System and method to communicate targeted information

DC CAFC

US 8,688,085 B2
Filed: 04/01/2013
Issued: 04/01/2014
Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2000
Status: Expired due to Fees

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1. A media system, comprising:

a media managing system maintaining information about available media content;

a website provided in association with the media managing system;

a log-in resource accessible via the website and configured to facilitate a logging in by a user; and

a portion of the website that is customized for a given user and presented to the given user only after the given user has logged in, the portion configured to present a library of the media content that is available to the given user and a collection of selectable features comprising;

(1) a browse feature that facilitates navigating through the library for a given piece of the media content based on at least one of a title and an artist;

(2) a listen feature that facilitates requesting of a streaming delivery of an audible media that is in the library; and

(3) a store feature that facilitates adding of an additional media to the library; and

an application for use with a wireless handheld device that has a display, the application operable when executed by the wireless handheld device to present a graphical interface that includes at least a partial representation of the portion of the website that is customized for the given user.

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A method for targeted advertising is disclosed. The method includes accessing at least one piece of demographic information associated with a user of a portable device, selecting an advertisement to be delivered to the user based at least in part on the demographic information, and initiating communication of a version of the advertisement configured for presentation at the portable device.

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1. A media system, comprising:
- a media managing system maintaining information about available media content;
  
  a website provided in association with the media managing system;
  
  a log-in resource accessible via the website and configured to facilitate a logging in by a user; and
  
  a portion of the website that is customized for a given user and presented to the given user only after the given user has logged in, the portion configured to present a library of the media content that is available to the given user and a collection of selectable features comprising;
  
  (1) a browse feature that facilitates navigating through the library for a given piece of the media content based on at least one of a title and an artist;
  
  (2) a listen feature that facilitates requesting of a streaming delivery of an audible media that is in the library; and
  
  (3) a store feature that facilitates adding of an additional media to the library; and
  
  an application for use with a wireless handheld device that has a display, the application operable when executed by the wireless handheld device to present a graphical interface that includes at least a partial representation of the portion of the website that is customized for the given user.
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- - 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the application is designed for a cellular telephone and operable when executed to direct a processor of the cellular telephone to maintain a user interface comprising a selectable icon associated with a specific media file, to communicate data to a different electronic device that has an associated display to allow the different electronic device to present a selectable representation of the selectable icon on the associated display, and to begin outputting data representing the specific media file from the cellular telephone in connection with a user selecting the selectable representation from the associated display.
  - 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the available media content comprises a plurality of songs having lyric components, the system further comprising an engine that maintains information about the lyric components for the plurality of songs.
  - 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the library includes a selection of available media content that comprises textual content, further wherein the additional media comprises textual media.
  - 5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a targeted advertising component configured to communicate an advertisement to the given user based at least in part on a demographic of the given user.
  - 6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a network based delivery resource configured to respond to the requesting of the streaming delivery of the audible media by:
    - (1) accessing a list of network locations for at least a portion of the audible media;
      
      (2) retrieving the portion from an appropriate network location; and
      
      (3) streaming a representation of the portion to the wireless handheld device.
  - 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the collection of selectable features further comprises a watch feature that facilitates a different requesting of a different streaming delivery of a video media that is in the library, the system further comprising a network based delivery resource configured to respond to the different requesting by:
    - (1) accessing a list of network locations for at least a portion of the video media;
      
      (2) retrieving the portion from an appropriate network location; and
      
      (3) streaming a representation of the portion to the wireless handheld device.

8. A media method, comprising:
- maintaining a website interface for a network based media managing system that includes a log in region;
  
  maintaining a customized website interface for the network based media managing system that includes a listing of a media collection of a given user, wherein the customized website interface is presentable after the given user logs in;
  
  maintaining an application configured for use with an electronic device that comprises a display, a non-volatile memory, a processing device operable to execute instructions stored in the non-volatile memory, and at least one transceiver, wherein a copy of the application can be executed by the electronic device to present a user interface on the display that comprises at least a portion of the listing of the media collection of the given user;
  
  receiving a request to purchase a piece of media content;
  
  adding the piece of media content to the media collection; and
  
  communicating information representing the piece of media content to the user via the copy of the application.
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- - 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the piece of media content comprises an audible media, the method further comprising:
    - accessing a list of network locations for at least a portion of the audible media;
      
      retrieving the portion from an appropriate network location, and streaming a representation of the portion to the electronic device.
  - 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the piece of media content comprises a video media, the method further comprising:
    - accessing a list of network locations for at least a portion of the video media;
      
      retrieving the portion from an appropriate network location, and streaming a representation of the portion to the electronic device.
  - 11. The method of claim 8, wherein the piece of media content comprises a textual media, the method further comprising sending the textual media as a file to the electronic device, wherein the electronic device is a wireless handheld device.
  - 12. The method of claim 8, wherein the application is a system level software application and the electronic device is a wireless handheld device.
  - 13. The method of claim 8, wherein the electronic device is a wireless cellular telephone device and the application is an application level software application configured for over the air delivery to the electronic device, wherein the electronic device is a wireless handheld device.

14. A media system, comprising:
- a network based media managing system that maintains a library of content that a given user has a right to access and a customized user interface page for the given user;
  
  a collection of instructions stored in a non-transitory storage medium and configured for execution by a processor of a handheld wireless device, the collection of instructions operable when executed;
  
  (1) to initiate presentation of a graphical user interface for the network based media managing system;
  
  (2) to facilitate a user selection of content included in the library; and
  
  (3) to send a request for a streaming delivery of the content; and
  
  a network based delivery resource maintaining a list of network locations for at least a portion of the content, the network based delivery resource configured to respond to the request by retrieving the portion from an appropriate network location and streaming a representation of the portion to the handheld wireless device.
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- - 15. The media system of claim 14, wherein the network based delivery resource is configured:
    - (1) to recognize that the request indicates a need for a wireless delivery of the content; and
      
      (2) to respond to the request by delivering the portion of the content at a given communication rate.
  - 16. The media system of claim 15, wherein the network based delivery resource is further configured to deliver another portion of the content at a different communication rate, wherein a decision to change between the given communication rate and the different communication rate is at least partially based on a buffer fill in the handheld wireless device.
  - 17. The media system of claim 14, wherein the customized user interface page comprises a collection of selectable features comprising:
    - (1) a browse feature that allows a navigating through the library for a given piece of content based on at least one of a title and an artist;
      
      (2) a store feature that allows a purchasing of an available content; and
      
      (3) a share feature that allows the given user to share a playlist with a different user.
  - 18. The media system of claim 14, wherein the collection of instructions are further configured to direct the processor to maintain a user interface comprising a selectable icon associated with a specific media file, to communicate data to a different electronic device that has an associated display to allow the different electronic device to present a selectable representation of the selectable icon on the associated display, and to begin outputting data representing the specific media file from the handheld wireless device in connection with a user selecting the selectable representation from the associated display.
  - 19. The media system of claim 18, wherein the collection of instructions are further configured to send the request for the streaming delivery of the content in response to the user selecting the selectable representation from the associated display.
  - 20. The media system of claim 14, further comprising a store feature that allows the given user to acquire a right to access a selected content and to add the selected content to the library.

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Current Assignee
RPX Corporation
Original Assignee
Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC
Inventors
White, Russell W., Imes, Kevin R.
Primary Examiner(s)
Siddiqui, Kashif

Application Number

US13/854,232
Publication Number

US 20130325628A1
Time in Patent Office

365 Days
Field of Search

455410-4122, 4554141-4143, 455/466, 455/550.1, 455/556.1
US Class Current

455/414.1
CPC Class Codes

G06F 3/0482   Interaction with lists of s...

G06F 3/04842   Selection of displayed obje...

G06F 3/0488   using a touch-screen or dig...

G06Q 30/0267   Wireless devices

G06Q 30/0269   based on user profile or at...

G11B 31/02   with automatic musical inst...

H04H 60/27   Arrangements for recording ...

H04L 41/22   comprising specially adapte...

H04L 65/60   Network streaming of media ...

H04L 65/70   Media network packetisation

H04L 65/762   at the source reformatting...

H04L 67/02   based on web technology, e....

H04L 67/1095   Replication or mirroring of...

H04L 67/306   User profiles

H04M 1/6091   including a wireless interface

H04M 1/72406   by software upgrading or do...

H04M 1/72412   using two-way short-range w...

H04M 1/7243   with interactive means for ...

H04M 1/72433   for voice messaging, e.g. d...

H04M 1/72442   for playing music files

H04M 1/72445 : for supporting Internet bro...

H04M 1/72469 : for operating the device by...

H04M 2250/64 : file transfer between termi...

H04W 28/14 : using intermediate storage

H04W 4/06 : Selective distribution of b...

H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Annou...

H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area N...

H04W 88/06 : adapted for operation in mu...

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