公开(公告)号：US08407230B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-26

申请号：US11842899

申请日：2007-08-21

申请人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

发明人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/3053 ,  G06F17/30749 ,  G06F17/30752 ,  G06F17/30758 ,  G06F17/30766 ,  G06F17/30772

摘要： The systems and methods described create a mathematical representation of each of the media objects for which user ratings are known. The mathematical representations take into account the subjective rating value assigned by a user to the respective media object and the user that assigned the rating value. The media object with the mathematical representation closest to that of the seed media object is then selected as the most similar media object to the seed media object. In an embodiment, the mathematical representation is a vector representation in which each user is a different dimension and each user's rating value is the magnitude of the vector in that dimension. Similarity between two songs is determined by identifying the closest vectors to that of the seed song. Closeness may be determined by subtracting or by calculating the dot product of each of the vectors with that of the seed media object.

摘要翻译： 所描述的系统和方法创建了用户评级已知的每个媒体对象的数学表示。 数学表示考虑了用户分配给相应媒体对象和分配了评级值的用户的主观评价值。 然后选择具有最接近种子媒体对象的数学表示的媒体对象作为种子媒体对象的最相似的媒体对象。 在一个实施例中，数学表示是向量表示，其中每个用户是不同的维度，并且每个用户的评价值是该维度中的向量的大小。 通过识别与种子歌曲的最接近的向量来确定两首歌曲之间的相似性。 可以通过减去或通过计算每个向量的种子媒体对象的点积来确定亲密度。

公开(公告)号：US20090055376A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-26

申请号：US11842886

申请日：2007-08-21

申请人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

发明人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F16/433 ,  G06F16/434 ,  G06F16/435 ,  G06F16/48 ,  G06F16/634 ,  G06F16/639 ,  G06F16/686

摘要： The systems and methods described create a mathematical representation of each of the media objects for which user ratings are known. The mathematical representations take into account the subjective rating value assigned by a user to the respective media object and the user that assigned the rating value. The media object with the mathematical representation closest to that of the seed media object is then selected as the most similar media object to the seed media object. In an embodiment, the mathematical representation is a vector representation in which each user is a different dimension and each user's rating value is the magnitude of the vector in that dimension. Similarity between two songs is determined by identifying the closest vectors to that of the seed song. Closeness may be determined by subtracting or by calculating the dot product of each of the vectors with that of the seed media object.

公开(公告)号：US08583615B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-12

申请号：US11849006

申请日：2007-08-31

申请人： William White ,  Malcolm Slaney

发明人： William White ,  Malcolm Slaney

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30386 ,  G06F3/04815 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30743 ,  G06F17/30749 ,  G06F17/30758 ,  G06F17/30769 ,  G06F17/30772 ,  G06F17/30775 ,  G11B27/105

摘要： Systems and methods for generating and playing a sequence of media objects based on a mood gradient are also disclosed. A mood gradient is a sequence of items, in which each item is media object having known characteristics or a representative set of characteristics of a media object, that is created or used by a user for a specific purpose. Given a mood gradient, one or more new media objects are selected for each item in the mood gradient based on the characteristics associated with that item. In this way, a sequence of new media objects is created but the sequence exhibits a similar variation in media object characteristics. The mood gradient may be presented to a user or created via a display illustrating a three-dimensional space in which each dimension corresponds to a different characteristic. The mood gradient may be represented as a path through the three-dimensional space and icons representing media objects are located within the three-dimensional space based on their characteristics.

摘要翻译： 还公开了基于情绪梯度来生成和播放媒体对象序列的系统和方法。 情绪梯度是一系列项目，其中每个项目是具有已知特征或媒体对象的特征的特征的媒体对象，其由用户为特定目的创建或使用。 给定情绪渐变，基于与该项目相关联的特征，为情绪梯度中的每个项目选择一个或多个新的媒体对象。 以这种方式，创建一系列新的媒体对象，但是该序列在媒体对象特征方面表现出类似的变化。 情绪梯度可以呈现给用户或通过显示器来创建，该显示器示出了其中每个维度对应于不同特征的三维空间。 情绪梯度可以表示为通过三维空间的路径，并且表示媒体对象的图标基于它们的特征位于三维空间内。

公开(公告)号：US20090049091A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-19

申请号：US11838003

申请日：2007-08-13

申请人： Malcolm SLANEY ,  William White

发明人： Malcolm SLANEY ,  William White

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30026 ,  G06F17/30038 ,  G06F17/30047 ,  Y10S707/913

摘要： The systems and methods described create a mathematical representation of each of the media objects for which user ratings are known. The mathematical representations take into account the subjective rating value assigned by a user to the respective media object and the user that assigned the rating value. The media object with the mathematical representation closest to that of the seed media object is then selected as the most similar media object to the seed media object. In an embodiment, the mathematical representation is a vector representation in which each user is a different dimension and each user's rating value is the magnitude of the vector in that dimension. Similarity between two songs is determined by identifying the closest vectors to that of the seed song. Closeness may be determined by subtracting or by calculating the dot product of each of the vectors with that of the seed media object.

摘要翻译： 所描述的系统和方法创建了用户评级已知的每个媒体对象的数学表示。 数学表示考虑了用户分配给相应媒体对象和分配了评级值的用户的主观评价值。 然后选择具有最接近种子媒体对象的数学表示的媒体对象作为种子媒体对象的最相似的媒体对象。 在一个实施例中，数学表示是向量表示，其中每个用户是不同的维度，并且每个用户的评级值是该维度中的向量的大小。 通过识别与种子歌曲的最接近的向量来确定两首歌曲之间的相似性。 可以通过减去或通过计算每个向量的种子媒体对象的点积来确定亲密度。

公开(公告)号：US20090049082A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-19

申请号：US11842899

申请日：2007-08-21

申请人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

发明人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/3053 ,  G06F17/30749 ,  G06F17/30752 ,  G06F17/30758 ,  G06F17/30766 ,  G06F17/30772

摘要： The systems and methods described create a mathematical representation of each of the media objects for which user ratings are known. The mathematical representations take into account the subjective rating value assigned by a user to the respective media object and the user that assigned the rating value. The media object with the mathematical representation closest to that of the seed media object is then selected as the most similar media object to the seed media object. In an embodiment, the mathematical representation is a vector representation in which each user is a different dimension and each user's rating value is the magnitude of the vector in that dimension. Similarity between two songs is determined by identifying the closest vectors to that of the seed song. Closeness may be determined by subtracting or by calculating the dot product of each of the vectors with that of the seed media object.

公开(公告)号：US07849092B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-07

申请号：US11838003

申请日：2007-08-13

申请人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

发明人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30026 ,  G06F17/30038 ,  G06F17/30047 ,  Y10S707/913

摘要： The systems and methods described create a mathematical representation of each of the media objects for which user ratings are known. The mathematical representations take into account the subjective rating value assigned by a user to the respective media object and the user that assigned the rating value. The media object with the mathematical representation closest to that of the seed media object is then selected as the most similar media object to the seed media object. In an embodiment, the mathematical representation is a vector representation in which each user is a different dimension and each user's rating value is the magnitude of the vector in that dimension. Similarity between two songs is determined by identifying the closest vectors to that of the seed song. Closeness may be determined by subtracting or by calculating the dot product of each of the vectors with that of the seed media object.

摘要翻译： 所描述的系统和方法创建了用户评级已知的每个媒体对象的数学表示。 数学表示考虑了用户分配给相应媒体对象和分配了评级值的用户的主观评价值。 然后选择具有最接近种子媒体对象的数学表示的媒体对象作为种子媒体对象的最相似的媒体对象。 在一个实施例中，数学表示是向量表示，其中每个用户是不同的维度，并且每个用户的评价值是该维度中的向量的大小。 通过识别与种子歌曲的最接近的向量来确定两首歌曲之间的相似性。 可以通过减去或通过计算每个向量的种子媒体对象的点积来确定亲密度。

公开(公告)号：US20080104111A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-01

申请号：US11553783

申请日：2006-10-27

申请人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

发明人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30758 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30743 ,  G06F17/30867 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  Y10S707/916 ,  Y10S707/957

摘要： Recommendation systems and methods are disclosed that objectively determine similarities between products and quantify diversity between products for use in generating recommendations. The product interests, such as musical interests, of a user are measured based on objective characteristics of the product. Then the interests are modeled by a distribution. The resulting distribution is then used as a measure of the diversity of the user's tastes. Based on the diversity and the characteristics of other products, recommendations are then made to the user. The systems and methods may also utilize subjective information as a secondary filter to add or remove products for which such data is known.

摘要翻译： 公开了推荐系统和方法，客观地确定产品之间的相似性并量化用于产生建议的产品之间的多样性。 用户的产品兴趣（如音乐兴趣）是根据产品的客观特征来衡量的。 那么利益就是通过分配来建模的。 然后将所得到的分布用作衡量用户品味的多样性。 根据其他产品的多样性和特点，向用户提出建议。 系统和方法还可以利用主观信息作为次级过滤器来添加或移除已知这些数据的产品。

公开(公告)号：US07860862B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-28

申请号：US11553783

申请日：2006-10-27

申请人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

发明人： Malcolm Slaney ,  William White

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30758 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30743 ,  G06F17/30867 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  Y10S707/916 ,  Y10S707/957

摘要： Recommendation systems and methods are disclosed that objectively determine similarities between products and quantify diversity between products for use in generating recommendations. The product interests, such as musical interests, of a user are measured based on objective characteristics of the product. Then the interests are modeled by a distribution. The resulting distribution is then used as a measure of the diversity of the user's tastes. Based on the diversity and the characteristics of other products, recommendations are then made to the user. The systems and methods may also utilize subjective information as a secondary filter to add or remove products for which such data is known.

摘要翻译： 公开了推荐系统和方法，客观地确定产品之间的相似性并量化用于产生建议的产品之间的多样性。 用户的产品兴趣（如音乐兴趣）是根据产品的客观特征来衡量的。 那么利益就是通过分配来建模的。 然后将所得到的分布用作衡量用户品味的多样性。 根据其他产品的多样性和特点，向用户提出建议。 系统和方法还可以利用主观信息作为次级过滤器来添加或移除已知这些数据的产品。

公开(公告)号：US10772470B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-15

申请号：US15950761

申请日：2018-04-11

申请人： William White

发明人： William White

IPC分类号： A47K3/00

摘要： Bath tubs have been around for many hundreds of years, however the bath tub & shower combination not as long. The bath and shower combination has its conveniences, it gives the user a choice; the choice of just taking a tub bath, a shower or both.However, if the choice entails taking a shower, the results could means water on bathroom floor. Water on the floor presents a safety hazard that the elderly and very young find difficult to negotiate. Therefore there is a need to prevent water from exiting the bath tub and shower enclosure. What is new about this device or this tub & shower modification is its ability to keep bathroom floor dry, during the bathing process. It does this by redirecting the water back into the tub's own drainage system through a combination usage of shower curtains, water shields and a modified drainage system.

公开(公告)号：US20180249866A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15950761

申请日：2018-04-11

申请人： William White

发明人： William White

IPC分类号： A47K3/00

摘要： Bath tubs have been around for many hundreds of years, however the bath tub & shower combination not as long. The bath and shower combination has its conveniences, it gives the user a choice; the choice of just taking a tub bath, a shower or both.However, if the choice entails taking a shower, the results could means water on bathroom floor. Water on the floor presents a safety hazard that the elderly and very young find difficult to negotiate. Therefore there is a need to prevent water from exiting the bath tub and shower enclosure. What is new about this device or this tub & shower modification is its ability to keep bathroom floor dry, during the bathing process. It does this by redirecting the water back into the tub's own drainage system through a combination usage of shower curtains, water shields and a modified drainage system.