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Preference engine driven personalized music service

A music and music station technology, applied in the field of music stations, can solve problems such as connection or configuration

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-10-31
THOMSON LICENSING SA
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Although many satellite receivers, DVRs, or digital television receivers may have two-way communication capabilities, many are never connected or configured as such because it is not necessary for their operation

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[0013] The methods, systems, and teachings disclosed herein may be embodied in or as a preference engine-driven personalized music service, such as on a computer network capable of receiving a digital broadcast stream containing music. The preference engine-driven personalized music service is implemented in a consumer electronic device such as a set-top box. The personalized music service described herein does not require the customer electronic device to have two-way communication. The necessary processing can be done on the device itself, which eliminates the need to transmit the information to a remote server for processing.

[0014] figure 1 An environment 100 is depicted in which the preference engine-based personal music services described herein may be employed. At its center is the consumer electronic device 110 . In this embodiment, the customer electronic device is a set-top box (STB) connected to the user's display device and / or audio system 120 . The STB 110 i...

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The disclosed methods and systems provide for a preference engine driven personalized music service that can be implemented in consumer electronic device, such as set top box, that is capable of receiving a digital broadcast stream containing music. The personalized music service described herein does not require the consumer electronic device to have two-way communication. The necessary processing can be done on the device itself removing the need to transmit information to a remote server for processing. The method involves receiving a digital broadcast stream containing music. One or more songs are then selected from the digital broadcast stream based on a music preference for a user. The one or more selected songs can then be assembled into a custom station.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of personalized music services. More specifically, the present invention relates to personalized music stations assembled from digital broadcast streams. Background technique [0002] There are personalized music services in which a user indicates a music preference and is provided with songs matching the indicated music preference. An example of such a personalized music service is Pandora (Pandora is a registered trademark of Pandora Media, Inc. of Oakland, CA). With Pandora, a user provides a music selection, such as an artist or a song, on a client device; the client device then submits the music selection to a server that accesses a music database. The service searches a database for music that matches the music selection, and then streams the music that matches the music selection back to the client device for the user to enjoy. For a given song being streamed, the user may be given the option to vote...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04H60/02H04H20/47H04H40/36H04N21/458H04N21/258H04H60/07
CPCH04H60/73H04H2201/60H04H60/46H04H20/40
Inventor T.E.豪兰德
Owner THOMSON LICENSING SA