公开(公告)号：US08548855B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-01

申请号：US13085853

申请日：2011-04-13

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  John Forese ,  Christopher M. Amidon ,  Kunal Kandekar ,  Eugene Matthew Farrelly

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  John Forese ,  Christopher M. Amidon ,  Kunal Kandekar ,  Eugene Matthew Farrelly

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q50/01 ,  G06Q30/0252 ,  G06Q30/0255 ,  G06Q30/0261 ,  G06Q30/0271 ,  G06Q30/0276

摘要： Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and utilizing photo advertisements (“ads”). In one embodiment, a photo check-in process is performed for a user located within a geographic check-in zone which results in a photo advertisement that is utilized as a photo check-in for the user. In another embodiment, a photo advertisement is posted as a status update for a user via a social networking service. In another embodiment, photo advertisements are created by users and stored for subsequent use in serving ad requests.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于生成和利用照片广告（“广告”）的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，针对位于地理登记区域内的用户执行照片签入过程，其导致用作用户的照片签到的照片广告。 在另一个实施例中，通过社交网络服务将照片广告作为用户的状态更新来发布。 在另一个实施例中，照片广告由用户创建并存储以用于服务广告请求中的后续使用。

公开(公告)号：US08396951B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-12

申请号：US11961105

申请日：2007-12-20

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Eugene M. Farrelly

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Eugene M. Farrelly

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L65/60 ,  H04H20/82 ,  H04H60/80

摘要： A computer-implemented method and system are provided for populating the content repository of the media service based on real-time media recommendation network comprising a plurality of peer devices. Aspects of the method and system include receiving by a server a recommendation from one of the plurality of peer devices for a media item that is intended for a recipient; determining if the media item is present in the content repository; in response to determining that the media item is not present in the content repository, requesting that the peer device upload the media item; and in response to the media item being uploaded, storing the media item in the content repository.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种计算机实现的方法和系统，用于基于包括多个对等设备的实时媒体推荐网络填充媒体服务的内容存储库。 该方法和系统的方面包括由服务器接收来自多个对等设备中的一个的建议，用于针对接收者的媒体项; 确定媒体项目是否存在于内容存储库中; 响应于确定媒体项目不存在于内容存储库中，请求对等设备上传媒体项目; 并且响应于上传的媒体项目，将媒体项目存储在内容存储库中。

公开(公告)号：US20120278393A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-01

申请号：US13545102

申请日：2012-07-10

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Harold Sutherland ,  Gary W. Black

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Harold Sutherland ,  Gary W. Black

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F17/30053 ,  G06F17/30424 ,  G06F17/30663 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/105 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/42

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.

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。

公开(公告)号：US08285810B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-09

申请号：US12104675

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： G06F17/30489

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. In one embodiment, bridging of users is provided to expand the sharing of media collections beyond those having direct relationships with the sharing user.

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。 在一个实施例中，提供用户的桥接以扩展除了与共享用户具有直接关系的媒体集合之外的共享。

公开(公告)号：US08285595B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-09

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 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

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：US20120124176A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-17

申请号：US13085839

申请日：2011-04-13

申请人： Scott Curtis ,  Hugh Svendsen ,  Michael W. Helpingstine ,  Christopher M. Amidon

发明人： Scott Curtis ,  Hugh Svendsen ,  Michael W. Helpingstine ,  Christopher M. Amidon

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q50/01

摘要： A system and method are disclosed for performing automatic check-ins and/or generating and sending automatic status updates based on social context. As used herein, a social context of a user is generally any data that describes a location at which the user is currently located or users that are spatially proximate to the user.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于执行自动检入和/或基于社会语境产生和发送自动状态更新的系统和方法。 如本文所使用的，用户的社会背景通常是描述用户当前所在的位置的用户的空间上接近的任何数据。

公开(公告)号：US20120117110A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-10

申请号：US13172212

申请日：2011-06-29

申请人： Christopher M. Amidon ,  Harold Sutherland ,  Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Christopher M. Amidon ,  Harold Sutherland ,  Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F16/9537

摘要： A cloud-based media aggregation system that aggregates media collections of geographically proximate users is disclosed. In one embodiment, the media aggregation system determines that a first user and one or more second users are geographically proximate to one another. In response, the media aggregation system dynamically aggregates at least a portion of media collection catalogs of the one or more second users with a media collection catalog of the first user to provide an aggregate media collection catalog of the first user. The media aggregation system may control an extent of the aggregation based on pre-defined criteria.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种聚合地理位置近似用户的媒体集合的基于云的媒体聚合系统。 在一个实施例中，媒体聚合系统确定第一用户和一个或多个第二用户在地理上彼此接近。 作为响应，媒体聚合系统使用第一用户的媒体集合目录动态地聚合一个或多个第二用户的媒体集合目录的至少一部分，以提供第一用户的聚合媒体收集目录。 媒体聚合系统可以基于预定义的标准来控制聚合的范围。

公开(公告)号：US20120072852A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-22

申请号：US12911778

申请日：2010-10-26

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Michael Erickson

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Michael Erickson

IPC分类号： G06F3/01 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0484 ,  G06F17/30743 ,  G06F17/30749 ,  G06F17/30758 ,  G06F17/30766 ,  G06F17/30867 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04L12/00 ,  H04L29/00 ,  H04L67/104 ,  H04N7/00 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/4661 ,  H04N21/4668 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/4825 ,  H04N21/4826 ,  H04N21/8113

摘要： A peer-to-peer (P2P) network for providing real time media recommendations is provided. The media recommendations may be song recommendations or video recommendations. Each time a media presentation is played by a peer device, the peer device provides a recommendation identifying the media presentation to other peer devices in the P2P network. A peer device having received recommendations from the other peer devices in the P2P network then programmatically, or automatically, selects a next media presentation to play from the media presentations recently played by the other peer devices and one or more locally stored media presentations. If the selected media presentation is not stored locally by the peer device, the peer device may obtain the selected media presentation from a subscription based service enabling streaming or download of the selected media presentation, an e-commerce service enabling purchase and download of the selected media presentation, or another peer device.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于提供实时媒体推荐的点对点（P2P）网络。 媒体推荐可能是歌曲推荐或视频推荐。 每当对等设备播放媒体呈现时，对等设备向P2P网络中的其他对等设备提供标识媒体呈现的推荐。 已经从P2P网络中的其他对等设备接收到建议的对等设备然后以编程方式或者自动地从最近由其他对等设备播放的媒体演示文稿和一个或多个本地存储的媒体呈现中选择下一媒体播放播放。 如果所选择的媒体呈现不被对等设备本地存储，则对等设备可以从基于订阅的服务获得所选择的媒体呈现，使得能够流式传输或下载所选择的媒体呈现，电子商务服务能够购买和下载所选择的媒体 媒体演示或另一个对等设备。

公开(公告)号：US08117193B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-14

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

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：US08090606B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-03

申请号：US11463148

申请日：2006-08-08

申请人： Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00

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。