Method and system for exploring similarities

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-08-31
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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Although these devices are popular today, they do have numerous drawbacks in that a user is severely limited in the range of what type of media they can store on their portable device and the ease of storing such media.
This is because these devices only allow a user the capability of transporting media that is available locally on their computer as well as media that is available from a network service that offers such media.
What is lacking in each of the currently available systems is a system in which a user may utilize their own media player to comm

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[0098] In general, the present invention relates to a system and method for delivering media over a network and for enhancing a user's experience in experiencing the media that is transferred over the network. In view of the aforementioned shortcomings in the art, it would be advantageous if a system was available wherein a user had complete and unfettered access to all media files that he or she has purchased, acquired and / or has access to at any location that they wish. Moreover, as was discussed above, current systems grant the user the ability to transport a media file on a portable device. These portable devices are limited in space and it becomes cumbersome to have to upload and download from the devices to and from each specific location that a user wishes to access files from. Therefore it would be advantageous if a system existed where a user was able to access these files through a click of a mouse on their local system with a minimum of cumbersome intermediary steps.

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A method and computer readable medium for exploring similar users and items of a media service. In one aspect, a user can explore for similar users iteratively. In one aspect, a user interface is generated that displays a user selectable indicia representing a similar member function for allowing a user to search a media service for at least one other user which has a degree of similarity with respect to the searching user. In another aspect, a method facilitates the search of such a similar user within a media service.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 657,222, filed Feb. 28, 2005, entitled A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MEDIA OVER A NETWORK, and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 678,718, filed May 5, 2005, entitled A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MEDIA OVER A NETWORK, both of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates generally to a method and computer readable medium for exploring similar users and items of a media service. [0004] 2. Background of the Invention [0005] The expansion of the Internet and the World Wide Web (“web”) has given computer users the enhanced ability to listen to and to watch various different forms of media through their computers. This media can be in the form of audio music, music videos, television programs, sporting events or any other form of audio or video me...

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IPC IPC(8): G06E1/00G06Q10/10G06Q20/12G06Q30/02G06Q30/06
CPCG06F17/30766H04L63/0263G06F21/10G06F21/6236G06F2213/0038G06F2216/01G06F2221/2113G06F2221/2137G06Q10/10G06Q20/1235G06Q30/02G06Q30/06G11B20/00086G11B27/105G11B27/34H04L12/1822H04L12/581H04L29/06027H04L51/04H04L63/101H04L2463/101H04N7/17318H04N21/2541H04N21/4126H04N21/41407H04N21/4331H04N21/4622H04N21/4627H04N21/47214H04N21/4788H04N21/4825H04N21/658H04N21/8113H04N21/8355H04L67/06H04L67/34H04L67/22H04L67/306H04L67/325H04L67/327G06F17/30684Y10S707/913G06F17/30772G06F16/273G06F16/637G06F16/639G06F16/3344G06F16/4387G06F16/4393G06F16/9535G06Q20/386H04L67/535H04L67/62H04L67/63H04L63/105H04L65/612H04L65/1101
Inventor BEAUPRE, TODDCHAND, JAGDISH
Owner HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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