Patent ID: 7321923
Filing Date: 2008-01-22
Classification: G06F,G10H,G11B,H04H,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In a personalized audio system comprising a consumer device comprising a receiver for receiving broadcast sound recordings, a user interface for receiving input from a user of the system, and a storage device for storing data, a method for providing a personalized audio channel, comprising the steps of: building a sound recording library on the storage device, the sound recording library comprising a plurality of sound recordings; receiving from the user an indication that the user desires to listen to a selected personalized audio channel, wherein the personalized audio channel has a profile associated therewith, and the profile comprises information related to or concerning the user's sound recording preferences; selecting a sound recording from the sound recording library based on the profile associated with the selected audio channel; retrieving from the sound recording library the selected sound recording; and playing the sound recording for the user, wherein the step of building the sound recording library comprises the steps of: receiving by the receiver a broadcast sound recording broadcast from a broadcast source; determining whether the received broadcast sound recording is a needed sound recording and/or determining whether the user has indicated a preference for the received broadcast sound recording; and adding a copy of the received broadcast sound recording to the library if the broadcast sound recording is a needed sound recording or the user has indicated a preference for the received broadcast sound recording and a copy of the received broadcast sound recording is not already included in the library.