Patent ID: 8644971
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing music based on mood comprising: syncing to an e-reader on which an e-book is loaded when a first page of the e-book is displayed on the e-reader, wherein syncing comprises recording a unique identifier of the e-reader; analyzing the e-book for moods, wherein primary moods are identified as a user progresses through the e-book, and wherein analyzing the e-book comprises: invoking a special dictionary in a language of the e-book containing adjectives, adverbs and onomatopoeias found in a conventional dictionary; extracting words from the e-book that match the adjectives, adverbs and onomatopoeias in the special dictionary; indexing the extracted words into one of a plurality of moods; and invoking a priority scheme to determine the primary mood of each page; generating a list of links matching the identified primary moods; filtering the list of links based on user music preferences; and selecting music based on the identified primary moods in concert with a parameter designating continuous playback or playback comprising timed pauses; calculating music playback times based on the locations of the primary moods and calculating a user's average reading speed wherein the calculating comprises; recording a total number of words on the first page of the e-book; recording a time stamp when the first page of the e-book is displayed on the e-reader; recording a total number of words on each subsequent page of the e-book; recording the time stamp when each subsequent page of the e-book is displayed on the e-reader; and logging and updating a user's average turn rate on a server based on the unique identifier and directing primary mood based playback of digital music propagated from a media source.