The P2P network includes a central server interconnecting a number of peer devices. In operation, a proxy function of the central server receives media recommendations from one or more peer devices that are active and online as media presentations identified by the media recommendations are played by the peer devices. The one or more peer devices are included in a group of peer devices associated with a first peer device. The proxy function provides the media recommendations to the first peer device. An augmentation function of the central server monitors a recommendation level of the first peer device. If the recommendation level falls below a minimum recommendation level, the augmentation function augments the media recommendations provided to the first peer device to increase the recommendation level to or above the minimum recommendation level.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于提供实时媒体推荐的点对点（P2P）网络。 P2P网络包括互连多个对等设备的中央服务器。 在操作中，中央服务器的代理功能从一个或多个活动和在线的对等设备接收媒体推荐，因为媒体推荐所标识的媒体呈现由对等设备播放。 一个或多个对等设备被包括在与第一对等设备相关联的一组对等设备中。 代理功能向第一个对等设备提供媒体建议。 中央服务器的增强功能监视第一对等设备的推荐级别。 如果推荐级别低于最低建议级别，则增加功能将增加提供给第一对等设备的媒体建议，将推荐级别增加到或低于最低推荐级别。

公开(公告)号：US20090076881A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-19

申请号：US11392054

申请日：2006-03-29

申请人： Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/0253

摘要： An archiving system is provided for archiving a user's media collection and refining recommendations made to the user by an e-commerce service, such as an e-commerce website, based on the archive of the user's media collection. In general, a central archiving system interacts with a user system to archive a user's media collection. Thereafter, while the user is interacting with the e-commerce service, a list of recommended media for the user is generated and provided to the archiving system. The archiving system refines the list based on the archive of the user's media collection. Optionally, the list of recommended media may be further refined based on a user profile and play history of the user. The refined list of recommended media is returned to the e-commerce service and presented to the user.

摘要翻译： 提供存档系统，用于基于用户的媒体集合的归档，归档用户的媒体收集和优化由电子商务服务（诸如电子商务网站）向用户提出的建议。 通常，中央存档系统与用户系统交互以归档用户的媒体集合。 此后，当用户正在与电子商务服务进行交互时，生成用于用户的推荐媒体的列表并将其提供给归档系统。 归档系统根据用户的媒体集合的归档来优化列表。 可选地，可以基于用户简档和用户的播放历史来进一步改进推荐媒体的列表。 将推荐媒体的精简列表返回给电子商务服务并呈现给用户。

公开(公告)号：US20090070184A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-12

申请号：US11463148

申请日：2006-08-08

申请人： Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06Q99/00 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30038 ,  G06Q10/063 ,  G06Q30/0202

摘要： A system and method for embedding recommendations on a portable media player are provided. In general, recommendations for media presentations stored or to be stored on the portable media player are generated by a recommendation engine hosted by an external system such as, for example, a user's personal computer or a network server. In one embodiment, the media presentations are songs, and the recommendations include a number of recommended songs for each song stored or to be stored on the portable media player. The recommendations may be limited to the media presentations stored on the portable media player or otherwise accessible to the portable media player. After the recommendations are generated, the recommendations are stored, or embedded, on the portable media player. Thereafter, the portable media player may use the recommendations to facilitate playback of media content on the portable media player.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种在便携式媒体播放器上嵌入推荐的系统和方法。 通常，由存储或要存储在便携式媒体播放器上的媒体演示文稿的建议由诸如用户的个人计算机或网络服务器的外部系统托管的推荐引擎生成。 在一个实施例中，媒体呈现是歌曲，并且建议包括用于存储或要存储在便携式媒体播放器上的每首歌曲的推荐歌曲的数量。 这些建议可以限于存储在便携式媒体播放器上的媒体呈现或便携式媒体播放器可访问的媒体呈现。 在产生建议之后，将建议存储或嵌入便携式媒体播放器。 此后，便携式媒体播放器可以使用这些建议来促进在便携式媒体播放器上播放媒体内容。

公开(公告)号：US07502795B1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-10

申请号：US10862696

申请日：2004-06-07

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Robert P. Morris

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Robert P. Morris

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04N1/32101 ,  G06F17/30206 ,  G06F17/30265 ,  G06F17/3028 ,  G06K9/00677 ,  H04L67/104 ,  H04L67/1063 ,  H04L67/1072 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04N1/2183 ,  H04N2201/3254 ,  H04N2201/3277 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： A method and system for providing a network-based photosharing service is disclosed. The photosharing service includes a central photosharing site having a server, and a plurality of peer nodes each containing digital images. The method and system include associating metadata with each image that is to be shared. The images are shared by uploading the metadata associated with each image from the peer nodes to the peer server, while maintaining storage of the images on the respective peer nodes. In response to the peer server receiving search criteria based on the metadata submitted from a first one of the peer nodes, the peer server returns a list of image locators for images matching the search criteria to the first peer node. The method and system further include dynamically generating on the first peer node an image album that contains at least a portion of the matching images.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于提供基于网络的照片共享服务的方法和系统。 照片共享服务包括具有服务器的中央照片分割站点和每个包含数字图像的多个对等节点。 该方法和系统包括将元数据与要共享的每个图像相关联。 通过将与每个图像相关联的元数据从对等节点上传到对等服务器来共享图像，同时保持图像在相应对等节点上的存储。 响应于对等服务器基于从第一对等节点提交的元数据接收到搜索标准，对等服务器将与搜索条件匹配的图像的图像定位符列表返回给第一对等节点。 该方法和系统还包括在第一对等节点上动态地生成包含至少一部分匹配图像的图像相册。

公开(公告)号：US20080301241A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-04

申请号：US11757083

申请日：2007-06-01

申请人： Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F17/30038 ,  G06F17/30053 ,  G06Q30/0631 ,  H04N21/4668

摘要： 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.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种生成媒体项目推荐消息的系统和方法，所述媒体项目推荐消息用于向推荐者向媒体项目推荐系统上的接收者提供媒体项目的推荐。 通过在媒体项目推荐消息中包括媒体项目的媒体项目标识符，媒体项目的推荐者的存在信息以及可选地与媒体项目标识符相关联的媒体项目注释来生成媒体项目推荐 媒体项目推荐信息。 媒体项目推荐消息被发送到接收者。