US7178107B2
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Audiovisual information management system with identification prescriptions
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 2004-10-28
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Granted: 2007-02-13
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Expires: 2024-10-28
Abstract
Abstract A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of providing a usage preferences description where the usage preferences description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description.
Inventors
- 👤 Muhammed Ibrahim Sezan
- 👤 Petrus Van Beek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 20:36
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/28; H04L12/2803; H04L12/2805; H04L12/2816; H04L12/282; H04L2012/2847; H04L2012/2849
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
256 words
A method of using a system with at least one element chosen from audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of usage preferences descriptions where each of said usage preference descriptions includes at least a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user's viewing preferences for the presentation structure by which the content of said at least one element chosen from audio, image, and a video is to be presented to said user; (ii) said filtering preferences descriptions and said search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and (iii) said device preferences description contains descriptors describing at least one of preferred audio and video rendering settings of the presentation device that relates to user's preferences regarding presentation characteristics of the presentation device, said at least one of audio and video rendering settings of said presentation device relating to how the user consumes said at least one of audio and video content; and (b) providing a plurality of user identification descriptions, each of which identifies at least one of said usage preference descriptions.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
256 words
A method of using a system with at least one element chosen from audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of usage preferences descriptions where each of said usage preference descriptions includes at least a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (i) said browsing preferences description relates to a user's viewing preferences for the presentation structure by which the content of said at least one element chosen from audio, image, and a video is to be presented to said user; (ii) said filtering preferences descriptions and said search preferences descriptions relate to at least one of (1) content preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (2) classification preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, (3) keyword preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video, and (4) creation preferences of said at least one of audio, image, and video; and (iii) said device preferences description contains descriptors describing at least one of preferred audio and video rendering settings of the presentation device that relates to user's preferences regarding presentation characteristics of the presentation device, said at least one of audio and video rendering settings of said presentation device relating to how the user consumes said at least one of audio and video content; and (b) providing a plurality of user identification descriptions, each of which identifies at least one of said usage preference descriptions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said user identification description identifies a corresponding set of at least two of said usage preference descriptions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein each of said multiple user identification descriptions identifies an overlapping set of at least one of said usage preferences descriptions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said usage preferences description includes at least said filtering preferences description, said search preferences description, and said device preferences description.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 where each said browsing preference description is specific to a user-selective one or more content types of said at least one element chosen from audio, image, and a video.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of claim 1 where said browsing preference specifies a presentation structure selected from a list comprising at least two of: (a) thumbnail view; (b) slide view; (c) key frame view; (d) highlight view; (e) close-up view; (f) frame view; (g) shot view; (h) event view; and (i) alternate view.
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