Patent ID: 7194687
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of using a system with at least one element selected 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 two of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description where, (b) providing a plurality of usage history descriptions where each of said usage history descriptions includes at least one of a browsing history description, a filtering history description, a search history description, and a device usage history description, wherein each of said browsing history description, said filtering history description, said search history description, and said device usage history description corresponds at least to an associated respective one of said browsing preferences description, said filtering preferences description, said search preferences description, and said device preferences description where,  and where each of said browsing, filtering, search, and device usage history descriptions include a time descriptor proportional to a measured percentage of one or more audio or video programs consumed by a user at the setting associated with said respective usage history description; and (c) providing a user identification description which identifies a corresponding set of at least one of said usage preference descriptions and at least one of said usage history descriptions.