公开(公告)号：US20100142521A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-10

申请号：US12314289

申请日：2008-12-08

申请人： Greg Evans ,  Alfredo Issa ,  Kunal Kandekar

发明人： Greg Evans ,  Alfredo Issa ,  Kunal Kandekar

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04L65/4069 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04L12/18

摘要： A system and method for providing near live disc jockey (DJ) audio commentary segments or snippets to a client device including one of an internet radio station host streaming device or a user mobile device for real-time insertion into a music playlist. The system is operative to transmit metadata segment packets to the client device; transmit audio content segment packets to the client device, with the audio content segment packets matching directly to the metadata segment packets. The system also receives usage segment packets as a response from the client device.

摘要翻译： 一种用于向包括因特网无线电台主机流式传输设备或用户移动设备中的一个的客户端设备提供近实况光盘骑师（DJ）音频评论段或片段的系统和方法，用于实时插入到音乐播放列表中。 该系统用于向客户端设备发送元数据段分组; 将音频内容段分组发送到客户端设备，音频内容段分组直接匹配到元数据段分组。 该系统还从客户端设备接收使用分段数据包作为响应。

公开(公告)号：US20100094834A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-15

申请号：US12251530

申请日：2008-10-15

申请人： Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F7/06 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F16/4387

摘要： A system and method for providing a bridging process for a media sharing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user device of a user joins a media sharing system including the user device of the user and one or more other user devices of a corresponding one or more other users. Via the media sharing system, the one or more other users have access to a shared media collection of the user of the user device, which includes one or more first media items stored locally at the user device and one or more second media items stored remotely at a secondary device of the user. Upon receiving a request for one of the second media items, the user device obtains the requested media item from the secondary device. The user device then provides the requested media item to the other user device automatically or upon subsequent request.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于为媒体共享系统提供桥接处理的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，用户的用户设备加入包括用户的用户设备和对应的一个或多个其他用户的一个或多个其他用户设备的媒体共享系统。 通过媒体共享系统，一个或多个其他用户可以访问用户设备的用户的共享媒体集合，其包括在用户设备本地存储的一个或多个第一媒体项目以及远程存储的一个或多个第二媒体项目 在用户的辅助设备上。 在接收到对于第二媒体项中的一个的请求时，用户设备从辅助设备获得所请求的媒体项目。 然后，用户设备自动或随后的请求将所请求的媒体项目提供给另一个用户设备。

公开(公告)号：US20100088726A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-08

申请号：US12247443

申请日：2008-10-08

申请人： Scott Curtis ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Ravi Reddy Katpelly

发明人： Scott Curtis ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Ravi Reddy Katpelly

IPC分类号： H04N5/445

CPC分类号： H04N21/854 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/105 ,  G11B27/28 ,  G11B27/34 ,  H04N21/47205 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/8133 ,  H04N21/8455 ,  H04N21/8456

摘要： A system and method are disclosed for processing a video item to automatically provide or recommend bookmarks and bookmark headings for the video item. In one embodiment, the video item is first logically segmented into a number of segments. For each segment of the video item, a bookmark linking to a start of the segment of the video item is generated. In addition, audio and/or video content of each segment of the video item is processed in order to generate one or more recommended headings, or titles, for the corresponding bookmark. Information identifying the recommended bookmarks and bookmark headings may then be returned to an owner of the video item. The owner may then provide user input accepting, modifying, or rejecting the bookmarks and bookmark headings. Based on the user input from the owner, the bookmarks and bookmark headings for the video item are finalized and stored.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种处理视频项目以自动提供或推荐视频项目的书签和书签标题的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，视频项目首先被逻辑地分段成多个段。 对于视频项目的每个段，生成链接到视频项目的段的开始的书签。 此外，处理视频项目的每个片段的音频和/或视频内容以便为相应的书签生成一个或多个推荐的标题或标题。 识别推荐书签和书签标题的信息可能会返回给视频项目的所有者。 然后，所有者可以提供接受，修改或拒绝书签和书签标题的用户输入。 根据所有者的用户输入，视频项目的书签和书签标题被确定并存储。

公开(公告)号：US20100082135A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-01

申请号：US12239877

申请日：2008-09-29

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

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

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30053

摘要： A system and method are provided for generating and displaying one or more indicators indicative of a level of activity within a media sharing system. In one embodiment, with respect to a user participating in the media sharing system, an indicator representative of an activity level of a media collection shared by the user in the media sharing system may be generated and presented to the user. In addition or alternatively, indicators representative of activity levels of media collections shared by other users participating in the media sharing system may be generated and presented to the user. Still further, in addition or alternatively, indicators representative of activity levels with respect to playlists in the media sharing system may be generated and presented to the user.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于生成和显示指示媒体共享系统内的活动级别的一个或多个指示符的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，对于参与媒体共享系统的用户，可以生成表示用户在媒体共享系统中共享的媒体集合的活动级别的指标，并将其呈现给用户。 另外或替代地，可以生成表示参与媒体共享系统的其他用户共享的媒体集合的活动级别的指示符，并将其呈现给用户。 此外，另外或替代地，可以生成表示关于媒体共享系统中的播放列表的活动级别的指示符，并将其呈现给用户。

公开(公告)号：US20090164574A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-25

申请号：US12013147

申请日：2008-01-11

申请人： Michael T. Hoffman

发明人： Michael T. Hoffman

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L65/403 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/24 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/021

摘要： A system and method for identifying transient friends for a social network of a user are provided. A transient friend processing function obtains locations of a number of users or locations otherwise associated with the number of users. In order to identify transient friends for a first user, the transient friend processing function identifies other users associated with locations within a proximate area of the first user. For each of the identified users, the transient friend processing function compares a user profile of the first user to a user profile of the identified user to determine whether to add the identified user as a transient friend of the first user. If the transient friend processing function determines that the identified friend is to be added as a transient friend of the first user, the identified friend is then added as a transient friend of the first user.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于识别用户的社交网络的瞬时朋友的系统和方法。 临时朋友处理功能获得与用户数量相关联的多个用户或位置的位置。 为了识别第一用户的瞬时朋友，瞬时朋友​​处理功能识别与第一用户的邻近区域内的位置相关联的其他用户。 对于每个所识别的用户，瞬时朋友​​处理功能将第一用户的用户简档与所识别的用户的用户简档进行比较，以确定是否将所识别的用户添加为第一用户的临时朋友。 如果暂时朋友处理功能确定所识别的朋友将被添加为第一用户的临时朋友，则所识别的朋友被添加为第一用户的临时朋友。

公开(公告)号：US20090164516A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-25

申请号：US11963050

申请日：2007-12-21

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Eugene M. Farrelly

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Eugene M. Farrelly

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30761 ,  G06F17/30041 ,  G06F17/30044 ,  G06F17/30772 ,  G11B27/105 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04L67/306 ,  Y10S707/912 ,  Y10S707/916

摘要： A computer-implemented method and system are provided for generating media recommendations in a media recommendation network. Aspects of the method and system include receiving by a server a plurality of play histories of media items from a plurality of users of devices, wherein at least a portion of the media items are tagged with corresponding time and location data indicating a time and location of play; receiving by the server a media recommendation request from a requester, including receiving seed information indicating a current location of the requester; using at least one of user preferences of the requester and the seed information to identify correlated users from which to search corresponding play histories from among the plurality of play histories; comparing the seed information to the corresponding play histories and generating a list of related media items contained therein; and returning the list of related media items to the requester.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种计算机实现的方法和系统，用于在媒体推荐网络中产生媒体推荐。 方法和系统的方面包括由服务器接收来自多个设备用户的多个媒体项目的播放历史，其中媒体项目的至少一部分被标记有对应的时间和位置数据，该时间和位置数据指示时间和位置 玩; 由服务器接收来自请求者的媒体推荐请求，包括接收指示请求者的当前位置的种子信息; 使用请求者的用户偏好中的至少一个和种子信息来识别从多个播放历史中搜索相应播放历史的相关用户; 将种子信息与相应的播放历史进行比较，并生成其中包含的相关媒体项目的列表; 并将相关媒体项目列表返回给请求者。

公开(公告)号：US20090083117A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US11609962

申请日：2006-12-13

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Michael T. Hoffman

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Michael T. Hoffman

IPC分类号： G06Q99/00 ,  G06F7/06 ,  G06N5/02 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30386 ,  G06F17/30209 ,  G06F17/30663 ,  G06F17/30743 ,  G06F17/30749 ,  G06F17/30758 ,  G06F17/30766 ,  H04L67/30

摘要： A system and method are provided for matching participants in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) recommendation network that is loosely coupled to a subscription music service. In general, the system includes a central server and a number of peer devices. For each of the peer devices, an associated user is either a subscriber to the subscription music service or a non-subscriber. When a user of a peer device desires to identify new friends with which to exchange recommendations in the P2P recommendation network, a friend recommendation function of the central server identifies new friends for the user of the peer device based on the user's status as either a subscriber or a non-subscriber to the subscription music service.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于匹配松散耦合到订阅音乐服务的对等（P2P）推荐网络中的参与者的系统和方法。 通常，系统包括中央服务器和多个对等设备。 对于每个对等设备，相关联的用户是订阅音乐服务的订户或非订户。 当对等设备的用户希望识别在P2P推荐网络中交换建议的新朋友时，中心服务器的朋友推荐功能基于用户的状态来识别对等设备的用户的新朋友作为订户 或订阅音乐服务的非订阅者。

公开(公告)号：US20090077160A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-19

申请号：US11539366

申请日：2006-10-06

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Eugene Farrelly

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Eugene Farrelly

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F17/30029 ,  G06F17/30867 ,  G06F17/30876

摘要： A system and method using events to traverse a content selection path for the purpose of providing media content selections are provided. In general, events are defined based on one or more stimulus such as, but not limited to, a chronological-based stimulus, a location-based stimulus, a user-based stimulus, a third-party stimulus, or a weather-based stimulus. Each of the events is used to trigger one or more associated content selection paths. A content selection path generally defines a set of media content and a manner of stepping through the defined set of media content. In operation, when an event is detected, the associated content selection path is triggered to step to the next step in the content selection path, thereby identifying the media content selections. Then, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the media content selections are obtained from a remote subscription-based service.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种使用事件遍历内容选择路径以提供媒体内容选择的系统和方法。 一般来说，事件是基于一种或多种刺激来定义的，例如但不限于基于时间顺序的刺激，基于位置的刺激，基于用户的刺激，第三方刺激或基于天气的刺激 。 每个事件用于触发一个或多个关联的内容选择路径。 内容选择路径通常定义一组媒体内容和逐步通过定义的媒体内容集合的方式。 在操作中，当检测到事件时，相关联的内容选择路径被触发以进入内容选择路径中的下一步骤，从而识别媒体内容选择。 然后，根据本发明的一个实施例，从远程基于订阅的服务获得媒体内容选择。

公开(公告)号：US20090055396A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-26

申请号：US11757263

申请日：2007-06-01

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Waymen J. Askey

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Waymen J. Askey

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G11B27/105 ,  G11B27/00 ,  G11B27/11 ,  H04L12/00 ,  H04L29/00 ,  H04L67/104 ,  H04L67/1082 ,  H04L67/306

摘要： A computer-implemented method and system are provided for replaying media items. Aspects of the method and system include in response to one of the media items being played, calculating a respective replay score for the media item that affects replay of the corresponding media item; and using the replay score to sort the media items for playing.

摘要翻译： 提供计算机实现的方法和系统来重放媒体项目。 方法和系统的方面包括响应于正在播放的一个媒体项目，计算影响相应媒体项目的重放的媒体项目的相应重放分数; 并使用重放分数来排序要播放的媒体项目。

公开(公告)号：US20090049045A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-19

申请号：US11757219

申请日：2007-06-01

申请人： Waymen J. Askey ,  Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Waymen J. Askey ,  Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F7/08

CPC分类号： G06F16/635 ,  G06F16/639

摘要： A computer-implemented method and system are provided for sorting media items in a playlist on a media device that are ranked by score. One embodiment includes providing each of the media items with a respective profile score that is based on user preferences and a respective replay score that affects replay of the corresponding media item; and automatically sorting the media items by the replay scores. Another embodiment includes sorting the media items by a sort criteria indicated by a user; sorting the media items by at least one score associated with each of the media items; displaying the playlist; and playing the media items in the playlist according to sort order and automatically skipping media items that have already been played. Yet a further embodiment includes changing a user preference associated with a sort criteria selected by the user, wherein each of the media items includes a profile score that is calculated based on user preferences, and a replay score that affects replay of the corresponding media item; recalculating the profile score and the replay score of each of the media items; sorting the media items by the replay scores; and sorting the media items by the sort criteria indicated by a user.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种计算机实现的方法和系统，用于对通过分数排列的媒体设备上的播放列表中的媒体项进行排序。 一个实施例包括为每个媒体项提供基于用户偏好的相应简档分数和影响相应媒体项的重放的相应重播分数; 并根据重播得分自动对媒体项目进行排序。 另一个实施例包括通过用户指示的分类标准对媒体项进行排序; 通过与每个媒体项目相关联的至少一个评分来对媒体项目进行排序; 显示播放列表; 并根据排序顺序播放播放列表中的媒体项目，并自动跳过已播放的媒体项目。 另一个实施例包括改变与由用户选择的分类标准相关联的用户偏好，其中每个媒体项目包括基于用户偏好计算的简档分数以及影响对应媒体项目的重播的重播分数; 重新计算每个媒体项目的简档分数和重播分数; 按重播分数对媒体项进行排序; 并按照用户指定的排序条件对媒体项进行排序。